| | March 15, 1998 | Cornell (15-15-2) |
| | ECAC First Round Game | RPI (--) |
| | Troy |
| | Cornell | 1 2 2 - 5 |
| | RPI | 3 1 0 - 4 |
| |
| | Period | 1 |
| | 04:49 | RPI | pp | St. Hillaire (Murphy, Riva) |
| | 09:42 | RPI | pp | Brad Tapper (Bryan Tapper, Caley) |
| | 13:03 | Cor | pp | Smart (Peach, Pierce) |
| | 17:30 | RPI | pp | Gardiner (Brad Tapper, Bryan Tapper) |
| |
| | Period | 2 |
| | 05:53 | Cor | pp | Moynihan (Tymchyshyn, Pierce) |
| | 07:56 | Cor | Sutherland (Moynihan, Knopp) |
| | 13:07 | RPI | Healey (Garver, Coupal) |
| |
| | Period | 3 |
| | 05:23 | Cor | Oates (Kovac, Adler) |
| | 15:28 | Cor | Oates (unassisted) |
| |
| | Saves |
| | Cor | W | Elliott | 60:00 | 37 | x | 41 |
| | RPI | L | Laing | 59:00 | 34 | x | 39 |