Box Score

GRAND FORKS, N.D. -- North Dakota's Matt Frattin exploded for three goals and an assist as the Fighting Sioux sent the Cornell men's hockey team to its first defeat of the season, 7-3, on Friday night in Grand Forks, N.D. Cornell falls to 4-1-2 on the year, while North Dakota improves to 5-7-1 on the season.

North Dakota's Chay Genoway added a goal and four assists for the Fighting Sioux, who also got goals from Ryan Duncan, Evan Trupp and Ryan Martens. Cornell's goals came courtesy of Riley Nash, Colin Greening and Locke Jillson, who scored his first career goal to open the scoring in the contest.

Fighting Sioux netminder Brad Eidsness picked up the win, making 21 saves. Cornell's Ben Scrivens took the loss, his first of the season, after allowing five goals on 26 shots. Mike Garman came on in relief and picked up eight saves while allowing the final two goals. North Dakota finished the night 3-for-7 on the power play, while Cornell went 0-for-4.

Two and a half minutes in, Cornell got the first real scoring chance when Jared Seminoff ripped a shot from the point that Eidsness stopped. The rebound came off to Michael Kennedy, who skated toward the circle to the freshman goaltender's right and ripped off a quick shot that Eidsness was quick to glove down. After the ensuing faceoff, North Dakota cleared the zone, but Cornell broke back in and gained a 2-on-1 with Locke Jillson lofting a backhand shot over the near shoulder of Eidsness into the back of the net for a 1-0 lead.

That lead was short-lived, however, as North Dakota came right back down a minute and a half later and ripped a shot that Scrivens stopped, but the rebound came off to Matt Frattin, who slipped the puck underneath Scrivens and into the net to knot the score at one. Chay Genoway and Evan Trupp picked up assists on the play.

That didn't last long, either, as Cornell's top line of Riley Nash, Evan Barlow and Colin Greening combined for a quick bit of passing in the North Dakota end for a 2-1 lead. Nash, with the puck on the far side boards, dropped the puck into the corner where Barlow was alone. Barlow saw a streaking Greening coming down between the circles, and slid off a perfect pass for a one-timer as Greening ripped the shot past the glove of Eidsness.

North Dakota again tied the score with just under three minutes to play in the first period. On a power play after an obstruction-hooking call against Jared Seminoff, the Sioux worked the puck down into the corner before what appeared to be a missed clearance by the Big Red found its way onto the stick of Ryan Martens, who roofed a shot past a diving attempt of Scrivens, with Frattin and Trupp picking up assists.

Just 20 seconds later, the Big Red found itself on the power play after an interference call on North Dakota's Brad Miller. Cornell ripped off three shots on the man advantage, but could not solve Eidsness as the penalty expired and the period ended with the two teams tied, 2-2.

North Dakota went back on the power play at the 3:21 mark of the second period on a hooking call on Tyler Roeszler. Cornell was able to clear the zone three times in the first 1:15 before an offsides call moved the faceoff down into the Sioux end. North Dakota worked the puck back into the Cornell end, and with six seconds left on the penalty to Roeszler, Taylor Davenport was called for a boarding minor, giving a short 5-on-3. Roeszler got out of the box, but a holding call on Brendon Nash just 30 seconds later gave another, longer 5-on-3 for 1:34. North Dakota wasted no time in capitalizing, zig-zagging the puck across the Cornell end to Ryan Duncan on the back post, who quickly slid the puck over the outstretched leg of Scrivens as North Dakota went to 2-for-3 on the power play and ahead, 3-2. Duncan then missed a shot off Scrivens' left post with 30 seconds left on the penalty to Nash, but Cornell was able to kill off the remainder of the power play.

North Dakota's Corey Fienhage was called for high-sticking with 9:17 left in the second period after getting his stick up in the facemask of Patrick Kennedy. With 42 seconds left on the penalty on Fienhage, Riley Nash was called for tripping, sending him ot the box and putting the two teams at 4-on-4. Neither team was able to capitalize on either the 4-on-4 or on the short North Dakota power play, and the period ended with the Sioux up, 3-2.

North Dakota needed just 51 seconds of the third period to go ahead, 4-2. After winning the opening faceoff, the Sioux kept the puck in the Cornell end, then fed a centering pass from behind the Cornell goal to Chay Genoway in the slot, and Genoway's one-timer beat Scrivens high to the glove side.

Cornell cut into the lead on Riley Nash's third goal of the year, as the sophomore got in behind the North Dakota defense and took a pass from his brother, Brendon, and skated in one-on-one against Eidsness before lifting a puck over the right shoulder of the freshman netminder.

Again, though, North Dakota was quick to respond, as Cornell got caught in a line change and the Sioux's Frattin skated in alone on Scrivens and again lifted a shot hight to the glove side of the junior goaltender, ending his night and giving freshman Mike Garman his first collegiate action.

North Dakota made the score 6-3 with 4:59 to play when a scrum in front of the Cornell goal resulted in Garman getting run over and the puck being batted into the goal by Trupp. Despite reviewing the play on the video monitor, the goal stood and Cornell found itself down by three.

A questionable roughing call that left Cornell coach Mike Schafer asking for an explanation from the officials led to the Sioux's seventh goal of the night, as a shot from the point by Genoway was tipped over the shoulder of Garman by Frattin for his third goal of the night.

The two teams will go at it again on Saturday night in a 7 p.m. Central time start at the Ralph Engelstad Arena.