| | March 6, 1979 | Providence (--) |
| | ECAC Quarterfinal | Cornell (20-7-0) |
| | Ithaca |
| | Providence | 2 1 2 0 - 5 |
| | Cornell | 0 0 5 1 - 6 |
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| | Period | 1 |
| | 09:10 | Prv | O'Neill (Bauer, Garber) |
| | 14:31 | Prv | Ahern (Wilson, Gerber) |
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| | Period | 2 |
| | 10:56 | Prv | Wilson (Korn) |
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| | Period | 3 |
| | 00:46 | Prv | Bauer (Sullivan, Haskins) |
| | 03:10 | Cor | John Stornik (Brock Tredway, Lance Nethery) |
| | 04:00 | Prv | Bauer (Evengelista, Korn) |
| | 07:39 | Cor | John Stornik (Lance Nethery, Rob Gemmell) |
| | 09:35 | Cor | Steve Hennessy (John Olds, Rob Gemmell) |
| | 14:49 | Cor | John Olds (Brian Marrett, Doug Berk) |
| | 19:47 | Cor | Lance Nethery (Steve Hennessy) | x |
| |
| | Period | 4 |
| | 04:00 | Cor | Rob Gemmell (Brian Marrett, John Olds) |
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| | Saves |
| | Cor | W | Brian Hayward | 63:00 | 23 | x | 28 |
| | Prv | L | John Milner | 64:00 | 43 | x | 49 |