It took almost 30 minutes for Cornell to score on Vermont, but it turned out to be all the Big Red would need in a 1-0 decision at sold-out Gutterson Fieldhouse Saturday.<\/p>\n
Sophomore defenseman John Gleed tallied the second goal of his career at 9:31 of the second period, and Cornell used its trademark defensive system and physical play, to limit the Vermont offensive chances.<\/p>\n
Vermont goaltender Travis Russell kept the Cats in it all night long, finishing with 32 saves — many spectacular.<\/p>\n
“A one-nothing game, I couldn’t believe it was that close up to the very end,” said Cornell coach Mike Schafer. “Give kudos to their goaltender. He played real well at Lynah. I thought he played great again here tonight.”<\/p>\n
The Big Red held the Catamounts to a single-digit shot total — nine — in recording its second consecutive shutout of Vermont. The first came January 23, a 2-0 victory at Lynah Rink.<\/p>\n
“They are a tough team to play against,” said Vermont coach Kevin Sneddon. “You’ve gotta give them a lot of credit for the way they play. To hold a team to nine shots on goal, both on our power play and five-on-five, you deserve to win.”<\/p>\n
Cornell has now defeated the Cats nine straight times, with Vermont’s last win in the series coming in Ithaca in the 1988-99 campaign.<\/p>\n
In the first period, Cornell (10-7-6, 8-5-3 ECAC) had a huge territorial advantage. Russell stood tall, making 17 saves in the frame. First, at 15:13 on the power play, Matt Moulson walked in from the point and snapped a shot that Russell got with the glove.<\/p>\n
Then, courtesy of a Phil Youngclaus tripping minor, Cornell had a five-on three advantage of over a minute. Russell denied the Big Red with a handful of key stops.<\/p>\n
UVM was then awarded a two-man chance of its own. Chris Myers rang a shot off the post to the right of Cornell’s David McKee midway through the period.<\/p>\n
Later, Charlie Cook snapped a shot from the point. Russell stopped it with his pad, but allowed a big rebound onto the stick of Shane Hynes. He had multiple whacks at the puck, but to no avail.<\/p>\n
In the final minutes of the first, Cam Abbott went in alone on Russell with a shorthanded bid. Abbott made a move, but Russell shut the door, going into the splits to keep the puck out.<\/p>\n
Half way through the second period, Gleed scored the game-winner from Abbott and Greg Hornby. A great piece of puck possession in the Vermont zone created the goal.<\/p>\n
In the left-wing corner. Cornell cycled the puck on the left side, until it got a Vermont defender out of position. When the Cats shifted to cover, the puck was on the stick of Gleed in the slot, He lifted it up and over Russell’s glove.<\/p>\n
Less than two minutes later, Vermont nearly found the back of the net. Jeff Miles carried the puck over the blue line and hit a streaking Brady Leisenring in stride. Leisenring got a low shot away on a one-timer but was pulled down from behind by a backchecking Ben Wallace. He and Vermont’s leading scorer slid into the net, knocking it off its mooring.<\/p>\n
Vermont did little with the ensuing power play.<\/p>\n
Vermont (4-19-4, 2-13-1 ECAC) didn’t get much of a look at the net in the rest of the period or the game. Through two periods Cornell held a 26-8 advantage in shots on goal.<\/p>\n
In the third period, Russell made another big stop on Moulson with 8:17 remaining to keep Vermont breathing. Vermont got a power play with 2:18 to go in regulation on a Gleed obstruction-interference call. After using their timeout, the Cats couldn’t generate a push for the equalizer, as Cornell killed the penalty easily.<\/p>\n
UVM went 0-for-12 with the man advantage on the weekend, going scoreless in seven opportunities Saturday.<\/p>\n
“I thought our guys played real gritty tonight,” Sneddon said. “We handled their size for most of the game, Travis played outstanding in net for us.<\/p>\n
“We have got to build from the positives. What I told the guys is defensively we need that kind of effort … all the time now. We’ve got to spend more time with the power play and offensive skills if we’re going to do anything down the stretch.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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