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Geneseo Breaks Tie to Defeat Potsdam

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SUNY Geneseo (5-4-1, 4-1-1 SUNYAC) scored four unanswered
goals to break a 2-2 tie and defeat the SUNY Potsdam men’s hockey team
(3-4-0, 2-4) 6-2 in a SUNYAC contest on Saturday night. Freshman forward
Billy Pascalli (Deer Park, N.Y./New York Bobcats) and sophomore defenseman
Dan McCamey (Dayton, Ohio/Minnesota Flying Aces) each scored for the
Bears.

The Ice Knights jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first 4:18 of the contest.
Jonathan Sucese got the first tally at 3:35 and Ryan Donnelly buried the
second 43 seconds later. Geneseo carried the two-goal advantage into the
intermission.

Pascalli halved the lead just 2:25 into the second stanza with an
even-strength marker. Freshman forward Matt Thompson (Anchorage,
Alaska/Kenai River Brown Bears) and sophomore forward Ken Simon (Norwell,
Mass./Philadelphia Revolution) each assisted on the play. At 14:26,
McCamey scored an unassisted short-handed goal to tie the score. With the
momentum in their favor, Potsdam looked to grab the lead, but it wasn’t to
be. Kaz Iwamoto and Justin Scharfe each scored for Geneseo in a span of 72
seconds to restore the Knights’ two-goal advantage. Sharfe’s momentum
killer came with just 27 seconds left in the period.

The score remained the same until Iwamoto notched his second of the
contest at 14:24 on the power play to make it 5-2 Geneseo . With 2:57
remaining, David Ripple iced the game with the Ice Knights’ sixth goal of
the night.

In goal, freshman Austin Keiser (Dunwoody, Ga./Boston Bulldogs) finished
with 28 saves and Adrian Rubeniuk made 34 stops. Potsdam outshot Geneseo
36-34. The Ice Knights were 1-4 on the man advantage and the Bears went
0-6.

Next, Potsdam is back at Massena Arena for the final time in 2012 to take
on the sixth-ranked Hobart Statesmen on Sunday, Nov. 25 at 7 p.m. The
Bears then embark on a 13-game road trip before returning to Massena on
Feb. 8, to battle Brockport.

Oswego’s Men Defeat Fredonia

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The top-ranked Oswego State men’s ice hockey team (7-0-0, 6-0-0 SUNYAC) raced out to a 3-0 first period lead and never looked back, as it defeated Fredonia (4-5-0, 3-4-0 SUNYAC), 7-1, Saturday night. Laker special team units played a pivotal role in the contest as it went 3-for-7 on the power play and killed off seven penalties.
 
Senior linemates Luke Moodie (Oakville, Ontario) and Paul Rodrigues (Etobicoke, Ontario) had solid performances, as Moodie registered a hat trick and a pair of assists and Rodrigues tallied a goal and four assists.
 
Less than a minute into the game, the Lakers gained an extra skater thanks to a Fredonia interference penalty. Good puck movement in the zone allowed Chris Muise (Sr., Oakville, Ontario) to bring the puck from behind the goal line and sneak a shot past Mark Friesen on the far post at the 1:40 mark. Paul Rodrigues and Luke Moodie earned helpers on Muise’s first goal of the season.
 
It became a 2-0 game at 8:27 when Moodie buried a rebound from a Jesse McConney (Sr., Barrie, Ontario) blast that bounced off the back of the boards after a Blue Devil bench minor for too many men on the ice. Moodie’s shot bounced off of the inside of Friesen’s leg as he was trying to get to the right pipe. Rodrigues posted his second assist of the game.
 
Shortly after Andrew Hare (Sr., Burlington, Ontario) made a sprawling save to keep Fredonia from scoring on a power play, Oswego State went back down the ice to score with Rodrigues registering his first goal of the night with assists going to Moodie and Muise. Friesen was injured on the play, forcing Jeff Holloway to replace him in goal at the end of the first period.
 
The Blue Devils got on the scoreboard courtesy of a failed Laker clearing attempt over a minute into the second period. Declan Gunovski was the Fredonia player credited for the goal.
 
It stayed quiet from that point on until the 9:38 mark when Chris Ayotte (Sr., Cornwall, Ontario) created a 2-on-1 chance with Kyle Badham (Jr., Oakville, Ontario) by banking the puck off the boards around the defenseman. The Fredonia defenseman stayed with Badham, giving Ayotte an open look at the net for the goal.
 
