Men’s Hockey Falls to No. 14 Cornell in the ECAC Hockey Semifinals

Friday, March 22

Lake Placid, N.Y. / Herb Brooks Arena

7:30 PM

Dartmouth College

13-10-9

Cornell

20-6-6

Dartmouth

Cornell

Photo by: Nick Romei

Men’s Hockey Falls to No. 14 Cornell in the ECAC Hockey Semifinals

3/22/2024 11:55:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey

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John Fusco tallied two goals for the Big Green

By: Nick Romei

HANOVER, N.H. – The Dartmouth men's hockey team took the lead on two occasions on Friday evening, including a 3-1 lead, but Cornell scored five goals in the third to claim a 6-3 victory at Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid in the semifinals of the ECAC Hockey tournament.

John Fusco led the way for the Big Green with two goals while Sean Chisholm also lit the lamp. Chisholm added in an assist to finish the night with two points and Cam MacDonald had two assists.

Dartmouth ends the season at 13-10-9 while Cornell improves to 20-6-6.

"I'm incredibly proud of the 25 young men on the Dartmouth men's hockey team," said Koenig Family Head Coach of Dartmouth Men's Hockey Reid Cashman. "They hadn't lost since February 3rd; found a way to not only get home ice, but to secure a first-round bye. A second-round sweep at Thompson Arena, come to Lake Placid and fought till the end."

The Big Red scored three unanswered goals in third to take their first lead of the night at 4-3. Cornell then added in two empty net goals in the final few minutes to add to its lead.

With the game tied at 1-1, Fusco scored twice in the middle frame to push the Big Green ahead by two. His first goal came less than a minute after the Big Red equalized. Fusco fired a shot from the blue line through traffic that flew past Cornell goaltender Ian Shane and into the back of the net. Later in the period, Fusco scored on the power play when Dorfman made a key pass from left to right for Fusco to smash in with the quick shot.

Cornell tied the game inside the first five minutes of the second period when Ondrej Psenicka put a shot past Cooper Black.

A back-and-forth affair in the opening period saw the Big Green strike first with just under five minutes left in the frame. Braiden Dorfman pushed the puck forward and his initial shot was turned wide by Shane. Dartmouth pounced on the loose puck, and a series of quick passes along the boards ended up with Dorfman feeding Chisholm inside, who ripped his shot into the top left corner under the crossbar for his eighth goal of the season.

The 13 wins from the Big Green this season surpasses the win total from the previous two seasons combined. The nine-game unbeaten run entering Friday's game was the longest such streak in more than 40 years.