ITHACA, N.Y. — Ayrton Martino upped his ECAC Hockey lead in goals and points on Friday night before a sold-out crowd at Lynah Rink, factoring on all three goals scored by No. 19-ranked Clarkson (19-9-3, 13-5-1 ECAC Hockey) as it defeated the Cornell men's hockey team (11-9-6, 8-7-4 ECAC Hockey) on Friday night, 3-1.
 
Martino scored his 20th goal of the season to become Clarkson's first 20-goal scorer since Sheldon Rempal in 2017-18, while also chipping in his 17th and 18th assists on the season for the Golden Knights, who increased its record away from Cheel Arena to 12-1-0 with Friday night's win.
 
Ryan Richardson also had a multi-point night for the Golden Knights, scoring an empty-net goal and adding an assist on Martino's goal. Garrett Dahm also scored for Clarkson, who officially clinched a first-round bye with the victory. Goaltender Ethan Langenegger made 24 saves between the pipes for his 18th win on the season.
 
Senior forward Sullivan Mack potted the lone marker for the Big Red, extending his point streak to three games (1-5—6). Senior goaltender Ian Shane made eight saves in the setback for the Big Red.
 
After a scoreless period that featured a combined 10 shots on goal, Clarkson got on the board 5:35 into the middle frame on a tally by Dahm with a snapshot from the top of the right faceoff circle. Trey Taylor set up the marker with a stretch pass deep inside Clarkson's defensive zone to Martino at the offensive zone blue line.
 
Trailing for nearly the next 12 minutes, Cornell tied the game up with 2:41 left in the second off a defensive zone breakout. Mack used a backhand-forehand deke to beat Langenegger from a pass by senior forward Kyler Kovich.
 

 
Cornell had a chance to take its first lead of the game with under eight minutes to play in the third period when junior forward Nick DeSantis had a breakaway following a Clarkson neutral-zone turnover. DeSantis veered to the right side of the ice on his attempt, but a prone Langenegger was able to get his left pad on the attempt and keep the score at 1-all.
 

 
With under five minutes remaining in regulation, Clarkson broke the deadlock when Martino took a pass from Richardson, blazing past a Cornell defender from the left side of the ice, and scored while being tripped up on the play.
 
Despite having six shot attempts following Martino's goal, including two on goal by senior forward Jack O'Leary with Shane pulled for an extra attacker, Clarkson tallied an empty-net goal with 30.3 seconds left.
 
GAME NOTES
• Friday was the 153rd all-time meeting between Clarkson and Cornell as the Big Red's lead in the series was trimmed to 73-60-19. The Big Red is winless over its last three games against the Golden Knights (0-2-1).
 
• Cornell's penalty kill continued to shine on Friday night, holding a potent Clarkson power play that was converting at a 23.3 percent clip, which entered the night ranked 14th nationally, without a shot on goal during its pair of power-play chances in the first period. The Big Red has killed 27 of its last 29 penalties (93.1 percent), tied with Clarkson and Quinnipiac for the fourth-best penalty kill since Jan. 18.
 
TOP PENALTY KILLS SINCE JAN. 18
Division I Hockey
1. Colgate — 25-of-26 (.962)
2. Holy Cross — 29-of-31 (.935)
3. Minnesota State — 14-of-15 (.933)
T4. Clarkson — 27-of-29 (.931)
T4. Cornell — 27-of-29 (.931)
T4. Quinnipiac — 27-of-29 (.931)
7. Dartmouth — 19-of-21 (.905)
8. Western Michigian — 18-of-20 (.900)
 
• With his eight saves on Friday night, Shane (2,145) surpassed Darren Eliot '83 (2,143) 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. Ian Shane (2021-Present) — 2,145 saves
9. Darren Eliot (1979-83) — 2,143 saves
 
• Along with Mack extending his point streak to three games, he has eight points (2-6—8) over his last six games. Kovich's assist on Mack's goal was his fourth point (1-3—4) over his last five games.

• Senior forward Jack O'Leary played in his 100th career game on Friday night, becoming the sixth active Big Red player to reach the century mark, joining defensemen Tim Rego (126) and Hank Kempf (124), forwards Ondrej Psenicka (121) and Kyle Penney (115), and goaltender Ian Shane (109).
 
UP NEXT
Cornell will play its final regular-season home game in front of the Lynah Faithful on Saturday when it hosts St. Lawrence (9-20-2, 5-12-2 ECAC Hockey). Puck drop is scheduled for 6 p.m.
 
Game action will be broadcast on ESPN+ with Grady Whittenburg calling play-by-play and former Cornell defenseman Tim Vanini '91 supplying analysis. Jason Weinstein (play-by-play) and Tony Eisenhut '88 (analysis) will also have the call over the airwaves on WHCU (870 AM, 97.7 FM, cortacatoday.com).
 
Following the game, Cornell will honor its 10-player senior class and hold a ceremony for Mike Schafer '86, the Jay R. Bloom '77 Head Coach of Cornell Men's Hockey, who will be retiring after the conclusion of the season.