Junior forward Dalton Bancroft’s second career hat trick and senior goaltender Ian Shane’s 13-save shutout highlighted the Cornell men’s hockey team’s (12-9-6, 9-7-4 ECAC Hockey) 6-0 shutout of St. Lawrence (9-21-2, 5-13-2 ECAC Hockey) before a sold-out crowd at Lynah Rink on Saturday night in Mike Schafer ’86‘s final regular-season home game at Lynah Rink on Senior Night.
Bancroft’s career-high four-point night highlighted five Big Red players who registered multi-point nights. Senior forwards Jack O’Leary and Sullivan Mack each had a goal and assist, while freshman forward Charlie Major and sophomore defenseman Ben Robertson each tallied two assists.
Shane made 13 saves between the pipes en route to his 13th career shutout, tying Ken Dryden ’69 for the fourth-most shutouts by a Cornell goaltender in program history.
St. Lawrence’s Mason Kucenski made 25 saves in the setback for the Saints.
With the win, Cornell is guaranteed to host at least a first-round playoff game and can finish no worse than the No. 7 seed for next month’s ECAC Hockey Championship.
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Cornell will head to the Capital Region for its final pair of regular-season games where it will take on Union () and RPI ().
Puck drop for both games is scheduled for 7 p.m. Game action will be broadcast on ESPN+ and over the airwaves on WHCU (870 AM, 97.7 FM, cortacatoday.com).
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