CANTON, N.Y. — Phillippe Chapleau's second-period goal broke open a 1-1 tie, aiding St. Lawrence (8-16-1, 4-8-1 ECAC Hockey) to a 2-1 victory over the Cornell men's hockey team (8-7-5, 5-5-3 ECAC Hockey) at Appleton Arena on Friday night.
 
Joining Chapleau in the scoring column for the Saints was Will Arquiett, who opened the scoring 9:14 into the contest. Sophomore goaltender Mason Kucenski made 27 saves between the pipes for the Skating Saints, who registered consecutive wins for the first time since defeating RIT and Canisius in its season-opening series on Oct. 5-6.
 
Senior defenseman Hank Kempf snapped his 39-game goalless streak, tallying the tying goal 2:17 into the middle stanza. Senior goaltender Ian Shane matched Kucenski's 27-save output while recording his 2,000th career save in his 100th career start with the Big Red.

Shane wasted no time recording his 2,000th career save, nabbing a shot by Nicholas Beneteau 40 seconds into the contest.


 
St. Lawrence struck first as Arquiett pounced on a loose puck after Kempf blocked a crossing pass from Greg Lapointe on a 2-on-1 scoring chance.
 
Cornell evened the scoring early in the second period as Kempf pounced at a loose puck on the edge of Kucenski's crease. Sophomore forward Tyler Catalano and senior forward Kyler Kovich earned the assists on Kempf's tally, his first goal since scoring at Arizona State on Jan. 13, 2024.
 

 
Chapleau's shot from the right point enabled the Saints to regain the lead 6:53 into the second as the puck appeared to glance off a Cornell defender in the mid-slot.
 
While the Saints were on their first power play of the night, Shane made an incredible glove save to rob Jan Lasak of a goal that would have given St. Lawrence a two-goal lead just two minutes after Chapleau's go-ahead marker.



Later in the second, Shane made another sprawling save to keep the Saints lead at just one, robbing Gabe Westling of his first collegiate goal.



Cornell emerged from the dressing room after the second intermission, quickly generating the first 16 shot attempts of the period in the first nine minutes. The Big Red had several opportunities to tie the game, including a breakaway from sophomore forward Jake Kraft, who intercepted a pass by Beneteau near the Big Red's defensive blue line. Senior Jimmy Rayhill had two prime scoring chances: one resulting from a fortunate bounce off the boards on a dump-in following after a neutral zone faceoff win and the other was a one-timer from the ride side of Kucenski's crease, set up by a pass from below the goal line by sophomore forward Jonathan Castagna.
 
In the third period, Cornell generated 29 shot attempts compared to St. Lawrence's seven and had a 13-4 advantage in shots on goal, but Kucenski stopped all Big Red's shots to aid the Saints to the victory.
 
GAME NOTES
• Friday was the 127th meeting between the Big Red and Saints, as Cornell's lead in the series now stands at 70-48-9. The setback is the Big Red's first against the Saints since suffering a 1-0 loss at Lynah Rink on Feb. 18, 2023. St. Lawrence registered its first win over Cornell at Appleton Arena since posting a 2-1 overtime victory on Jan. 30, 2016.
 
• After allowing two goals on Friday night, Cornell has held St. Lawrence to two goals or less in each of the last 18 meetings. The 18-game streak broke a tie with Yale (17-game streak between Feb. 10, 2001, and Jan. 26, 2008) for the most consecutive games without giving up three goals to a singular opponent in program history.
 
LONGEST STREAK OF HOLDING OPPONENT TO UNDER THREE GOALS
Against Active Division I Programs
• 18 games - St. Lawrence (Dec. 4, 2015 – Present)
• 17 games – Yale (Feb. 10, 2001 – Jan. 26, 2008)
• 16 games – RPI (Feb. 19, 2000 - Nov. 26, 2006)
• 12 games – Vermont (Feb. 12, 1999 - Present)
• 11 games – Brown (Nov. 14, 1998 – March 21, 2003)
• 11 games – Colgate (Jan. 18, 2002 – March 17, 2006)
• 11 games – Dartmouth (Feb. 11, 1967 – Jan. 29, 1972)
• 10 games – Colgate (Jan. 23, 1965 – Feb. 11, 1969)
• 10 games – Brown (March 22, 2019 - Present)
 
• Shane's 27-save performance increased his career total to 2,026 stops, making him the 10th Cornell goaltender in program history to make 2,000 saves with the Big Red. Shane also became the sixth player to record at least 2,000 saves during Mike Schafer '86's tenure as the Jay R. Bloom '77 Head Coach of Cornell Men's Ice Hockey, joining Andy Iles '14, Ben Scrivens '10, Mitch Gillam '17, David McKee, and Matt Underhill '02.
 
MOST GOALTENDER SAVES
Cornell Program History
1. Andy Iles (2010-14) – 2,988 saves
2. Ben Scrivens (2006-10) – 2,872 saves
3. Jason Elliott (1994-98) – 2,462 saves
4. Mitch Gillam (2013-17) – 2,403 saves
5. Corrie D'Alessio (1987-91) – 2,228 saves
6. Brian Hayward (1978-82) – 2,225 saves
7. David McKee (2003-06) – 2,208 saves
8. Darren Eliot (1979-83) – 2,143 saves
9. Matt Underhill (1998-02) – 2,052 saves
10. Ian Shane (2021 – Present) – 2,026 saves
 
• Sophomore forward Ryan Walsh posted a career-high 18 faceoff wins, going 18-of-26 at the dot. The 18 faceoff wins marked the 14th time this season that Walsh has won 10-plus draws in a game and the 10th game with at least 13 faceoffs won.
 
• The Big Red's 65.0 percent conversion rate on faceoffs (39-of-60) was its highest clip in a game since winning 66.0 percent of draws (33-of-50) taken against Yale last Feb. 17, 2024, at Lynah Rink. It was the highest percentage in a game away from Lynah since having a 69.1 percent clip (47-of-68) at Dartmouth on Nov. 6, 2021.
 
• Freshman forward Parker Murray returned to the lineup after being a scratch for the past 13 games, while sophomore defenseman Marian Mosko appeared in a game for the first time this season.
 
UP NEXT
Cornell will travel east on Route 11 to complete its North Country road trip on Saturday, Feb. 1, when it faces Clarkson (14-8-2, 8-4-0 ECAC Hockey).
 
Puck drop from Cheel Arena is scheduled for 7 p.m. Game action will be broadcast on ESPN+ and over the airwaves on WHCU (870 AM, 97.7 FM, cortacatoday.com).
 
The Golden Knights are coming off a 2-0 loss to Colgate on Friday night as the Raiders tallied a pair of third-period goals to record the victory. Ethan Langenegger made 20 saves between the pipes for Clarkson in the loss.
 
Saturday's contest will be associate head coach Casey Jones '90's first time back at Cheel Arena since returning to East Hill after spending 13 years as the Golden Knights' bench boss from 2011 to 2024.
 
While at Clarkson, Jones amassed a 234-185-56 record and earned the Tim Taylor Award, ECAC Hockey's Coach of the Year, in 2019. Jones guided the Golden Knights to six 20-win seasons, four of which occurred between 2015 and 2020. Finishing within the top 16 in the pairwise rankings each year between 2017-22, Clarkson made a pair of NCAA Tournament appearances (2018 and 2019) and was poised for a third consecutive trip in 2020 before the COVID-19 pandemic halted those aspirations. The Golden Knights made the semifinals of the ECAC Hockey Championship on three occasions under Jones (2018, 2019, 2022), which included winning the 2019 ECAC Hockey Championship.