CORTLAND, N.Y. – The Cortland men's hockey team built a 4-0 lead early into the third period and went onto a 5-2 win versus Wilkes Saturday night in non-conference action at Alumni Arena. The Red Dragons improved to 2-0. The Colonels dropped to 0-1.

Senior John Kuhl (Essex Fells, NJ/Boston Jr. Rangers) scored a pair of goals for Cortland. Junior Domenic Settimo (East Meadow/P.A.L. Junior Islanders) tallied a goal and an assist, and sophomore Devlin O'Kane (Chicago, IL/New Jersey 87's) and freshman Robert Hyde (North Babylon/New Jersey Titans) each added a goal.

Senior Nate Berke (Williamsville/Buffalo Jr. Sabres) recorded two assists, while senior Sutter Donegan (Cicero/Buffalo Jr. Sabres), junior Johnny Facchini (Succasunna, NJ/P.A.L. Junior Islanders) and freshmen Sam Nichols (North Tonawanda/Islanders Hockey Club) and Colin Anna (Tampa, FL/Wilkes Barre Scranton Knights) each picked up one assist for the Red Dragons. Sophomore goalie Ronan Mobley (Playa Del Ray, CA/New Hampshire Avalanche) turned aside a career-high 43 shots.

Graduate student Billy Berry (Redding, CT/Charlotte Rush) and sophomore Matt Carlson (Delmar/New Hampshire Avalanche) netted the goals for Wilkes with junior Joe Johnson (Midland, MI/Metro Jets) earning an assist. Graduate student Michael Paterson-Jones (Baldwinsville/Charlotte Rush) started in goal, making 22 saves in 46:07. Junior Jack Perna (Sykesville, MD/Carolina Jr. Hurricanes) stopped five shots in 12:12.

Cortland took a 2-0 lead after the first period on Kuhl's goals. He opened the scoring at 4:56 on a shot from the left point through traffic. His second goal came at 15:40 when he put a rebound into an open goal from the left circle.

O'Kane put the Red Dragons ahead 3-0 at 4:19 of the second period on a rebound goal, and Hyde pushed the lead to 4-0 6:07 into the third period with a wrist shot from the right side on a long rush. Berry put the Colonels on the scoreboard with a short-handed breakaway just over a minute later before Carlson scored on a loose puck in front to cut Cortland's lead to 4-2 at 13:49.

Wilkes pulled Perna with more than two minutes remaining and earned a power-play with 2:01 left in regulation for a two-skater advantage on the ice. Cortland sealed the win when Settimo converted a short-handed goal into the empty net with 1:03 remaining for the 5-2 final.
 
Cortland 5, Wilkes 2

Score by periods:
Wilkes        0-0-2       2
Cortland     2-1-2       5

Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists) 
Wilkes: Billy Berry 1-0, Matt Carlson 1-0, Joe Johnson 0-1
Cortland: John Kuhl 2-0, Domenic Settimo 1-1, Robert Hyde 1-0, Devlin O'Kane 1-0, Nate Berke 0-2, Sutter Donegan 0-1, Sam Nichols 0-1, Johnny Facchini 0-1, Colin Anna 0-1

Saves: Michael Paterson-Jones (Wilkes) 22 saves (4 GA in 46:07), Jack Perna (Wilkes) 5 saves (0 GA in 12:12, Empty Net 1 GA in 1:41; Ronan Mobley (Cortland) 43 saves (2 GA in 60:00)

Shots on Goal: Wilkes 45 (16-15-14), Cortland 32 (11-13-8)
Penalties: Wilkes 5-21, Cortland 6-12
Power Play: Wilkes 0-3, Cortland 0-2

Records after game: Wilkes (Colonels) 0-1, Cortland (Red Dragons) 2-0