One minute later, Moodie tapped the puck through Jeff Holloway’s five-hole to make the score 5-1, prompting Fredonia to call timeout. Rodrigues and Chris Brown (Sr., Centreville, Ontario) received assists on the goal that was the final marker of the frame.
 
Ayotte struck again at 1:59 in the third when his wrist shot found its way through traffic into the back of the net for his second goal of the game and Oswego State’s third power-play goal of the contest following a Fredonia hitting-from-behind penalty.
 
Moodie completed the hat trick at 7:52 after Rodrigues carried the puck up the right side. Rodrigues slid a pass through the crease to Moodie on the far pipe as Holloway had no chance to make the save. Tim Carr (Sr., Burlington, Ontario) started the transition goal with the breakout pass to Rodrigues as the squads skated 4-on-4.
 
Physical play picked up as the game wore down, culminating in 25 penalty minutes, including a game disqualification, being handed out with 4.7 seconds remaining.
 
Andrew Hare compiled 27 saves during the game, while Mark Friesen suffered the loss after allowing three goals in the first 19 minutes. Jeff Holloway stopped 24 shots in relief.
 
The Lakers have the Thanksgiving weekend off before hosting White-Out Weekend on November 30 and December 1 against Potsdam and Plattsburgh.

Elmira Women Over Potsdam 5-1

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The fourth-ranked Elmira Soaring Eagles (7-0-1, 6-0) used
three third period goals to pull away from the SUNY Potsdam women痴 hockey
team (1-6, 1-4) for a 5-1 victory on Saturday afternoon. Junior forward
Amanda Lucky (Kanata, Ontario/Clarkson University) score her first
collegiate goal for the Bears.

Elmira jumped out in front at 7:03 of the opening period. Briana Saltsone
scored with assists from Jocelynne Hudgins and Ella Stewart. Just over
eight minutes later, the Soaring Eagles doubled the lead as Cassidy
Delainey scored. Mary-Kate Gellerman and Caitlin Metcalf recorded the
assists. Potsdam finally broke the scoring drought with 15 seconds left in
the period, as Lucky lit the lamp. Her sister, junior captain Brittany
Lucky (Kanata, Ontario/Ottawa Senators) assisted on the play and Potsdam
trailed just 2-1 at the first intermission.

Elmira picked up their pressure in the second period, outshooting Potsdam
16-4. However, senior goalie Jen Conophy (Glenmont, N.Y./Albany Ice Cats)
turned aside all 16 shots to keep the Bears within one.

The Soaring Eagles broke out in the third period with three goals. Ashton
Hogan scored her first goal of the game at the 5:53 mark for a 3-1 Elmira
advantage. Delainey and Stewart assisted on the play. Three minutes later,
Tanis Lamoureux made it 4-1 on helpers from Lindsay Burrows and Hudgins.
Hogan closed the scoring with her second marker at 10:59 on an assist from
Katie Gaskin.

In goal, Conophy finished with 41 saves, while Samantha Maguire made 21
stops to earn the win. The Bears were 0-3 on the power play and the
Soaring Eagles were 0-2.

Potsdam is back in action on Dec. 1, when the Bears host Cortland in their
home opener at Cheel Arena. Faceoff is scheduled for 7 p.m.

Cornell Beats Colgate In Half Minute

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 In less than half a minute, Cornell’s game against Colgate went from a tied contest to a blowout.
 
Cornell got three goals in a 26-second span of the first period, taking a 3-0 lead that it would eventually balloon into a 6-0 lead late in the frame. When the contest finally concluded, Cornell came away with a 9-2 victory at Starr Rink on Saturday afternoon.

The Big Red (8-1-0, 6-0 ECAC Hockey), which defeated the Raiders (3-9-1, 0-5-1) by a 9-0 margin on Friday at Lynah Rink, remains undefeated in league play and combined for 18 goals over the weekend. The 18 goals was the team’s highest two-game total since putting up nine each against Brown and Syracuse on Oct. 29 and Nov. 1, 2011.
 
On Saturday, Brianne Jenner scored three points on two goals and an assist, bringing her weekend total to nine. Also with multi-goal games were Taylor Woods and Monika Leck. Jess Brown, Jessica Campbell and Jillian Saulnier also had multi-point nights.

Though she did allow a goal for the first time in her career, sophomore Katelyn Pippy earned her third consecutive win and made 16 saves.
 
The Big Red is 6-0 in league play for the second time in three years and now has nine straight wins against Colgate. Cornell has scored at least one goal in 91 consecutive contests, and that streak continued very early on Saturday.
 
