Nazareth Ice Hockey Program Set to Debut 2012-2013

From Nazareth College Athletics Department

ROCHESTER, N.Y. -- Nazareth College will add men’s ice hockey to its intercollegiate athletic offerings with competition at the NCAA Division III level slated to begin with the 2012-13 season. With no on-campus playing venue, Nazareth is still in negotiations to determine the best location for its newest team. Athletic Director Pete Bothner also said that the athletic department would move forward in the next few weeks to conduct a nationwide search to hire a head coach.

George Roll

According to a report in the Rochester Democrat and Chronicle, former Oswego State bench boss George Roll will be named head coach in a press conference on Thursday. Roll, 48, coached at Clarkson for eight seasons, compiling a 130-142-33 record before being relieved of his duties in April. He guided the Golden Knights into the NCAA tournament twice, including in 2006-07 when the East Regional was played at Blue Cross Arena at the Rochester Community War Memorial.Before taking over the Clarkson program, Roll coached seven seasons at Oswego State and was named the NCAA Division III coach of the year in 2002-03.

Nazareth also has petitioned the ECAC West Division to join that conference. Elmira, Hobart, Manhattanville, Neumann and Utica are current members.

“We think this will be a great new program for Nazareth College and for the larger Rochester community,” said Nazareth president Daan Braveman. “Hockey is a popular sport at the collegiate level and we think this will be received as a good addition to our athletic landscape.” In deciding to add ice hockey, Nazareth has used the assistance of local resident Craig Dahl, who has nearly three decades of hockey coaching experience, including 19 as a Division I head coach at St. Cloud State University in Minnesota. “We feel fortunate that we can utilize Craig as a great resource in this overall process,” Bothner said. “He has a lot of experience and can bring forth some great insight.”

Men’s ice hockey will be Nazareth’s 24th intercollegiate team. The Golden Flyers are members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association and recently won the Division III national championship in men’s volleyball.

Oswego Has Up and Down Saturday on the Ice

Saturday was an up and down day on the ice for the Oswego State Lakers. The two hockey programs were on the ice at the same time, but one team was in Oswego and the other was about 82 miles down the road in Henrietta, NY.

The Oswego State Lakers Women's Hockey team traveled to the Frank Ritter Memorial Arena on the campus of the Rochester Institute of Technology and the Lakers defeated the Tigers by the score of 2-1, handing RIT its first loss of the season. Mackenzie Lee and Olivia Boersen scored for the green and gold while Batavia native Katie Stack scored the lone talley for RIT.  Laker netminder Emi Williams was outstanding again as she made 46 saves for the win over the number one ranked team in the country for D-III Women's Ice Hockey. The women return to the ice on Tuesday February 22nd at 3:00 pm as they take on Castelton State at the Campus Center Ice Arena

While back in Oswego, the number one ranked team in the country for D-III Men's Hockey were set to take care of business against the "little ponies that could", Morrisville Mustangs. However, the Lakers were simply outworked Saturday night as they returned home for the first time in a month, dropping a 5-2 decision to Morrisville. Taylor Vince and Bobby Cass scored the first 2 goals of the game at the 5:45 and 12:03 marks of the 1st period, respectively. Paul Rodrigues would score late in the period to get Oswego on the board. Tyler Swan, who scored twice in the last head-to-head matchup back in November, made it 3-1 as he trickled one past Beckwith following a 5 minute penalty kill by Oswego for a Dan Bremner hit from behind.  Jamie Nelson made it 4-1 just 1:11 into the 3rd period and although Justin Fox scored his first goal in 2 months and the Lakers had several powerplay opportunities, Oswego could not rally. Jame Jarvis would add the Mustangs' 5th goal at 12:02. The Lakers are next in action Friday as they play host to the Brockport Golden Eagles.

Oswego Drops First Game vs #1 RIT

ROCHESTER, NY - Kolbee McCrea (Wawa, Ontario/Burlington Barracudas) and Sarah Dagg (St. George, Ontario/Hamilton Hawks) scored third period goals to break a 1-1 tie and lift the No. 1 RIT women’s hockey team (21-0-2, 14-0-2 ECAC West) to a 3-1 win over SUNY Oswego (11-9-3, 7-7-3 ECAC West) at Ritter Arena on Friday afternoon. The Tigers are now unbeaten in 23 straight games.

