Prd | Time | Team | Score | Type | Scored By | Assists |
1st | 15:18 | COR | 1-0 | EV | Beau Starrett (1) | Mitch Vanderlaan/5, Alex Green/3 |
2nd | 6:51 | COR | 2-0 | EV | Trevor Yates (7) | Morgan Barron/5, Jeff Malott/6 |
2nd | 9:06 | COR | 3-0 | PP | Alec McCrea (4) | Morgan Barron/6, Alex Green/4 |
3rd | 4:48 | BU | 1-3 | PP | Dante Fabbro (4) | Bobo Carpenter/5, Chad Krys/10 |
3rd | 11:51 | COR | 4-1 | EV GW | Tristan Mullin (1) | Dwyer Tschantz/1, Brenden Locke/3 |
3rd | 13:45 | BU | 2-4 | PP EA | Chad Krys (3) | Bobo Carpenter/6, Dante Fabbro/5 |
3rd | 15:02 | BU | 3-4 | EV | Patrick Harper (6) | Brady Tkachuk/9, Dante Fabbro/6 |
Scoring | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | Final |
Boston University | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
Cornell | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 |
Shots on Goal | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | SOG |
Boston University | 9 | 13 | 16 | 38 |
Cornell | 15 | 6 | 9 | 30 |
Team Stats and Records | PP | PIM | SHGF |
Boston University (6-8-1) | 2/3 | 4/8 | 0 |
Cornell (9-1-0) | 1/3 | 4/8 | 0 |
Boston University Goaltending | MIN | GA | 1 | 2 | 3 | Saves |
Jake Oettinger (L, 5-7-1) | 57:32 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 8 | 26 |
Empty Net | 2:28 | 0 |
Cornell Goaltending | MIN | GA | 1 | 2 | 3 | Saves |
Matthew Galajda (W, 8-1-0) | 60:00 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 13 | 35 |
NEW YORK - A late rally came up just short for the No. 19 Boston University men's ice hockey team on Saturday evening at Madison Square Garden as No. 7 Cornell held off the Terriers, 4-3, to earn its first Red Hot Hockey win in six tries.
Sophomore Dante Fabbro scored a goal and added two assists for the Terriers, who move to 6-8-1 on the season. Cornell got goals from four different players and improved to 9-1-0.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Cornell took a 3-0 lead into the third period before Fabbro got BU on the board with a power-play goal from the top of the zone with 15:12 left in regulation.
- The Big Red made it 4-1 at 11:51 of the third before the Terriers made things interesting by scoring twice in a span of 77 seconds.
- BU threatened to knot it up with an extra attacker but the Big Red hung on to claim the one-goal win.
- Beau Starrett opened the scoring at 15:18 of the opening period with a goal from the inside of the left circle.
- Cornell doubled its lead when Trevor Yates scored his team-leading seventh goal of the season at the 6:51 mark of the middle stanza.
- With the Big Red skating on a power play, Alec McCrea threw the puck towards the net and it went off a BU defender and in to make it 3-0 with 10:54 left in the second.
- After Fabbro got BU on the board, Cornell's Tristan Mullin reestablished a three-goal lead for the Big Red.
- The Terriers utilized an extra attacker on a power play to score a 6-on-4 goal at 13:45 of the third as sophomore Chad Krys one-timed a shot to to the back of the net from above the right circle.
- Moments later, sophomore Patrick Harper redirected an offering by freshman Brady Tkachuk past Cornell netminder Matthew Galajda to make it 4-3 with just under five minutes left in regulation.
GAME NOTES
- The Terriers were undefeated in the first five Red Hot Hockey games against Cornell (3-0-2).
- BU recorded 38 shots on goal, nine more than Cornell has allowed in any game this season.
- Fabbro assisted on BU's final two goals to match a career high with three points.
- Sophomore goaltender Jake Oettinger made 26 saves for the Terriers while Galajda turned aside 35 BU shots.
- The Terriers went 2-of-3 on the power play and killed off two of the Big Red's three chances with the man advantage.
- Sophomore Bobo Carpenter had two assists and Krys added a helper for a two-point night.
- Attendance for the game was 14,606.
UP NEXT
- The Terriers now turn their attention to No. 14/13 Boston College as the archrivals kick off their annual home-and-home series on Friday (Dec. 1) at Conte Forum in Chestnut Hill.
- Game time is set for 7 p.m.