CORTLAND, N.Y. - The Plattsburgh men's hockey team scored three straight goals, including a pair of goals less than two minutes apart early in the third period, and held on to defeat Cortland, 4-3, in SUNYAC action Friday night at Alumni Arena. The Red Dragons fell to 8-11-1 overall and 4-7 in the conference, while the Cardinals improved to 12-8-1 and 7-4-1.

Juniors Andrew McCann (Bowmanville, ON/Wellington Dukes) and Darren McCormick (Buffalo/Buffalo Jr. Sabres) and freshman Nico Gonzalez (Buffalo/Toronto Jr. Canadiens) each netted a goal for Cortland. Freshmen Ryan Fritz (Rochester/Buffalo Jr. Sabres), Stefano Alonzi (Maple, ON/Burlington Cougars), Dougie Elgstam (Stockholm, Sweden/New Jersey Rockets), Tony DeVito (Chicago, IL/New Jersey Titans), Aisan Salerno (East Atlantic Beach/Soo Thunderbirds) and Michael Lindberg (Stockholm, Sweden/New Jersey Rockets) collected one assist apiece. Junior goalie Drew Weigman (Annapolis, MD/Northern Cyclones) made 34 saves.

Freshman Joe Drabin (Rochester/Wenatchee Wild) led Plattsburgh with two goals and one assist. Sophomore Cole Stallard (Waleska, GA/New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs) added one goal and one assist, sophomore Cam Owens (Wilmington, MA/Islanders Hockey Club) scored a goal and added an assist, Ayrton Valente chipped in with two assists and two others each recorded an assist. Senior goalie Brady Rouleau (Fort Macleod, AB/Quinnipiac) turned aside 25 shots.

McCann gave Cortland a 1-0 lead just 41 seconds into the game before Stallard tied the game on the power play at 2:51. McCormick's power-play goal at 7:49 of the second period, his team-high 18th of the season, put the Red Dragons up 2-1. Drabin's first goal of the game, also with the man advantage, at 10:49 sent the game into the third period tied at 2-2.

Owens scored on a wrist shot off the pipe at 3:27 of the third period, and Cortland also was whistled for a penalty on the goal. Plattsburgh capitalized with three seconds left on the power play as Drabin netted his second of the night. Gonzalez cut the deficit to 4-3 at 13:43 when he scored on a rebound in front. Cortland pulled Weigman for an extra skater with 1:16 remaining and managed one shot on goal by Salerno that Rouleau denied.

Plattsburgh 4, Cortland 3

Score by periods:
Plattsburgh         1-1-2      4
Cortland              1-1-1      3

Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists)
Plattsburgh: Joe Drabin 2-1, Cole Stallard 1-1, Cam Owens 1-1, Ayrton Valente 0-2, Matt Quilty 0-1, Antoine Fournier-Gosselin 0-1
Cortland: Andrew McCann 1-0, Darren McCormick 1-0, Nico Gonzalez 1-0, Ryan Fritz 0-1, Stefano Alonzi 0-1, Dougie Elgstam 0-1, Tony DeVito 0-1, Aidan Salerno 0-1, Michael Lindberg 0-1

Saves: Brady Rouleau (Plattsburgh) 25 saves (3 GA in 60:00), Drew Weigman (Cortland) 34 saves (3 GA in  58:44), Empty Net 1:16
Shots on Goal: Plattsburgh 38 (14-14-10), Cortland 28 (14-8-6)
Penalties: Cortland 6-12:00, Plattsburgh 2-4:00
Power Play: Plattsburgh 3-6, Cortland 1-2

Records after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 8-11-1, 4-7 SUNYAC; Plattsburgh (Cardinals) 12-8-1, 7-4-1 SUNYAC