HAMDEN, Conn. — Junior forward Nick DeSantis scored the game-tying goal with 9:03 left in the third period, aiding the Cornell men's hockey team (7-5-5, 4-3-3 ECAC Hockey) to a 2-2 tie with No. 16-ranked and ECAC Hockey-leading Quinnipiac (14-7-2, 9-3-1 ECAC Hockey) at M&T Bank Arena on Saturday night.
 
Senior defenseman Tim Rego assisted on both Big Red goals, serving as the lone Cornell player to have a multi-point night. Senior forward Ondrej Psenicka joined DeSantis in scoring for the Big Red, who had a 22-save performance from senior goaltender Ian Shane in his 100th career appearance.
 
Tyler Borgula and Chris Pelosi were the goal scorers for the Bobcats, who had a 23-save performance from Dylan Silverstein between the pipes.
 
Psenicka opened the scoring with nine seconds remaining on a first-period power play, redirecting a one-timer taken from the point by sophomore defenseman George Fegaras. DeSantis had a shot from the left faceoff circle hit the crossbar, leading Rego to collect the loose puck at the opposite faceoff circle.
 

 
Quinnipiac came out of the locker room for the second period with a roar as Borgula tied the game 1:17 into the frame, one-timing a shot in the low slot off a pass from Victor Czerneckianair from underneath Cornell's goal line.
 
Nearly seven minutes later, the Bobcats took the lead when Pelosi and Marcellus teamed up for a near-carbon copy result of Borgula's marker.
 
Later in the second, Cornell continued its strong penalty kill of late, killing its 11th penalty in its last 13 chances, holding Quinnipiac's power play – which entered the night ranked second in the nation with a 28.9 success rate – to one shot attempt that went wide.
 
Following the expiration of a Quinnipiac penalty early in the third period, the Bobcats had a 2-on-0 scoring chance with Jeremy Wilmer and Pelosi, but Shane nabbed the shot to keep it a one-goal Bobcat lead.
 

 
DeSantis tied the game up with 9:03 left in the third when he redirected a shot by Rego from the right point after keeping the puck inside the Big Red's offensive zone following a pass from senior forward Kyler Kovich.
 

 
Quinnipiac opened the first minute of overtime controlling possession of the puck before Cornell controlled the remainder of the five-minute stanza. The Big Red ended up outshooting the Bobcats, 6-0, in overtime, which included a couple of scoring chances in the final minute while Silverstein was without a stick.
 
In typical Cornell and Quinnipiac fashion, even the shootout had a flair for the dramatic. Wilmer opened the shootout with a goal but was reviewed by the officials to determine if the attempt was legal. Following a lengthy review, it was determined the attempt was in fact legal.
 
Junior forward Dalton Bancroft countered with a goal on Cornell's first-round attempt before Quinnipiac's Travis Treloar had his shot stopped by Shane. Senior defenseman Michael Suda gave the Big Red the advantage by scoring on Cornell's second-round attempt, forcing Andon Cerbone to score and extend the shootout. Cerbone's shot ended up missing the net entirely, giving Cornell the shootout victory and the extra point in the ECAC Hockey standings.

GAME NOTES
• Saturday was the 54th all-time meeting between Cornell and Quinnipiac, as the Big Red's lead over the Bobcats now stands at 27-21-6. It is the second consecutive game that the programs played to a tie and is the first time that back-to-back games in the series have resulted in draws. Of the six ties in the series, four have come at M&T Bank Arena, with the most recent occurrence also being a 2-2 result back on Jan. 5, 2019.
 
• Shane made his 100th appearance between the pipes for Cornell on Saturday night, becoming just the fourth Big Red netminder to reach the century mark for games played. The other players who had previously accomplished the feat were Andy Iles '14, Ben Scrivens '10, and David McKee '06.

MOST GOALTENDING APPEARANCES
Cornell Program History
1. Andy Iles (2010-14) — 118 games
2. Ben Scrivens (2006-10) — 117 games
3. David McKee (2003-06) — 102 games
4. Ian Shane (2021-Present) — 100 games

• Shane also became the sixth active Division I goaltender to appear in 100-plus games, joining Western Michigan's Cameron Rowe (118 games), Boston University's Mathieu Caron (109 games), Wisconsin's Tommy Scarfone (109 games), Clarkson's Ethan Langenegger (105 games), and Bemidji State's Mattias Sholl (104 games). Of the six netminders with over 100 games played, Sholl and Shane are the lone two to have played every game with the same program.

MOST GOALTENDING APPEARANCES
Active Division I Goaltenders
1. Cameron Rowe (Wisconsin, Western Michigan) — 118 games
T2. Mathieu Caron (Brown, Boston University) — 109 games
T2. Tommy Scarfone (RIT, Wisconsin) — 109 games
4. Ethan Langenegger (Lake Superior State, Clarkson) — 105 games
5. Mattias Sholl (Bemidji State) — 104 games
6. Ian Shane (2021-Present) — 100 games

• Assisting on both of Cornell's goals, Rego registered his second career game with multiple assists, his first since aiding on a pair of Big Red goals against Harvard on Nov. 5, 2021.
 
• With his third-period assist, Kovich has points in consecutive games for the third time in his collegiate career. It is Kovich's first point streak since notching assists in road contests against Brown (Feb. 24, 2023) and Yale (Feb. 25, 2023).
 
• Sophomore forward Jonathan Castagna won a career-high 17 faceoffs, going 17-of-28 at the faceoff dot. The 17 faceoff wins are the most by a Big Red player since Gabriel Seger went 21-of-33 against Dartmouth last season on March 22, 2024.

UP NEXT
Cornell will return to Lynah Rink for the first time since Dec. 6, when it hosts Harvard (6-9-2, 5-5-2 ECAC Hockey) and Dartmouth (10-6-2, 7-3-1 ECAC Hockey) next weekend.

Both games are scheduled for 7 p.m. puck drops and will be broadcast on ESPN+ and over the airwaves on WHCU (870 AM, 97.7 FM, cortacatoday.com).