FREDONIA, N.Y. – Seven different players scored goals as the Cortland men's hockey team extended its unbeaten streak to four games with an 8-4 win at Fredonia Saturday night in SUNYAC action. The Red Dragons improved to 6-5-1 overall and 4-3 in the conference, while the Blue Devils fell to 4-6-1 and 4-5-1.
Sophomore
Mike Crowley (Buffalo/Springfield Blues) paced the Cortland offense with two goals and two assists. Senior
Casie Garrison (Cortland/Philadelphia Revolution) and freshman
Dougie Elgstam (Stockholm, Sweden/New Jersey Rockets) each tallied one goal and one assist. Juniors
Darren McCormick (Buffalo/Buffalo Jr. Sabres) and
Tommy Nolan (Mahopac/Connecticut Oilers) and freshman
Tony DeVito (Chicago, IL/New Jersey Titans) and
Stefano Alonzi (Maple, ON/Burlington Cougars) picked up one goal apiece. Sophomore
Andrew Gleason (Vestal/Syracuse Stars) and freshman
Aidan Salerno (East Atlantic Beach/Soo Thunderbirds) each recorded two assists. Junior goalie
Drew Weigman (Annapolis, MD/Northern Cyclones) made 36 saves.
Kyle Jelinski and Todd Schauss led Fredonia with one goal and one assist each. Jacob Haynes and Bobby Polachek added goals, Ryan Dunn collected two assists and Sean Leonard, Samuel Wilbur and Jimmy Morgan each chipped in with an assist. Goalie Eric Bogart stopped 12 shots, while Anton Rosen registered 14 saves.
Cortland struck early, grabbing a 3-0 lead just 1:35 into the game, and led, 4-1, after the first period. The Blue Devils pulled to within 4-3 with a pair of power-play goals less than three minutes apart in the second period before Crowley netted a power-play goal four seconds before the end of the period to make it a 5-3 game.
The Red Dragons quickly went up 7-3 as Garrison scored 56 seconds into the third period and DeVito notched a power-play goal 1:08 later. Jelisnki pulled Fredonia within 7-4 at 13:54, but Elgstam sealed the win with an empty-net goal at 18:56 after Fredonia pulled Bogart for an extra skater.
Cortland 8, Fredonia 4
Score by periods:
Cortland 4-1-3 8
Fredonia 1-2-1 4
Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists)
Cortland:
Mike Crowley 2-2,
Casie Garrison 1-1,
Dougie Elgstam 1-1,
Darren McCormick 1-0,
Tony DeVito 1-0,
Tommy Nolan 1-0,
Stefano Alonzi 1-0,
Andrew Gleason 1-0,
Aidan Salerno 0-2,
Dan Broderick 0-1,
Nico Gonzalez 0-1,
Paul Fregeau 0-1,
Cory Lauer 0-1,
Drazen Zack 0-1,
Andrew McCann 0-1,
Martin Lavallee 0-1
Fredonia: Kyle Jelinski 1-1, Todd Schauss 1-1, Bobby Polachek 1-0, Jacob Haynes 1-0, Ryan Dunn 0-2, Sean Leonard 0-1, Samuel Wilbur 0-1, Jimmy Morgan 0-1
Saves:
Drew Weigman (Cortland) 36 saves (4 GA in 60:00); Eric Bogart (Fredonia) 12 saves (4 GA in 19:45), Anton Rosen (Fredonia) 14 saves (3 GA in 39:21), Empty Net 1 GA in :54
Shots on Goal: Fredonia 40 (11-16-13), Cortland 34 (10-8-16)
Penalties: Cortland 11-33:00, Fredonia 9-18:00
Power Play: Fredonia 2-6, Cortland 2-5
Records after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 6-5-1, 4-3 SUNYAC; Fredonia (Blue Devils) 4-6-1, 4-5-1 SUNYAC