Cornell Blisters Carleton to End Exhibition Slate
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carleton () | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Cornell () | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 |
| Scoring Summary | |
|---|---|
| 1st - 19:39 | Lowry, Joel (Cornell) |
| 2nd - 03:19 | PP - Bardreau, Cole (Cornell) |
| 2nd - 05:02 | Birch, Braden (Cornell) |
| 2nd - 09:45 | Esposito, John (Cornell) |
| 3rd - 04:41 | PP - Axell, Erik (Cornell) |
| 3rd - 05:43 | MacLean, Brandon (Carleton) |
| Carleton | Cornell |
|---|---|
|
G:
MacLean, Brandon - 1
A: 2 Players (#13, #22 - 1) Sh: Downey, Chris - 5 Sv: Dube, Ryan - 36 |
G:
5 Players (#7, #21, #22, #26, #28 - 1)
A: 2 Players (#12, #18 - 2) Sh: John McCarron - 5 Sv: Andy Iles - 7 |
| TEAM STATISTICS | Carleton | Cornell |
|---|---|---|
| Power Plays | 0 for 1 | 2 for 11 |
| Shorthanded Goals | 0 | 0 |
| Penalties (min) | 13 (26) | 3 (6) |
| Shots on Goal | 13 | 41 |
| Face Offs Won | 16 | 32 |
ITHACA, N.Y. – The Big Red men's hockey team let its
opposition hang around in its exhibition opener on Friday night. It
didn't make the same mistake Saturday.
Cornell scored the first five goals of the game against Carleton on
Saturday – including two on the power play – and
cruised to a 5-1 victory in front of a crowd of 4,155 at Lynah
Rink.
Freshman Cole Bardreau scored for the second straight game, and
classmate Joel Lowry got on the scoresheet with a goal and an
assist against the Ottawa-based Ravens.
Lowry's goal broke a scoreless tie with just 21 seconds remaining
in the opening frame. The Big Red entered the zone on the left
wing, but the play was broken up. Carleton defenseman Charles Carre
attempted a cross-ice clear that was intercepted by Big Red senior
forward Sean Collins near the blue line. Collins stepped into space
in the high slot, then slid a pass to Lowry breaking toward the far
post for a tip-in and a 1-0 lead. Despite the tight score, the Big
Red held a 15-2 advantage in shots on goal after 20 minutes.
Bardreau tallied the winning goal 3:19 into the second on two-man
advantage – the first of two such scenarios on the night for
Cornell. The Big Red ended the night 2-for-11 overall on the power
play, exercising outstanding discipline to only yield one Carleton
power play (which was killed).
Junior Braden Birch upped the Big Red's lead to three less than two
minutes later, firing a shot that knifed through traffic and
splashed the net behind Carleton goalie Ryan Dube. Armand de Swardt
had his first of two assists on the play. After John Esposito
scored his second goal of the weekend just before the game's midway
point off a Brian Ferlin feed, the onslaught was on.
Starting goalie Andy Iles was lifted 70 seconds later, having
stopped the only seven shots sent his way. Junior Omar Kanji
– who hadn't seen action outside of the Red/White Game in his
first two seasons on East Hill – took to the crease for the
rest of the second period, but was never called on to make a save.
Freshman Vincenzo Marozzi then made five saves in the third
period.
The Big Red once again didn't use specific units on the man
advantage in favor of rolling its lines. Junior forward Erik Axell
closed out Cornell's scoring on the night with a power-play goal
4:41 into the final frame.
Brandon MacLean scored on a spectacular individual effort 62
seconds later to get Carleton on the board, but it was one of the
few bright spots on the evening for the Ravens. The Big Red had the
game's first shots and a dominating 41-13 edge by game's end.
Cornell becomes the second to last Division I to open its season at
7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 29 when Mercyhurst visits Lynah Rink. The
Big Red then kicks off the ECAC Hockey the following weekend with a
trip to Yale and Brown.
