ITHACA, N.Y. – Seven players registered multi-point nights for the Cornell men's hockey team as the Big Red offense exploded for eight goals in its 8-1 victory over Guelph in the team's final exhibition of the season at Lynah Rink on Thursday night.

Seniors Matt Stienburg and Max Andreev paced the Big Red's offense with a goal and two assists each in the victory.

Sophomore Ondrej Psenicka was the lone Big Red player with a multi-goal nights, scoring both of his goals in the second period to further solidify the Big Red's lead.

Along with Psenicka, Stienburg, and Andreev, senior Sam Malinski, junior Tim Rego, and freshmen Sean Donaldson and Winter Wallace all scored for the Big Red, who extended its unbeaten streak in exhibition games to 24.

Fellow sophomore Ian Shane made the start for Cornell, logging the first 30:43 of action before freshman Remington Keopple played the remaining minutes in goal for the Big Red. Shane stopped all five shots on goal he faced, while Keopple stopped five of six shots.
 
Ted McGeen, a transfer from fellow ECAC school St. Lawrence, scored the lone goal for Guelph, who played its first of three games in as many nights. The Gryphons will face fellow Ivy League schools Dartmouth and Harvard on Friday and Saturday, respectively.

Cornell opened the scoring rather early as a shot from the point by Malinski went through traffic and found the back of the net just 26 seconds into the game.

Stienburg added a goal just before the halfway point of the period. Andreev and Rego scored 1:21 apart to give the Big Red a 4-0 advantage after the first.

Psenicka scored the first of his two second-period goals on the power play 5:55 into the frame. Donaldson netted Cornell's sixth unanswered goal at the 10:43 mark, which was challenged by Guelph for being offside, but stood following the review.

McGeen snapped the Big Red's string of six straight goals with his power-play marker. Psenicka responded with his second tally of the period 1:39 later.

Wallace added an insurance marker past the halfway point of the third period, nearly going coast-to-coast for the goal.

Former Cornell goaltender Nate McDonald started the night for the Gryphons, but was relieved after allowing four goals on 15 shots faced in the opening 14:53. Colton Incze played the remainder of the game for Guelph, making 16 saves.

McDonald was the last player in the handshake line for Guelph following the game, exchanging hugs and laughs with numerous Big Red players. At the conclusion of the handshakes, the entire Cornell roster posed with McDonald for a photo before saluting the fans still remaining in Section B before returning to Guelph's locker room.
     

Game Notes

• Cornell improved to 37-4-4 all-time in exhibitions and is now unbeaten over its last 24, posting a 22-0-2 record.

• During its 24-game unbeaten streak in exhibitions, Cornell's average margin of victory increased to 3.79 after entering the night at 3.63. Just five of the Big Red's 22 victories during the unbeaten streak have been by two goals or less.

• The eight goals scored by Cornell were the most in an exhibition since posting an identical 8-1 score over Brock on Oct. 22, 2016.

• Cornell finished the night outshooting Guelph 35-11 and had a 40-27 advantage in faceoff wins.

Looking Ahead

Cornell will open its 2022-23 regular-season slate next weekend when the Big Red travels to Duluth, Minn., to square off against No. 10 Minnesota Duluth. Puck drop for both games of the two-game series are slated for 8 p.m. ET (7 p.m. local time). Each game will be broadcast on NCHC.tv.