Freshman Victoria Pittens scored her first career goal at the 6:52 mark of the first period, and she was followed by Brown breaking out for a goal just 17 seconds later. Nine seconds after that, Campbell made it 3-0 on a pass from Hayleigh Cudmore, and that effectively ended the Raiders’ chances of coming back.
 
After five more minutes, Woods scored her fifth career goal and her second short-handed goal of the season. Jenner earned her first tally of the day at the 17:16 mark on a pass from Brown, and Leck made it 6-0 on just 15 seconds later thanks to passes from Woods and Campbell.
 
Colgate got its goal with 57 seconds remaining in the period, but Jenner notched her second of the afternoon 14 minutes into the second period to regain the six-goal lead at 7-1. Leck got her second goal four minutes after that, knocking in a pass from Kelly Murray. Saturday was the sophomore’s first two-goal contest since Feb. 4 against Union.
 
Woods earn her second goal of the game – and her second two-goal game of the weekend – in the third period. On the power play, Woods finished off a sequence of passes from Jenner and Jillian Saulnier to make it 9-1.
 
Colgate put a short-handed goal past Pippy with three minutes left in the contest to end the scoring.
 
Cornell returns to action next week when it travels to No. 6 Harvard and Dartmouth. The Big Red and Big Green play Friday night at 7 p.m., and Cornell faces the Crimson on Saturday at 4 p.m.

Brockport Over Potsdam 4-3

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The Brockport Golden Eagles (3-4-1, 3-2 SUNYAC) overcame a
late rally by the SUNY Potsdam men’s hockey team (3-3, 2-3) to down the
Bears 4-3 in overtime. Potsdam junior assistant captain Mike Arnold
(Didsbury, Alberta/Kingston Voyageurs) stayed red hot with another two
goals and an assist for a three-point night. Freshman goaltender Austin
Keiser (Dunwoody, Ga./Boston Bulldogs) had a career-best 52-save effort
for Potsdam.

Brockport struck first in a tightly contested first period. After a Bear
was whistled for slashing, Mike Heyward scored a power-play marker with
assists from Shane Cavalieri and Jesse Facchini) at 6:44. Potsdam tested
Golden Eagle goalie Aaron Green 12 times in the opening 20 minutes, but
trailed 1-0 heading into the break.

Brockport dominated in possession and shots in the second period. The
Golden Eagles outshot the Bears 24-4 and extended their lead to 2-0. Steve
Sachman connected with Marcus Farmer and Bobby Conner at 13:50. Despite
only creating a few scoring chances in the middle stanza, Potsdam was able
to cut into the deficit. At 17:26, sophomore forward Trevor Cope (Swartz
Creek, Mich./Atlanta Jr. Knights) fed Arnold to finish a two-on-one and
make it a 2-1 contest.

The score remained unchanged until midway through the third period. At
10:21, Sachman notched his second of the night with an assist from Hayward
and Brockport restored its two-goal advantage. Just two minutes later,
Arnold wristed a shot from the slot past Green to cut the gap to 3-2.
Sophomore defenseman Erick Ware (Huntsville, Ala./Kenai River Brown Bears)
recorded the lone assist on the play. At 14:13, junior forward Adam Place
(Scarborough, Ontario/Bowmanville Eagles) buried the equalizer with
assists from Cope and Arnold.

The Golden Eagles outshot Potsdam 4-0 through the first four minutes of
overtime, but it was the fifth shot at 4:01 that decided the contest.
Cavalieri finished a pass from Chad Cummings and James Ryan to give
Brockport its third win of the season.

Green made 22 saves for the victory. The Golden Eagles finished with a
56-25 advantage in shots and went 1-4 on the power play. Potsdam was 0-1
on the man advantage.

Niagara Over Canisius

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In a matchup of the top two ranked defenses in Atlantic Hockey, it was Niagara who prevailed over the Canisius College hockey team on Friday night, 2-1, in front of 1,572 fans at the Buffalo State Sports Arena. The Griffs drop to 2-6-3 on the season and 1-2-1 in Atlantic Hockey play, while the Purple Eagles improve to 7-2-3 and a perfect 6-0-0 against league foes.

 

“We played a great game today and I’m pretty happy with everything but the result,” said Canisius head coachDave Smith. “We controlled the game for large periods and generated good chances on the power play. Aside from not getting two points, we don’t change much for our next game.”

