BUFFALO, N.Y. – Junior goalie
Luca Durante (Brampton, ON/Aurora Tigers) made 28 saves to post his program-record third shutout of the season to lead the Cortland men's hockey team to a 4-0 victory at Buffalo St. Friday night in SUNYAC action. The Red Dragons improved to 13-9-2 overall and 8-5-2/26 points in the SUNYAC with the win.
Cortland closes its regular season at Fredonia Saturday night and can clinch the fourth seed and a home playoff game with a regulation win or if the game goes into overtime against the Blue Devils. The Bengals dropped to 5-17 and 3-11/9 points.
Graduate student
Alex Storjohann (Phoenix, AZ/Kirkland Lake), senior
Ethan Homitz (Allison Park, PA/New Hampshire Monarchs) and sophomores
Nate Berke (Williamsville/Buffalo Jr. Sabres) and
John Kuhl (Essex Fells, NJ/Boston Jr. Rangers) each scored a goal for Cortland. Seven different players recorded an assist.
Goalie Emil Norrman registered 34 saves for the Bengals.
After a scoreless first period, Berke opened the scoring at 11:13 of the second period when he finished off a cross-ice pass from Sciore for his seventh goal of the season.
Homitz netted his eighth goal of the season at 5:50 of the third period on a rebound, and Storjohann made it a 3-0 game 1:36 later with his fifth goal on a wrist shot from the left circle. Kuhl finished the scoring with a shot from the left point after sophomore
Billy McDevitt (Livonia/Philadelphia Jr. Flyers) won a clean faceoff.
Cortland 4, Buffalo St. 0
Score by periods:
Cortland 0-1-3 4
Buffalo St. 0-0-0 0
Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists)
Cortland:
Nate Berke 1-0,
Ethan Homitz 1-0,
Alex Storjohann 1-0,
John Kuhl 1-0,
Michael Sciore 0-1,
Matt Jahn 0-1,
Sutter Donegan 0-1,
Anthony Bernardo 0-1,
Jona Hildreth 0-1,
Andrew Clouden 0-1,
Billy McDevitt 0-1
Buffalo St.: no scoring
Saves:
Luca Durante (Cortland) 28 saves (0 GA in 60:00); Emil Norrman (Buffalo St.) 34 saves (4 GA in 60:00)
Shots on Goal: Cortland 38 (7-16-15), Buffalo St. 28 (12-8-8)
Penalties: Cortland 3-6:00, Buffalo St. 3-6:00
Power Play: Cortland 0-2, Buffalo St. 0-2
Records after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 13-9-2, 8-5-2 SUNYAC (26 points), Buffalo St. (Bengals) 5-17-0, 3-11-0 SUNYAC (9 points)
