The Cornell men’s hockey team scored three goals in the third period to top Colgate, 3-1, in Game 1 of the ECAC Quarterfinals on Friday night at Lynah Rink.
Ian Shane stopped 16-of-17 shots to earn the win for Cornell. Mitch Benson turned aside 40-of-43 shots for Colgate.
The Big Red went 1-for-6 on the power play and 1-for-2 on the penalty kill.
Ben Berard, Matt Stienburg and Kyle Penney scored for Cornell.
Matt Verboon scored the only goal for Colgate.
Cornell will try to sweep the best-of-three series on Saturday night at Lynah Rink. Face-off is slated for 7 p.m.
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