CORTLAND, N.Y. - The Plattsburgh men's hockey team scored goals less than two minutes apart in the third period to earn a 4-3 victory against Cortland Friday night in SUNYAC action. The Cardinals improved to 5-4-1 overall and 5-2-1 in the conference. The Red Dragons fell to 4-7 and 2-6.

Junior Nico Gonzalez (Rochester/Toronto Jr. Canadiens) led Cortland with two goals and an assist. Freshman Dorian Overland (Kingston, ON/Kingston Voyageurs) netted his first career goal and added two assists, and freshman Ethan Homitz (Allison Park, PA/New Hampshire Monarchs) collected the first points of his career with two assists. Junior goalie Nick Modica (Suffern/New Jersey Hitmen) turned aside 28 shots.

Junior Joe Drabin (Rochester/Wenatchee Wild) recorded a goal and an assist for Plattsburgh. Senior Ross Sloan (Oakville, ON/Oakville Blades), junior Antoine Desnoyers (Quebec City, QC/Cegep de Saint-Laurent) and sophomore Liam Lawson (Victoria, BC/Powell River Paper Kings) each added a goal, senior Jesse Neher (Calgary, AB/Cowichen Valley Capitals) registered two assists and three others each chipped in with one assist. Sophomore goalie Jimmy Poreda (Tonawanda/Connecticut Jr. Rangers) made 19 saves.

Sloan gave the Cardinals a 1-0 lead at 9:11 of the first period on a loose puck in front. Gonzalez tied the game 17 seconds later with a one-time shot from the slot. Plattsburgh took the lead into the intermission when Lawson one-timed a shot in from the right side of the crease.

The Red Dragons grabbed a 3-2 lead after two periods. Overland tied the game at 7:27 before Gonzalez netted his second goal of the night at 11:15 with a top-corner shot from the right circle.

Drabin tied the game at 4:46 of the third period, and Desnoyers scored the game-winner at 6:40 on a deflection right in front. Cortland's best chance to tie the game came with just over three minutes to play, but Poreda made a sliding pad save on a one-time shot by sophomore Alex Storjohann (Phoenix, AZ/Kirkland Lake). The Red Dragons pulled Modica for an extra skater with one minute to play, but a penalty for too many men on the ice put Cortland down two skaters and Plattsburgh closed out the game with possession of the puck in the final 52 seconds.

Plattsburgh 4, Cortland 3

Score by periods:
Plattsburgh      2-0-2    4
Cortland           1-2-0    3

Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists)
Plattsburgh: Joe Drabin 1-1, Ross Sloan 1-0, Liam Lawson 1-0, Antoine Desnoyers 1-0, Jesse Neher 0-2, Matt Araujo 0-1, Daniil Ovchinnikov 0-1, Ian Wallgren 0-1
Cortland: Nico Gonzalez 2-1, Dorian Overland 1-2, Ethan Homitz 0-2

Saves: Jimmy Poreda (Plattsburgh) 19 saves (3 GA in 60:00); Nick Modica (Cortland) 28 saves (4 GA in 59:52), Empty Net :08
Shots on Goal: Plattsburgh 32 (14-11-7), Cortland 22 (7-7-8)
Penalties: Cortland 5-10:00, Plattsburgh 1-2:00
Power Play: Plattsburgh 0-5, Cortland 0-1

Records after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 4-7, 2-6 SUNYAC; Plattsburgh (Cardinals) 5-4-1, 5-2-1 SUNYAC