The No. 13-ranked Cornell men’s hockey team and Dartmouth played to a 2-2 tie at Thompson Arena on Saturday night, and the Big Green took the extra point in the shootout for ECAC Hockey standings purposes.
Freshmen Ryan Walsh and Ben Robertson scored the goals in regulation for Cornell (11-4-4, 6-4-2 ECAC) as the Big Red saw its five-game win streak snapped, but its unbeaten streak extended to eight games (5-0-3).
CJ Foley and Sean Chisholm scored in regulation for Dartmouth (5-8-7, 3-5-5 ECAC).
Junior goaltender Ian Shane made 29 saves between the pipes for the Big Red while his counterpart, Cooper Black, shoved aside 20 Cornell shots.
Neither team found the back of the net over the opening 20 minutes of play as Dartmouth doubled up Cornell in shots on goal, 10-5. Four of the Big Green’s shots in the frame came during its pair of power-play opportunities, which the Big Red successfully killed off.
Cornell had its lone shot on goal during its first-period power play saved as the 6-foot-8 Black got his right pad on a cross-crease save, robbing Walsh of a goal on a one-timer off a pass from senior forward Gabriel Seger.
The teams evenly split four goals in a high-scoring middle frame ignited by Walsh, who backhanded a shot over Black’s right shoulder five minutes into the period. Junior defenseman Tim Rego created the scoring chance by sending a 50-foot stretch pass from one blue line to the other. Freshman forward Jake Kraft garnered the secondary assist.
Dartmouth tallied the following two goals to take a 2-1 lead as Foley netted the tying goal following a scrum to the left of Cornell’s goal. Ryan Sorkin and Oskari Vuorio set up Foley for his third goal of the year.
Six minutes later, Chisholm tallied a power-play marker after Shane saved Matt Fusco’s initial shot that deflected off a skate of a Cornell defender, leading to Chisholm beating Shane over his right shoulder.
The Big Red and Big Green had coincidental minor penalties following a stoppage…
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