McCrea broke a 1-1 tie with 9:29 left in regulation, taking a perfect feed from Dagg on the power-play and slamming a shot past Oswego goaltender Emil Williams into a wide open net for her team-best 17th goal of the season. Kristina Moss (Webster, NY/Buffalo Bisons) also assisted on the goal.

Dagg gave RIT a 3-1 lead with 3:42 left, after Kim Schlattman (Stratford, Ontario/Cambridge Fury) caused a turnover at the Oswego blue-line. The puck caromed to Ariane Yokoyama (Van Nuys, CA/LA Selects), who feathered a perfect pass to Dagg on a 2-on-1. From in tight, Dagg roofed a shot under the crossbar and past a sliding Williams for her 15th goal of the season.

With the two points, Dagg now has 148 for her career, five shy of the school record. She leads the squad with 36 points (15-21-36) this season.The Tigers out-shot Oswego, 37-20. RIT was 2-for-5 with the power-play, while keeping Oswego scoreless on five power-play attempts. The Tigers have now killed off 67 of their last 68 attempts while shorthanded.

Kourtney Kunichika (Fullerton, CA/LA Selects) also scored for the Tigers. Moss tallied two assists.
Freshman goaltender Laura Chamberlain (Norco, CA/LA Selects) was strong in net for RIT, stopping 19 shots to improve to 14-0-2 this season.

Jillian Bergeron scored for Oswego, just 29 seconds into the game. Williams stopped 34 shots in defeat.
The Lakers stunned the Ritter Arena crowd, scoring just 29 seconds into the contest, as Bergeron stuffed in a loose puck after Chamberlain made two stops on Mackenzie Lee in tight. RIT gave the puck up behind its own net, and was unable to clear the crease.

RIT answered right back at the 8:53 mark, on the power-play, as Kunichika came out from the side boards, went to the front of the net and slid a shot between the legs of Williams for her seventh goal of the year. Moss and Katie Stack (Batavia, NY/Rochester Edge) also assisted on the goal.

Chamberlain made a two huge saves on Megan Howe late in the period, as Howe came in on a breakaway. Howe tried to go over the blocker, but Chamberlain made a great save, and was able to dive and rob Howe on the rebound attempt.

Neither team scored in a tight, defensive, second period.  RIT held the puck in for the full two minute power-play midway through the frame and had five good chances, but could not get the puck past Williams. Kunichika nearly had RIT’s second goal of the afternoon, looking to have an open net after a shot caromed off the back boards, but Williams dove back to make a sensational save, keeping the game tied at 1-1. Chamberlain made a big save on Lee late in the period, sliding across to keep the puck out after Lee went around a Tiger defenseman.

The Tigers have now out-scored its opponents, 126-19 this season. They have allowed one goal or less in 19 games. RIT leads the all-time series between the two schools, 17-6-0, and have won all seven meetings between the two schools, since Oswego re-established its program in 2007.  The two teams meet once again on Saturday at Ritter Arena, beginning at 7 p.m. RIT will honor its four seniors before the game.

 

- From RIT Sports Information

Senior Weekend Not so Kind for Oswego State Women

The Oswego State women’s ice hockey team trailed top-ranked Plattsburgh by two goals after two periods, but the Cardinals scored five goals in the final 20 minutes to hand the Lakers a 7-1 loss on Friday night at the Campus Center Arena in Oswego. Stephanie Moberg registered a hat trick to lead Plattsburgh, while Kristen Bond and Megan DiJulio added two goals each. The game was also “Pink at the Rink” night for Oswego State, which fell to 7-16-1 on the season and 5-11-1 in the ECAC West standings. The Cardinals improved to 21-1-2 overall and 16-0-1 in the league.
Plattsburgh struck first at 2:50 in the first period while short-handed as Emi Williams (Jr., Anchorage, Alaska) stonewalled Brittany Meade on a breakaway.  Williams lost track of the puck, though, as the save pulled her out of the crease where Stephanie Moberg pounced on the rebound for the goal.  The Cardinals took a two-goal lead when Kristen Bond’s slap shot from the right point got past a screened Williams 11 seconds into Plattsburgh’s first power-play opportunity of the game at the 8:31 mark.

