The 2025–26 Cornell Big Red Men's ice hockey season was the 109th season of play for the program and 64th in ECAC Hockey. The Big Red represented Cornell University in the 2025–26 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season, played their home games at Lynah Rink and were coached by Casey Jones in his first season.

Season

Departures Dalton Bancroft Forward Signed professional contract (Boston Bruins) Hank Kempf Defenseman Graduation (signed with Colorado Eagles) Kyler Kovich Forward Graduate transfer to Minnesota Duluth Jack O'Leary Forward Graduation (signed with Norfolk Admirals) Sullivan Mack Forward Graduation (signed with Hartford Wolf Pack) Kyle Penney Forward Graduation (retired) Ondřej Pšenička Forward Graduation (signed with HC Škoda Plzeň) Jimmy Rayhill Defenseman Graduation (retired) Tim Rego Defenseman Graduation (signed with Greenville Swamp Rabbits) Ben Robertson Defenseman Transferred to Michigan Ian Shane Goaltender Graduation (signed with Norfolk Admirals) Liam Steele Defenseman Signed professional contract (Sheffield Steelers) Michael Suda Defenseman Graduation (signed with Savannah Ghost Pirates)

Recruiting Connor Arseneault Forward 19 Saint John, NB Luke Ashton Defenseman 20 North Vancouver, BC; transfer from Minnesota State; selected 165th overall in 2024 Alexis Cournoyer Goaltender 19 Trois-Rivières, QC; selected 145th overall in 2025 Gio DiGiulian Forward 20 South Burlington, VT Michael Fisher Defenseman 21 Westborough, MA; selected 76th overall in 2022 Hudson Gorski Defenseman 20 Scotch Plains, NJ Donovan Hamilton Defenseman 18 Buffalo, NY Reegan Hiscock Forward 21 St. John's, NL Aiden Long Forward 20 Mono, ON Luke McCrady Defenseman 19 Calgary, AB Chase Pirtle Forward 20 Far Hills, NJ Erick Roest Goaltender 20 Lethbridge, AB Caton Ryan Forward 19 San Francisco, CA Xavier Veilleux Defenseman 19 L'Ancienne-Lorette, QC; selected 179th overall in 2024

Roster As of August 6, 2025.

Standings

Schedule and results

!colspan=12 style=";" | Exhibition

!colspan=12 style=";" | Regular season

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NCAA tournament

Regional semifinal

Game summary

Scoring statistics C/LW 34 15 19 34 31 C/RW 33 10 23 33 33 LW 34 11 19 30 8 F 32 10 17 27 2 D 34 6 20 26 12 D 34 5 16 21 30 LW/RW 34 9 11 20 18 C 34 9 9 18 8 D 34 3 12 15 33 LW 34 9 5 14 26 D 34 3 8 11 6 LW 34 6 4 10 18 F 33 4 4 8 10 F 27 3 5 8 6 D 33 1 7 8 14 D 34 0 6 6 4 C 20 3 2 5 8 C/RW 34 2 1 3 10 LW 16 0 2 2 6 D 3 0 1 1 0 LW 1 0 0 0 0 D 1 0 0 0 2 D 3 0 0 0 0 F 9 0 0 0 0 D 9 0 0 0 2 RW 18 0 0 0 10 Bench – – – – – 2 Total 109 191 300 297

Goaltending statistics 7 388:29 4 1 1 10 140 0 .933 1.54 28 1636:17 18 10 0 56 603 1 .915 2.05 Empty Net - 21:59 - - - 3 - - - - Total 34 2046:45 22 11 1 69 743 1 .915 2.02

Rankings

PollWeekPre 1 23456789101112131415161718192021222324252627 (Final) USCHO.com171718192017201917171717–17141312109911119989–12 USA Hockey1616т18192016191716161516т–17121212108101010998111212 Note: USCHO did not release a poll in week 12 or 26.Note: USA Hockey did not release a poll in week 12.

References