Men's Hockey vs. Harvard
November 7, 2009 - 7:10pmLive game notes from the Red's matchup with ECAC rival Harvard at Lynah Rink.
Cornell has beaten Harvard, 6-3. And that, as they say, is that.
Scrivens catches the puck in his left glove with 48.7 seconds left.
The Lynah Faithful are ringing their keys.
Two minutes left in the game.
Despite several bodies falling over each other right in front of Scrivens, he makes a save.
Penalty call on Harvard. Carroll is back in the Crimson goal.
Crimson captain Alex Biega broke his stick with a shot from the left blue line.
Harvard pulled the goalie for the extra man on the ice.
Harvard is on the power play...again.
Six and a half minutes left, and Cornell has got itself a three-goal lead. Rookie Greg Miller of the sweet left-handed wrist shot got this one for the Red.
Not long before Red capitalizes on man advantage. 5-3 Cornell after a low shot from the left by Blake Gallagher. That was the same place Gallagher scored from in last night's win over Dartmouth.
Harvard's Killorn is sent to the penalty box for hitting Dan Nicholls, retaliation for a harsh hit Nicholls had put on him a few seconds earlier.
Greening steals the puck at right faceoff circle and passes it to Joe Devin on the left...Cornell ahead for the first time, 4-3.
The Red penalty kill comes through again.
Cornell defenders stopping Harvard shots left and right with their bodies.
Nicholls called for delay of game. Crowd booing appropriately.
Cornell and Harvard tied, 3-3, with about 17 minutes to play.
Seconds later, after a couple of Cornell shots, Greening gets puck into net over a pile of crimson and white bodies.
Harvard with possession in Red zone for full two minutes now. But out as penalty expires.
Third and final stanza starting up now. Harvard is up 3-2, and Cornell will bring out the penalty-kill unit for the first two minutes.
As the seconds ticked off, both Harvard and Cornell tried the same type of long shot, but magic didn't strike again. End of second period, but Brendon Nash was called for cross-checking as time expired.
One minute left in the period.
Out of nowhere, Mike Devin sends home a slap shot all the way from the right blue line. 3-2 Cornell.
After passing around for awhile, Cornell's attempt is saved. Still in the Red's offensive zone.
And now Cornell is on the power play for the first time this game.
Killorn was skating in on the Cornell goal but the whistle was blown as he got near.
Harvard's Michael Biega managed to get past the Red and loose a shot on goal, but Scrivens was there to catch it.
Harvard's Moriarty skated in with two defenders on him. He tried to shoot, but Scrivens made a little vertical leap and the puck came safely to his chest. Interesting motion.
Fallstrom drew four Red defenders, and Scrivens saved his shot. But teammate Doug Rogers swooped in from the right and got the goal. Less than 10 minutes left in the second period.
Glove save by Scrivens.
But not much more than a minute later, Harvard responded. Conor Morrison alone made it 2-1.
Red captain Colin Greening also registered an assist.
15:56 remaining. Cornell has tied it up, 1-1. On a Mike Devin shot, Patrick Kennedy got the rebound and put it past Harvard's goalie.
A little over a minute into second period. Brendon Nash is lying on the ice but trying to keep possession. Called for tripping and Harvard is on the power play again.
Harvard's Killorn had a clear shot but stopped by Scrivens' body and the Crimson couldn't capitalize on the rebound, closing out the first period.
Joe Devin intercepted a Harvard pass and the Red almost took it all the way.
No luck for Harvard on the power play.
A minute and a half after the goal, the Red's Krueger is called for the first penalty of the game. Frustration, maybe?
5:30 remaining in the first period and Harvard lit the lamp first. Leblanc, the freshman phenom, seemed to send the puck straight through Scrivens' legs. 1-0 Harvard.
Miller, a freshman lefty for the Red, has an amazing wrist shot that we should see again soon.
Miller down the left side sends a shot, but Carroll stretches out his left glove just in time.
Greening sends a pass to Gallagher in the middle, but the timing is just off.
Standout Harvard rookie Louis Leblanc almost single-handedly takes the puck in for a goal.
Mike Devin passes across to Greening who sends a shot straight to the goalie's chest.
Harvard's Marshall Everson got the puck right in front of Scrivens with no clear man on him, but no goal.
About seven minutes in. After a monster hit from Nicholls, Cornell narrowly missed a scoring opportunity on Harvard goalie Ryan Carroll.