However, Oswego State cut the deficit in half minutes later when Jenna Kirkwood (Sr., Chilliwack, B.C.) tallied her 11th goal of the season after receiving a pass from Kelly Collins (So., Fairport, N.Y.) on an odd-skater rush.  Jillian Bergeron (So., Brockville, Ont.) also was credited with an assist on the goal.  The Cardinals had another skater advantage late in the frame resulting in Bond’s second score of the contest to give Plattsburgh a 3-1 lead at the break.

Physical play picked up in the second period as both squads combined to commit seven penalties.  Emi Williams kept the Cardinals off the scoreboard for the majority of the frame with several sprawling saves, but Plattsburgh would not be denied late in the stanza.  With a 5-on-3 skater edge, Moberg tallied her second goal as her shot from the left point went just underneath the crossbar at 18:02 to put the Cardinals ahead 4-1 after two periods.
At 8:09 in the third period, Moberg broke free from the Laker defense to pick up the hat trick by putting a shot through Williams’ five-hole to make the score 5-1 in favor of Plattsburgh.  It became a 6-1 contest when Megan DiJulio flipped the puck over Williams’ shoulder after beating an Oswego State defender up the left side of the rink.  DiJulio added another goal with 1:09 left in the game, as the Cardinals skated away with the 7-1 victory.

Emi Williams finished the night with 42 saves on 49 saves for the Lakers, while Mandy Mackrell made 13 saves for Plattsburgh.

The squads square off again on Saturday at 3 p.m. in Oswego as the Lakers celebrate Senior Day.

Box Score

Story and Pictures Courtesy of Oswego State Sports Information 

Oswego State Drops 1 Goal Game to Guest Utica College

Utica’s Eliza Kelley scored the eventual game-winning goal early in the second period as the Pioneers handed the Oswego State women’s ice hockey team a 2-1 loss on Sunday afternoon in Oswego. The Lakers controlled play in the final frame, but were unable to break through for the tying goal. The Pioneers improved to 10-11-2 overall and moved to fourth place in the ECAC West Standings at 6-8-2. Oswego State dropped to 7-12-1 on the season and remained in a tie for fifth place at 5-8-1.

Utica capitalized on an Oswego State turnover near the Pioneer bench where Meagan Sudik picked up the puck. She skated up the right side and got her shot past Laker goalie Emi Williams in the lower right side of the net at 15:54 in the first period.  The score stayed at 1-0 heading into the first intermission. 

Oswego State tied the game early in the second period as Lauren Gilpin took advantage of a scramble in front of the net at the 2:58 mark.  Erica Shapey and Kristin Metzger got the assists on Gilpin's first of the year. However, Utica quickly regained the one-goal advantage less than a minute later when Eliza Kelley deflected MacKenzie Roy’s shot past Williams. 

The Lakers applied heavy pressure to the Pioneer defense and goaltender Jill Doherty in the third period, but Utica withstood the test keeping Oswego State off of the board for the 2-1 win. Emi Williams registered 40 saves in the losing effort for the Lakers, while Jill Doherty tallied 21 saves for the Pioneers.

Oswego State will host non-conference Hamilton on Wednesday, February 10 at 7 p.m. in the Campus Center Arena.  Wednesday’s contest will also be broadcasted live over the Internet at www.oswego.edu/athletics/live. Also, WNYO 88.9 FM will be broadcasting the game starting with Countdown to Faceoff at 6:30 pm followed by the puck drop at 7:00.

Box Score

Provided by Oswego State Sports Information  

Collins Scores Twice as Oswego beats Utica in Overtime

Oswego State Sophomore Kelly Collins (left)  notched two goals as the Oswego State Lakers defeated the Utica Pioneers 3-2 in OT at the Campus Center Ice Arena Saturday night. With the win, Oswego moves within one point of the Pioneers for 4th in the ECAC-West standings and puts them into a 3-way tie for second with Neumann and Buffalo State. With the victory, Oswego's record moves to 7-11-1 (5-7-1 in conference) while Utica drops to 9-11-2 and 5-8-2 in conference play.

Oswego got on the board first when Jillian Bergeron notched her 6th of the year with Jenna Kirkwood getting the assist at 12:59 of the first period. Bergeron was right on the door step to put the puck past Pioneer netminder Jill Doherty to give the Lakers the 1-0 lead and that was the score when the two teams went to the locker room after the first period.

