Union’s John Prokop and Colby MacArthur registered multi-point nights to lead Union to a 3-2 victory over No. 13-ranked Cornell men’s hockey at Lynah Rink before 3,855 on Friday night.
MacArthur, Chaz Smedsrud, and Liam Robertson tallied the markers for the Garnet Chargers (15-15-3, 9-9-3 ECAC Hockey) to snap their nine-game winless streak against Cornell. It is Union’s first victory over the Big Red since taking the first game of a best-of-three quarterfinal round on March 15, 2019. Kyle Chauvette made 21 saves between the pipes for Union.
Freshman Jonathan Castagna and senior forward Gabriel Segerrecorded the tallies for Cornell (16-6-6, 11-6-4 ECAC Hockey). Junior goaltender Ian Shane stopped 18 shots in the setback for the Big Red.
Picking up where he left off at Messa Rink at Achilles Center in Schenectady three weeks ago, Castagna deployed a brilliant deke to get by Union defenders and beat Chauvette with a back-handed shot to open the scoring 1:37 into the contest.
The goal for Castagna was his third goal and fifth point of the season against the Garnet Chargers in just two contests.
Cornell’s lead would only last for 2:04, as Union scored the first of its two power-play goals in the first period. Smedsrud tied the game when his shot after crashing the net from the left corner toward the left post sneaked past Shane. Five-plus minutes later, Robertson deflected a shot from the point by Prokop to give the Garnet Chargers the lead.
Following a scoreless 15 minutes of the middle stanza, a questionable interference penalty called against Union led to Seger displaying his scoring prowess against his former team. A backdoor pass from freshman forward Ryan Walsh at the left faceoff circle enabled Seger to tap in his 12th goal of the season to bring the game level at 2-all.
Just like the first period, Union responded with a goal of its own in under four minutes as it retook the lead on a goal by MacArthur. Cullen Ferguson had his shot from the top of…
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