HANOVER, N.H. — Steven Townley's goal with 3:24 left in the third period helped lift No. 17-ranked Dartmouth past the No. 6-ranked Cornell men's hockey team, 4-3, in a seesaw battle between ECAC Hockey and Ivy League rivals at Thompson Arena on Friday night.

Senior forward Kyle Penney logged his first multi-goal game with the Big Red (3-1-1, 1-1-1 ECAC Hockey) while sophomore forward Tyler Catalano also found the back of the net for Cornell. Senior goaltender Ian Shane made 19 saves in the setback.

A quartet of Dartmouth players concluded the night with two points, highlighted by Nikita Nikora and Cooper Flinton registering two assists apiece. Sean Chisholm and Hayden Stovroff both had a goal and assist to join Townley and John Fusco in recording goals for the Big Green (5-0-0, 4-0-0 ECAC Hockey). Sophomore goaltender Roan Clarke made 29 saves en route to his third victory of the season.

Shane was tested with numerous close-range shots throughout the first period but was able to hold the Big Green off the scoreboard in the opening period.

Dartmouth took the lead early in the second period as it capitalized on a second-chance opportunity with nine seconds left on an interference penalty to sophomore forward Ryan Walsh. A shot from the point by CJ Foley was deflected by Stovroff in the middle of the slot and Flinton was able to kick the puck to his stick and passed it to Chisholm, whose wrist shot from the left circle beat Shane to his near-blocker side.

Penney evened the contest with his first tally of the night past the halfway point. While Dartmouth was setting up a breakout in its defensive zone during a power play, Penney poke-checked the puck away from Braiden Dorfman and gained possession of it in the near corner. Cutting inside and beating a pair of Big Green defenders, Penney carried the puck to the far post and roofed his shot past Clarke.



The Big Green retaliated with a marker of its own 33 seconds following Penney's tally to regain the lead. Stavroff potted a power-play marker with one second left on the man advantage, lasering a one-timer from the left side of the right faceoff circle.

Stavroff would later serve a five-minute major penalty for goaltender interference after hitting Shane in open ice as he was attempting to play the puck inside the right faceoff circle. Cornell generated numerous scoring opportunities with the man advantage but could not find the back of the net.

Shortly following the expiration of Stavroff's five-minute penalty, Penney redirected a shot by sophomore defenseman Hoyt Stanley to notch his second goal of the night and tie the contest, 2-2, 80 seconds into the third period. Freshman forward Charlie Major recorded the secondary helper.



For the third time on the night, Dartmouth regained control of the lead, this time with under nine minutes left. A one-timed shot from the point by Fusco off a feed from Nikora evaded traffic and slowly crossed the goal line.

Cornell evened the game at 3-all with 5:10 left as Catalano pounced on a loose puck in front of Dartmouth's crease after Clarke halted sophomore defenseman Ben Robertson's shot from the point. Junior defenseman Jack O'Brien picked up the secondary assist for his first collegiate point.



Continuing with the seesaw battle, Dartmouth took its fourth lead of the game with 3:24 left as an attempted clear from Cornell's defensive zone was intercepted by Fusco at the blue line. Townley received Fusco's pass and wristed his shot past Shane to his far-blocker side.

Cornell had four shot attempts while having an extra attacker over the final minute and 47 seconds. The Big Red had two shots on goal, both of which were stopped by Clarke, and another pair of attempts that were blocked by Big Green defenders.

GAME NOTES
• Friday was the 148th meeting between Cornell and Dartmouth. The Big Red's lead in the all-time series was trimmed to 88-51-9 while having its eight-game unbeaten streak against the Big Green come to a halt. It was Dartmouth's first win over Cornell since prevailing, 2-1, on Dec. 7, 2019, also at Thompson Arena.

• The one-goal decision marks the sixth consecutive game at Thompson Arena between Cornell and Dartmouth that has been decided by one goal or less. Ten of the last 11 and 14 of the previous 16 games in Hanover have also been decided by one goal or fewer. Overall, nine of the last 10, 10 of the previous 12, and 23 of the prior 34 contests have been one-goal games or ties.

• Cornell played Dartmouth when it was ranked for the 12th time in program history since the inception of the USCHO.com poll prior to the 1997-98 season. With Friday's loss, the Big Red now has a 7-3-2 record against the Big Green when it has been ranked within the USCHO.com poll.

• Penney's short-handed goal in the second period was Cornell's first goal while a man down against Dartmouth since Mitch Vanderlaan '19 scored a short-handed goal on Nov. 4, 2016, also occurring at Thompson Arena.

• With Penney's multi-goal game, it marked the second consecutive game against Dartmouth that a Big Red player has scored multiple goals. Junior forward Nick DeSantis potted a pair of empty-net goals to punctuate a five-goal third period against the Big Green in the semifinals of last year's ECAC Hockey Championship at Herb Brooks Arena — 1980 Rink in Lake Placid, N.Y.

• Following Shane's 19-save performance he surpassed former Cornell goaltender turned athletic director Laing Kennedy '63 (1,745 saves) for the 13th-most saves in program history. Shane (1,746 saves) is 78 saves away from tying Doug Dadswell (1984-86) for 12th on Cornell's all-time saves list.

MOST CAREER SAVES
Cornell Program History
1. Andy Iles (2010-14) — 2,988
2. Ben Scrivens (2006-10) — 2,872
3. Jason Elliott (1994-98) — 2,462
4. Mitch Gillam (2013-17) — 2,403
5. Corrie D'Alessio (1987-91) — 2,228
6. Brian Hayward (1978-82) — 2,225
7. David McKee (2003-06) — 2,208
8. Darren Eliot (1979-83) — 2,143
9. Matt Underhill (1998-02) — 2,052
10. Ken Dryden (1966-69) — 1,987
11. Matthew Galajda (2017-20) — 1,844
12. Doug Dadswell (1984-86) — 1,824
13. Ian Shane (2021-Present) — 1,746

• Freshman forward Parker Murray made his collegiate debut on Friday night.

UP NEXT
Cornell will travel south on Interstate 93 to conclude its northern New England road trip with a meeting against Harvard (2-2-0, 2-2-0 ECAC Hockey) on Saturday, Nov. 16, at Bright-Landry Hockey Center in Cambridge, Mass.

Puck drop between the Big Red and Crimson is scheduled for 7 p.m. Game action will be broadcast on ESPN+, regionally on NESN in New England, and over the airwaves on WHCU (870 AM, 97.7 FM, cortacatoday.com).

Harvard is coming off a 4-2 loss to Colgate on Friday night in Cambridge. Mason Langenbrunner and Marek Hejduk scored for the Crimson in the setback while Aku Koskenvuo made 29 saves for Harvard.

Cornell is seeking to increase its three-game win streak over Harvard on Saturday night. With a win, it would be the Big Red's longest win streak over the Crimson since winning five straight contests between the 2009-10 and 2011-12 campaigns.

The Big Red is 8-3-3 over its last 14 games at Bright-Landry Hockey Center and has scored at least two goals in its previous 15 games at the venue.