Mainly cloudy with snow showers around this evening. Low 24F. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 40%..
Mainly cloudy with snow showers around this evening. Low 24F. Winds WSW at 5 to 10 mph. Chance of snow 40%.
Updated: December 1, 2024 @ 6:23 pm
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NEW YORK — Making his return from a four-game absence, senior forward Sullivan Mack scored a goal and added an assist to aid the No. 11-ranked Cornell men’s hockey team (4-2-3) to a 3-3 tie with No. 18-ranked Quinnipiac (6-6-1) before a crowd of 16,593 at Madison Square Garden on Saturday night.
Cornell will conclude its 2024 portion of the 2024-25 schedule next weekend when it plays its annual home-and-home series with Colgate (7-7-4, 4-1-1 ECAC Hockey). The series will begin on Friday, Dec. 6, when it hosts the Raiders at Lynah Rink before traveling northward on Saturday, Dec. 7,in Hamilton, N.Y.
Joining Mack in having a multi-point performance was sophomore Jonathan Castagna, who chipped in two assists.
Senior forward Jack O’Leary and junior forward Dalton Bancroft also lit the lamp in the draw for the Big Red, who extended its unbeaten streak at Madison Square Garden to five games (4-0-1).
Aaron Schwartz was the lone player for Quinnipiac to have a multi-point night, scoring once and assisting on another Bobcat tally. Cooper Moore and Andon Cerbone also found the back of the net for Quinnipiac.
Cornell’s Ian Shane stopped 26 shots in the draw while Dylan Silverstein matched his season high for saves, shoving aside 30 Big Red shots between the pipes.
Saturday’s contest was the most attended Cornell hockey game at Madison Square Garden since Red Hot Hockey on Nov. 28, 2015, when Cornell and Boston University played to a 3-3 tie in front of 17,154.
Mack gave Cornell the lead 2:12 into the contest as Castagna weaved through Quinnipiac’s defense on a controlled breakout from behind the Big Red’s et. Following a shot by Castagna from the bottom of the near faceoff circle, he regained control of the puck behind the Bobcats net, setting up Mack for a one-timer from the right faceoff circle
Late in the first period, Bancroft netted a short-handed goal to double Cornell’s lead. After a Quinnipiac shot that missed the net, sophomore forward Ryan Walsh chipped the puck between two Quinnipiac defenders off the boards to set up a 2-on-0 breakaway where Bancroft one-timed Walsh’s pass past Silverstein.
The Bobcats retaliated with a three-goal second period to take a 3-2 lead. Cerbone potted Quinnipiac’s first goal 11 seconds into the middle stanza on the power play, which carried over from the first period. Travis Treloar intercepted the puck from behind Cornell’s net and quickly set up Cerbone on the edge of the crease.
Schwartz evened the game at 2-all on a delayed penalty, tipping in a pass at the near post from Jeremy Wilmer, who was at the bottom of the far faceoff circle.
Immediately following the expiration of a 4-on-4 situation, Moore tallied a short-handed goal to give Quinnipiac a 3-2 lead, one-timing a pass by Schwartz on a quick drop pass from Chris Pelosi at the base of the right faceoff circle.
Cornell evened the game 1:12 into the third period as O’Leary pounced on a loose rebound after Mack had a shot saved by Silverstein while drawing a Quinnipiac penalty, which was quickly washed out by O’Leary’s tally.
The Big Red out-shot the Bobcats in the third period, 13-6, and both netminders stood tall in goal, forcing a five-minute overtime.
Quinnipiac generated eight shot attempts during the five-minute 3-on-3 period, only three of which were on goal. Cornell’s lone chance in the overtime period came with 3.2 seconds left when sophomore defenseman Ben Robertson back-handed a shot on goal that nearly beat Silverstein between his legs.
Bancroft opened the shootout with a goal and Wilmer missed his attempt. Senior defenseman Hank Kempf took Cornell’s second shot and beat Silverstein with a deke but could not get the shot off in time. Treloar had his back-handed shot blockered aside by Shane to keep the advantage in favor of Cornell. Walsh had his shot stopped by Silverstein to begin round three of the shootout and Cerbone had his attempt padded away by Shane to give Cornell the shootout victory.
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