| | November 16, 1996 | Dartmouth (2-3-0, 1-3-0) |
| | ECAC RS Game | Cornell (4-0-0, 4-0-0) |
| | Ithaca |
| | Dartmouth | 1 1 1 - 3 |
| | Cornell | 3 1 2 - 6 |
| |
| | Period | 1 |
| | 08:23 | Drt | pp | Retter (Peach, Chaytors) |
| | 14:02 | Cor | pp | Vinnie Auger (Jason Dailey, Kyle Knopp) |
| | 17:37 | Cor | Jamie Papp (Tony Bergin, Jeff Burgoyne) |
| | 19:12 | Cor | Matt Cooney (Kyle Knopp, Vinnie Auger) |
| |
| | Period | 2 |
| | 08:42 | Drt | pp | Retter (Buckley, Chaytors) |
| | 10:10 | Cor | Darren Tymchyshyn (Mike Rutter, Ryan Moynihan) |
| |
| | Period | 3 |
| | 01:46 | Drt | pp | Chaytors (Buckley, Peach) |
| | 08:15 | Cor | Jeff Burgoyne (unassisted) |
| | 19:26 | Cor | Vinnie Auger (Kyle Knopp, Matt Cooney) | en |
| |
| | Saves |
| | Cor | W | Jean-Marc Pelletier | 60:00 | 19 | x | 25 |
| | Drt | N | Wong | 39:00 | 12 | x | 14 |
| | Drt | L | Baker | 20:00 | 7 | x | 10 |