 

Sophomore Doug Beck (Plymouth, Mich.) scored the Griffs’ lone goal of the contest, netting his second tally of the season.

 

Junior Tony Capobianco (Mississauga, Ontario) anchored the Canisius defense with 21 saves, including a late stop on a penalty shot to keep the Griffs in the contest.

 

Despite Canisius controlling the contest early, it was Niagara who struck first with a goal 5:09 into the game. The Griffs recorded the first eight shots on the night but the Purple Eagles netminder came up with big a number of big saves and Niagara then turned around and scored on its first shot of the game. Following a Canisius turnover in its own zone, Ryan Murphy scored high from close range for the early 1-0 Niagara lead.

 

The Purple Eagles then stretched their lead to two with 6:59 remaining in the second when Michael Benedict knocked in a rebound.

 

Canisius answered back just more than two minutes later when Beck got the Griffs on the scoreboard. The sophomore tipped the puck into the back of the net off a shot from sophomore defender Stephen Farrell (Ottawa, Ontario) to bring Canisius back within one, 2-1. Junior Patrick Sullivan (Derby, N.Y.) also registered an assist on the tally.

 

The Griffs, however, were unable to find the equalizer. Canisius’ best opportunity came with 11 minutes remaining when a number of quick passes led to senior Torrey Lindsay (Grosse Isle, Manitoba) redirecting the puck on goal. The Niagara netminder made the initial stop and the puck then that sat in the crease with neither team locating it at first. The Purple Eagles would then clear it to the corner to preserve the 2-1 lead.

 

Canisius continued to fire shots on net and had two power-play opportunites in the final eight minutes of the game. On the Griffs’ final chance, Canisius was whistled for a penalty and the Purple Eagles were awarded a penalty shot. Benedict lined up looking for his second of the night but Capobianco turned his shot away with 4:42 remaining to keep the Griffs within one. Canisius, however, was unable to take advantage as Niagara closed out the 2-1 win.

 

The Griffs finished the contest with a 32-23 advantage in shots on the night. Neither team scored on the power play with Canisius going 0-for-4 and killing both of Niagara’s chances.

 

Carsen Chubak recorded 31 saves in the winning effort for the Purple Eagles.

 

Canisius returns to the ice on Saturday, Nov. 24, hosting AIC in conference action. The Griffs and Yellow Jackets are set to meet at the Buffalo State Sports Arena with game time slated for 4:05 p.m.

Elmira’s Women Take Potsdam 8-0

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The fourth-ranked Elmira Soaring Eagles (6-0-1, 5-0) gained a
measure of revenge against the SUNY Potsdam women’s hockey team (1-5, 1-3)
on Friday night, hammering the Bears 8-0. It was the first meeting between
the two teams since Potsdam eliminated Elmira from the playoffs last
season with a 2-1 win. Jocelynne Hudgins, Ashton Hogan and Ashley Ryan
each recorded two goals and one assist for the soaring Eagles.

Elmira wasted no time getting the first of three opening period goals just
53 seconds into the game. Caitlin Metcalf made it 2-0 1:14 later. Hudgins
notched her first of the night at 7:33 and the Soaring Eagles carried the
3-0 lead into the intermission.

The Bears held off Elmira through the first half of the second period.
However, the Soaring Eagles exploded for four more goals in six-minute
span to put the game away. Hudgins got her second at 10:17 followed by a
Taylor Steadman strike 55 seconds later. Hogan scored 34 seconds after
that and Ryan notched her second at 16:28 to make it 7-0.

Elmira kept up the pressure in the third period and Hogan tacked on the
final tally of the night at 7:10.

In goal, junior Dawna Salvarinas (Mississauga, Ontario/Brampton Thunder)
made 30 saves, while Lauren Sullivan stopped 17 shots to earn the shutout.

The Soaring Eagles outshout Potsdam 38-17 and were 0-3 on the power play.
Potsdam finished 0-1 on the man advantage.

While admitting his team faced a tall task, Bears Head Coach Jay Green was
not happy with the result.

“Elmira is extremely strong,” said Green. “That being said, we’re just not
putting forth necessary effort right now. We have to work on that heading
into to tomorrow.”

Niagara Beats Rival Canisius

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The Niagara men’s hockey team were able to take advantage of several key scoring opportunities to come out with the 2-1 win against cross-town rival the Canisius Golden Griffins on Friday evening at Buffalo State Sports Arena.  