Utica tied the game when it took advantage of a Laker tripping penalty midway through the second period when Lynny Gonzales’one-timer got past Oswego State goaltender Emi Williams. MacKenzie Roy got the lone assist on Gonzales' 11th on the year.  However, the tie did not last long as the Lakers’ Kelly Collins  ripped a wrist shot that went top shelf at the 12:50 mark to give Oswego a 2-1 lead after 40 minutes.

The third period saw Utica have chance after chance but they were turned away everytime by Oswego State goalie Emi Williams. The Pioneers pulled goalie Jill Doherty for the extra attacker with 1:52 remaining on the clock and the strategy worked as Utica tied the game with 17.3 ticks left on the clock when Williams stopped the original shot from Rebecca Heim but the puck came right onto the stick of Gonzales who would put the puck in the net to force overtime.Jodie Galuzzi and Heim assisted on the tieing goal.

But the Lakers took control of the game in the extra session as they outshot Utica 6-1 in overtime including the game winning goal for Kelly Collins. Team Captain Angie Friesen took the shot from the point while on the powerplay and Collins was right there to bang home the rebound to give the Lakers the win and the important two points.

Emi Williams finished the contest with 26 saves, including 11 in the third period, to improve to 7-8-1.  The Pioneers’ Jill Doherty compiled 27 saves on 30 shots and her record is now 9-9-2. The same two teams will go at it tomorrow afternoon on Super Bowl Sunday at 3:00 pm from the shores of Lake Ontario. The game can be heard on the worldwide web and on the radio courtesy of WNYO-FM 88.9 "The Voice of Oswego".

Box Score
Photos Courtesy of SUNY Oswego Sports Information

Oswego and Utica Meet Tonight for ECAC-West Women's Action

Its hockey night on the shores of Lake Ontario as the Oswego State Lakers and the Utica Pioneers square off for a 7:00 pm showdown at the Campus Center Ice Arena. Oswego comes into tonights contest with a record of 6-11-1 and a 4-7-1 mark in ECAC-West play while the Pioneers are 4th in conference with a conference record of 5-7-2 and an overall record of 9-10-2. Oswego is just 2 points behind Neumann and Buffalo State for 5th in conference.

These squads met at the Auditorium in Utica last season with the Pioneers taking both games by the scores of 4-0 and 3-1. Coming into tonight's game Oswego took 3 of a possible 4 points away from Cortland while Utica lost both of its games at RIT.

Key Stats and Players to Watch
Team Offense:
Oswego-2.06 Goals a Game
Utica- 2.14 Goals a Game

Team Defense:
Oswego-3.11 Goals a Game
Utica- 2.81 Goals a Game

Power Play:
Oswego-8 for 94 8.9%
Utica- 13 for 109 11.9%

Penalty Kill:
Oswego-81 of 97 83.5%
Utica- 93 of 111 83.8%

Players to Watch:
Oswego:
Jenna Kirkwood- 9 Goals 3 Assists 12 Points
Kelly Collins- 6 Goals 3 Assists 9 Points
Emily Grippin- 3 Goals 6 Assists 9 Points
Emi Williams- 6-8-1 2.37 GAA .921 SV %

Utica
Lynny Gonzales- 10 Goals 11 Assists 21 Points
Darcy Hier- 5 Goals 15 Assists 20 Points
Megan Sudik- 5 Goals 8 Aassists 13 Points
Jill Doherty- 9-8-2 2.59 GAA .925 SV% 

The game can be heard live on 88.9 FM WNYO Oswego, NY "The Voice of Oswego" at 7:00 pm for the puck drop and their pregame show, "Countdown to Faceoff" is on at 6:30 pm.

Stats with thanks to WNYO Sports

Laker Women Blanked By Host Hamilton Continentals 5-0

The Oswego State women’s hockey team struggled offensively as it fell to non-conference Hamilton 5-0 on Tuesday night in Clinton, N.Y. The Lakers trailed 2-0 heading into the third period, but allowed three goals in the final period in the loss. Laura DiCarlo led the Continentals with two goals and an assist. Oswego State fell to 5-9-0 on the season, while Hamilton improved to 5-6-2 overall.

