#2 ranked Cornell rode a pair of second-period goals—20
seconds apart—to a 2-0 shutout win over BU in the seventh edition of Red Hot
Hockey at Madison Square Garden. With the win in front of more than 15,000 fans,
the Big Red retain the Kelley-Harkness Trophy, bringing to tournament series
record to 3-2-2 in favor BU.
Following an evenly-played, scoreless first period,
Cornell broke the ice at 7:39 when Michael Regush banged home a rebound from
the bottom of the right circle after Sam Tucker made the initial save on Yanni
Kaldis’ shot.
The celebrating by Cornell fans hadn’t died down, when
the Big Red struck again. With Cornell controlling the puck behind the BU net, Ben
Berard passed to Brendan Locke in the left circle for a quick snap-shot past Tucker.
In the third period, the Terriers were limited to six
shots, but forced Cornell goalie Matthew Galaja to make some big saves.
“We just had a little bit of a mental lapse and lacked
physicality in two situations,” said Coach Albie O’Connell.
O’Connell found reasons to be encouraged by his team’s
effort against the undefeated Big Red, who are #1 in the Pairwise rankings. “We’re
not that far off,” O’Connell explained.
He added, "We have to take the goalie's eyes away
and bang in a couple dirty goals. We have all kinds of skill. We gotta finish
off plays. A goalie is gonna make saves. It's a fine line between winning and
losing. We finish off a couple of those plays in the first period and second
period, it's different. Then we were chasing and pressing at the end."
Galaja stopped 28 BU shots including a breakaway by
graduate transfer Alex Brink. In a strong effort, Tucker turned aside 26 shots.
● GoTerriers.com recap
and comprehensive
box score
● Boston Hockey Blog recap;
3 Takeways; Top
5 Moments
● College Hockey News recap
. @TerrierHockey is having a great time visiting our good friends @HockeyinHarlem in Central Park. pic.twitter.com/OEDzgtYbWU— BU Athletics (@BUAthletics) November 30, 2019
Looking ahead
2020 recruit Brian Carrabes scored his seventh goal in
Sioux Falls’ 3-2
overtime loss to Dubuque. Fellow recruit Braden Doyle had an assist for the
Fighting Saints.
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