ITHACA, N.Y. — A newly formed line delivered the perfect exclamation point to the Cornell men’s hockey team’s four-game homestand sweep as juniors Luke Devlin and Ryan Walsh and sophomore Charlie Major combined for nine points in their debut as a unit, powering the No. 19-ranked Big Red to a 6-1 rout of RPI on Saturday night at Lynah Rink.

Walsh distributed a career-high four assists, Major contributed a goal and two assists, and Devlin notched his first multi-goal game at Cornell as the Big Red improved to 6-2-0 overall and 5-1-0 in ECAC Hockey play.

Devlin praised his new linemates after the game, noting the immediate chemistry the trio displayed.

“I thought we clicked really well tonight. We worked off each other really well,” Devlin said. “They make your life really easy. For me, I don’t have to do too much, just have to make sure I’m working hard and keeping up with them. Then they make a lot of great plays.”

Cornell opened the scoring just 3:54 into the first period when junior forward Jake Kraft found the back of the net. Devlin extended the lead to 2-0 at 7:23 of the opening frame before RPI’s Matthew Buckley cut the deficit to 2-1 late in the period.

The Big Red seized control in the second period, scoring twice to build a commanding 4-1 advantage. Devlin netted his second goal just one minute into the frame, then junior Jonathan Castagna converted on the power play at 17:13.

The power-play tally extended Cornell’s streak of scoring with the man advantage to four games and came on crisp puck movement. Freshman defenseman Xavier Veilleux started the sequence from the point, feeding Walsh at the left hashmark of the left faceoff circle. Walsh delivered a tape-to-tape pass to Castagna, who one-timed the puck past RPI goaltender Nate Krawchuk from the right hashmark.

“We’re just executing what we planned before the game,” Castagna said, crediting the power play’s recent success to a focused approach. “We knew what we had to do. A focus of ours is getting more pucks to the net. Really focusing on just attacking all the time and we’ve been pretty successful at that. As long as we keep that up, we’ll see continued success.”

Major pushed the lead to 5-1 at 4:48 of the third period before Castagna sealed the victory with a short-handed goal with 6.2 seconds remaining. Sophomore defenseman Luke Ashton collected the puck and sent a long outlet pass to Castagna, who drew a slashing penalty on the play, and backhanded a shot into the top right corner.

Freshman goaltender Alexis Cournoyer continued his impressive start to his collegiate career, stopping 23 of 24 shots to improve to 6-1-0 on the season.

MINNEAPOLIS, Minn. – The Plattsburgh State women’s ice hockey team dropped one spot to No. 8 in the latest USCHO.com Division III Women’s Ice Hockey Poll, earning 140 voting points, as announced on Monday. The full USCHO.com poll can be found here.

Plattsburgh State is coming off a 3-1 road loss to No. 13 Endicott, which has since moved up to No. 9 in the rankings. The Cardinals continue their 2025–26 campaign at home this weekend as they open State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) play, hosting William Smith College on Friday, Nov. 14, at 7 p.m., and Buffalo State on Saturday, Nov. 15, at 3 p.m.

The USCHO.com Division III Women’s Ice Hockey Poll is compiled weekly and features 20 voters, including coaches and media professionals from across the country.

HANOVER, N.H. — Dartmouth sophomore forward Hayden Stavroff extended his goal streak to four games and junior defenseman Matt Fusco tallied the eventual game-winning goal as Dartmouth defeated Cornell 2-1 on Saturday night at Thompson Arena. The Big Green killed a 6-on-4 power play in the final 34.5 seconds to hand Cornell its first ECAC Hockey loss of the season.

Cornell (2-2-0, 1-1-0 ECAC Hockey) mostly controlled play in the third period with a 26-11 edge in shot attempts, but managed just an 11-9 advantage in shots on goal. Big Green junior goaltender Emmett Croteau stopped all 11 shots he faced in the final frame, finishing with 23 saves to preserve the victory for Dartmouth (4-0-0, 2-0-0 ECAC Hockey), which opened with four consecutive wins for a second straight year.

Freshman goaltender Alexis Cournoyer made his third consecutive start for the Big Red, stopping 24 shots in the loss. Freshman forwards Reegan Hiscock and Connor Arseneault each recorded their first collegiate points, with Hiscock netting his first goal.

“It was a hard-fought game,” said Casey Jones ’90, the Jay R. Bloom ’77 Head Coach of Cornell Men’s Ice Hockey. “I didn’t think we had everybody ready to play at the drop of the puck. We gave up the early power-play goal, but I thought we got a lot of momentum off our penalty kill as the game went on. We hung around and just couldn’t get the equalizer.”

Stavroff continued his torrid start to the season, netting a power-play goal seven seconds past the halfway point of the opening period to put the Big Green ahead. The sophomore forward extended his goal-scoring streak to four games after taking a pass at the left post from Hank Cleaves, lasering a wrist shot past a sprawling Cournoyer to record his sixth goal of the season and enter a four-way tie for the league lead.

Dartmouth doubled its lead 1:55 into the second period as Fusco scored while Cornell had a delayed penalty coming. Cornell challenged for a potential missed offside call, but the officials kept the call on the ice.

Cornell cut the Big Green’s lead in half past the halfway point of the period as Hiscock netted his first collegiate goal 11 seconds after the expiration of his interference penalty. Arseneault also notched his first collegiate point, initiating the scoring chance off a breakout from the Big Red’s defensive zone after knocking down a loose puck at the top of the slot.

Despite allowing a power-play goal in the first period, Cornell killed off all three Dartmouth power plays in the second period, holding the Big Green to four shots across the trio of man advantages.

“We made a mistake on the rotation [on the first penalty kill],” Jones said. “We’re bringing guys along on the penalty kill, and we’re going to have some of those early here. But I did think our penalty kill gained momentum for us as the game went on after that one.”

Cornell had a chance to tie the game after pulling its goaltender and drawing a penalty with 34.5 seconds left, creating a 6-on-4 opportunity. The Big Red were unable to pot the game-tying goal despite two saves by Croteau on the doorstep of the crease following a win on the ensuing faceoff.

Special teams proved to be the difference in the contest, with Dartmouth converting on 1-of-4 power plays while Cornell went 0-for-4.

“The two games we’ve lost this year, we’ve lost the special teams battle,” Jones said. “That’s pure and simple. We got to flip that because we’re not giving up a lot of goals 5-on-5. If we take care of special teams as we grow here in the season, it’ll be critical for us.”