DiCarlo notched the lone goal of the first period at the 15:53 mark for the Continentals with assists credited to Becky Cairns and Bret Lineberry. Hamilton tacked on a second goal midway through the second stanza as Cairns tallied her first goal of the season.

With the Continentals holding a 3-0 lead with 17:01 remaining in the contest, the Lakers had three power play opportunities in the final period for a chance to get back into the game, but were unable to capitalize. Hamilton sealed the victory late in the period after receiving unassisted goals from DiCarlo and Emily Baxter.

Oswego State goaltender Lana Peterson (Fr., Anchorage, Alaska) stopped 27 of 32 shots in the losing effort, as she fell to 0-2-0 on the year. Becca Hazlett recorded 17 saves for the shutout to improve to 4-4-1 this season.

The Lakers return to the Campus Center Arena for their first home games in two months on Saturday against conference for Chatham. The puck is slated to drop at 3 p.m. before the #1 mens team takes to the ice against SUNYAC foe Fredonia.

Story Provided By Oswego State Sports Information Department 

Box Score

Laker Women Drop 10-2 at #4 RIT

Fourth-ranked RIT scored three goals in the first five minutes and never looked back as it defeated the Oswego State women’s ice hockey team 10-2 on Saturday night in Rochester. Batavia native Katie Stack registered a hat trick for the Tigers, who out-shot the Lakers 59-16.

Kelly Collins, pictured (So., Fairport, N.Y.) and Jenna Kirkwood (Sr., Chilliwack, B.C.) tallied the goals for Oswego State, which fell to 5-8-0 overall and 3-5-0 in the ECAC West. RIT raised its overall mark to 10-2-3 and its conference mark to 5-1-2.

The Tigers started the scoring 2:05 into the game when Megan Kobar notched her second goal of the season, and had a 3-0 lead nearly four minutes later after goals by Stack and Kristina Moss.  RIT added its fourth goal of the period at the 14:25 mark as Tenecia Hiller fed Ali Hills for the score.
With the Tigers holding a 7-0 lead, Kelly Collins ended the shutout bid at 17:43 in the second frame after she received a pass from Jillian Bergeron (So., Brockville, Ont.).  However, RIT tallied two more goals in the next minute to skate into the locker room with the score 9-1. 

After an Oswego State goaltending change, Jamie Parhar scored the last Tiger goal at 5:17 with assists going to Hiller and Belina Hooper.  Jenna Kirkwood posted her eighth goal of the season short-handed, as assists were credited to Natalie Rossi (Jr., Edison, N.J.) and Angie Friesen (Sr., Chilliwack, B.C.), for the final score of 10-2.

The Lakers’ Emi Williams (Jr., Anchorage, Alaska) made 32 saves and allowed nine goals in the first two frames, while Lana Peterson (Fr., Anchorage, Alaska) compiled 17 saves and allowed one goal in the third period.  Amy Torgerson finished the game with 14 saves on 16 shots.

The Lakers travel to Hamilton College on Tuesday night for a 7:00 pm showdown with the Continentals. Oswego State returns to the Campus Center Ice Arena for the first time in two months with a weekend series against Chatham starting on Saturday, Jan. 23 at 3 p.m.

Box Score

Story provied by Oswego State Sports Information  

Oswego Drops First of Weekend Double vs #4 RIT

The Oswego State Lakers Women's Ice Hockey team played very well in their ECAC-West contest against the host RIT Tigers tonight at the Ritter Arena. The Lakers fell to5-7-0 on the season while the host Tigers move to 9-2-3 with the victory on home ice. 

RIT got on the board in the second period as Melissa Hall scored her 7th on the season at the 17:26 mark. The goal by Hall was the offense that Amy Torgerson needed as she stopped all eight shots that the Lakers put on net in the contest. The Tigers would score on a empty net goal by Shireen Irani. For Irani, that was her third on the season with the lone assist going to Kylie Mazzetta.

Emi Williams (pictured)  was outstanding in net for the Lakers as she stopped 49 of the 51 shots RIT put on the net. Williams falls to 5-5-0 on the season while Torgerson moves to 5-0-2 for the number four ranked Tigers, that according to the last USCHO D-III Womens poll. For her performance tonight, Williams was honored as the first star of the game. Other stars of the game included Melissa Hall and Kristina Moss, both of RIT. Both powerplays struggled in the contest as the Lakers went 0-10 as RIT, who came in with the best powerplay in D-III Womens hockey ended up 0-11. 

