Saints Shock No. 4 Cornell

Final	1	2	3	Final
Cornell (14-3-3, 9-2-2)	0	0	1	1
St. Lawrence (13-10-2, 5-6-2)	2	2	4	8

Scoring Summary
1st - 01:12	Brandon Bollig (St. Lawrence)
1st - 18:27	Jared Ross (St. Lawrence)
2nd - 02:17	PP - Kevin DeVergilio (St. Lawrence)
2nd - 09:21	PP - Zach Miskovic (St. Lawrence)
3rd - 00:27	Riley Nash (Cornell)
3rd - 05:12	Travis Vermeulen (St. Lawrence)
3rd - 07:35	EN - Derek Keller (St. Lawrence)
3rd - 09:19	PP - Jared Ross (St. Lawrence)
3rd - 13:21	Jake Klancher (St. Lawrence)

Cornell	St. Lawrence
G: Riley Nash - 1 A: Colin Greening - 1 Sh: Riley Nash - 6 Sv: Ben Scrivens - 19	G: Jared Ross - 2 A: 2 Players (#17, #20 - 3) Sh: Brock McBride - 8 Sv: Alex Petizian - 34

TEAM STATISTICS	Cornell	St. Lawrence
Power Plays	0 for 5	3 for 11
Shorthanded Goals	0	0
Penalties (min)	13 (37)	11 (30)
Shots on Goal	35	39
Face Offs Won	39	38

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Boxscore

Canton, NY - Senior defenseman Jared Ross scored two goals and St. Lawrence University enjoyed its biggest  offensive night in over a year, shocking fourth ranked Cornell 8-1 in an ECAC Hockey game at Appleton Arena in Canton Friday night.

Cornell entered the game atop the ECAC standings and as the best team in the nation defensively, but the Saints outshot the Big Red 29-13 through two periods, built a 4-0 lead and went on to become just the third team this season to score more than four goals against Cornell.

SLU improves to 13-10-2 overall and 5-6-2 in the ECAC while Cornell is now 14-3-3 overall and 9-2-2 in league play.  It was the fifth win for the Saints over a ranked team and by far the biggest, both in terms of margin of victory and impact as far as the league race is concerned. 

"I thought we could give them a game based on how well we played in Ithaca earlier this year," said Saint coach Joe Marsh. "But, I certainly didn't expect anything like this. Our guys were clicking on all cylinders and we caught a couple of breaks and then things snowballed. It is obviously a huge win for us and one we can take a lot of momentum out of, but we are going to have to put it behind us quickly and get ready for Colgate on Saturday."

The Saints wasted little time in hitting the scoreboard as freshman wing Brandon Bollig scored his fourth goal of the season just 1:12 into the game. Travis Vermeulen and Alex Curran double-teamed a Cornell defender at the blue line and knocked the puck free. Bollig picked it up and fired a shot from the top of the faceoff circle which beat Cornell goalie Ben Scrivens just inside the post to the upper corner.

Both goaltenders made some big saves in what was an even first period and the Saints took a 2-0 lead with 1:33 to go in the first when senior defenseman Jared Ross took a shot from the point which knuckled and dipped, bouncing past Scrivens on a short hop for Ross' second goal of the season.

The Saints cashed in on a pair of second period power plays and chased Scrivens, the nation's top goalie statistically from the game. Kevin DeVergilio made it a 3-0 game with his sixth of the season as he tipped a shot from the center point by junior defenseman Jeff Caister at 2:47 and defenseman Zach Miskovic scored his tenth of the season as he crashed the net from the point on the power play and stuck a shot under the crossbar off a pass by Casey Parenteau at 9:21. Freshman Mike Garman came on in relief of Scrivens and was solid the rest of the period, making six saves in the final 10:39 of the second.

Cornell made a bid to get back into it just 27 seconds into the third period when sophomore Riley Nash scored his ninth of the year on a tuck-in, but the Saints put it away with four more third period goals. It was the fifth career goal in four career games against the Saints for the Cornell sophomore.

Bollig set up Travis Vermeulen who cruised down the slot and put his fifth of the year past Garman at 5:12 of the third and when Cornell coach Mike Schafer tried to jump start his club by pulling Garman for an extra attacker, Saint defenseman Derek Keller scored his second of the season into the empty net at 7:35. 

Ross scored his second of the night on a power play at 8:38 and rookie Jake Klancher scored his first collegiate goal from point blank range with 13:21 to go as the Saints closed out the impressive victory.

Petizian finished with 34 saves for the Saints, 21 of them in the third period while Scrivens and Garman combined for 31 stops.

"Alex was solid again and made a couple of big saves when it looked like they were going to try to get a little run going and get back into it," said Marsh. 

Cornell lost its third straight at Appleton Arena and has not won in Canton since 2005. The Saints improved to 6-1-1 in their last eight.