Despite being outshot 32-23 by the Griffs (2-6-3; 1-2-1 AHA), the Purple Eagle (7-2-3; 6-0-0 AHA) defense and the stellar play of NU keeper Carsen Chubak helped Niagara become owners of the conference’s longest unbeaten streak of eight games, which is also second longest in the nation right now.  During this stretch, Niagara has posted four shutouts and outscored its opponents 28-9.   

“The first forty minutes was not our best game, but I was just proud of the guys how they bunkered down in the third,” head coach David Burkholder said.  “We have a lot of warriors on defense.  They don’t show up in the three-star selection most nights, but they are warriors back there.  The group of six played really well, especially Weiss who as a senior captain led us in the final period.”   

The Griffins earned an early powerplay opportunity just over two minutes played in the contest and saw several quality chance turned away by starting NU goaltender Chubak.   Doug Beck had the best chance during the two minute man-advantage, finding himself alone in front of the net, but he could not lift the puck over the left pad of Chubak.

Just 45 seconds after killing off the penalty, Niagara capitalized on its second shot of the contest as Ryan Murphy grabbed his fifth goal of the season to put the Purps ahead a goal.  Marc Zanette forced a Griffin turnover and the puck slipped out to the waiting Murphy who roofed one over the shoulder of Tony Caponianco. 

The Griffs sustained their pressure in the second 20 minutes of play, not allowing the Purple Eagles to get a shot on net until nine minutes in.   Beck had a chance to knot up the game three minutes into the period as the left winger streaked down the left boards and let a laser loose on Chubak, but the shot went just wide glove-side.  

Niagara was able to grab the two-goal cushion on just its third shot of the period as a battle in front of the net saw Mike Benedict notch his fifth tally of the season.  The play started off the stick of Dan Weiss who lofted a shot on Capobianco that he  could not hold onto, and Benedict was able to find the loose puck to make it a 2-0 game

The Griff’s pressure finally paid off as Beck cut the lead in half with 4:22 left on the clock for his second goal of the season.  Patrick Sullivan lofted a shot into traffic from the top of the circle that Beck tipped in under the pads of Chubak.

Despite having the lead, it was Canisius that headed into the final period with the 21-13 shot advantage.  

The NU defense had to go to work late in the game as the Griffs found themselves with the man-advantage twice in the finals 10 minutes of play.  Weiss made several key plays, including a diving stop to prevent Mitch McCrank from lifting an easy tying goal into an open net. 

Benedict had an opportunity to solidify the win for the Purple Eagles after being awarded a penalty shot with under five minutes remaining in the game, but Capobianco came through for the Griffs with a sliding left pad stop.  Capobianco’s efforts were not enough though, as NU stymied the Canisius comeback.  

Chubak continued his solid play between the posts, recording 31 saves on the night to improve his record to 7-1-3.  

“Chubak kept us in the game as he’s been doing all season,” Burkholder added.  “It’s a national story and we got to have good goaltending, especially on the road to win.  Our bench feeds off of him.  He’s played great from start to finish.  He’s our hardest working kid from Monday through Thursday so you get what you deserve.”  

Murphy has been hot as of late, going 5-5-10 in his last seven games.  

Oswego Over Buff State 5-4

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 The No. 1-ranked Oswego State men’s ice hockey team (6-0-0, 5-0-0 SUNYAC) erased a two-goal deficit to defeat Buffalo State (2-5-1, 1-4-1 SUNYAC), 5-4, Friday night at the Campus Center Ice Arena. The Lakers scored four straight goals over an 11-minute span between the second and third periods to overcome four Bengal power-play goals.
 
Senior Paul Rodrigues (Etobicoke, Ontario) joined linemates Jon Whitelaw (Sr., Huntsville, Ontario) and Luke Moodie (Sr., Oakville, Ontario) in the 100-point club early in the third period, becoming the 50th member of the group one game after Moodie reached the milestone.
 
In a penalty-riddled first period that saw the Lakers whistled for seven penalties, the Buffalo State power-play unit capitalized on its chances scoring a pair of goals. The first goal came at 8:49 in the frame shortly after Oswego State fended off a 5-on-3 situation. Ben Kramer took a shot from the point that hit traffic in the slot. Matt Bessing was in the right place at the right time, as he got his stick on the loose puck and put it just inside the left post.
 