RIT leads the all-time series between the two schools, 15-6-0. Last season, RIT defeated the Lakers, 9-2 and 5-0 in their two meetings at the Campus Center Ice Arena. The same two teams will get together on Saturday night for a 7:00 pm faceoff from the Ritter Arena at the Rochester Institute of Technology.

The Box Score of the game can be found HERE

Lakers Put 5 Spot on Castelton - Roll 6-1 in Rutland Herald Invitational Opener

The Oswego State Lakers Women's Ice Hockey team is one win away from successfully defending their Rutland Herald Invitational title. The Lakers came out flying and defeated the host Castleton Spartans by the score of 6-1 this afternoon. The Lakers were led in most part by the play of their powerplay units as they lit the lamp 3 times in the second period to boost the Laker offense and sparked them to the teams 5th victory on the season. 

The first goal of the contest was scored just before the three minute mark into the second period as Laker Alex Szypryt scored her first on the season with Kathryn Sbrocchi getting the lone helper. Then Emily Grippen took the Jenna Kirkwood pass to beat Spartan goaltenderKatharyn Dembowski to bump the Laker lead to 2-0 at the 6:25 mark. Then the Laker powerplay was on the ice and that led to three straight powerplay goals to end out the period. Fairport's Kelly Collins scored her fourth of the year with Jillian Bergeron and Aprilyn Gush getting the assists. Then the lead grew to 4-0 as former Plattsburgh Cardinal Tiarra Garrow scored her second of the season with Collins and Sbrocchi getting the helpers. Oswego would then score one more time with the player advantage as Brenna Weber scored her first of the season with Gush and Bryanna Forrest getting the assists.

The host Spartans would finally figure out Laker netminder Emi Williams as Jade Werger scored her second on the year with the assist going to Amy Costa. Lackawanna native Sarah Hannon would find the net for the second time this season for the Lakers sixth goal of the game with Jenna Kirkwood and team Captain Angie Friesen getting the assists and that would be how the game would end with Oswego winning 6-1.

Emi Williams made 22 saves in net for her fifth victory this season while Castleton's Katharyn Dembowski stopped 33 Oswego shots. The Lakers outshot the Spartans 39-23 including a 23-6 performance in the second period. Oswego moves on to play the winner of the Adrian/Potsdam game for the Championship tomorrow afternoon at 3:00 pm as the host Castleton will play the loser of the Adrian/Potsdam matchup.

Boxscore can be seen HERE
Photo Courtesy of SUNY Oswego

It's Hockey Night in Oswego

Today marks the first doubleheader hockey games of the season as both Oswego State teams take to the ice of the Campus Center Ice Arena.

Game Notes: Buffalo State @ Oswego 3:00 PM ECAC-West

Last Season, Oswego got 3 out of the possible 4 points as they tied 2-2 on November 21st and had a 1-0 victory the very next day. The goals for the 21st contest were scored by Kathryn Sbrocchi and Emily Grippin. The next day, Sarah Hannon scored the game winning goal in OT in the Lakers 1-0 victory over the Bengals. Erin Robson had a 26 save shutout that afternoon in Downtown Buffalo. The last time the Bengals and the Lakers got together on the shores of Lake Ontario was back in 2007-2008 as Buffalo State swept the Lakers at the Campus Center, putting the Lakers out of the ECAC-West Playoffs. The Lakers have not defeated the Bengals in Oswego since Oswego returned to the Women’s Hockey action

Oswego comes into this weekend’s action against the Bengals with a record of 2-3 with a 1-3 record in the ECAC-West Division. The Lakers started strong with a record of 2-0 entering the second game against Potsdam and the Lakers would lose that contest with the Bears by the score of 3-1. Then the losing skid continues as Oswego went to Neumann and was defeated by the Knights by the scores of 4-2 and 3-2 in OT respectfully.

Buffalo State comes into this weekend with a record of 2-3 with a record of 2-1 in the ECAC-West. The Bengals swept Cortland last weekend at the Buffalo State Ice Arena by the score of 3-2 both days.

