POTSDAM, N.Y. — In his 96th career game, senior forward Jack O'Leary recorded multiple assists for the first time in his collegiate career, setting single-game highs for assists and points, earning assists on all three goals scored by the Cornell men's hockey team (8-7-6, 5-5-4 ECAC Hockey) in its 3-3 tie against Clarkson (14-9-3, 8-5-1 ECAC Hockey) at Cheel Arena on Saturday night.

Fellow senior forward Sullivan Mack also registered a multi-point night for the Big Red, scoring a goal and adding an assist. Sophomore defenseman Hoyt Stanley also tallied a goal for Cornell, who received a season-high 34-save performance from senior goaltender Ian Shane.

Luka Sukovic scored Clarkson's first two goals, while Tristan Sarsland netted the game-tying marker for the Golden Knights and chipped in a helper. Graduate student transfer goaltender Ethan Langenegger stopped 24 shots between the pipes for Clarkson.

Stanley responded quickly after sitting out Friday night's game at St. Lawrence, snapping his 30-game goalless streak with the opening tally 3:35 into the contest. Carrying the puck from the right point, Stanley split a pair of Clarkson defenders and backhanded a shot from the left hashmark of the right faceoff circle that beat Langenegger to his low blocker side.

Kraft doubled the Big Red's lead two minutes later, pouncing on a loose puck after a shot from the point by senior defenseman Hank Kempf hit a Clarkson defender in front of the net. O'Leary earned his second assist on the night as he made a diving push at the puck to Kempf, keeping it inside Cornell's offensive zone.

Clarkson cut Cornell's lead in half, 2-1, with 6:43 left in the first period on a power-play goal by Sukovic, punching in the rebound of a shot from the top of the slot by Sarsland. The Golden Knights' goal snapped Cornell's string of consecutive penalties killed at 13.

Cornell regained its two-goal lead in the second period on a shot by Mack off feeds from sophomore forward Jonathan Castagna and O'Leary, giving the latter his third assist of the night. Quick passes in succession between O'Leary and Castagna led to Mack lasering a shot from the top of the slot that beat Langenegger to his high blocker side.

Two goals 93 seconds apart by Clarkson tied the game at 3-3 late in the second, erasing Cornell's second two-goal lead of the night. Sukovic ignited the successive markers for the Golden Knights, scoring his second goal of the night on a rebound of a backhanded shot by Tate Taylor. Just over a minute and a half later, Trey Taylor fired a shot from the point that went through O'Leary's legs and ricocheted off Sarsland amid chaos in front of Shane's crease.

Despite 12 shots on goal for both sides in the third period, neither side found the back of the net, leading Cornell and Clarkson to yet another overtime contest at Cheel Arena. Over the last nine meetings in Potsdam between the ECAC Hockey rivals, seven have gone further than regulation.

In the 3-on-3 overtime period, Shane made a toe save to rob Sarsland of a game-winning goal with 2:21 left. A goaltender interference penalty to the Golden Knights' leading scorer, Ayrton Martino, gave Cornell an opportune chance to score within the final 35 seconds of overtime, but was unable to pot the golden goal.

Clarkson opened the shootout with Jared Mangan, who had his shot saved, and junior forward Dalton Bancroft followed up with a goal. After both teams were unable to convert on their second-round attempts, Trey Taylor extended the shootout, beating Shane with a wrist shot to his right pad side. Hoping to solidify Cornell's fifth shootout win of the season, Robertson's shot ended up beating Langenegger to his low blocker side and gave the Big Red the much-needed extra point in the ECAC Hockey standings.

GAME NOTES
• Saturday was the 152nd meeting between the Big Red and Golden Knights, as Cornell's lead in the series now stands at 73-59-20. It is the first tie between the programs since Dec. 4, 2021, when the Big Red fell in a shootout following a 4-4 draw at Cheel Arena.

• With the tie, nine of the previous 13 games at Cheel Arena between Cornell and Clarkson have been decided within one goal.

• O'Leary's three-assist night marked the first multi-assist game of his collegiate career and established a career-high for points in a game, besting eight two-point efforts. It was O'Leary's first multi-point game since having a goal and an assist against Harvard on March 15, 2024, in the 2024 ECAC Hockey Championship quarterfinals.

• Behind his 34-save performance, Shane increased his career total to 2,060 stops, surpassing Matt Underhill '02 for the ninth-most saves in Cornell program history.

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. Ian Shane (2021–Present) – 2,060 saves
10. Matt Underhill (1998-02) – 2,052 saves

• The 34 stops by Shane marked his 11th career 30-save game and his second such performance of the season (32 saves at Harvard – Nov. 16, 2024). Shane recorded his highest save total since making 36 saves in a 2-2 tie against St. Lawrence last Feb. 24.

• With his assist on Kraft's first-period goal, Kempf has points in consecutive games for the third time this season. Kempf previously had assists in back-to-back games against North Dakota (Nov. 2) and Brown (Nov. 8) and versus Quinnipiac (Nov. 30) and Colgate (Dec. 6).

UP NEXT
Cornell will return to Lynah Rink next weekend when it welcomes Capital Region foes RPI (10-14-2, 5-9-0 ECAC Hockey) and Union (15-9-2, 8-5-1 ECAC Hockey).

Puck drop for both games 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). In addition to the international streaming option on Stretch Internet, Canadian fans can watch Friday's game on TSN+.

Cornell is unbeaten in 16 of the last 18 meetings (15-2-1) against the Capital Regional opponents, outscoring the opposition by an 85-34 clip. The Big Red has scored four-plus goals in 12 of the previous 18 contests.