During a Bengal 5-on-3 opportunity later in the stanza, Bessing passed from the left face-off circle to Brett Hope, who was camping out at the right pipe. Hope scored his first goal of the season at 15:12. Three minutes later, David Titanic (Jr., Markham, Ontario) put the Lakers on the scoreboard with his second goal of the year. Chris Brown (Sr., Centreville, Ontario) and Titanic skated into the zone with both teams skating 4-on-4. Brown took a shot on the right side that bounced off a Buffalo State defender to Titanic, who found the back of the net with less than two minutes left in the first.
 
The score remained 2-1 at the first intermission, but Oswego State was called for roughing with 15 seconds to play giving Buffalo State the extra attacker at the score of the second period. Trevor McKinney made the home team pay ten seconds into the stanza with a wrist shot that went just under the crossbar to make the score, 3-1.
 
Zach Josepher (Sr., Wantagh, N.Y.) made a key defensive play in the Lakers’ end late in the second, blocking a shot during a 3-on-1 rush allowing Oswego State to counterattack with an odd-man rush of its own. Brown fed Luke Moodie (Sr., Oakville, Ontario) at the bottom of the circle. Moodie, then, rewarded Josepher for his efforts to get back into the play by feeding him a pass for the tap-in goal at 16:34.
 
The Lakers were not done, though, as they scored a power-play goal of their own with less than a minute left in the period following a high sticking penalty. After a series of tic-tac-toe passes from Chris Muise (Sr., Oakville, Ontario) deep in the zone to Jesse McConney (Sr., Barrie, Ontario) at the center of the blue line to Chris Ayotte (Sr., Cornwall, Ontario), who was waiting at the top of the circle to uncork a one-timer that got past Carr to even the score at 3-3 heading into the final 20 minutes of play.
 
With the teams skating 4-on-4, Rodrigues completed the comeback with his 40th career goal and 100th career point at 3:29 in the third when some nifty puck handling in the offensive zone allowed him to shed a defender and wrist a shot past Carr to give Rodrigues the milestone.
 
Rodrigues and Moodie later connected on a 2-on-1 rush at 8:05 to make the score 5-3 in favor of the home team. Moodie tapped in a pass that came across ice from right to left over Carr, who went to the ice. Brown also earned an assist on the play.
 
Buffalo State pulled to within one at 19:12 after Matt Bessing scored for the Bengals’ fourth power-play goal with two extra attackers courtesy of an empty net. With 31 seconds on the clock, the Bengals called timeout to set up a final play with Kevin Carr out of the net, but were unable to net the equalizer.
 
Andrew Hare (Sr., Burlington, Ontario) ended the game with 19 saves, including 11 in the first period, to improve to 5-0-0 on the season. Carr finished with 37 stops in the losing effort.  
 
The Oswego State power play went 1-for-7, while the Bengals went 4-for-9 with the extra skater.

Jenner Shines for Cornell in Shutout

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After missing the Big Red’s last two games to compete with Hockey Canada, Brianne Jenner had to catch up for lost time.
 
The Big Red junior forward scored four goals – including a natural hat trick in the second period – and added two assists as the Big Red knocked off Colgate 9-0 at Lynah Rink on Friday afternoon.
 
“It was a fun game,” Jenner said. “Sometimes you get those chances and it does go it, so it’s nice to have a lucky game where some of my shots went in.”
 
Jenner, who had just two goals in five games prior to Friday, tripled her season goal total and nearly doubled her point total as she factored in on six of the Big Red’s tallies. Her four-goal game was the first for Cornell since Jillian Saulnier had four in her first career game, also against the Raiders at the start of last year.
 
Jenner’s six points and four goals was a career high, while Rougeau’s four assists and four points was a career high. Taylor Woodsscored two goals, which were also a career high.
 
Cornell (7-1, 5-0 ECAC Hockey) remained perfect in conference play and will travel to Colgate (3-8-1, 0-4-1) on Saturday to complete a home-and-home weekend series.
 
Also scoring plenty for the Big Red was senior alternate captain Laura Fortino, who notched two first period goals, Saulnier, who had three assists, and Lauriane Rougeau, who had four assists.
 
Katelyn Pippy earned the victory in goal, getting her first career start and making 13 saves. She helped Cornell start out 5-0 in conference play for the first time since 2010 and the third time in the last four years. Cornell’s victory was also its eighth in a row against the Raiders.
 
“We were all really happy for her,” Jenner said. “For her to come in and have a great start like that, it’s awesome and well-deserved. She’s been working really hard in practice, and as teammates we’re just as excited as she is.”
 
The Big Red, playing its final contest of a six-game homestand, did not wait long to get on the scoreboard.
 
