Kennedy's Late Goal Powers Big Red

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Final	1	2	3	Final
St. Lawrence (13-9-4, 7-4-2 ECACH)	1	0	0	1
Cornell (11-5-3, 8-2-2 ECACH)	1	0	1	2

Scoring Summary
1st - 06:37	Devin, Joe (Cornell)
1st - 09:24	PP - HUGHES, George (St. Lawrence)
3rd - 18:23	Kennedy, Patrick (Cornell)

St. Lawrence	Cornell
G: George Hughes - 1 A: 2 Players (#26, #81 - 1) Sh: Aaron Bogosian - 3 Sv: Kain Tisi - 32	G: 2 Players (#10, #22 - 1) A: 3 Players (#12, #15, #16 - 1) Sh: Joe Devin - 6 Sv: Ben Scrivens - 15

TEAM STATISTICS	St. Lawrence	Cornell
Power Plays	1 for 4	0 for 2
Shorthanded Goals	0	0
Penalties (min)	2 (4)	4 (8)
Shots on Goal	16	34
Face Offs Won	25	24

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ITHACA, N.Y. -- Patrick Kennedy scored the game-winning goal with 1:37 left to play in the third period to give the Cornell men's hockey team a 2-1 win over St. Lawrence on Friday night at Lynah Rink. Ben Scrivens stopped 15 shots in the win to become Cornell's all-time career saves leader.

Joe Devin added a goal with Sean Collins, Greg Miller and Colin Greening adding assists. George Hughes scored the lone goal for the Saints with Brandon Bollig and Travis Vermeulen both chipping in assists. St. Lawrence goaltender stopped 32 shots in taking the loss. Cornell finished 0-for-2 on the power play, while St. Lawrence was 1-for-4 on the man advantage.

Cornell (11-5-3, 8-2-2 ECAC Hockey) got on the board early when Devin scored a rebound off a shot by Collins that was stopped by Tisi at the 6:37 mark of the first period. The Saints (13-9-4, 7-4-2 ECAC Hockey) tied the score up on Hughes' goal on a shot from between the circles on the power play. Vermeulen worked the puck out of the corner to Bollig who went behind the goal and sent the puck to Hughes for the one-timer that hit the shoulder of Scrivens before bouncing over and across the goal line.

The score remained tied through the second period and into the third, though Cornell held a decisive edge in shots, 10-6 during the second period and 13-4 in the third. Cornell finally went ahead with Kennedy's goal with 1:37 to play. Miller began the play by carrying the puck into the St. Lawrence end and sending the puck to Greening for a two-on-one with Kennedy. Greening saw Kennedy on his right, faked a shot on Tisi and slid a pass to the oncoming Kennedy, who ripped a shot past Tisi, sparking a wild celebration in the corner to Tisi's left.

St. Lawrence coach Joe Marsh pulled Tisi after the ensuing faceoff for the extra skater, but the Saints could not get the tying goal despite putting three shots on the Cornell goal.

Cornell returns to action on Saturday night when they take on Clarkson in a 7 p.m. game at Lynah Rink.

Game Notes
- Cornell goaltender Ben Scrivens stopped 15 shots in the contest, becoming the all-time leader at Cornell in saves. He now has 2,470, surpassing the 2,462 set by Jason Elliott.
- Scrivens set the mark with his second save of the second period, a shot by St. Lawrence's Mike McKenzie at the 17:30 mark of the second period.
- Cornell moved into a tie with Yale atop the ECAC Hockey standings with 18 points. The Big Red has a game in hand over the Bulldogs.