Harvard Comes Back in Third, Ties No. 9 Cornell
| Scoring Summary | |
|---|---|
| 1st - 09:02 | Lowry, Joel (Cornell) |
| 1st - 18:15 | PP - Everson, Marshall (Harvard) |
| 2nd - 10:34 | PP - Ryan, Joakim (Cornell) |
| 3rd - 12:17 | Killorn, Alex (Harvard) |
| Harvard | Cornell |
|---|---|
|
G:
2 Players (#19, #21 - 1)
A: 4 Players (#8, #9, #21, #63 - 1) Sh: Alex Killorn - 8 Sv: Steve Michalek - 17 |
G:
2 Players (#5, #28 - 1)
A: 4 Players (#4, #6, #16, #27 - 1) Sh: Erik Axell - 4 Sv: Andy Iles - 31 |
| TEAM STATISTICS | Harvard | Cornell |
|---|---|---|
| Power Plays | 1 for 5 | 1 for 3 |
| Shorthanded Goals | 0 | 0 |
| Penalties (min) | 3 (6) | 5 (10) |
| Shots on Goal | 33 | 19 |
| Face Offs Won | 39 | 39 |
ITHACA, N.Y.—Marshall Everson scored a goal and assisted
on Alex Killorn’s game-tying tally in the third period, as
the Harvard men’s hockey team rallied for a 2-2 tie against
rival Cornell, ranked ninth nationally, Saturday night at sold-out
Lynah Rink.
The result extended the school record for ties in a season that the
Crimson (4-6-8, 3-4-6 ECAC Hockey, 1-2-2 Ivy League) set Friday.
Harvard skated to its fourth draw in the last five league games.
Steve Michalek made 19 saves, while Andy Iles logged 31
stops—11 on Crimson power plays—to help first-place
Cornell (11-4-4, 8-1-3, 5-1-2) earn a point in the standings
despite Harvard’s 33-19 edge in shots on goal.
Killorn’s tying goal came with less than eight minutes left.
Everson worked the puck out of the right corner of the Cornell zone
to Colin Blackwell behind the net. The rookie curled around the
left side of the goal and found Killorn in front for the
senior’s team-leading 11th goal.
Luke Greiner led the Crimson with 12 faceoff wins and registered
five shots in a game played in front of a crowd of 4,267. Killorn
notched a team-high eight shots and won 11 draws.
The first period played out much like Harvard’s night Friday
at No. 18 Colgate. The hosts got on the board first, on Joel
Lowry’s high wrist shot from the left side at the 10:58 mark.
Like the Raiders a night earlier, the Big Red took a late penalty
and paid right away. Everson redirected Danny Biega’s point
shot past Iles after Biega exchanged passes at the point with
Patrick McNally.
Harvard continued to pressure the Big Red after scoring,
registering the final five shots of the period to lead in that
category by an 8-6 margin at the first intermission.
The action was end-to-end in the second period, beginning in the
opening minute, when Blackwell rang a shot off the crossbar.
The Crimson then generated several chances on a pair of consecutive
power plays but could not get a puck past Iles. The Big Red got the
next man advantage and capitalized on Joakim Ryan’s slapshot
from the top of the right circle.
The Crimson generated more opportunities late in the frame, but
Iles turned away 13 shots, including one on a Blackwell breakaway
and 10 on Harvard power plays, in the period. Michalek made seven
saves. A Harvard highlight came when Colin Moore put a big hit on
Cornell’s Cole Bardreau, dumping him head-over-heels into the
Big Red bench.
Michalek kept the Crimson within a goal early in the third period,
sliding from his left post to the right to get a skate on
Bardreau’s wraparound attempt. Each team got a power-play
chance in the middle of the period but could not convert. Instead,
it was Killorn evening the score at even strength. The Crimson
outshot the Big Red, 8-5, in the final regulation stanza.
All four shots on goal in overtime came off Harvard sticks, but
Iles was there to preserve the point for the Big Red.