 
The Big Red’s first two goals came in four-on-four situations as Cornell skaters took advantage of extra space on the ice. The first, just five minutes into the came, resulted from a failed clear by the Raiders that Laura Fortino corralled. Skating down to the right side of goal, she fired a backhanded shot perfectly through the legs of Colgate’s Susan Allen to make it 1-0.
 
Jenner got the next tally 79 seconds later. A scrum behind the net by Jenner and Jillian Saulnier resulted in Saulnier coming away with the puck. Jenner moved to the other side of the net, took a pass from Saulnier, turned and fired and got the puck over Allen’s left shoulder.
 
Six minutes after that, Fortino got her second goal of the game on a perfectly executed power play. Passing the puck from left to right and back again, Lauriane Rougeau found Jenner with an open net. Instead of shooting, though, Jenner went back through the crease to a wide open Fortino, and the senior didn’t miss. Cornell took its 3-0 lead into the first intermission.
 
The second period again belonged to the Big Red as Woods started the scoring. Cornell had a three-on-two breakout, and Jenner carried the puck up the right side of the ice and found Woods in the center of the ice. Skidding to a halt right in front of the goal, Woods faked out Allen and made it 4-0.
 
That started a three-goal streak by Jenner in a 10-minute span. Her first came as she carried the puck past all Colgate defenders on a breakaway, then deked left around new goalie Ashlynne Rando to make it 5-0.
 
Her next goal was thanks to a nice pass from right to left by Jillian Saulnier. Her third goal in the frame resulted from a Jess Brownshot from the point. The rebound came out to Jenner, and after jamming at the puck twice, she managed to get it around Rando.
 
“I don’t know what they were feeding her [with Hockey Canada], but whatever it was, I hope she keeps that going,” coach Doug Derraugh. “When she gets going, boy, and when she gets on the forecheck and she’s moving her feet, you’ve got to watch yourself as a coach. Sometimes when you’re supposed to be watching how your team’s doing, you get focused on watching the things that she does. You’ve got to remember you’ve got to coach the team, too.”
 
The third period saw two more Big Red goals as Hayleigh Cudmore connected on a pass from Saulnier and Woods got her second of the day on Rougeau’s fourth assist.
 
Cornell will not play another game until Jan. 15, a span of nearly two months, but the team will play again tomorrow on the road at Colgate at 3 p.m. Cornell will then spend Thanksgiving weekend at Harvard and Dartmouth.

Utica Beats Cortland

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Senior Carmen Johnson (Falls Church, VA/Washington Pride) scored with 52 seconds remaining in overtime to lift the Utica women’s hockey team to a 3-2 win versus Cortland Saturday afternoon in ECAC West action at Alumni Arena. The Red Dragons fell to 0-6 overall and 0-4 in the conference, while the Pioneers improved to 3-3 overall and in the league by sweeping the two-game home-and-home weekend series.

Senior Maggie Giamo (Orchard Park/RIT) and sophomore Abbie Adams (Potsdam/Cornwall Typhoons) scored Cortland’s goals with senior Chelsey Wright (Medford/Suffolk PAL) and junior Gina Tomei (Bronx/Sound Shore Warriors) picking up one assist each. Freshman goalie Deanna Meunier (Parsippany, NJ/New Jersey Rockets) made 36 saves.

Sophomore Kelsey Dowdall (Smiths Falls, ON/Nepean) and freshman Morgan Reed (Fort Myers, FL/Cushing Academy) netted Utica’s other goals. Senior Meghan McMahon (Gardner, MA/St. Mark’s) recorded two assists, and four others collected one assist each. Junior goalie Jennifer Hamel (Ithaca/Northwood School) stopped 16 shots.

Giamo gave Cortland a 1-0 lead at 15 minutes, 12 seconds of the first period when she knocked in a rebound of Tomei’s shot from the right faceoff circle. Dowdall tied the game at 1:55 of the second period on a rebound goal. Reed gave Utica the lead at 6:31 of the third period with a one-time shot on the left side off a feed from sophomore Nicole Schwartz (Danville, CA/San Jose Sharks). Adams tied the game on the power play just over a minute later with a shot that deflected in off a Utica defensman to set up overtime.

In the extra session, the Pioneers kept the puck in Cortland’s defensive zone and eventually worked a shot from the right point that Meunier saved. Johnson, however, put in the rebound for the game-winner at 4:08.

