Phinney stops 40 as Princeton tops Cornell

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[photoshelter-gallery g_id=”G0000wSrCkm.BH.4″ g_name=”20141107-Cornell-Princeton-Szwast-gallery” f_show_caption=”t” f_show_slidenum=”t” img_title=”casc” pho_credit=”iptc” f_link=”t” f_bbar=”t” fsvis=”f” width=”500″ height=”375″ bgcolor=”#AAAAAA” bgtrans=”t” btype=”old” bcolor=”#CCCCCC” crop=”f” trans=”xfade” tbs=”4000″ f_ap=”t” linkdest=”c” f_fullscreen=”f” f_constrain=”f” twoup=”f” f_topbar=”f” f_bbarbig=”” f_htmllinks=”f” f_enable_embed_btn=”f” f_show_watermark=”f” f_send_to_friend_btn=”f” f_smooth=”f” f_mtrx=”f” f_up=”f” target=”_self” wmds=”llQ6QNgpeC.p1Ucz7U.f2JbkCIuyOnxsXJCTmpxMcW__wlP_cVmB99pNzUyj9h4.tI9jEQ–” ]PRINCETON, N.J. — Colton Phinney made 40 saves to lead Princeton to a 2-1 victory over Cornell Friday night, giving first-year coach Ron Fogarty his first win with the Tigers.

Aaron Ave got the Tigers on the board at 3:14 of the first period on the power play, rifling a shot though traffic set up by Connor McLaren.

The Tigers killed off five consecutive Big Red power plays and maintained the 1-0 lead until 19:17 of the third, when Garrett Skrbich won the puck along the boards at the red line and fired into the open net to give the Tigers a 2-0 lead.

But the two-goal lead only lasted 27 seconds, as Patrick McCarron scored the only goal for the Big Red at 19:44, spoiling the shutout bid by Phinney.

Mitch Gillam made 10 saves in the loss for Cornell.