| | January 5, 1986 | Yale (9-3-0) |
| | Thunderbird Invitational | Cornell (7-2-2) |
| | Vancouver |
| | Yale | 0 2 1 - 3 |
| | Cornell | 0 3 2 - 5 |
| |
| | Period | 2 |
| | 01:14 | Yale | Borg (Acheson, Wood) |
| | 04:01 | Cor | Dave Shippel (Duanne Moeser, Mark Canduro) |
| | 08:58 | Yale | Kudelski (Logan, Baseggio) |
| | 09:10 | Cor | Pete Marcov (Peter Natyshak, Chris Grenier) |
| | 10:37 | Cor | Mark Canduro (Dave Shippel, Duanne Moeser) |
| |
| | Period | 3 |
| | 01:27 | Cor | Peter Natyshak (unassisted) |
| | 03:26 | Yale | pp | Wood (Rzeszut) |
| | 19:44 | Cor | Duanne Moeser (Chris Norton, Joe Nieuwendyk) | en |
| |
| | Saves |
| | Cor | W | Doug Dadswell | 60:00 | 18 | x | 21 |
| | Yale | L | Kappele | 60:00 | 23 | x | 27 |