| | March 7, 1986 | Vermont (17-13-0) |
| | ECAC Quarterfinal | Cornell (18-6-3) |
| | Ithaca |
| | Vermont | 1 1 1 - 3 |
| | Cornell | 2 4 2 - 8 |
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| | Period | 1 |
| | 08:26 | Cor | pp | Duanne Moeser (Joe Nieuwendyk, Chris Norton) |
| | 10:11 | UVM | Stump (McDonough, Purcell) |
| | 17:44 | Cor | John Parry (Mark Major, Keith Howie) |
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| | Period | 2 |
| | 04:00 | Cor | Dave Shippel (Craig Donovan, Mike Schafer) |
| | 08:17 | UVM | pp | Ducolon (LaPlante, Capello) |
| | 11:47 | Cor | pp | Joe Nieuwendyk (Duanne Moeser, Chris Norton) |
| | 15:24 | Cor | Peter Natyshak (Joe Nieuwendyk) |
| | 17:56 | Cor | Mark Canduro (Andy Craig, Dave Shippel) |
| |
| | Period | 3 |
| | 01:30 | UVM | pp | M. Mahler (McCormack, Deegan) |
| | 14:22 | Cor | Dave Crombeen (Mark Major, Craig Donovan) |
| | 18:33 | Cor | Dave Shippel (Mark Canduro, Andy Craig) |
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| | Saves |
| | Cor | W | Doug Dadswell | 60:00 | 18 | x | 21 |
| | UVM | L | Draper | 57:59 | 23 | x | 30 |
| | UVM | N | Delaney | 02:01 | 1 | x | 2 |