Freshman forward Jonathan Castagna recorded a four-point night, including his first collegiate hat trick, to guide the No. 14-ranked Cornell men’s hockey team to a resounding 6-2 victory over Princeton before 4,181 at Lynah Rink on Friday night.
Joining Castagna in logging multi-point nights were his linemates, junior forwards Jack O’Leary (one goal, one assist) and Sullivan Mack (two assists).
“I think me, O’Leary, and Mack were just having a great game tonight,” Castagna said. “We knew the details, we stuck to them, and we knew how to break them down. I credit all three of us for knowing what we were going to do and executing it.”
Sophomore forward Nick DeSantis was the lone other Cornell player to have a multi-point night, scoring the Big Red’s first and final goals.
Junior goaltender Ian Shane stopped 15 shots between the pipes for Cornell (9-4-3, 4-4-1 ECAC) as the Big Red is now unbeaten in its last five games (3-0-2).
David Jacobs posted a goal and an assist in the setback for the Tigers, while Ethan Pearson made 29 saves in goal for Princeton (6-10-2, 5-6-1 ECAC), who has now lost its last five games.
Cornell opened the scoring five minutes into the contest as freshman defenseman Marian Mosko used a stretched outlet pass to junior forward Kyle Penney, who chipped the puck up to DeSantis to pot the game’s first tally.
Mosko’s assist was the first point of his collegiate career.
Not even a minute after Princeton leveled the game in the second period on a power-play goal from Jacobs, Castagna netted the first of his two goals in 31 seconds to give the Big Red the lead for good.
The first Castagna goal came immediately following an offensive zone faceoff win and O’Leary had a shot blocked, allowing Castagna to capitalize on the rebound attempt.
Both teams elected not to change lines following the goal, leading to Castagna’s highlight-reel goal that gave Cornell a two-goal cushion.
“No one expects to score two [goals] in one…
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