Junior goaltender Matthew Galajda made 13 of his 22 saves in the third period to help sophomore forward Michael Regush’s power-play goal in the second period stand up as the game-winner for the Cornell men’s hockey team in a 2-1 victory over ECAC Hockey rival Quinnipiac on Friday night at Lynah Rink. With the win, the Big Red — ranked second in the nation in both the USCHO.com and USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine polls — improves to 7-0 for the second time in the last three years.
Though the first period produced no goals, it concluded with a flurry of activity in front of Galajda. He made a pair of saves in a remarkable stretch of three Quinnipiac odd-man rushes in a span of just 27 seconds.
Cornell (7-0, 5-0 ECAC Hockey) then struck first with junior forward Brenden Locke’s goal early in the second period. Quinnipiac (6-5-1, 2-2-1) countered with Nick Jermain’s fifth goal of the season to tie it at 1, but Regush put the Big Red back on top for good just a shade over two minutes later. It gave the Big Red power play, which leads the country with a 40% conversion rate, at least one goal in each of the team’s first seven games for the first time since the 2005-06 season.
Matthew Galajda makes 22 saves, and the penalty kill was a perfect 5-for-5 to help Cornell men’s hockey win its seventh straight with a 2-1 win over Quinnipiac. #YellCornell
(?: Eldon Lindsay/Cornell Athletics) pic.twitter.com/0pzAEGKJEM— Cornell Big Red (@CornellSports) November 23, 2019
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