Box Score

ITHACA, N.Y. - Sophomore Allen York stopped 28 of 29 shots he faced and junior Chase Polacek scored a power play goal to help Rensselaer to a 1-1 tie with #9 Cornell in the regular season finale for both teams.  RPI returns to action next weekend as the #6 seed in the ECAC Hockey Playoffs, hosting #11 Brown in a best-of-3 first round matchup.  The Engineers split the season series with the Bears. 

Cornell took a 1-0 lead at 7:07 of the opening period when Sean Collins scored his sixth goal of the season with assists from Nick D'Agostino and Mike Devin. Polacek tied the game at 14:51 on a power-play goal with an assist going to Jerry D'Amigo.

The remainder of the game was scoreless. The Big Red (17-8-4, 14-5-3 ECAC Hockey) was unable to manage a power-play goal in six attempts that included a five-minute major penalty in the second period against Paul Kerins of Rensselaer (17-15-4, 10-9-3 ECAC Hockey). The Engineers finished 1 for 6 with the man advantage.

Ben Scrivens stopped 24 shots for Cornell, which finished in second place in the ECAC Hockey standings and receives a first-round playoff bye.