CORTLAND, N.Y. – Senior Zach Dehm (Trumbull, CT/Sacred Heart) scored three of Cortland's five consecutive goals and senior goalie Jon Bova (Camillus/West Genesee) made 17 saves in his first career start as the Cortland men's hockey team skated to a 5-3 victory versus visiting Buffalo St. in SUNYAC action Saturday night. The Red Dragons improved to 4-8-1 overall and 3-5 in the conference with the win, while the Bengals fell to 2-8-2 and 1-4-2.

Dehm's hat trick was his first as a Red Dragon. Sophomore Gerard Heinz (Kings Park/ NY Apple Core) registered a goal and three assists, sophomore Patrick Palmisano (Ann Arbor, MI/Bay State Breakers) scored a goal and freshmen Jarrett Gold (East Setauket/NY Bobcats) and Justin Porpora (Hauppauge/NY Bobcats) each collected two assists for Cortland.

Sophomores D'Arcy Thomas (Gatineau, QC/College LaFleche Titans) and Ryan Ramage (Ft. Erie, ON/Brampton Capitals) and freshman Nick Petriello (St. Catherines, ON/St. Catherines Falcons) scored one goal apiece for the Bengals. Six others collected one assist each. Sophomore goalie Travis Moore (Simcoe, ON/Morrisville St.) stopped 34 shots.

Buffalo St. scored the game's first three goals over the opening period and a half of play. Thomas made it a 1-0 game at 14 minutes, six seconds of the opening period when he scored on a snap shot from the right faceoff circle. Petriello notched his team-high sixth goal of the season just 1:33 into the second stanza on a one-timer right in front. Ramage then knocked in a rebound on the power play at 9:55 for a 3-0 lead.

Cortland responded with the final two goals of the second period to make it 3-2. Palmisano stuffed in a loose puck on the left side at 10:27, and Dehm scored his first of the night on the power play at 12:47 with a wrist shot to the upper left of the goal. Heinz netted the equalizer with the man advantage when his slap shot from the left point snuck through Moore's pads at 7:02 of the third. At 14:57, Dehm scored the game-winner, also on the power play, on a rebound right in front. The Bengals pulled Moore with 1:20 remaining, but Dehm iced the game when he took a pass from Porpora near center ice and sent a shot into the open goal.

Cortland 5, Buffalo St. 3

Score by periods:
Buffalo St.    1-2-0    3
Cortland    0-2-3    5

Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists):
Buffalo St.: Nick Petriello 1-0, Ryan Ramage 1-0, D'Arcy Thomas 1-0, Connor King 0-1, Justin Merritt 0-1, Jason Hill 0-1, Travis Whitehead 0-1, Nick Lynch 0-1, Terry Watt 0-1
Cortland: Zach Dehm 3-0, Gerard Heinz 1-3, Patrick Palmisano 1-0, Jarrett Gold 0-2, Justin Porpora 0-2, Nick Catanzaro 0-1, Frank Rizzo 0-1

Saves: Travis Moore (Buffalo St.) 34 saves (4 GA in 58:55), Open Net 1:05 (1 GA); Jon Bova (Cortland) 17 saves (3 GA in 60:00)
Shots on Goal: Buffalo St. 20 (8-5-7), Cortland 39 (11-10-18)
Penalties: Buffalo St. 9-18:00, Cortland 7-14:00
Power Play: Buffalo St. 1-7, Cortland 3-9
Records after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 4-8-1, 3-5 SUNYAC; Buffalo St. (Bengals) 2-8-2, 1-4-2 SUNYAC