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George Fegaras scores the overtime game-winning goal against the U.S. NTDP Under-18 Team at Lynah Rink on Oct. 21, 2023.
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U.S. NTDP U18 7-4-0
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Winner Cornell COR 0-0-0
U.S. NTDP U18
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Final
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Cornell COR
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Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 OT 1 F
U.S. NTDP U18 0 1 3 0 4
Cornell COR 4 0 0 1 5

Game Recap: Men's Ice Hockey |

Fegaras Nets Overtime Winner For #11 Men's Hockey In Victory Over U.S. NTDP Under-18 Team

ITHACA, N.Y. — Freshman defenseman George Fegaras' goal 3:03 into overtime aided the No. 11-ranked Cornell men's hockey team to a 5-4 victory over the United States National Team Development Program (U.S. NTDP) Under-18 Team at Lynah Rink on Saturday night.

Ten Big Red players registered points in the exhibition victory, highlighted by two-point nights by junior forward Kyle Penney and sophomore forward Nick DeSantis (one goal, one assist) and senior forward Gabriel Seger and freshman forward Jonathan Castagna (two assists).

Forward Cole Eiserman scored twice for the Americans, increasing his team lead in goals to 18 in just 11 contests. Defenseman Cole Hutson had a game-high three assists for the U.S. NTDP Under-18 Team, who is now 7-5-0 on the season and 2-3-0 in its Kroger College Series.

Junior goaltender Ian Shane played the first 29:08, stopping nine of the 10 shots he faced. Sophomore goaltender Remington Keopple made 13 saves in his 33:55 duration between the pipes.

Ithaca native Jack Parsons made 28 saves for the Americans in the setback.

Cornell opened the contest by scoring the game's first four goals in the first period. The first three goals came while the Big Red was on special teams, featuring two power-play markers and a short-handed tally in under four minutes (3:48).

Penney scored the first goal on a backhand shot at the bottom of the right faceoff circle. Freshmen Jake Kraft and Ryan Walsh tallied power-play goals 65 seconds apart to give Cornell a three-goal advantage. DeSantis tacked on an insurance marker for Cornell at the 12:24 mark of the opening frame.

The U.S. NTDP Under-18 Team would not go down without a fight, as the Americans netted the subsequent four goals to force overtime. Three of the Americans' four goals came in the third period, including Eiserman's second marker with an extra attacker with 2:11 left to play.

Eiserman had a chance to win the game for the U.S. NTDP Under-18 Team with a breakaway chance 45 seconds into the additional period, but Keopple made a right-pad save and extended the contest.

Fegaras concluded the game when he received a pass from Penney at the right post, sending a close-range snap shot into the net while Parsons was too far out of the crease.

GAME NOTES
• Cornell and the U.S. NTDP Under-18 Team met for the 11th time on Saturday night. The Big Red increased its lead in the series to 9-1-1 with the overtime victory.

• The nine combined goals are tied for the most between the two programs, matching a 7-2 victory for Cornell on Oct. 25, 2003.

• Saturday's contest marked the second time the two programs had played in overtime, as the other instance came on Oct. 18, 2008, resulting in a 3-3 tie. It was Cornell's first overtime game in an exhibition since playing to a 2-2 tie against uOttawa on Oct. 15, 2017.

• Cornell's unbeaten streak in exhibition games increased to 26 games (24-0-2). The Big Red has won by one goal on six occasions during the unbeaten streak. Saturday was the first since defeating Carleton, 3-2, on Oct. 25, 2014.

UP NEXT
Cornell will remain at Lynah Rink as it opens its 2023-24 regular season slate with a two-game non-conference series against No. 14-ranked Minnesota Duluth (3-0-2). Puck drop for both contests is scheduled for 7 p.m. Game action will be broadcast live on ESPN+, and the radio broadcast will be over the airwaves and online on WHCU (870 AM, 97.7 FM).
 
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