Alec McCrea's wrist shot from the right point with just
over seven minutes remaining in regulation served as the game-winning goal as No. 20 Cornell edged host Princeton, 3-2, in ECAC Hockey and Ivy League action on Friday night, in a
penalty-free game at a sold-out Hobey Baker Rink.
Brenden Locke and Brendan Smith each recorded his
respective first goal of the season in the first period for Cornell, to boost
the Big Red to a 2-0 lead after 20 minutes. Princeton pulled within a goal on
Matthew Thom's score late in the second stanza, and then tied matters 11:37
into the third period as Corey Andonovski cleaned up the rebound of a shot by
Thom.
Just over a minute later, McCrea took a pass from Max
Andreev on the right side and whipped a high shot past Princeton netminder Ryan
Ferland (33 saves). After a lengthy review, the goal was allowed to stand.
Princeton had one last offensive chance with five seconds left, but couldn't
get a shot on net off a face-off in the Big Red's end of the ice.
Cornell (7-5-0 overall, 5-2-0 ECAC Hockey, 5-1-1 Ivy League) outshot
Princeton, 36-32, before 2,300 spectators, and got 30 saves from winning
goaltender Austin McGrath. The Big Red also swept its regular-season series with
Princeton, having topped the Tigers by a 5-1 count in Ithaca, N.Y. in
mid-November.
Friday's game also saw no penalties called on either
team, in what was Cornell's first overall appearance since Dec. 1. The Big Red
visits Quinnipiac on Saturday, while Princeton (5-9-2, 3-5-1, 1-2-1) will entertain
Colgate, after the Tigers saw their three-game unbeaten streak snapped.
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