CORTLAND, N.Y. – Sutter Donegan (Cicero/Buffalo Jr. Sabres) scored twice and Luca Durante (Brampton, ON/Aurora Tigers) made 32 saves as Cortland defeated visiting Morrisville St., 4-1, in SUNYAC men's ice hockey action.
 
Cortland improved to 5-2-1 overall and is 3-2-1, including one overtime loss, for 11 points to move into second place in the SUNYAC standings. Morrisville dropped to 3-6-1 overall and 0-5 in the conference.
 
The Red Dragons opened the scoring just 3:19 into the contest on an Ethan Homitz (Allison Park, PA/New Hampshire Monarchs) shot from the right faceoff circle during a 2-on-1 rush. Cameron Knowlton (Kenai, AK/Charlotte Rush) and Nick Grupp (Depew/Brantford 99ers) assisted on the goal.
 
The game stayed at 1-0 until 7:14 remaining in the second period when Alex Storjohann (Phoenix, AZ/Kirkland Lake) took a centering pass from Michael Sciore (Syracuse/Buffalo Jr. Sabres) on a 3-on-1 break and scored from straight on. Grupp also earned his second assist of the night on the play. Cortland's lead grew to 3-0 with 8:20 left in the contest on Donegan's first goal of the game as he poked in loose puck in front of the net after a Cortland rush. Sciore and Storjohann earned assists on the play.
 
Morrisville broke up Durante's shutout bid with 3:25 remaining. Stevie Gerbis (Bradenton, FL/NE Generals) won a faceoff in the Cortland zone and James Farmer-Valente (Mississauga, ON/Pittsburgh Vengeance) sent a quick pass to Noah Holm (Toronto, ON/North York Rangers), who scored on a slap shot from just inside the blue line.
 
Morrisville pulled goalie Owen Liskiewicz (Red Bank, NJ/Oklahoma City Jr. Blazers) for an extra attacker with 2:22 remaining, and 10 seconds later Donegan's shot from the red line found the empty net to seal the victory. Storjohann and Giancarlo Romano (Yorktown/Connecticut Roughriders) notched assists on the play.
 
Cortland outshot the Mustangs, 48-33, with Liskiewicz recording 44 saves for the guests. Each team was 0-for-2 on the power play as only four minors were assessed in the contest.
 
 
Cortland 4, Morrisville St. 1

Score by periods:
Morrisville St.    0-0-1      1
Cortland            1-1-2      4

Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists)
Morrisville St.:  Noah Holm 1-0, James Farmer-Valente 0-1, Stevie Gerbis 0-1
Cortland: Sutter Donegan 2-0, Alex Storjohann 1-2, Ethan Homitz 1-0, Michael Sciore 0-2, Nick Grupp 0-2, Cameron Knowlton 0-1, Giancarlo Romano 0-1

Saves: Owen Liskiewicz (Morrisville St.) 44 saves (3 GA in 59:50), Empty Net 1 GA in 0:10; Luca Durante (Cortland) 32 saves (1 GA in 60:00)
Shots on Goal: Cortland 48 (17-16-15), Morrisville St. 33 (11-7-15)
Penalties: Cortland 2-4:00, Morrisville St. 2-4:00
Power Play: Cortland 0-2, Morrisville St. 0-2

Records after game: Morrisville St. (Mustangs) 3-6-1, 0-5 SUNYAC (0 pts); Cortland (Red Dragons) 5-2-1, 3-2-1 SUNYAC (11 pts.)