PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – Alex Brenton scored two goals to lead the nationally ninth-ranked Plattsburgh men's hockey team to a 4-1 win over Cortland Friday night in SUNYAC action. With the loss, the Red Dragons fell to 7-14-3 overall and 3-10-2 in the conference and ended any chance to earn a playoff berth. The Cardinals improved to 17-6-1 and 12-2-1.

Junior Adam Bevilacqua (Toronto, ON/St. Norbert) scored Cortland's goal on an unassisted effort. Junior goalie Lyle Rocker (Buffalo/Wisconsin-River Falls) turned aside 41 shots.

Kevin Emmerling added a goal and an assist for Plattsburgh, Connor Gorman netted a goal and six players each collected one assist. Goaltender Mathieu Cadieux made 21 saves.

The Cardinals grabbed a 1-0 lead at 10:37 of the first period on Brenton's first goal of the night. Bevilacqua tied the game at 1:56 of the second before Brenton gave Plattsburgh the lead for good at 10:56 of the period on the power play. Gorman made it 3-1 at 7:23 of the third with a power-play goal and Emmerling completed the scoring at 11:13.

Scoring by periods
Cortland        0-1-0    1
Plattsburgh   1-1-2    4

Scoring summary (goals-assists)
Cortland: Adam Bevilacqua 1-0
Plattsburgh: Alex Brenton 2-0, Kevin Emmerling 1-1, Connor Gorman 1-0, Michael Cassidy 0-1, Brandon Beadow 0-1, Mike Grace 0-1, Luke Baleshta 0-1, Barry Roytman 0-1, Paul Puglisi 0-1

Saves: Lyle Rocker (Cortland) 41 saves (4 GA in 60:00); Mathieu Cadieux (Plattsburgh) 21 saves (1 GA in 60:00)
Shots on Goal: Plattsburgh 45 (18-15-12), Cortland 22 (3-11-8)
Penalties: Cortland 9-29:00, Plattsburgh 2-4:00
Power Play: Plattsburgh 2-8, Cortland 0-1
Records after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 7-14-3, 3-10-2 SUNYAC; Plattsburgh (Cardinals) 17-6-1, 12-2-1 SUNYAC (ranked 9th nationally in Div. III)