Box Score

HAMILTON, N.Y. — Freshman defenseman Patrick McCarron scored his second goal of the season, but the men's hockey team's nine-game unbeaten streak came to a close Saturday with a 6-1 loss to Colgate at Starr Rink.
 
Cornell (12-5-5, 8-4-4 ECAC Hockey), ranked eighth and ninth in the two major college hockey polls, was victimized by three power-play goals from Colgate (14-11-3, 10-5-1) -- two of which came after McCarron's goal brought the Big Red to within 2-1 with 15:35 to play in the third period.

McCarron's goal came with the teams skating four-on-four. Junior forward Cole Bardreau won a faceoff to the right of Colgate goalie Charlie Finn. McCarron gained control of the puck at the center point and found space to rip off a wrist shot that took a slight deflection off a defender and sailed past Finn's glove.

But the Raiders were issued one of their seven power plays just 12 seconds later, with the added bonus of the teams skating four-on-three. The Big Red got caught running around its own end left Colgate's Spiro Goulakos alone for one-timer from the left circle that he blasted over Andy Iles' glove with 14:22 left. The Raiders added a pair of goals 14 seconds apart a couple minutes later to open the floodgates.
 
The Raiders took a two-goal lead in the first period after a busted breakout led to McCann's first goal at 11:41. Darcy Murphy's indefensible tip-in roughly four minutes later doubled the hosts' lead.
 
The Big Red couldn't solve Finn through the first 40 minutes. A major power play in the latter half of the second period was stunted by a Cornell penalty. The Big Red then had 54 seconds of a five-on-three advantage just before the intermission, but could muster little more than a one-timer from Joakim Ryan in the right circle that hit Finn in the left shoulder.
 
Cornell's penalty kill was just 4-for-7 on the night after killing off 31 of its opponents 33 power plays coming into the game. The Big Red returns home next weekend for games Friday, Feb. 14 against Union and Saturday, Feb. 15 against Rensselaer.