Box Score

ESTERO, Fla. -- For the second time this season, the Cornell men's hockey team fell behind to Colgate by a pair of goals. And for the second time, the Big Red rallied to claim a 2-2 tie against the Raiders, this time scoring the draw in the championship game of the Florida College Classic at Germain Arena on Sunday night in Estero, Fla.

Unlike the first two meetings of the year between the Big Red and the Raiders, this game had no ECAC Hockey implications, though the two sides were skating for the Ned Harkness Cup, presented to the annual winner of the tournament. After 65 minutes, the two teams ended in a tie, but a shootout was used to determine the winner, with Cornell's Blake Gallagher and Jared Seminoff scoring the two goals in a 2-0 shootout victory as the Big Red claimed its third Florida College Classic title in nine seasons.

Colgate skated out to the early lead, capitalizing on a pair of Big Red turnovers. Midway through the first period, David McIntyre poked loose a puck in the Cornell zone and it found its way onto the stick of Austin Smith, who skated in alone on Cornell goaltender Ben Scrivens and slotted the puck into the goal. Six and a half minutes later, with the Big Red on the power play, Ethan Cox intercepted a Cornell pass in the neutral zone and broke in alone on Scrivens, putting the puck in to the left of the junior netminder as Cornell trailed, 2-0, after one period.

In the second, the Big Red got a goal back on the power play as Gallagher scored his first goal of the season, taking a pass from Colin Greening and ripping a shot from close range past Colgate netminder Charles Long at the 6:48 mark of the period. Nearly 10 minutes later, Michael Kennedy poked home a loose puck in front of the goal, with Tyler Roeszler and Sean Whitney collecting assists on the play.

Neither team could put a go-ahead goal in during the third period or overtime, as the game ended in a 2-2 tie for the second consecutive time among the 135 meetings between the two schools. In the shootout to determine the tournament winner, Gallagher, shooting second for Cornell, and Seminoff, shooting fourth, both found the back of the net, while Scrivens stopped all four of Colgate's attempts.

Cornell finished the game 1-for-7 on the power play, while holding Colgate 0-for-3 on the man advantage. Scrivens finished with 14 saves, while Long stopped 18 shots for the tie for the Raiders.

Cornell returns to action on Sunday, traveling to Massachusetts for a 5 p.m. game against the Minutemen.

2008 Florida College Classic All-Tournament Team
F - Ryan Lasch, St. Cloud State
F - Austin Smith, Colgate
F - Blake Gallagher, Cornell
D - Matt Duffy, Maine
D - Brendon Nash, Cornell
G - Charles Long, Colgate
Shawn Walsh Trophy (Most Valuable Player) - Ben Scrivens, Cornell