Cornell Men's Hockey suffered their first loss of the season Friday night, falling on the road to Yale 4-2.

The Big Red blew leads of 1-0 and 2-1 to forge a 2-2 tie at the end of the first period. Cornell was able stay in the game despite being 22-8 by the Bulldogs in the frame. The Red stabilized the game in the second and into the third, but could not score again. Yale took the lead for the first time with less than five minutes to go on an even-strength goal, and added a late empty-netter to round out the scoring. The Bulldogs wound up out-shooting Cornell 37-27.

This game was a time portal back to the second half of last year for the Red. Cornell lost to Yale three times in the 2009 portion of last season- allowing at least four goals in each contest. Tonight proved not much has changed. The Big Red just cannot keep a high-scoring team like Yale contained for a full 60 minutes, while the offense can't do enough to keep up, coming up small in crunch time. Cornell came in hot on the power play, but after scoring on their first chance, did nothing with the man advantage the rest of the way. This was especially critical midway through the third period. In what was arguably the turning point of the game, the Red had an over one minute five-on-three opportunity, and ensuing minute of five-on-four play, but came up empty. Cornell didn't even have more than one or two good looks at the net despite the advantage. Later on in the period, after Yale scored the go-ahead goal, Cornell had a another power play, and then pulled Scrivens, but again just could not get many good shots, eventually letting through the empty-netter. The dearth of quality opportunities and eventual goal by Yale reflected the poor organization and communication of the Cornell offense during the period. Meanwhile, the defense also had some issues, as two of the three Yale goals could have been adverted if the defense had taken advantage of very attainable clearing opportunities. The Big Red must find a way to regain their swagger from the first few contest as they head to Brown tomorrow night. Yet even a victory there won't wipe away the bitter taste from tonight, where the Red learned that they still aren't the team to beat in the ECAC Hockey League.

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