The No. 9 Cornell Big Red rebounded from Friday’s loss at Harvard with a strong 4-1 win over Brown. Forward Ryan Vesce got the game winner, breaking a 1-1 tie with a power-play goal in the second.<\/p>\n
The pivotal second period was largely controlled by the Big Red, who outshot Brown 15-5 in the period and 35-20 overall. Vesce, at a little past the midway point of the second, was dragged down on a breakaway, drawing the penalty. <\/p>\n
The Cornell power play, which went 2-for-6 on the night, responded promptly to put the Big Red on top 2-1. After Sam Paolini found Vesce on the left side of the slot, Vesce fired a quick shot which beat Brown’s Brian Eklund high on the stick side.<\/p>\n
The Big Red defense was strong all night, keeping the Bears at a distance from freshman goaltender David LeNevue, who made the second start of his career.<\/p>\n
Down 2-1 early in the third, the Bears had hope of evening it up when Cornell’s Doug Murray took a five-minute major penalty, but the five minutes ran out quickly on Brown. Defenseman Paul Esdale hit a post, but for the most part Cornell did not give the Bears time to set up for their long power play.<\/p>\n
Stephen Baby added an insurance goal on the power play with under five minutes to go in the game to make it 3-1. Paolini’s empty netter was his third point of the night, and capped the scoring at 4-1.<\/p>\n
The Big Red took a one-goal lead into the third last night at Harvard but failed to earn any points. Saturday, with a highly disciplined defense and continued aggression in the Brown end, Cornell salvaged two points for the road trip.<\/p>\n
“Last night we handled our lead tentatively,” said Cornell head coach Mike Schafer. “Tonight was the opposite. We came right at them. I think we learned a lesson tonight.”<\/p>\n
The Big Red jumped on top late in the first. David Kozier tipped a shot from the point by Eklund to make it 1-0. <\/p>\n
Brown captain Josh Barker, the team’s top defenseman out the first few games with an injury, got the Bears on the board with a shot that beat LeNevue glove side to make it 1-1 after one. After that late first-period goal LeNevue shut the door for the win.<\/p>\n
“David [LeNevue] has deserved to play,” Schafer said. “He’ll continue to get chances even when Matt [Underhill] is playing well. You can’t let young, talented players sit on the bench.”<\/p>\n
Next week Brown travels to Maine on Wednesday and has the Thanksgiving weekend off. Cornell travels to Boston University for a two-game set.<\/p>\n
“It’s a tough way to start off at home,” said Brown head coach Roger Grillo. “I thought we played well, though. We bounced back from a frustrating game last night. They’re just a difficult team to get things going against.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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