CORTLAND, N.Y. – The Fredonia St. men's hockey team closed the game with three straight goals and defeated Cortland, 6-2, Friday night in SUNYAC action at Alumni Arena. With the loss, the Red Dragons fell to 3-8-1 overall and 2-5 in the conference, while the Blue Devils, the defending conference champions, improved to 5-3-2 and 3-2-1.

Sophomores Gerard Heinz (Kings Park/NY Apple Core) and Frank Rizzo (St. James/NY Bobcats) each scored a goal for Cortland. Senior Barry McLaughlin (Bellport/Bay State Breakers) collected two assists, and senior Zach Dehm (Trumbull, CT/Sacred Heart) added an assist. Junior goalie Mike Mistretta (Buffalo/Northland College) made 17 saves.

Junior Colin Sarfeh (Laguna Niguel, CA/N. Michigan Jr. A) led the Blue Devils with a pair of goals. Junior Richard Boyce (Mississauga, ON/Brampton Jr. A) and freshmen Jordan Oye (Richmond, BC/Brampton Jr. A) and Andrew Hess (Bowling Green, ON/Walpole) had a goal and an assist apiece, while freshman Alex Morton (Cannington, ON/Notre Dame Jr. A) registered three assists. Sophomore goalie Pat Street (Annapolis, MD/The Gunnery School) made 18 saves in 57:56 before giving way to sophomore Kyle Yelich (Fredonia/Fredonia H.S.), who dod not have to stop a shot over the final 2:04.

The Blue Devils opened up a 2-0 lead after one period. Hess scored on a wrist shot from the right circle at 6:38, and Oye put the puck in the open side of the net on the left side at 13:14. Fredonia St. made it a 3-0 game just 29 seconds into the second period as junior Bryan Goudy (Port Huron, MI/Sarnia Blast) sent a wrist shot over Mistretta's left shoulder.

Cortland answered back with a pair of goals in the second to close to within 3-2. McLaughlin set up Heinz's slap shot from the left point on the power play at 5:18, then Rizzo converted a partial breakaway at 12:17 of the period for his team-high sixth goal of the season.

Sarfeh scored his first of the game on the power play at 16:08 of the second with a high wrist shot. The Blue Devils then scored a pair of goals 43 seconds apart early in the third period to make it a 6-2 game. Sarfeh scored on a wraparound at 4:11, and Boyce knocked in a loose puck in front at 4:54.

Fredonia St. outshot Cortland, 23-20, in the game and went 1-for-7 on the power play, while the Red Dragons went 1-for-5.

Score by periods:
Fredonia St.    2-2-2    6
Cortland    0-2-0    2

Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists):
Fredonia St.: Colin Sarfeh 2-0, Richard Boyce 1-1, Jordan Oye 1-1, Andrew Hess 1-1, Bryan Goudy 1-0, Alex Morton 0-3, Chris de Bruyn 0-1, Neal Sheehan 0-1, Pat Capella 0-1
Cortland: Gerard Heinz 1-0, Frank Rizzo 1-0, Barry McLaughlin 0-2, Zach Dehm 0-1

Saves: Pat Street (Fredonia St.) 18 saves (2 GA in 57:56), Kyle Yelich (Fredonia St.) 0 saves (0 GA in 2:04); Mike Mistretta (Cortland) 17 saves (6 GA in 60:00)
Shots on Goal: Fredonia St. 43 (8-19-19), Cortland 10 (2-5-3)
Penalties: Fredonia St. 5-10:00, Cortland 7-14:00
Power Play: Fredonia St. 1-7, Cortland 1-5
Records after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 3-8-1, 2-5 SUNYAC; Fredonia St. (Blue Devils) 5-3-2, 3-2-1 SUNYAC