Box Score

ESTERO, Fla. -- The Cornell men's hockey team fell to eighth-ranked Maine, 3-2, in overtime, on Thursday afternoon in the consolation game of the Florida College Classic at Germain Arena in Estero, Fla. For the second straight night, the Big Red fell in overtime after carrying a lead into the third period.

Nick D'Agostino and Chris Moulson scored goals for the Big Red on the night, with Greg Miller adding in the only assist for Cornell. Mike Garman stopped 29 shots in the losing effort for the Big Red.

For Maine, Will O'Neill led the way with a pair of assists, and the Black Bears got goals from Mark Anthoine, Robby Dee and Matt Mangene, with Mangene's serving as the game-winner at the 2:39 mark of overtime. Four other players added a single assist on the day for Maine. Martin Ouelette stopped 21 shots in taking the victory for Maine.

Cornell finished the night scoreless in its only power-play attempt, while Maine was successful on one of its five chances with the man advantage.

Maine got on the board first at the 1:55 mark of the first period when Anthoine scored his first goal of the year, but it took the Big Red less than three and a half minutes to tie the score when D'Agostino scored his fourth tally of the year, with Miller picking up an assist on the play. In the second, Moulson, playing in his first game of the year, scored a goal when he poked his own rebound back into the goal on a wrap-around, as Cornell took a 2-1 lead just 1:01 into the second period. That lead would stand into the third period until Dee's power-play tally knotted the score at two and sent the game into overtime.

In the extra session, Mangene scored his first marker of the year at the 2:39 mark to give Maine the victory, with Spencer Abbott and Gustav Nyquist picking up assists on the game-winner.

Cornell returns to action on Friday, Jan. 7, when it travels to Princeton to resume ECAC Hockey play. The Big Red will then take on Quinnipiac the following night in Hamden, Conn.