No. 14/14 Men's Hockey Comes Back to Down No. 17 Cornell, 4-2

Friday, November 16

Ithaca, N.Y. / Lynah Rink

7:00 PM

Quinnipiac University

8-2, 3-2ECACH

Cornell

4-3, 2-1ECACH

Quinnipiac

Cornell

Photo by: Rob Rasmussen / P8Photos.com

No. 14/14 Men's Hockey Comes Back to Down No. 17 Cornell, 4-2

11/16/2018 10:00:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

O'Connor, Priskie and Whelan All Score in Third Period to Complete Eighth Win

By: QU Athletic Communications

ITHACA, N.Y. – The No. 14/14 Quinnipiac men's ice hockey team scored three third period goals Friday night to come from behind and defeat the No. 17 Cornell Big Red, 4-2, at Lynah Rink.

Joe O'Connor (Hamden, Connecticut) scored the game-tying goal early in the third period before Chase Priskie (Pembroke Pines, Florida) banked home the game-winner midway through the period for the Bobcats second win over a ranked team this season. Alex Whelan (Ramsey, New Jersey) scored a late empty-net goal to seal the Bobcats victory.

Andrew Shortridge (Anchorage, Alaska) stood tall in net for the Bobcats as he made 21 saves, including six crucial saves in the third period as the Bobcats mounted their comeback.

SCORE
Quinnipiac 4, Cornell 2

RECORDS
Quinnipiac (8-2-0, 3-2-0 ECAC Hockey) | Cornell (4-3-0, 2-1-0 ECAC Hockey)

LOCATION
Lynah Rink | Ithaca, N.Y.

SCORING SUMMARY

(2:08, 1^st period) – Quinnipiac 0, Cornell 1: Benefactors of an early power play, the Big Red worked the puck around the offensive zone before Morgan Barron received a pass from Yanni Kaldis and ripped home a shot from the point to beat Shortridge glove side.
(6:05, 2^nd period) – Quinnipiac 1, Cornell 1: Shortly after heading on a five-minute power play due to a Cornell major penalty, Brogan Rafferty (Dundee, Illinois) made a great move to just keep the puck in the right side of the offensive zone. After shifting the puck to Fortunato, Fortunato hit Rafferty with a pass back at the point where he fired home the puck.
(7:56, 2^nd period) – Quinnipiac 1, Cornell 2: Kaldis picked up the rebound off a shot from Cody Haiskanen on the left side of the offensive zone. He skated around the faceoff circle before darting through the slot to the goal where he beat Shortridge glove side.
(4:50, 3^rd period) – Quinnipiac 2, Cornell 2: Fortunato corralled a loose puck in the defensive zone and passed the puck along the boards to O'Connor fresh off the bench. O'Connor skated with speed into the offensive before wristing one top shelf past Galajda's blocker to tie the game.
(10:18, 3^rd period) – Quinnipiac 3, Cornell 2: William Fällström (Stockholm, Sweden) won a faceoff back to Priskie who took a step to his right before ripping a shot from just over the red line that banked off the end boards and Cornell goaltender Matthew Galajda's back for the go-ahead goal.
(19:33.1, 3^rd period) – Quinnipiac 4, Cornell 2: Whelan sealed the Bobcats victory with an empty net goal with 26.9 seconds to go in the third period as the puck trickled into the open goal.

NOTES

Quinnipiac's win over Cornell was its first since Nov. 18, 2016, also at Lynah Rink
Priskie's game-winning goal was his eighth tally of the season, maintaining his ECAC Hockey-leading goal total
The goal was also Priskie's third game-winner of the season and 12^th point on the year
O'Connor's game-tying goal was his first of the season and third career goal
He is the 12^th different Bobcat with a goal this season
Rafferty scored his third goal of the season for the Bobcats and second power-play goal
He now has points in five of his last six games, totaling eight points on three goals and five assists in that stretch
Not to be overshadowed, Shortridge was a rock between the pipes once again as he made 21 saves in his third start of the season to improve to 3-0-0
Whelan's empty-netter was his fourth goal of the season and seventh point
Fortunato tallied two assists for his third multi-point game this season
Fortunato is now one of three players in ECAC Hockey and 10 players in the nation with at least 10 assists on the season as he registered his 10^th assist of the season
Fällström continued his impressive play for the Bobcats as he tallied a pair of assists for his second career two-point game
He now leads all Quinnipiac freshmen with eight points
Cukste added his seventh assist of the season with a helper on Whelan's goal.

UPCOMING GAMES

The Bobcats travel east to Hamilton, New York, where they will take on the Colgate Raiders Saturday night at Class of 1965 Arena. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m.