ELMIRA, N.Y. – The nationally 11th-ranked Elmira men's hockey team broke open a tie game with a four-goal second period and went on to defeat Cortland, 6-2, in non-conference action Saturday night. The Red Dragons dropped to 4-13-1 with the loss, while the Soaring Eagles improved to 12-5-2.

Sophomore Mike Henrici (North Haven, CT/Manhattanville) and freshman Nick Zappia (Manlius/Kingston Voyageurs) scored Cortland's goals with seniors Peter Lompado (Staten Island/Minnesota St.-Mankato) and Jake Saville (Bellingham, WA/Marquette Rangers) and freshman Tyler Virgoe (Aurora, ON/Couchiching Tigers) each recording one assist. Senior Mike Reilly (New York/Bismarck Bobcats) started in goal and made 29 saves through two periods before giving way to junior Brittan Kuhlman (Elkhorn, NE/Winnipeg Saints), who stopped 16 of the 17 shots he faced in the third period.

John Clewlow led Elmira with three goals, Brendan Sanders contributed a goal and an assist and Kevin Willer and Wes Consorti netted one goal apiece. Darcy Vaillancourt collected three assists. Darren McDonald ran his record to 8-4-2 with 21 saves.

Consorti opened the scoring at the nine minute, 14 second mark of the first period with a power-play goal, but Henrici tied the game for Cortland just over three minutes later with a man-advantage score of his own.

The Soaring Eagles took control of the game with a four-goal outburst in the second period, with three of the scores coming off Clewlow's stick. Clewlow netted his first of the night at 11:01 before Willer made it a 3-1 game at 17:36. Clewlow then closed the period with back-to-back goals just seven seconds apart, at 18:20 and 18:27, with the teams skating four aside. Zappia pulled the Red Dragons within 5-2 at 1:17 of the third with a short-handed score, but Sanders answered with a man-down goal for Elmira at 5:30 to complete the scoring.

Elmira 6, Cortland 2

Score by periods:
Cortland        1-0-1     2
Elmira            1-4-1     6

Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists)

Cortland: Mike Henrici 1-0, Nick Zappia 1-0, Peter Lompado 0-1, Jake Saville 0-1, Tyler Virgoe 0-1
Elmira: John Clewlow 3-0, Brendan Sanders 1-1, Kevin Willer 1-0, Wes Consorti 1-0, Darcy Vaillancourt 0-3, Colin Hoey 0-1, Brock Sawyer 0-1, Tyler Campbell 0-1

Saves: Mike Reilly (Cortland) 29 saves (5 GA in 40:00), Brittan Kuhlman (Cortland) 16 saves (1 GA in 20:00); Darren McDonald (Elmira) 21 saves (2 GA in 60:00)
Shots on Goal: Elmira 51 (17-17-17), Cortland 23 (6-10-7)
Penalties: Cortland 8-27:00, Elmira 7-14:00
Power Play: Elmira 1-6, Cortland 1-6
Records after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 4-13-1; Elmira (Soaring Eagles) 12-5-2 (ranked 11th nationally in Div. III)