| | December 28, 1997 | Western Michigan (--) |
| | Grand Rapids Tournament | Cornell (7-4-1) |
| | Grand Rapids |
| | Western Michigan | 1 0 1 - 2 |
| | Cornell | 0 2 1 - 3 |
| |
| | Period | 1 |
| | 04:14 | WMU | Corvo (Lovett) |
| |
| | Period | 2 |
| | 07:50 | Cor | Kyle Knopp (Jason Dailey, Mike Rutter) |
| | 15:34 | Cor | Dan Svoboda (Andrew McNiven, Danny Powell) |
| |
| | Period | 3 |
| | 08:25 | WMU | Novock (Meilas, Duke) |
| | 09:02 | Cor | Ryan Smart (Doug Stienstra, Keith Peach) |
| |
| | Saves |
| | Cor | W | Jason Elliott | 60:00 | 27 | x | 29 |
| | WMU | L | Peck | 59:00 | 27 | x | 30 |