> A player on Cornell's team is called for a delayed penalty; the other team ha
> the puck and the ref's arm is raised.  Cornell then gets a goal, it counts, a
> the player getting the goal is none other than the person on whom the penalty
> was
> called.  Cornell's opponent then proceeds to have a 2-minute power-play.
> How can this happen?
 
Whoa!  If I'm understanding what you're saying, the above situation is
impossible.
 
A team with a delayed penalty can not score a goal, since as soon as they
touch the puck, the play is blown dead.  This is why the non-offending
team will often pull their goalie when the ref signals a delayed penalty
on a team.  The only time a goal can be credited to the offending team on
a delayed penalty is if the non-offending team puts the puck in their own
net.  And that doesn't answer the original riddle anyway, since the riddle
stated that there were 2 seconds left in the penalty, meaning that is was
being served at the time.  Seems to me like a goalkeeper penalty situation,
since a goalkeeper does not serve his/her minor penalties.