January 22, 2010

Big Challenge for Big Red

The following article appeared in the January 22 issue of the Ithaca Journal.

 

By Dan Sweeney

ITHACA -- After a two-month absence and nearly 4,000 miles of travel on its eight-game road trip, Cornell is returning home.

The Big Red's welcome home treat, however, is no cupcake. It comes in the form of seven-time NCAA men's hockey champion North Dakota.

The Fighting Sioux's visit to is its first-ever Ithaca. It's also a return trip from last year when the teams split a two-game weekend series. North Dakota used a four-goal third period for a 7-3 win in the first game, but Cornell rebounded in the second for a 2-1 victory before a sellout crowd of 11,450 at Ralph Engelstad Arena in Grand Forks, N.D.

Complete article can be accessed via the Journal Web site by clicking here.