Hobart DownsGeneseo 5-1

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The Hobart College hockey team jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first period and cruised to a 5-1 victory over Geneseo in a non-league game played tonight at Wilson Arena. The Statesmen improve to 4-0-2 this season, and the Blue Knights are now 3-4-1.

 

Five Statesmen scored in Hobart’s victory. Sophomore Ryan Michel (Camillus, N.Y.) led the Statesmen with three assists. Junior Keith Clarke (Westmeath, Ont.), senior Brad Richard (New Bedford, Mass.) and senior Frank Salituro (Vaughan, Ont.) each tallied a goal and an assist. Senior goalie Nick Broadwater (Portland, Maine) played all 60 minutes and finished with 29 saves.

 

Just 4:44 into the game, senior Bobby Hannah (Burbank, Calif.) capitalized on a power play to put Hobart up 1-0. Richard and Michel set up the play. At 10:20, Richard scored his own power-play goal to give the Statesmen a two-goal advantage. Michel and Salituro earned the assists. Salituro stretched Hobart’s lead to 3-0 with yet another power-play goal with just 2:04 left in the opening period. His fifth goal of the season came after passes from Michel and sophomore Robert Sovik.

 

Just 3:41 into the second, sophomore Brad McBride (Lone Tree Colo.) logged his third goal of the year to make it 4-0. Clarke recorded the assist.

 

Geneseo got on the scoreboard 3:26 into the final period. Just after a Hobart penalty was expired, Nate Brown found the back of the net after passes from Kaz Iwamoto and Justin Scharfe. The Statesmen answered with their fifth goal of the game. Clarke scored at 9:35 on a backhanded shot off an assist from first-year Bo Webster (Aurora, Ont.).

 

Bryan Haude played the opening 23:41 in goal for Geneseo and stopped seven shots. Adrian Rubeniuk came in to play the final 36:19 and made eight saves.

 

The Blue Knights held a 30-20 advantage in shots. The Statesmen went 3-for-5 on the power play, while Geneseo was 0-for-3.

 

Hobart will be back in action on Friday, Nov. 16, when the Statesmen travel to take on Nazareth in an ECAC West game at 7 p.m.

 

Carnes Earns ECAC West Women’s Player of Week Honors

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Buffalo State’s Carnes Named ECAC West Women’s Hockey Player of the Week

Buffalo State senior center Courtney Carnes (Winslow, ME/Winslow) was named the ECAC West Women’s Hockey Player of the Week after helping lead the Bengals to a pair of conference wins at Chatham on the weekend.   
 
Carnes netted a goal and an assist in Saturday’s 4-1 victory over the Cougars, and then picked up another goal and an assist in Sunday’s 5-0 whitewash.  Carnes leads the Bengals with four goals and eight points in six games this season. 

NU’s Chubak Earns AHA Honors

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NIAGARA UNIV., N.Y. – Junior goaltender Carsen Chubak was named AHA Goalie of the Week for the third-straight week after making the NU record books in the weekend sweep over Army for going 258.32 minutes without allowing a goal.

Chubak now holds the Niagara record for the most consecutive shutout minutes, taking the top spot from Greg Gardner (’00) who held the record with 232.38 minutes.

He made 116 straight stops starting with the 3-0 shutout victory over UConn on Nov. 2 to continue the Purple Eagles shutout streak, but with less than seven minutes to go in the second game this weekend, the Black Knights were finally able to beat Chubak.  The Prince Albert, Sask. native is now tied for third in the NCAA history with three consecutive shutouts, in the company of goalies such as Jimmy Howard and Ryan Miller.

Chubak earned his fourth shutout of the season in the 5-0 victory over Army on Friday, Nov. 9, pushing aside 27 shots becoming the first NU goalie to register three consecutive shutouts.  The junior added another 30 stops in the 4-1 victory the following day.

Chubak is now 6-1-3 on the season, making 311 saves.  The three-time AHA Goalie of the Week holds the top spot in the nation in save percentage (.966), goals-against average (1.09) and shutouts (4).  His winning percentage of .750 places him ninth nationally.

The Purple Eagles take on Canisius in a Battle of the Bridge contest on Friday, Nov. 16 at the Buffalo Sports Complex.  Niagara then kick starts a four-game home stand starting with Robert Morris on Saturday, Nov. 17.  Both games are scheduled to begin at 7:05 p.m.

Tickets are still available for Saturday’s contest, so contact the Niagara Tickets Office (located inside Dwyer Arena) at 716-286-TIXX or by emailing [email protected].

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