A three-goal second period aided the Cornell men’s hockey team (10-8-6, 7-6-4 ECAC Hockey) to a 6-1 victory over Brown (11-11-2, 7-9-1 ECAC Hockey) at Meehan Auditorium on Friday night.
Sophomore forward Ryan Walsh scored the first two markers in the second period for his first multi-goal game with the Big Red, igniting his three-point night while serving as one of five players with multiple points on the night.
Joining Walsh in having a three-point night was his linemate, senior forward Sullivan Mack, who tallied a career-high for points and assists with three.
Freshman forward Charlie Major – who returned to the lineup after missing the last eight games – and senior forward Kyle Penney each had a goal and assist. Junior forward Dalton Bancroft and senior forward Jack O’Leary also chipped in a pair of assists in the victory.
Senior goaltender Ian Shane made 17 saves between the pipes for Cornell, logging his 58th career victory to tie Andy Iles ’14 for the fifth-most wins by a Big Red netminder.
Brown goaltender Lawton Zacher, fresh off being named one of 10 semifinalists for this year’s Mike Richter Award on Thursday afternoon, made 22 stops in the losing effort for the Bears before being pulled after allowing Cornell’s sixth goal. Tyler Shea halted three Big Red shots in relief.
GAME NOTES
• Friday was the 141st meeting between the Big Red and Bears, as Cornell improved to 89-44-8 over Brown and is unbeaten in 23 of the last 24 games (20-1-3) while having a 58-goal advantage during the span, 88-30.
• Along with its 20 wins over the last 24 games against Brown, Cornell has won the last six games versus the Bears while owning a 29-4 edge in goals. Eight of the nine victories over Brown have been by at least two goals and seven of the previous nine have been by three-plus goals.
• Cornell’s six-game win streak against Brown is tied for the program’s third-longest stretch without a loss or tie versus the Bears and is the team’s longest win streak since stringing seven victories between Nov. 10, 2007, and March 19, 2010.
LONGEST WIN STREAKS AGAINST BROWN
Cornell Program History
• 7 games, Jan. 22, 1988 – Dec. 8, 1990
• 7 games, Nov. 10, 2007 – March 19, 2010
• 6 games, Dec. 22, 1967 – Feb. 7, 1970
• 6 games, March 6, 1971 – Dec. 8, 1973
• 6 games, Nov. 19, 2022 – Present
• Cornell improved to 9-1-2 over its last 12 games at Meehan Auditorium, which features the Big Red scoring five-plus goals in the previous three contests and outscoring Brown by an 18-2 clip.
• After allowing one goal on Friday, Cornell has now held Brown to under three goals in each of the last 11 games, tying for the fifth-longest streak in program history and the third-longest active stretch, only behind St. Lawrence (18 games) and former ECAC Hockey opponent Vermont (12 games).
LONGEST STREAK OF HOLDING OPPONENT TO UNDER THREE GOALS
Against Active Division I Programs
• 18 games – St. Lawrence (Dec. 4, 2015 – Present)
• 17 games – Yale (Feb. 10, 2001 – Jan. 26, 2008)
• 16 games – RPI (Feb. 19, 2000 – Nov. 26, 2006)
• 12 games – Vermont (Feb. 12, 1999 – Present)
• 11 games – Brown (Nov. 14, 1998 – March 21, 2003)
• 11 games – Colgate (Jan. 18, 2002 – March 17, 2006)
• 11 games – Dartmouth (Feb. 11, 1967 – Jan. 29, 1972)
• 11 games – Brown (March 22, 2019 – Present)
• 10 games – Colgate (Jan. 23, 1965 – Feb. 11, 1969)
• With his 17 saves on Friday, Shane increased his career saves total to 2,113 and is 30 saves shy of matching Darren Eliot ’83 (2,143 saves) for the eighth-most saves in Cornell program history.
MOST GOALTENDER SAVES
Cornell Program History
1. Andy Iles (2010-14) – 2,988 saves
2. Ben Scrivens (2006-10) – 2,872 saves
3. Jason Elliott (1994-98) – 2,462 saves
4. Mitch Gillam (2013-17) – 2,403 saves
5. Corrie D’Alessio (1987-91) – 2,228 saves
6. Brian Hayward (1978-82) – 2,225 saves
7. David McKee (2003-06) – 2,208 saves
8. Darren Eliot (1979-83) – 2,143 saves
9. Ian Shane (2021–Present) – 2,113 saves
10. Matt Underhill (1998-02) – 2,052 saves
• With his third-period goal, Psenicka extended his career-long point streak to seven games, marking the longest point streak by a Cornell forward since Max Andreev ’23 had an eight-game point streak between Nov. 12, 2021, and Jan. 1, 2022. It is the 23rd point streak of at least seven games (done by 16 players) under Mike Schafer ’86‘s tenure as head coach, dating back to the 1995-96 season.
• Following his early third-period goal, Rego upped his point streak to three games, matching his career-long point streak for the fourth time. It is the third time this season that Rego has had points in three consecutive games, joined by streaks between Nov. 16-23 and Jan. 17-24.
• Kovich’s assist on Psenicka’s goal upped his point streak to three games, marking the longest point streak of his collegiate career.
• Major’s goal was his first since scoring the Big Red’s game-winning overtime marker against Colgate as part of a two-point night on Dec. 6 at Lynah Rink, snapping his five-game goalless streak.
UP NEXT
Cornell will travel west on Interstate 95 to conclude its Ivy League slate on Saturday when it faces Yale (6-16-2, 5-10-2 ECAC Hockey).
The Bulldogs are coming off a 5-4 overtime victory over Colgate on Friday night at Ingalls Rink. Hughie Hooker scored the game-winner for the Bulldogs 3:02 into the extra frame.
Entering Saturday night’s game, Cornell is 10-1-4 over its last 15 games versus the Bulldogs and has a 7-0-2 record over the previous nine games while having a plus-23 edge in goals, 32-9. Across the last 15 games with Yale, the Big Red has scored at least three goals all but four times, averaging 3.47 goals per game while holding the Bulldogs to just 1.73 goals per game.
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