New Hampshire beats Cornell in NCAA tourney
March 26, 2010
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP)—Bobby Butler and Paul Thompson each had two goals and anassist, and Mike Sislo also scored twice in New Hampshire’s 6-2 victory overCornell on Friday night in the NCAA East Regional semifinals.
The Wildcats (18-13-7) will face Rochester Institute of Technology, a 2-1winner over Denver, on Saturday for a spot in the Frozen Four.
Butlter and Sislo scored on consecutive shots 26 seconds apart late in thesecond period to take a 2-1 lead. They were the first goals allowed by Cornell’sBen Scrivens in more than three games, ending his shutout streak at 267 minutes,11 seconds.
Brian Foster made 24 saves for New Hampshire.
Tyler Roeszler and Dan Nicholls scored for Cornell (21-9-4), and Scrivensfinished with 31 saves.
Roeszler opened the scoring with 48.5 seconds left in the first period.
Butler tied it with 3:13 left in the second. He was alone in the slot tocrank a wrist shot that sailed past Scrivens’ stick and through the netting,caroming back into play. Action continued for another 44 seconds before awhistle, when the goal was awarded following a video review.
Sislo scored with 2:47 left in the period, getting in behind the defense tolift a shot over Scrivens’ glove at the right post.
Thompson stepped into a loose puck in stride, skated in and put a shotinside the right post 2:58 in the third period for a 3-1 edge. Butler made it4-1 at 6:36, skating in on a breakaway and faking a shot before flipping thepuck past Scrivens.
Sislo’s unassisted goal pushed the advantage to 5-1 with 4:46 to play beforeCornell’s Nicholls swept in a rebound at 17:49.
Thompson had an empty-net goal with 32.8 seconds left.
