NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Two-goal performances by sophomore forward Ryan Walsh and junior forward Dalton Bancroft aided the Cornell men's hockey team (11-8-6, 8-6-4 ECAC Hockey) to its 5-3 victory over Yale (6-17-2, 5-11-2 ECAC Hockey) in ECAC Hockey action at Ingalls Rink on Saturday night.

Walsh's two-goal outing capped his second straight game with multiple goals, becoming the first Cornell player with two-plus goals in consecutive games since Greg Miller during the 2012-13 season.

Joining Walsh and Bancroft in scoring was sophomore forward Jake Kraft, who scored the middle goal of Cornell's three-goal second period that enabled the Big Red to secure its third consecutive sweep of the annual southern New England road trip.

Senior goaltender Ian Shane made 23 saves between the pipes for the Big Red en route to his 59th career victory, breaking a tie with Andy Iles '14 for the fifth-most wins in program history.

Donovan Frias scored two goals and David Chen also found the back of the net for the Bulldogs in the setback. Noah Pak made 11 saves before being pulled in favor of Luke Pearson, who stopped six of seven Cornell shots in relief.

Picking up where he left off from Friday night, Walsh opened the scoring 3:34 into the contest on a wrist shot from the top of the left faceoff circle after picking up a loose puck at the far half-wall. Walsh's shot glanced off Pak's glove and lofted over his left shoulder and into the goal.



Cornell doubled its lead 7:45 into the contest on the power play as Bancroft backhanded a rebound of a shot by Charlie Major. Walsh set the backhanded shot up by playing the puck off his skate and chipping the puck below the left faceoff circle to Bancroft.



Yale turned Cornell's two-goal lead into a 2-2 tie 1:54 into the second period with goals from Chen and Frias. Chen's marker came as he tipped a centering pass by Kieran O'Hearn from the left faceoff circle. Frias' tally came on a misplay by Shane behind his net as the puck hit sophomore defenseman George Fegaras' skate and went right onto the stick of Julian Frias. Will Richter took a shot from the mid-slot off a pass from Julian Frias and hit Donovan Frias in the shoulder as he skated past Shane on the edge of the crease.

In what proved to be a game of quick tallies, Cornell regained its two-goal lead with goals 98 seconds apart from Bancroft – for his second goal of the night – and Kraft.

Following a defensive zone faceoff win by Walsh, Cornell briefly had a 3-on-2 scoring chance, but senior forward Sullivan Mack set sophomore defenseman Hoyt Stanley up for a one-timer from the right point that was stopped by Pak. Bancroft pounced at the rebound, leading to his second rebound goal of the night.



An indirect pass off the boards by junior defenseman Jack O'Brien and a chipped puck into the middle of the neutral zone by sophomore forward Tyler Catalano led Kraft – fresh off the bench on a line change – to streak down the right side of the ice and snap a shot past Pak, leading Yale to opt for a goaltender change.



Past the halfway point of the contest, Walsh netted his second goal of the night after batting a pass by Mack at the left goal post out of mid-air and past Pearson to give Cornell a 5-2 lead.



Yale trimmed Cornell's lead with 3.3 seconds left as a shot from the left faceoff circle by Hughie Hooker was deflected past Shane by Donovan Frias for his second goal of the game.

GAME NOTES
• Saturday was the 166th meeting between the Big Red and Bulldogs as Cornell improved its record to 93-63-10 against Yale. The Big Red is unbeaten in the last 10 games (8-0-2) versus the Bulldogs, registering a 25-goal advantage during the span, 37-12.

• Cornell's 10-game unbeaten streak against Yale (8-0-2) ranks as the third-longest in program history, trailing a 16-game stretch (12-0-4) between Nov. 30, 2001, and Jan. 26, 2008, and a 12-game win streak that spanned Dec. 16, 1967, and Feb. 14, 1973.

LONGEST UNBEATEN STREAKS VS. YALE
Cornell Program History
• 16 games (12-0-4) – Nov. 30, 2001 – Jan. 26, 2008
• 12 games (12-0-0) – Dec. 16, 1967 – Feb. 14, 1973
• 10 games (8-0-2) – Nov. 9, 2019 – Present

• The victory was Cornell's fifth consecutive triumph at Ingalls Rink over Yale, marking the Big Red's third-longest road win streak against the Bulldogs in program history, trailing an eight-game span (Jan. 5, 1966 – Feb. 7, 1973) and a six-game stretch (March 1, 2003 – Nov. 9, 2007).
 
