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HAMILTON – For the second consecutive game, the Colgate men's ice hockey team attempted to comeback from a two-goal, third period deficit but came up short once again in a 3-2 loss to the Cornell Big Red in front of 2,061 fans at Class of 1965 Arena.
 
Adam Dauda (Kitchener, Ontario) led the Raiders with his fourth two-point game of the season as he tallied the first goal of the game and assisted the Raiders' third period goal.
 
After Cornell took a 3-1 lead with two goals in the first 7:26 of the third period, the Raiders started to mount pressure. Colgate scored with 8:17 left in the third period to cut the deficit to one goal as Bobby McMann (Wainwright, Alberta) netted his third goal of the season. McMann gathered a rebound in the right faceoff circle and touched a pass to Dauda who sent the puck along the boards to Jared Cockrell (Byfield, Massachusetts) below the end line. Cockrell gathered the puck and backhanded a pass to McMann in the slot where he buried the shot past Cornell goaltender Mitch Gillam.
 
Colgate initially took a 1-0 lead with 11:47 left in the first period on Dauda's fourth goal of the season. Dauda picked off a pass on the forecheck from a Cornell defenseman on the forecheck and fed John Snodgrass (Eagan, Minnesota) with a pass. Snodgrass tried to deke Gillam but he made the outstretched pad save. Dauda crashed the goal for the rebound, burying the puck that slid under Gillam's pad.
 
The Big Red tied the game with 5:29 left in the first period after Cornell got a four-on-three power play. Eric Freschi won the faceoff in the offensive end to Patrick McCarron before Mitch Vanderlaan gathered it in the left corner. He worked the puck back to McCarron who skated it from the left point to the high slot and fired the puck past Colgate goaltender Charlie Finn (North Vancouver, British Columbia).
 
Both teams went scoreless in the second period, but Colgate was able to register eight shots on goal to keep momentum with the squad.
 
Cornell broke the 1-1 tie with 14:40 left in the second period on McCarron's second power-play goal of the game. Eric Freschi fired a shot from the right point that was saved by Finn but Vanderlaan collected the rebound and also had a shot saved. McCarron crashed the boards and put home the rebound past Finn.
 
Freschi put home his own goal 2:06 after the second goal to give Cornell a 3-1 lead. A Raiders' shot was knocked down in the offensive zone and the Big Red went on the counter attack as Jake Weidner skated with speed after collecting a pass. He worked the puck up to Jeff Malott who baited the defender before backhanding a centering feed for Freschi who tucked the puck just past a sprawling Finn.
 
The Raiders could not muster another goal late in the third period after McMann's goal that made it 3-2. The Raiders tied the Big Red in shots, 8-8, in the final frame of the game.

BOTTOM LINE
Cornell 3, Colgate 2
 
WON-LOST RECORDS
The Big Red improved to 5-3-1 (4-2-1 ECAC Hockey) with their third straight win while the Raiders drop their third straight, falling to 3-8-4 (2-4-1 ECAC Hockey).
 
KEY RAIDER INFO
- Dauda scored his fourth goal of the season and dished out his seventh assist of the year. He currently leads the team with 11 points in the 2016-17 campaign.
- Snodgrass recorded his eighth assist in the game, leading the Raiders in helpers this season.
- McMann's goal was his third this season and pushed him to eight points on the year, tied with Snodgrass for the most among Colgate freshmen.
- With his assist, Cockrell has now tallied a point in the four of the last five games for the Raiders.
- Finn finished the game with 28 saves, his eighth game of the season with 25+ saves. 
 
FACTS AND FIGURES
-Cornell outshot Colgate 31-20 despite shots being even at eight in the final period.
-The Big Red tallied two power-play goals to go 2 for 4 while the Raiders went 0 for 3 on the man advantage.
-The Raiders won the faceoff battle, 33-20, with Dauda leading the all skaters with 13 faceoff wins.
 
UP NEXT
The Raiders will make their furthest west coast trip since traveling to Colorado for the Wells Fargo Denver Cup during the 2004-05 season to face an Arizona State team in its second varsity season of ice hockey. Puck drop with the Sun Devils is set for 7:30 p.m. MT on both Friday and Saturday nights at Oceanside Ice Arena.