ITHACA, N.Y.— Shane Hynes recorded two assists to lead the fourth-ranked Cornell men’s hockey team to a 3-1 win over Colgate Saturday night at Lynah Rink.

With the win, Cornell avenges its upset loss to the Raiders from Thursday night and improves to 17-4 overall and 12-2 in the ECAC while Colgate falls to 9-14-3 overall and 4-8-2 in conference play.   

Daniel Pegoraro pushed the Cornell lead to 3-0 at 16:08 in the third period when he rebounded a Hynes shot and beat Colgate goaltender Steve Silverthorn on his glove-side.

Colgate’s lone goal came at 18:18 in the third period when defenseman Joey Mormina ripped a slap-shot past Cornell goalie David LeNeveu, cutting the Cornell lead to 3-1.

Cornell extended its lead to 2-0 at 19:39 in the second period when Hynes’ wrist-shot bounced directly off of Silverthorn’s chest and directly to Sam Paolini, who jammed the puck to the back of the net before the goalie could cover up his stick-side.

The Big Red was suffocating on defense throughout the second period holding the Raiders to zero shots on goal during a 47-second two-man advantage for Colgate. 

Chris Abbot got Cornell on the board first at 7:58 in the opening period when he blasted a slap-shot directly over Silverthorn’s glove-side shoulder.  Abbot was assisted by his brother Cam on the play.  Greg Hornby was credited with a helper as well.

LeNeveu stopped 12 of 13 shots, while Silverthorn made 26 saves for the Raiders.