| | January 31, 1997 | Princeton (13-6-2, 8-5-1) |
| | ECAC RS Game | Cornell (11-5-4, 8-3-2) |
| | Ithaca |
| | Princeton | 0 0 2 - 2 |
| | Cornell | 2 1 1 - 4 |
| |
| | Period | 1 |
| | 05:18 | Cor | Mike Rutter (Ryan Moynihan, Kyle Knopp) |
| | 19:28 | Cor | Mike Rutter (Chad Wilson, Ryan Moynihan) |
| |
| | Period | 2 |
| | 05:18 | Cor | Keith Peach (Jeff Oates, David Adler) |
| |
| | Period | 3 |
| | 08:13 | Cor | Kyle Knopp (Chad Wilson) |
| | 17:56 | Prn | pp | Auger (O'Connor, Weber) |
| | 19:54 | Prn | Pelle (Ranaldi, Sinclair) |
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| | Saves |
| | Cor | W | Jason Elliott | 60:00 | 18 | x | 20 |
| | Prn | L | Saltarelli | 60:00 | 19 | x | 23 |