LONGEST ROAD WIN STREAKS VS. YALE
Cornell Program History
• 8 games – Jan. 5, 1966 – Feb. 7, 1973
• 6 games – March 1, 2003 – Nov. 9, 2007
• 5 games – Feb. 21, 2020 – Present

• Following its two-goal victory, each of Cornell's last nine victories against Yale has been by at least two goals. Over the previous nine Big Red triumphs over the Bulldogs, Cornell has outscored Yale by a 38-11 clip, averaging a margin of victory of 3.11.
 
• With his 23 saves on Friday, Shane increased his career saves total to 2,136 and is seven saves shy of matching Darren Eliot '83 (2,143 saves) for the eighth-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) – 2,136 saves
10. Matt Underhill (1998-02) – 2,052 saves

• With his assist on Walsh's first-period goal, Psenicka extended his career-long point streak to eight games, marking the longest point streak by a Cornell forward since Max Andreev '23 had an eight-game point streak between Nov. 12, 2021, and Jan. 1, 2022. It is the 13th point streak of at least eight games (done by 12 different players) under Mike Schafer '86's tenure as head coach, dating back to the 1995-96 season.
 
LONGEST POINT STREAKS BY CORNELL FORWARDS
Mike Schafer '86 Era (Since 1995-96)
11 games, Matt Stienburg, Oct. 30, 2021 – Jan. 1, 2022 (8-11—19)
10 games, Matt Moulson, Nov. 5, 2005 – Dec. 27, 2005 (6-7—13)
9 games, Kyle Knopp, Jan. 25, 1997 – Feb. 22, 1997 (9-5—14)
9 games, Matt Moulson, Nov. 15, 2003 – Jan. 9, 2004 (7-6—13)
9 games, Mike Knoepfli, Feb. 4, 2005 – March 11, 2005 (6-7—13)
9 games, Topher Scott, Nov. 4, 2006 – Dec. 2, 2006 (3-9—12)
8 games, Kyle Knopp, Nov. 21, 1997 – Jan. 10, 1998 (2-7—9)
8 games, Ryan Vesce, Nov. 25, 2000 – Jan. 12, 2001 (2-11—13)
8 games, Daniel Pegoraro, Feb. 5, 2005 – March 11, 2005 (3-5—8)
8 games, Blake Gallagher, Feb. 6, 2009 – Feb. 28, 2009 (3-8—11)
8 games, Greg Miller, Oct. 29, 2011 – Nov. 22, 2011 (2-8—10)
8 games, Max Andreev, Nov. 12, 2021 – Jan. 1, 2022 (7-9—16)
8 games, Ondrej Psenicka, Jan. 17, 2025 - Present (3-5—8)

• Psenicka's eight-game point streak is tied for Division I hockey's third-longest active point streak and the longest in ECAC Hockey.

LONGEST ACTIVE POINT STREAKS
Division I Hockey
15 games, T.J. Hughes, Michigan (9-15—23)
10 games, Ryan Leonard, Boston College (12-7—19)
8 games, Ryan Johnson, Alaska Anchorage (2-8—10)
8 games, Jack Musa, UMass (6-8—14)
8 games, Cole O'Hara, UMass (8-7—14)
8 games, Ondrej Psenicka, Cornell (3-5—8)

• Among ECAC Hockey players this season, Psenicka's eight-game point streak is tied with Brown's Ryan St. Louis, Clarkson's Ayrton Martino, RPI's Jake Gagnon, and Union's Brandon Buhr for the fourth-longest point streak this season.

LONGEST POINT STREAKS THIS SEASON
ECAC Hockey Players
13 games, Brett Chorske, Colgate, Oct. 25, 2024 – Jan. 10, 2025 (9-6—15)
9 games, Mason Marcellus, Quinnipiac, Nov. 15, 2024 – Jan. 1, 2025 (3-7—10)
9 games, CJ Foley, Dartmouth, Dartmouth, Nov. 3, 2024 - Dec. 7, 2024 (3-10—13)
8 games, Brandon Buhr, Union, Oct. 18, 2024 – Nov. 16, 2024 (4-5—9)
8 games, Ayrton Martino, Clarkson, Nov. 30, 2024 – Jan. 24, 2025 (11-5—16)
8 games, Ryan St. Louis, Brown, Dec. 7, 2024 – Jan. 31, 2025 (5-9—14)
8 games, Jake Gagnon, RPI, Jan. 4, 2025 – Feb. 1, 2025 (5-3—8)
8 games, Ondrej Psenicka, Cornell, Jan. 17, 2025 – Present (3-5—8)

• Walsh's three-point night was his second consecutive game registering at least three points, becoming the first Cornell player with at least three points in successive games since Gabriel Seger '24 last season against Harvard in the quarterfinals of the ECAC Hockey Championship (March 16, 2024) and Dartmouth in the semifinals of the ECAC Hockey Championship (March 22, 2024).
 
