Big Red Score Win at Clarkson
POTSDAM, N.Y. -- Justin Krueger had a pair of assists and eight
different players recorded a point as the Cornell men's hockey team
scored a 3-1 victory over Clarkson on Friday night at Cheel Arena
in Potsdam, N.Y.
Krueger, who scored multiple points in his second straight game,
assisted on the Big Red's first and second goals, which were both
scored as Cornell (9-4-2, 7-2-1 ECAC Hockey) was on a delayed
penalty. Locke Jillson, Patrick Kennedy and Colin Greening each
scored goals for the Big Red, with Kennedy's tally coming as the
game-winner.
Ben Scrivens stopped 18 shots in picking up the victory for the Big
Red. Corey Tamblyn scored the lone goal for Clarkson (5-13-3, 1-6-2
ECAC Hockey), which got 20 saves from Paul Karpowich in defeat.
Cornell went 0-for-7 on the power play on the night, while Clarkson
was held scoreless in two power-play chances.
Following a scoreless first period, the Big Red got on the
scoreboard first early in With 1:25 gone in the second period,
Scrivens came to the bench on a delayed penalty call. As the extra
skater got on the ice, Krueger took a shot from the point that was
initially stopped by Karpowich, but the rebound came off to his
left where Jillson was stationed. The sophomore buried the rebound
into the open net for his second goal of the year and second in as
many games.
A minute later, Clarkson evened things up with Corey Tamblyn
scoring his third goal of the season. Bryan Rufenach carried the
puck through the neutral zone and into the Cornell end, drawing
four defenders to him, and laid the puck off to his right to an
oncoming Tamblyn, who one-timed a shot that beat Scrivens on the
near post to knot the score.
Cornell had an apparent goal disallowed late in the second period
that would have given Cornell the lead heading into the second
intermission. With the Big Red on a 5-on-3 power play following
back-to-back penalties on Clarkson's Louke Oakley and Tim Marks,
Blake Gallagher won the faceoff and worked his way to the weak-side
post. Brendon Nash sent a puck toward the goal that glanced off
Gallagher's right skate and caromed into the net, but referee Mike
Baker waved it off, ruling that Gallagher used an intentional
kicking motion to redirect the puck into the net. The Cornell bench
appealed to the officials to check the video replay, but the
officials declined as play resumed and Clarkson killed off the
remaining 13.8 seconds of the period.
Despite the disallowed goal, the Big Red opened up the third period
with 54 seconds of a 5-on-3, and Cornell's best chance came at the
end of the 5-on-3 when Gallagher had an open net but sent the puck
over the goal. With Cornell still on the power play, the Big Red
narrowly avoided disaster as Sean Whitney was stripped of the puck
at the Cornell blue line by Matt Beca, but his breakaway on goal
was stopped by Scrivens and knocked onto the crossbar and away from
danger, the second time he stoned Beca on a breakaway in the
game.
Kennedy got the Big Red back on top with another delayed penalty
goal, this time with 9:42 to play in the third period. Kennedy drew
the call at the side boards, a potential cross-checking penalty,
and continued to the net. Krueger sent the puck on goal, where it
was stopped by Karpowich, but Kennedy was there for the backhand
shot that went under the outstretched diving attempt by the
sophomore netminder.
Greening put the final nail in the coffin with 1:35 to play when he
skated in and took the puck from Joe Devin and, as the only Cornell
player in the offensive zone, ripped a low shot that beat
Karpowich.
Cornell continues its trip to the North Country on Saturday night
when it faces St. Lawrence in a 7 p.m. contest at Appleton Arena in
Canton, N.Y.












