Box Score

ITHACA, N.Y. -- Colin Greening scored a pair of goals and Riley Nash and Patrick Kennedy both added a pair of assists as the Cornell men's hockey team scored a 5-3 win over visiting Brown on Friday night at Lynah Rink. Cornell improved to 14-6-3 on the year and 11-3-2 in ECAC Hockey play, while Brown falls to 7-14-3 overall and 5-9-3 in league action.

Joe Devin, Tyler Roeszler and Blake Gallagher each added a goal for the Big Red, with Nick D'Agostino, John Esposito, Erik Axell, Greg Miller and Brendon Nash each picking up a point with an assist. Ben Scrivens stopped 24 shots in earning the victory, his 14th of the season.

For Brown, David Brownschidle, Aaron Volpatti and Chris Zaires each had a goal, with Jeff Buvinow leading the way with two assists. Jesse Fratkin, Richie Crowley, Jack Maclellan and Marc Senecal each had one assist for the Bears, who got 33 saves from Mike Clemente in a losing effort.

Cornell finished the night 1-for-5 on the power play, while Brown was 2-for-6 with the man advantage, including a 5-on-3 goal that cut Cornell's lead to 3-2 midway through the second period.

The Big Red led throughout, as Colin Greening tipped home a shot from Riley Nash at the 7:52 mark of the first period. Joe Devin scored his seventh goal of the season six minutes later, as Cornell took a 2-0 lead into the first intermission.

Just 1:35 into the second period, Brownschidle cut the deficit in half with his goal, his first of the season, fighting his way through traffic and poking home a loose puck in front of the Cornell net. Two minutes later, it was Roeszler firing a shot that went through the legs of Clemente to put Cornell back up by two, 3-1.

Volpatti scored with four minutes to play in the second period with the Bears on a 5-on-3 advantage, ripping a shot from the top of the faceoff circle to the left of Scrivens to again pull Brown to within one, where they would stand after two periods.

In the third, Greening put the Big Red back up by two with the eventual game-winner. Brendon Nash got the first assist by his shot from the point that was stopped by Clemente, but the rebound came off to Greening. The senior's first attempt was stopped by Clemente, but the second one found its way into the net for the 4-2 lead with 13:02 to play in the contest.

Brown wasn't done, though, as Zaires scored with 9:34 to play in the game. Again with the Bears on the power play, Buvinow passed the puck to Zaires who flipped a wrist shot through a screen that found its way past Scrivens, again cutting the lead to just one.

Brown head coach Brendan Whittet pulled Clemente for the extra skater with 1:06 to play, and called a timeout with a faceoff in the Cornell end with 26.7 seconds left. Cornell coach Mike Schafer also used his timeout at that point, and the two sides battled for the remaining time with the Bears having one shot saved by Scrivens and another two blocked by the Cornell defense. On the second blocked shot by Patrick Kennedy, the junior sent the puck out to the neutral zone, where Gallagher fought off his man to get to the puck and skated in and slotted the puck into the empty net with 0.7 seconds remaining for the final margin.

Cornell returns to action on Saturday with a visit from league co-leader, Yale. The Big Red and Bulldogs will face off in a 7 p.m. contest at Lynah Rink. The game is sold out, but fans can catch all of the action through live streaming video through the Cornell Redcast subscription service. To log in or sign up for Redcast, please click here.