Freshman forward Ryan Walsh (one goal, one assist) and sophomore Dalton Bancroft (two assists) logged multi-point nights, and junior goaltender Ian Shane stopped all 10 shots he faced to lead the No. 12-ranked Cornell men’s hockey team to a 3-0 victory over Brown before a sold-out crowd of 4,267 at Lynah Rink on Friday night.
Freshman defenseman Hoyt Stanley and junior forward Kyle Penney also found the back of the net for the Big Red (16-4-4, 11-4-2 ECAC Hockey) to extend the program’s unbeaten streak to 13 games (10-0-3).
Shane’s shutout was the 11th of his collegiate career, moving him into a tie with Dave LeNeveu (2001-03) and Mitch Gillam (2014-17) for the fifth-most blankings by a Cornell goaltender.
Brown freshman goaltender Lawton Zacher shoved aside 30 shots for the sixth time so far in his collegiate career for the Bears (8-14-2, 6-9-1 ECAC Hockey).
Cornell had many scoring chances in the opening six minutes, including three shot attempts that clanged off the goal post.
Walsh eventually found twine at the 6:44 mark of the first period to open the scoring, netting his marker from behind the goal line.
Late in the second period, Stanley ripped a wrist shot from the right faceoff circle that rang off the right goal post and into the net. Walsh and Bancroft were credited with assists, giving the linemates two-point nights.
The Big Red, which played stifling defense throughout the contest as it out-shot Brown 33-10, was held off the scoreboard until the final two minutes of the third period when Penney deposited the puck into Brown’s empty net to give Cornell an insurance marker. A defensive zone faceoff win by senior forward Gabriel Seger and a dumping of the puck deep in the defensive zone by junior defenseman Tim Rego led to the tally.
GAME NOTES
• Friday was the 139th meeting between the Ivy League rivals, which Cornell now owns an 87-44-8 record over Brown. The Big Red is unbeaten in 21 of its last 22 contests against the Bears…
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