| | December 6, 1996 | RPI (7-4-2, 4-1-1) |
| | ECAC RS Game | Cornell (6-3-0, 6-2-0) |
| | Ithaca |
| | RPI | 0 1 3 - 4 |
| | Cornell | 0 0 2 - 2 |
| |
| | Period | 2 |
| | 13:56 | RPI | pp | Murphy (Gardiner, Healey) |
| |
| | Period | 3 |
| | 04:23 | Cor | Smart (Cooney, Dailey) |
| | 06:17 | RPI | Tapper (Gosselin, Murphy) |
| | 14:14 | Cor | Dailey (Kovac) |
| | 19:09 | RPI | Riva (Murray, Murphy) |
| | 19:43 | RPI | Garver (St. Hilaire) | en |
| |
| | Saves |
| | Cor | L | Elliott | 59:35 | 35 | x | 38 |
| | RPI | W | Laing | 60:00 | 34 | x | 36 |