The Oswego State men's ice hockey team defeated Lebanon Valley 7-2 Friday night in the Lakers' regular season home opener at the Campus Center Ice Arena. The newly-formed line of Ryan Ellis (2-1-3), Brendan McLaughlin (1-2-3) and Matt Whitehead (1-0-1) accounted for seven points as three of the four Laker lines produced at least one goal.
Oswego State freshman Paul Beckwith stopped 14 of 16 shots to earn his first collegiate victory in his first start in net. Senior forward Mark Lozzi tallied the game winning goal for the Lakers (1-1-0) in the game's 12th minute, he was set up by classmates Derrell Levy and Garren Reisweber.
The Laker power play converted on two of their first four chances, but went 0-for-6 from that point on to finish at 20%. The Oswego State penalty kill units killed off eight of Lebanon Valley's (0-1-0) nine power play chances.
SUNYAC play kicks off this Friday at 7 p.m. when the Lakers pay a visit to Cortland. The game will be broadcast on 88.9 FM WNYO, coverage starts at 6:30.
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PLATTSBURGH 6, ELMIRA 3
Meanwhile, defending SUNYAC champion #2 Plattsburgh (1-0-0) earned a 6-3 victory in their season-opening Frozen Four rematch with #3 Elmira (2-1-0) Saturday night in Plattsburgh.
Cardinal forward Eric Satim beat Elmira goaltender Casey Tuttle twelve seconds into the contest and Plattsburgh never looked back. Dylan Clarke and Dan Sliasis added markers in the first and second period respectively to push the Plattsburgh lead to 3-0. The Soaring Eagles cut the lead to two with a Rich Schrank goal at 25:34, but that was the closest they would get.
Brian Hince stopped 20 shots in net to earn the victory for the Cardinals. Elmira was without forward Dave McKenna; he was ineligible due to a game disqualification he recieved for fighting Oswergo State's Francois Gagnon in last Saturday's game. Gagnon was also ineligible to the Lakers for the Lebnon Valley game.
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Ryan Maloney
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Bottom photo from CardinalHockey.net
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