November 20, 2009

MacIntyre Nets Two in Tigers' Loss at Cornell

ITHACA, N.Y. (11/20/09) -- Senior Cam MacIntyre scored two third-period goals but it wasn't enough to dig out of a 4-0 hole as the 19th-ranked Princeton men's hockey team fell 5-2 at fifth-ranked Cornell on Friday night at Lynah Rink.

Blake Gallagher got the Big Red on the board just 1:14 into the game, banging home a rebound of a shot by Greening to stake Cornell to the early lead. Gallagher made it 2-0 with 39 seconds left in the period when Joe Devin worked the puck off the side boards to the senior, who used a Princeton defenseman as a screen before ripping a shot off the goalpost and into the goal past Princeton senior goaltender Zane Kalemba.

It took the Big Red just 1:22 into the second period to make the lead 3-0, as a break down the ice led to Gallagher finding Nick D'Agostino streaking in the slot for the 3-0 lead. Four and a half minutes later, Scali picked up a loose puck in the Princeton zone and skated in on Kalemba, ripping a shot over the glove side for the 4-0 lead.

Princeton wouldn't go away quietly, however, as MacIntyre scored a goal in transition to put Princeton on the scoreboard. A shot in the Cornell end kicked out to junior Kevin Lohry, who skated ahead with it and put the puck on the tape of MacIntyre, who flipped the puck into the goal before crashing into the net. A brief review of the play ensued, with the play being confirmed at the 3:57 mark of the third period.

Just over four minutes later, it was MacIntyre again, scoring from nearly the exact same spot on the ice, this time taking the puck from Dan Bartlett and beating Ben Scrivens over his shoulder to cut Cornell's lead in half. Cornell sealed the game on Riley Nash's power-play tally with 5:24 to play, as Whitney found the senior open on the faceoff dot to Kalemba's right, and the junior's shot found the back of the net for the final margin.

Kalemba made 28 saves in the loss, while Scrivens stopped 28 Princeton shots. Cornell outshot Princeton 33-20.

The Tigers are now 3-3-1 overall and 2-2-1 in the ECAC and complete the weekend Saturday night at Colgate.