SHU at CORNELL
Tuesday, Nov. 22, 2022
ITHACA, N.Y. - Lynah Rink
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Pios Game Notes

The SHU Men's Hockey Team (6-5-1, 6-3-1 AH) completes its two-game hiatus from conference play to make a trip to a college hockey cathedral, Lynah Rink. The Pioneers take on Cornell (4-4-0, 4-2-0 ECAC) Tuesday night at 7 in a contest airing live on ESPN+.  

THE SERIES
The Pios have won two of the three meetings with Cornell since the first game on Nov. 4, 2000, at Ithaca, a 5-3 SHU victory. The last meeting of the two red squads was in 2007 when Sacred Heart grabbed a 2-1 road win.

PIONEERS
SHU, in second place with 20 points, looks to stop a three-game skid on Tuesday in upstate New York against an ECAC power. The Pios, coming off a los to No. 15 Merrimack last week, are trying to get clicking on offense while having to work new players into the lineup. Graduate student Todd Goehring, who had a four-game goal streak earlier this year, leads the team with six tallies, while rookie Marcus Joughin has five. In addition, senior Neil Shea has a team-high 12 points. Senior goalie Luke Lush, who has started the last 10 straight games since starter Justin Robbins went down with an injury, has been keeping the Pios close without getting enough recent support at the other end. The Sherwood Park, Alb., native made 64 saves combined over the last three games, including 20 against the Warriors on Thursday. SHU returns from Thanksgiving to host Bentley on Friday and Saturday in a pair of important AH contests.

BIG RED
Cornell is coming off a 10-goal weekend, including a 5-2 win over Yale and a 5-1 win over Brown at home. The Big Red opened the season with a pair of losses at Minnesota-Duluth before gaining progress in conference play. Cornell's offense has been spread throughout the lineup, but sophomore Ian Shane has the majority of work between the pipes with a 1.90 goals againt and a .918 save percentage. After facing the Pioneers, the Big Red host Connecticut on Saturday in the Frozen Apple at Madison Square Garden. 

MATCHUP
Sacred Heart is scoring 3.2 goals per game, but it has given up  2.9 per outing. The Pios' power play is operating at 20 percent, while opponents are just over 17. Cornell is averaging 2.6 goals with a power-play unit at 17 percent efficiency. The Red are allowing 2.4 goals as opponents are at a 16 percent clip with the advantage.