Two Third-Period Tallies Give Engineers Draw
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | OT | Final |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cornell (11-6-5; 8-3-4 ECACH) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 |
| Rensselaer (7-18-2; 4-9-2 ECACH) | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 |
| Scoring Summary | |
|---|---|
| 1st - 06:34 | PP - Collins, Sean (Cornell) |
| 2nd - 15:00 | PP - Miller, Greg (Cornell) |
| 3rd - 02:54 | Lee, C.J. (Rensselaer) |
| 3rd - 04:22 | Haggerty, Ryan (Rensselaer) |
| Cornell | Rensselaer |
|---|---|
|
G:
2 Players (#12, #16 - 1)
A: 4 Players (#6, #19, #20, #28 - 1) Sh: Brian Ferlin - 7 Sv: Andy Iles - 22 |
G:
2 Players (#22, #39 - 1)
A: 4 Players (#13, #18, #19, #23 - 1) Sh: 3 Players (#13, #21, #27 - 3) Sv: Bryce Merriam - 23 |
| TEAM STATISTICS | Cornell | Rensselaer |
|---|---|---|
| Power Plays | 2 for 4 | 0 for 4 |
| Shorthanded Goals | 0 | 0 |
| Penalties (min) | 6 (20) | 5 (10) |
| Shots on Goal | 25 | 24 |
| Face Offs Won | 37 | 33 |
TROY, N.Y. – Junior C.J. Lee and freshman Ryan Haggerty
notched third-period goals, less than two minutes apart, to give
the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men’s hockey team
a 2-2 tie with 14th-ranked Cornell University, this evening at the
Houston Field House. With the draw, the Engineers are now 7-18-2
(4-9-2 ECAC Hockey), while the Big Red move to 11-6-5 (8-3-4 ECAC
Hockey).
Trailing by a pair of goals entering the third period, the
Engineers fought back to tie the game. Lee (Staten Island, NY/Green
Bay Gamblers) pulled the hosts to within 2-1 at 2:54 of the period,
when he slammed home a one-timer off a wrap-around feed from senior
Alex Angers-Goulet (St. Augustin, PQ/Langley Chiefs). Joel Malchuk
(Brandon, MB/Dauphin Kings) earned the secondary assist after
winning a puck battle behind the Cornell cage.
Just 1:28 seconds later, Haggerty (Stamford, CT/U.S. National Dev.
Team) netted the game-tying goal off a pass from senior Patrick
Cullen (Washington, DC/Indiana Ice). Skating into the Big Red zone
from the left, Cullen slipped the puck to the right hash marks for
Haggerty, who buried his sixth goal of the season. A second helper
was credited to sophomore Brock Higgs (Kingston, ON/Kingston
Voyageurs).
Cornell opened the scoring at 6:34 of the first period on senior
assistant captain Sean Collins’ (Saskatoon, SA/Waywayseecappo
Wolverines) eighth of the season. Picking up the rebound off a shot
by classmate Sean Whitney (Scituate, MA/Cushing Academy) Collins
flipped the puck over a sprawling Bryce Merriam (Bethel Park,
PA/Topeka RoadRunners) for the power-play marker.
A great individual effort by Big Red sophomore Dustin Mowrey
(Burnaby, BC/Victoria Grizzlies) set up the visitors’ second
goal, as he deked his way through the low slot before firing a shot
off the left pad of Merriam. Junior Greg Miller (Toronto, ON/St.
Michael’s Buzzers) was there to finish off the rebound at
15:00 of the second stanza. The goal, which came on the
man-advantage, was Miller’s eighth of the year.
Merriam finished with 23 saves, while Cornell sophomore netminder
Andy Iles (Ithaca, NY/U.S. National Dev. Team) had 22 stops at the
other end of the ice.
The Engineers are back on the ice tomorrow night, when they take
on Colgate in the 35th Annual Big Red Freakout! (7:08pm). Cornell
travels to Schenectady to face 11th-ranked Union (7pm).
