One night after suffering a five-goal defeat at No. 18
Quinnipiac, top-ranked Cornell rebounded for a 5-3 victory in Ivy League men’s
hockey action at Princeton on Saturday night.
Ben Tupker’s backhand goal in front just under six
minutes into the third period stood up as the game-winner, with Tristan Mullin
collecting his second goal of the game with 50 seconds remaining in regulation
to ice it for Cornell (14-2-4 overall, 9-2-2 ECAC Hockey). Princeton had closed
to within 4-3 just over two minutes after Tupker’s tally.
The Big Red led, 2-0, after 20 minutes of play, before
the host Tigers scored twice in the second period to knot matters, 2-2, after
40 minutes. Cornell also got goals from Max Andreev and Alex Green, while all
three of Princeton’s scores—from Mark Paolini, Spencer Kersten and Liam Grande—came
on power plays. Cornell finished 3-for-8 on its power plays, while Princeton went
3-for-6 with a man advantage.
Jeremie Forget stopped 31 shots for Princeton, while Matthew
Galajda made 12 saves for Cornell, which outshot Princeton (3-12-14, 1-9-3) by
a 36-15 margin on the night at a sold-out Hobey Baker Rink. The Big Red also
swept the season series, having topped Princeton by a 5-1 count in Ithaca, N.Y.
earlier this season.