• Walsh became the eighth player to have consecutive three-point games in the Mike Schafer '86 era, joining Ryan Vesce (Dec. 2-27, 2000), Matt Moulson (Nov. 7-8, 2003), Shane Hynes (Nov. 27-Dec. 3, 2004), Michael Kennedy (Jan. 4-5, 2008), Blake Gallagher (Nov. 14-20, 2009), Alex Rauter (Dec. 2-30, 2017), and Seger.

MOST CONSECUTIVE THREE-POINT GAMES
Mike Schafer '86 Era (Since 1995-96)
• 2 games, Ryan Vesce (Dec. 2-27, 2000) – 1-5—6
• 2 games, Matt Moulson (Nov. 7-8, 2003) – 2-4—6
• 2 games, Shane Hynes (Nov. 27- Dec. 3, 2004) – 1-5—6
• 2 games, Michael Kennedy (Jan. 4-5, 2008) – 3-3—6
• 2 games, Blake Gallagher (Nov. 14-20, 2009) – 4-2—6
• 2 games, Alex Rauter (Dec. 2-30, 2017) – 1-5—6
• 2 games, Gabriel Seger (March 16-22, 2024) – 2-5—7
• 2 games, Ryan Walsh (Feb. 14-15, 2025) – 4-2—6

• Walsh became the seventh player (eighth instance) in the Mike Schafer '86 era to register multiple goals in consecutive games, joining Brad Chartrand (twice), P.C. Drouin (Feb. 17-23, 1996), Blake Gallagher (Nov. 14-20, 2009), Evan Barlow (March 14-15, 2009), Nick D'Agostino (Nov. 11-12, 2011), and Greg Miller (Feb. 22-23, 2013).
 
MOST CONSECUTIVE TWO-GOAL GAMES
Mike Schafer '86 Era (Since 1995-96)
• 2 games, Brad Chartrand (Jan. 20-23, 1996) — 4 goals
• 2 games, P.C. Drouin (Feb. 17-23, 1996) — 4 goals
• 2 games, Brad Chartrand (March 8-9, 1996) — 4 goals
• 2 games, Blake Gallagher (Nov. 14-20, 2009) — 4 goals
• 2 games, Evan Barlow (March 14-15, 2009) — 4 goals
• 2 games, Nick D'Agostino (Nov. 11-12, 2011) — 4 goals
• 2 games, Greg Miller (Feb. 22-23, 2013) — 4 goals
• 2 games, Ryan Walsh (Feb. 14-15, 2025) — 4 goals

• Cornell had at least two players with multiple goals in the same game for the first time since Jan. 19, 2024, when Jonathan Castagna had a hat trick and Nick DeSantis chipped in a pair of goals in a 6-2 Big Red win.

• Following his assist on Walsh's second-period goal, Rego upped his point streak to four games, establishing a new career-long point streak. It is the longest point streak by a Big Red defenseman since sophomore blueliner Ben Robertson opened last season with points in his first seven collegiate games.

• Major recorded his third point of the weekend with his assist on Bancroft's first-period power-play goal, marking his second time registering points in consecutive games this season. He previously had one assist apiece against Dartmouth (Nov. 15) and Harvard (Nov. 16).

UP NEXT
Cornell will return to Lynah Rink for its final two regular-season home games next weekend when it hosts Clarkson (18-9-3, 12-5-1 ECAC Hockey) and St. Lawrence (9-19-2, 5-11-2 ECAC Hockey).
 
Both games will be a part of Cornell's annual Alumni Weekend celebration, which will feature intermission recognitions of numerous Big Red ECAC Championship teams, highlighted by appearances from members of the 1980, 2005, 2010, and 2020 teams.
 
The first 1,000 students into Lynah Rink for Friday's game will receive a Big Red Roller Banner.
 
The team will honor its 10-player senior class and "Celebrate Schafe" following Saturday's contest. Fans can expect to see in-game tributes, commemorative giveaways, and interactive opportunities to express their appreciation throughout the game, setting the stage for an unforgettable post-game ceremony.