AMHERST, Mass. – A pair of power-play goals proved to be the difference as No. 13 University of Massachusetts hockey dropped the second game of its weekend set against No. 20 Cornell, 3-1 on Saturday at the Mullins Center. The loss leaves the Minutemen at 6-3-0 on the year, while the Big Red improve to 1-1-0.

“I thought tonight was almost the exact opposite of last night,” said UMass head coach Greg Carvel. “Last night, we were better on the special teams. Tonight, they were, and I thought we were better 5-on-5 than they were tonight. Two games how I expected them to turn out—low scoring. Unfortunately we took some penalties that we didn’t need to tonight after the whistle, the face off. That was a dagger to take that two-minute 5-on-3 power play. But I liked our game 5-on-5, thought we p

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