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Men’s Hockey Sweeps Harvard, Advances to Lake Placid
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Cornell advances to Lake Placid for ECAC championship weekend for the second consecutive year.
The Cornell Daily Sun (https://cornellsun.com/tag/mens-hockey/)
Cornell advances to Lake Placid for ECAC championship weekend for the second consecutive year.
Cornell jumped out to a 4-0 lead, but saw it dwindle away as Harvard regained its footing.
“You can feel the energy and excitement. [We’re] ready for the weekend,” Schafer said.
“I told our guys after the game, to go 17-6-6 with 10 freshmen on our team is just a tremendous accomplishment,” Schafer said.
“We’ve lost our way in [understanding] that we need to be a really, really good defensive team,” Schafer said. “You can look at all the offensive stuff that you want, but we’re not doing the job the other way.”
The Red will battle the Garnet Chargers on Friday before honoring its senior class on Saturday night after the RPI clash.
Cornell endured a last-second comeback, disallowed overtime goal, and seven-round shootout en route to its latest tie.
The tough, game-tying goal with 26 seconds left by the Golden Knights came after two straight minor penalties taken by Cornell in the final 6:30 of the contest, capping off a game riddled with discipline issues on both sides.
“Our guys understand where we’re at,” said head coach Mike Schafer ’86. “We can’t afford a slip-up.”
The title is the 13th under head coach Mike Schafer ’86 and marks Cornell’s second consecutive title.