Box Score

TROY, N.Y. -- Colin Greening scored the game-winner and added an assist as the Cornell men's hockey team scored a 2-1 victory over Rensselaer on Friday night at the Houston Field House in Troy, N.Y. Blake Gallagher also added a goal and an assist for the Big Red in the victory, as Cornell improves to 7-2-1 overall and 6-2 in ECAC Hockey action.

Sean Whitney and Joe Devin chipped in assists for the Big Red, while Ben Scrivens stopped 22 shots for his seventh victory of the year. For Rensselaer, Tyler Helfrich scored a goal, with Chase Polacek and Scott Halpern adding assists. RPI netminder Allen York stopped 17 shots in taking the loss for the Engineers, who fall to 8-7-1 on the year and 3-2 in league play.

Cornell got on the board first with 4:47 to play in the first period when, on a power play, Sean Whitney sent the puck on net from the right point. Greening, setting a screen in front, let the puck through and it was saved by York, but the rebound came right off to Greening, who sent it to the back side post to Gallagher, who flipped it up off the goal post and into the net for the early lead.

Rensselaer tied the score just under five minutes into the second period when Chase Polacek carried the puck into the Cornell end along the boards to Scrivens' left. Polacek reached the bottom of the faceoff circle and sent a pass in between the circles for Tyler Helfrich, who ripped a low shot that skipped underneath the outstretched right leg of the senior netminder, knotting the score at one.

Cornell went back ahead when Cornell caught Rensselaer cheating up too far. With the Engineers pinching up on a rush into the Cornell end, Greening back-checked and won the puck away from Alex Angers-Goulet and sent it out to the blue line for Gallagher. Gallagher then sent it up to Devin, and Devin, who carried the puck across the blue line and slipping a pass to Greening. Greening skated in and fired a shot from the top of the faceoff circle to York's right that beat the sophomore high to his glove side for the 2-1 lead.

In the third, Rensselaer had several close calls at scoring the tying goal, including one with freshman Brandon Pirri alone on the weak side post, but the freshman's attempt went behind Scrivens and across the crease before settling into the corner. Rensselaer pulled York for the extra skater with 55 seconds to play, but the Engineers could not get the tying goal as Cornell held on for the victory.

Cornell returns to action on Saturday night when it travels to Union for a 7 p.m. game in Schenectady, N.Y. Saturday's game will be televised in Albany on Time Warner Sports, while the game can also be seen by viewers in Central New York who have digital cable on channel 1026.