Cornell men's ice hockey left the Golden Knights in the dust in tonight's semifinal ECAC tournament game at the Olympic complex in Lake Placid, blanking Clarkson 3-0 to move on to tomorrow afternoon's final round against the Harvard Crimson. Jamie Papp scored first for the Red, followed by goals from Mike Sancimino and Geoff Lopatka (just his third of the year). Lopatka's tally was scored shorthanded on one of Clarkson's seven power play opportunities. The Knights went 0 for 7 on man-up situations, while Cornell went 1 for 3. Sophomore Jason Elliott recorded his second-ever shutout, against the Golden Knights. Clarkson's Dan Murphy had 20 saves as Jason Elliott posted 27. (Murphy stepped out for a brief period of six-on-five offensive play early in the third but was in the net for the end of the game.) Elliott's first shutout was against RPI at Lynah earlier this season. Clarkson drops to 24-8-3 as the Red improves to 20-8-4. Tomorrow afternoon at 1, Clarkson and first-seeded Vermont will play for third place. Harvard and Cornell face off for the ECAC championship title at 4 pm. The game will be on Time Warner Cable here in Ithaca on channel 52 and on the radio at 103.7 the Wave. Prime Sports Network is carrying the game nationwide on satellite and on many cable systems. Harvard stunned the ECAC regular season champion Catamounts 4-3 earlier today. This will be the first time since the 1980 season that two Ivy teams met for the title game. (Cornell played Dartmouth that year.) LET'S GO RED! ========================================================================= Mark H. Anbinder | [log in to unmask] Public Communications Inc. | Direct 607-277-1685 104 North Aurora Street | Main 277-1021 Ithaca, New York 14850 USA | Fax 277-0801 ========================================================================= HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.