CORTLAND, N.Y. - Senior Jordan Oye (Richmond, BC/Brampton Jr. A) scored 54 seconds into overtime to lead the Fredonia St. men's hockey team to a come-from-behind 3-2 win at Cortland Friday night in the SUNYAC opener for both teams.
Junior
Matty Davie (Brooklyn/NY Apple Core) and freshman
Stephen Nardi (Plainedge/NY Bobcats) scored goals for the Red Dragons (0-1, 0-1 SUNYAC) with senior
Jarrett Gold (East Setauket/NY Bobcats) and junior
Corey John (Albany/SUNY Plattsburgh) recording assists. Junior goalie
Mike Reilly (New York/Bismarck Bobcats) made 24 saves.
Senior Alex Morton (Cannington, ON/Notre Dame Jr, A) led the Blue Devils (1-2, 1-0 SUNYAC) with a goal and an assist. Senior Chris de Bruyn (Calgary, AB/Brooks Jr. A) also netted a goal for Fredonia St., junior Bryan Ross (Livonia, MI/Alpena Jr. A) had two assists and three different players recorded an assist. Freshman goalie Mark Friesen (Calgary, AB/Langley) stopped 25 shots.
After a scoreless first period, de Bruyn gave the Blue Devils a 1-0 lead at the five minute, 49 second mark of the second period when he scored on a wrist shot from the right face-off circle through traffic. The lead held until 8:13 of the third period as Cortland scored on the power play. Fredonia St. failed to clear a loose puck and Davie snapped a shot from the left side over Friesen's left shoulder to knot the score at 1-1.
Nardi then gave Cortland its only lead of the night at 15:03. John won the draw back to Gold who fed a pass cross ice to Nardi at the right point. Nardi one-timed a shot through a screen that beat Friesen to make it a 2-1 game.
In the closing minutes of regulation, Cortland took a penalty and the Blue Devils pulled Friesen for a two-man advantage. With 27 seconds remaining, Morton sent the game to overtime with a slap shot from the right point. In the extra time, Oye netted the game winner when he tapped in a shot right in front off a feed from Morton after a Fredonia St. break out.
Fredonia St. 3, Cortland 2 (OT)
Fredonia St. 0-1-1-1 3
Cortland 0-0-2-0 2
Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists)
Fredonia St.: Alex Morton 1-1, Chris de Bruyn 1-0, Jordan Oye 1-0, Bryan Ross 0-2, Chris Jung 0-1, Steve Rizer 0-1, Mitch Kulikoski 0-1
Cortland:
Matty Davie 1-0,
Stephen Nardi 1-0,
Jarrett Gold 0-1,
Corey John 0-1
Saves: Mark Friesen (Fredonia St.) 25 (2 GA in 59:59), Empty Net :55;
Mike Reilly (Cortland) 24 (3 GA in 60:54)
Shots on Goal: Cortland 27 (7-10-10-0), Fredonia St. 27 (5-10-11-1)
Penalties: Cortland 2-4:00, Fredonia St. 2-4:00
Power Play: Cortland 1-2, Fredonia St. 1-2
Record after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 0-1, 0-1 SUNYAC; Fredonia St. (Blue Devils) 1-2, 1-0 SUNYAC