Key Player Matchup: For Oswego State... Jenna Kirkwood (leads the team with 6 goals), Emily Grippin (1 goal and 4 assists), and Sarah Hannon (1 goal and 4 assists)

For the Buffalo State Bengals... Marissa McMullan (leads the team with 4 points – 2 goals and 2 assists), Lauren Mallo( 2 goals and 1 assist), and Christine Williams (2 goals and 1 assist)

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In the Pipes:  Oswego – Emi Williams (.921 save %, 2.38 GAA, with a record of 2-3 – Started in all 5 games for the Lakers to this point)

Buff State – Alyssa Koniar (.920 save %, 2.94 GAA with a record of 1-1), Jess Garland (.854 save %, 4.49 GAA with a record of 0-2) and Kelly Mendola (.867 save %, 2.00 GAA with a record of 1-0)

Game Notes: Morrisville @ Oswego 7:00 pm SUNYAC

Last Season the Oswego State Lakers and the Morrisville Mustangs had a series to remember, depending on what teams want to remember. Morrisville came into the Campus Center last November and came out of Oswego with a point in conference play as they skated with the number 3 ranked team in the nation at the time by the score of 5-5 with a goal with less than .3 seconds in regulation. Oswego returned the favor in the spring semester as the Lakers went to the Ice Plex and picked up two points in the 3-1 win against the Mustangs.

Oswego comes into tonights game with a record of 7-1 and a perfect 5-0 in SUNYAC play. The Lakers are also the second ranked team in all of the nation. Oswego came off last weekend with two victories over Cortland and Utica. Kyle Gunn-Taylor was in net for both games for Oswego as Paul Beckwith was out due to an illness.

Morrisville comes in being 5th in SUNYAC with a record of 2-3 after dropping 6-4 last night at the hands of the Red Dragons of Cortland.

Both contests will be live on 88.9 FM WNYO "The Voice of Oswego" with Countdown to Faceoff starting at 2:30 this afternoon for the Women's game and at 6:30 before the Men's game at 7:00 pm. 

Oswego Takes Care of Utica 3-2

The second-ranked Oswego State men’s ice hockey team survived a third-period flurry from visiting Utica to come away with a 3-2 win on Saturday night at the Campus Center Ice Arena. The Lakers held a three-goal lead heading into the final period, but the Pioneers registered two goals late in the third period to test the young Oswego team. The Lakers improved to 7-1-0 overall, while Utica suffered its first loss of the season for a record of 2-1-1.

Oswego got off to a quick start as the Lakers went on a power play in the first minute of the game. Utica effectively killed the penalty, but Oswego State caught the Pioneers in a line change as Paul Rodrigues skated up the left side of the rink. Rodrigues threaded the puck through the crease to Chris Ayotte for the one-timer past Utica goaltender Anthony Luckow for a 1-0 lead just passed the three minute mark into the first period. Halfway through the opening period , the Pioneers were whistled for a penalty. After the ensuing face-off, Stephen Mallaro took a blast from center ice that found its way into the back of the net for his third power play goal of the weekend to give the Lakers a 2-0 margin. Utica gained control of play at the end of the period, as Oswego committed two penalties with less than two minutes remaining, but did not score before the horn to end the second.

Utica carried momentum into the second period as it still held a 5-on-3 advantage for 30 seconds. However, the Lakers got through the situation unscathed as the Pioneers were unable to get on the board, putting the momentum back in favor of the Lakers. The line of Justin Fox, Chris Laganiere, and Eric Selleck quickly to advantage of the swing by creating an odd-skater rush. After chaos in front of the net, Fox tallied his sixth goal of the season with assists going to both of his linemates at 1:38 in the second period.

So Oswego came into the third period with a 3-0 lead infront of a big crowd at the Campus Center, and Utica got some momentum into the third period as Utica got on the board almost halfway into the final period when Sean Timkey threw the puck on goal with Gunn-Taylor making the initial pad save, but the rebound went right onto the tape of Evan Chlanda, who did not miss the empty net. The Pioneers cut the deficit in half to 3-2 when Brian Gibbons scored a power play goal on a rebound at 15:51 with assists going to Scott Birnstill and Chlanda.

In a very physical contest, both squads combined for 63 penalty minutes on 22 penalties as each team was 1-for-7 with the extra skater. Gunn-Taylor finished the game with 21 saves, while Luckow compiled 34 saves on 37 shots.

from Oswego Sports Information