CAMBRIDGE, Mass. – Sophomore forward Sean Farrell had a pair of goals, including the game-winning power play goal at 4:38 of the third period to lift No. 9/13 Harvard men's ice hockey (3-0-0, 2-0-0 ECAC Hockey) to a 3-2 win over No. 14/15 Cornell (2-1-0, 0-1-0 ECAC Hockey) in front of a sold out crowd of 3,095 fans at Bright-Landry Hockey Center.
 
Senior captain Casey Dornbach added a goal and junior goaltender Mitchell Gibson was fantastic in net, making 36 saves to help Harvard earn the victory.
 
The Crimson had to rally from a 2-0 deficit despite a strong opening 10 minutes, as Harvard outshot Cornell 8-0 in the early stages of the game only to see Big Red storm back.
 
At 16:06 of the first period, Cornell's Matt Stienburg scored a power play goal on a rebound in front to make it 1-0 Big Red.
 
Then early on in the second period, Sam Malinski scored on a fluky goal, as his point shot deflected off the back boards and off Gibson at :47 to make it 2-0.
 
But Harvard responded, as first-year forward Matthew Coronato found Farrell with a long stretch pass for a breakaway chance, which Farrell finished up high at 6:13 to make it a one goal game.
 
Just over five minutes later, Harvard tied it, as a series of tic-tac-toe passes from Nick Abruzzese to Alex Laferriere to Dornbach led to a goal at 11:27 to tie the game at 2-2.
 
Farrell scored the game-winner on Harvard's fourth power play chance of the night, as he shoveled a shot that bounced past Cornell goaltender Joe Howe (19 saves) at 4:38 as the net became dislodged. After review, the goal stood and Harvard had its first lead of the night.
 
Harvard Highlights

• Sophomore forward Sean Farrell (two goals) has multiple points in each of his first three games and leads the team with nine points (five goals, four assists) in three games this year.
• Five players have points in all of Harvard's first three games, including Henry Thrun (assist tonight, 1-8-9), Nick Abruzzese (two assists, 1-5-6), Matthew Coronato (assist, 3-4-7), Sean Farrell (two goals, 5-4-9), and Casey Dornbach (goal, 1-3-4).
• Junior goaltender Mitchell Gibson recorded his first career assist tonight.

Game Notes

• Harvard earned its first home win over Cornell since Nov. 5, 2016.
• Harvard earned its first win over a ranked opponent this season.
• Harvard finished the night 1-for-4 on the power play and has scored a power play goal in each of its first three games. Harvard is 6-for-15 (40.0%) on the man advantage this year.

Up Next
Harvard returns to Bright-Landry Hockey Center tomorrow night when it hosts Colgate at 7 p.m. (Nov. 6, ESPN+).