ROUNDUP: Pelosi’s hat trick powers No. 6 Quinnipiac past Cornell

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Chris Pelosi is all smiles during No. 6 Quinnipiac’s 4-1 win at Cornell on Friday night. (Photo: Quinnipiac Athletics)

A hat trick by Chris Pelosi — which included a shorthanded goal — launched No. 6 Quinnipiac to a 4-1 win at No. 16 Cornell on Friday night in ECAC Hockey action and Lynah Rink.

Dylan Edwards also scored for Quinnipiac while Caton Ryan scored for Cornell. In net, Christian Kirsch had 19 saves for the Bobcats while Mathis Rousseau had 23 for Cornell.

The Bobcats have now won three games in a row at Lynah Rink.

Boston University 6, Michigan State 2

Carter Amico scored a pair of goals to help lead No. 13 Boston University to a 6-2 romp at No. 3 Michigan State on Friday night at Munn Ice Arena.

BU scored twice in the first period and twice in the second to grab a 4-0 lead.

Caleb Malhotra and Tynan Lawrence each had one goal and one assist for BU while junior Kamil Bednarik scored. Xavier Villeneuve had two assists. Goalie Mikhail Yegorov had 33 saves. Charlie Trethewey also scored for the Terriers.

For Michigan State, Ryker Lee and Cayden Lindstrom scored two minutes apart early in the third period. Joshua Ravensbergen had 16 saves in net.

The teams conclude the two-game series on Saturday.

No. 4 Denver 6, Arizona State 3

Daxon Rudolph scored twice to help lead No. 4 Denver to a 6-3 win at Arizona State in NCHC action Friday night at the Howard G. Mullett Ice Center.

Sam Harris, Kristian Epperson, James Reeder and Clarke Caswell also scored for Denver, which got 22 saves from Johnny Hicks.

Arizona State goalie Samuel Urban had 45 saves.

The two-game set concludes Sunday afternoon.

No. 5 Western Michigan 2, No. 10 North Dakota 2 (OT, Western Michigan wins shootout)

No. 5 Western Michigan and No. 10 North Dakota skated to a 2-2 tie on Friday night in NCHC action before a crowd of 11,571 at the Fighting Hawks’ home rink. Western Michigan won the ensuing penalty shootout for the extra standings point.

The teams traded goals in the first period with Adam Benák scoring for Western Michigan, which was answered by the Fighting Hawks’ Hudson Malinoski.

Brasen Boser gave the Fighting Hawks a 2-1 lead less than a minute into the second period, but Ty Henricks tied it up for the Broncos in the third.

For the Fighting Hawks, Jan Špunar had 15 saves while Quentin Miller stopped 24 shots for Western Michigan.

Miami 3, No. 6 Minnesota Duluth 2

Matouš Kucharcík and Kocha Delic had two points apiece to help lift Miami to a 3-2 road upset at No. 6 Minnesota Duluth Friday night in the NCHC.

Kucharcík had a goal and an assist and Delic recorded a pair of assists. David Deputy and Ethan Hay also scored for the RedHawks.

Duluth’s Ty Hanson scored with just 28 seconds to play in regulation to cut Miami’s lead to 3-2, but Matteo Drobac made his 23rd save of the game as time expired to preserve the victory for the RedHawks.

Miami earned its eighth all-time win against Duluth in 50 meetings and only its third-ever in Duluth.

Peyton Platter also scored for the Bulldogs while Carl Axelsson had 19 saves for Duluth. The RedHawks and Bulldogs will wrap up their two-game series on Saturday.

No. 14 Michigan Tech 2, No. 8 Augustana 2 (OT, Michigan Tech wins shootout)

Two of the hottest-starting teams in the country skated to a 2-2 tie on Friday night, with Michigan Tech earning the extra CCHA standings point by winning the penalty shootout vs. Augustana.

“Give (Augustana credit, they’re a really good hockey team,” Michigan Tech coach Bill Muckalt said. “It was a really good hockey game that went back and forth all night. We had a lot of guys play well up and down the lineup, but we need to clean up our penalties and manage the puck better.”

Joey DelGrego scored at 9:23 of the first period to but Augustana up 1-0, but Teydon Trembecky tied it 1-1 with less than a second left with a goal for Michigan Tech. The teams traded goals in the third, with Owen Baumgartner scoring for the Vikings and Luke Shipley notching a goal for Tech.

Mathis Langevin had 24 saves for the Vikings, and Owen Bartoszkiewicz also finished with 24 for the Huskies.

The two teams go at it again Saturday night.

No. 11 Colorado College 4, Lindenwood 2

Wilson Björck collected four assists and No. 11 Colorado College scored twice on the power play as the Tigers rallied to beat Lindenwood 4-2 Friday night in front of 3,478 fans at Ed Robson Arena.

Four different Tigers scored and Jackson Unger had 20 saves for the Tigers. Owen Beckner, Carmelo Crandell, Klavs Veinbergs and Colton Robers were the Tigers goal scorers.

Lindenwood’s Liam Beerman had 41 saves.

The two teams will battle again on Saturday afternoon.

No. 12 Dartmouth 3, Yale 2

Drew Stewart scored at 15:01 of the third period to lift No. 12 Dartmouth to a 3-2 win at Thompson Arena on Friday night in ECAC Hockey.

CJ Foley scored for Dartmouth with 1.5 seconds left in the first to break a scoreless deadlock. Drew Stewart had the other Big Green goal.

For Dartmouth, Emmett Croteau had 16 saves while Yale’s Noah Pak had 43 saves.

No. 15 Merrimack 6, Holy Cross 2

Four points from Trevor Hoskin propelled No. 15 Merrimack to a 6-2 blowout of Holy Cross on Friday night at Lawler Arena.

Hoskin led the Warriors with two goals and two assists while Nick Pierre scored a pair of third-period goals to help Merrimack pull away.

Nathan King and Mavrick Lachance also scored for the Warriors. In net, Merrimack’s Linards Feldbergs had 27 saves while Danick Leroux of Holy Cross notched 32 saves.

No. 19 Army 4, Air Force 1

No. 19 Army was a 4-1 winner at rival Air Force on Friday night in Atlantic Hockey America Action.

For Army, Jack Ivey, Nik Hong, Noah Mertz and Nils Forselius all scored and JJ Cataldo had 17 saves.

For Air Force, Dominik Wasik had 29 saves. The two-game series concludes Saturday night.

Clarkson 6, No. 17 Union 2

Justin Cote and Bryce Sookro each scored twice to lead Clarkson to a 6-2 upset at home over No. 17 Union in ECAC Hockey action Friday night.

Mael St-Denis and Talon Sigurdson also scored for Clarkson while Shane Soderwall had 22 saves. Brayden Gillespie had 15 saves in net for Union.