BRYN ATHYN, PA. – The Cortland men's ice hockey team scored four straight goals to erase a 2-1 deficit and defeated Bryn Athyn, 5-2, Sunday afternoon in non-conference action. The Red Dragons improved to 7-9 with the victory, while the Lions fell to 6-8-1.
Senior
Andrew McCann (Bowmanville, ON/Wellington Dukes) and freshman
Michael Faliero (West Seneca/Buffalo Jr. Sabres) led Cortland with a goal and an assist apiece. Sophomores
Douglas Elgstam (Stockholm, Sweden/New Jersey Rockets) and
Connor Beck (Richmond Hill, ON/Toronto Jr. Canadiens) and freshman
Scott Docherty (Oakville, ON/Georgetown Raiders) each netted a goal. Freshman
Alex Storjohann (Anthem, AZ/Kirkland Lake) recorded two assists, and four other each collected one assist. Senior goalie
Drew Weigman (Annapolis, MD/Northern Cyclones) made 15 saves.
Anthony Notorfrancesco and Nikita Smirnov tallied unassisted goals for Bryn Athyn, Goalie McKenzie Chalmers turned aside 45 shots.
After Elgstam gave Cortland a 1-0 lead on the power play at 7:02 of the opening period, Notorfrancesco and and Smirnov netted goals just 34 seconds apart just over six minutes later to give the Lions a 2-1 lead before Beck tied the score at 17:44.
Faliero scored the game-winning goal at 10:48 of the second period on the power play, and McCann made it a 4-2 score at 17:35. Docherty's power-play goal at 1:33 of the third period produced the final margin of 5-2.
Cortland 5, Bryn Athyn 2
Score by periods:
Cortland 2-2-1 5
Bryn Athyn 2-0-0 2
Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists)
Cortland:
Andrew McCann 1-1,
Michael Faliero 1-1,
Douglas Elgstam 1-0,
Connor Beck 1-0,
Scott Docherty 1-0,
Alex Storjohann 0-2,
Tommy Nolan 0-1,
Tom Ritchie 0-1,
Mike Crowley 0-1,
Louis DiMatteo 0-1
Bryn Athyn: Anthony Notorfrancesco 1-0, Nikita Smirnov 1-0
Saves:
Drew Weigman (Cortland) 15 saves (2 GA in 59:22), Empty Net :38; McKenzie Chalmers (Manhattanville) 45 saves (5 GA in 59:51; Empty Net :09)
Shots on Goal: Cortland 50 (18-17-15), Bryn Athyn 17 (6-3-8)
Penalties: Bryn Athyn 11-33:00, Cortland 7-14:00
Power Play: Cortland 3-9, Bryn Athyn 0-4
Records after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 7-9, Bryn Athyn (Lions) 6-8-1