| | December 27, 1996 | Providence (6-10-1) |
| | Syracuse Invitational | Cornell (7-3-1) |
| | Syracuse |
| | Providence | 1 0 2 0 0 0 - 3 |
| | Cornell | 2 1 0 0 0 1 - 4 |
| |
| | Period | 1 |
| | 04:41 | Cor | Steve Wilson (Kyle Knopp, Mike Rutter) |
| | 04:54 | Cor | Ryan Moynihan (Jamie Papp, David Adler) |
| | 06:37 | Prv | pp | Dillabough (Guzior, Gill) |
| |
| | Period | 2 |
| | 02:29 | Cor | Chad Wilson (unassisted) |
| |
| | Period | 3 |
| | 01:57 | Prv | Omicioli (Guzior) |
| | 09:01 | Prv | Keefe (Ialango, Dean) |
| |
| | Period | 6 |
| | 10:41 | Cor | David Adler (Jamie Papp) |
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| | Saves |
| | Cor | W | Jean-Marc Pelletier | 95:14 | 52 | x | 55 |
| | Prv | L | Dennis | 95:11 | 26 | x | 30 |