Two veteran coaches from the ECAC Hockey League recently reached the 200-win mark in their coaching careers.

Dan Fridgen of Rensselaer won his 200th game when RPI downed Army, 4-0, on October 23. The 1982 Colgate University graduate is in his 12th season in Troy and through November 20, his career record was 200-178-34.

On October 28, Cornell’s Mike Schafer accomplished the same feat when his Big Red defeated Michigan State, 4-2, in Lynah Rink. Schafer, an outstanding defenseman in Cornell’s Class of 1986, had a career mark of 203-106-35 in 11 seasons at Cornell as of November 20. He began the season with a career winning percentage of .643, eighth best among active Men’s Division I coaches.

Schafer is only the second Cornell coach to reach 200 wins, the other being another Big Red alumnus, Dick Bertrand (230-103-9 from 1970-1982.)