Matt McRae scored two goals as Cornell clinched a home playoff series Saturday night with a 5-2 win over Vermont in action at UVM’s Gutterson Fieldhouse.<\/p>\n
Cornell, 18-6-1 overall and 14-3-1 and in first place in the ECAC, took a 1-0 lead at the 4:00 mark of the first period when McRae scored a power-play goal unassisted. McRae picked the puck out of a group of players to the left of Vermont goaltender Tim Peters, skated into the crease, made a move and slid the puck into the wide-open net.<\/p>\n
The Big Red added to the lead midway through the first on David Kozier’s rebound goal at 9:37. Kozier won the faceoff in the Vermont zone and pulled it back to Doug Murray at the point, who ripped a shot on net that Peters stopped. Kozier went to the net and poked in the rebound for his fifth tally of the season. <\/p>\n
Cornell made it 3-0 at 13:23 of the first on Krzysztof Wieckowski’s goal from the left wing. Mark McRae and Paul Varteressian assisted on the goal, Wieckowski’s ninth of the season.<\/p>\n
Cornell kept the pressure on in the second period, with McRae getting his second goal of the game from right in front at 1:34. Denis Ladouceur and Charlie Cook picked up assists on the goal, McRae’s eighth of the year. Mark McRae added a power-play goal at 8:42 of the second, with Murray and Stephen Baby assisting.<\/p>\n
Vermont, 3-22-2 overall and 3-14-1 in the ECAC, made it 5-1 at 17:02 of the second when captain Ryan Cox scored his fourth goal of the season. Greg Zemple and Chris Hills assisted on the goal.<\/p>\n
John Longo scored his fifth power-play goal of the season at 11:16 of the third to cut Cornell’s lead to three. Gerard Miller and Jeff Miles assisted on the goal, Longo’s eighth of the season. It came while Vermont was skating 5-on-3 for the second time in the game.<\/p>\n
Peters made 15 saves for the Catamounts, while Shawn Conschafter stopped 18 and didn’t let in a goal. Cornell’s David LeNeveu recorded 16 for the Big Red.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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