Men's Hockey Survives Morrisville

The Oswego State men's ice hockey team rallied from an early deficit and defeated Morrisville 6-5 on Saturday night at the IcePlex in Morrisville. The Lakers scored three power-play goals and six different players scored in the victory.

Oswego State fell behind 1-0 but tied the game on a power-play goal from C.J. Thompson, assisted by Tyler Lyon and Matt Whitehead. Morrisville answered that goal with a tally from Derek Matheson just 12 seconds after the Lakers tied the score, and the Mustangs carried a 2-1 lead into the first intermission.

It didn't take long for the Lakers to tie the score, as Oswego State capitalized on another power-play chance with Joe Hall deflecting a point shot by Francois Gagnon past Morrisville goalie Brett Freese to knot the score at 2-2.

After a Morrisville player was issued a major penalty for elbowing, the Lakers recorded their third power-play goal of the game as Garren Reisweber deposited a loose puck at the edge of the crease. The Mustangs responded again as Keith Williams finished off a 2-on-0 rush to tie the game 3-3.

Oswego State's Chris Laganiere scored his first collegiate goal from a sharp angle late in the second period to give the Lakers a 4-3 lead and Oswego State never trailed again.

Early in the third, Josh Chamberlain scored to make it 5-3. After Morrisville scored again, to reduce the lead to one goal, Derrell Levy (pictured) scored his second of the season on an assist by Hall to make it 6-4. It proved to be the game-winning goal.

Morrisville scored a power-play goal with 1:38 left in the third period and the Mustangs were on the power play for the last 1:26 of the game, but Oswego State held on for the win.

The Lakers are now 7-3-2 on the year and 7-1-1 in the SUNY Athletic Conference. Morrisville fell to 4-12-0 and 0-9-0 in the SUNYAC.

Oswego State returns to action on Dec. 29 at the Pathfinder Bank Oswego Hockey Classic, when the Lakers host Amherst. The first semifinal on Dec. 29 pits St. Norbert against Curry.

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NOTES:

-The Lakers won for the first time after giving up the game's first goal. Oswego State is now 1-3-2 when allowing their opponent on the scoreboard first. They are 6-0-0 when they record the opening marker.

-Mutsang netminder Brent Freese was playing in his last collegiate game. The senior graduates this month.

-This was the second, but not the last meeting this season between the Mustangs and Lakers. The clubs will meet Jan. 22 at the Campus Center for a non-conference match-up.

OTHER SUNYAC SCORES & STANDINGS:

Lebanon Valley     2 at Buffalo State      3 NC       
Castleton          1 at Geneseo            2 NC      
Fredonia           2 at Neumann            7 NC     
Potsdam            2 at Hobart             5 NC      
Elmira             4 at Brockport          4 NC  OT  
Oswego             6 at Morrisville        5 SU       
Plattsburgh        8 at Williams           1 NC

		GP	W-L-T	Pts.
1	Plattsburgh	9	9-0-0	18
2	Oswego	9	7-1-1	15
3	Potsdam	9	4-3-2	10
4	Geneseo	9	4-5-0	8
	Fredonia	7	3-2-2	8
6	Cortland	8	3-5-0	6
7	Brockport	7	2-4-1	5
8	Buffalo State	7	1-4-2	4
9	Morrisville	9	0-9-0	0