Box Score
ITHACA, N.Y. -- Senior Blake Gallagher had a pair of goals and junior Joe Devin chipped in with a trio of assists as the Cornell men's hockey team skated to a 5-2 victory over Princeton on Friday night at Lynah Rink in Ithaca. Cornell led, 4-0, after two periods and claimed the win to improve to 5-1 on the year and 4-1 in ECAC Hockey action.
Nick D'Agostino scored the eventual game-winner, while Cornell got additional goals from Joe Scali and Riley Nash. Gallagher, Colin Greening, Sean Whitney and Brendon Nash each chipped in a single assist for the Big Red on the night.
Cam MacIntyre scored both goals in the third period for the Tigers (3-3-1, 2-2-1 ECAC Hockey), with Kevin Lohry picking up an assist on both tallies. Dan Bartlett also added an assist for Princeton.
Cornell goaltender Ben Scrivens picked up 28 saves on the night, while Princeton netminder Zane Kalemba stopped 28 of the 33 shots he faced. Cornell went 1-for-3 on the power play, while Princeton was held scoreless in both of its power-play chances.
Gallagher got the Big Red on the board just 1:14 into the game, banging home a rebound of a shot by Greening to stake Cornell to the early lead. Gallagher made it 2-0 with 39 seconds left in the period when Joe Devin worked the puck off the side boards to the senior, who used a Princeton defenseman as a screen before ripping a shot off the goalpost and into the goal past Kalemba.
It took the Big Red just 1:22 into the second period to make the lead 3-0, as a break down the ice led to Gallagher finding D'Agostino streaking in the slot. The pass to the freshman defenseman was spot-on, as D'Agostino buried the shot for the 3-0 lead. Four and a half minutes later, Scali picked up a loose puck in the Princeton zone and skated in on Kalemba, ripping a shot over the glove side for the 4-0 lead.
Princeton wouldn't go away quietly, however, as MacIntyre scored a goal in transition to put Princeton on the scoreboard. A shot in the Cornell end kicked out to Lohry, who skated ahead with it and put the puck on the tape of MacIntyre, who flipped the puck into the goal before crashing into the net. A brief review of the play ensued, with the play being confirmed at the 3:57 mark of the third period.
Just over four minutes later, it was MacIntyre again, scoring from nearly the exact same spot on the ice, this time taking the puck from Dan Bartlett and beating Scrivens over his shoulder to cut Cornell's lead in half. Cornell finally sealed the game away on Nash's power-play tally with 5:24 to play, as Whitney found the senior open on the faceoff dot to Kalemba's right, and the junior's shot found the back of the net for the final margin.
Cornell returns to action on Saturday when it plays host to Quinnipiac in a 7 p.m. contest at Lynah Rink.