CORTLAND, N.Y. – The Cortland men's hockey team scored three unanswered goals in the third period to break open a close game in earning a 6-2 victory Saturday night in SUNYAC action at Alumni Arena. The Red Dragons improved to 6-1 overall and 4-1 in the conference, while the Golden Eagles dropped to 2-5 and 1-4.

Six different players scored goals for Cortland. Seniors Nate Berke (Williamsville/Buffalo Jr. Sabres) and Jona Hildreth (Williamsville/Walpole Express), juniors Domenic Settimo (East Meadow/P.A.L. Junior Islanders) and Anthony Bernardo (Hauppauge.P.A.L. Junior Islanders) and sophomores Evan Beaudry (Mississauga, ON/Kemptville 73s) and Zack Smith (Courtice/Cobourg Cougars) each notched a goal.

Sophomore Stephen Kyrkostas (Selden/Johnstown Tomahawks) recorded three assists for the Red Dragon, while seven others picked up one assist apiece. Freshman goalie Hunter Hein (Peoria, AZ/Texas Roadrunners) turned aside 27 shots.

Senior Connor Galloway (Sugar Hill, GA/Boston Jr. Rangers) and sophomore Josh Grund (Baldwinsville/Boston Jr. Rangers) each tallied a goal and an assist for Brockport. Graduate student Scott Ramaekers (Hamburg/Buffalo Jr. Sabres) and junior Jacob Rodrigue (Nashua, NH/Boston Jr. Rangers) collected an assist. Senior goalie Dylan Wiemer (Greece/East Coast Wizards) registered 31 saves.

Galloway gave the Golden Eagles the lead just 1:27 into the game when he scored on a wrist shot after Ramaekers caused a turnover in Cortland's defensive zone. Beaudry tied the game a little more than a minute later on a rebound after a save on Brophy. Berke gave Cortland a 2-1 lead at 15:39 with a one-time shot deep on the left side of the crease.

Hildreth pushed the Cortland lead to 3-1 at 8:32 of the second period, finishing off slick pass work with a quick shot into an open side of the net. Grund made it a 3-2 game heading to the third period with a rebound goal at 14:04.

Settimo scored in front at 8:43 of the third period, and Bernardo scored after a Kyrkostas faceoff win just over a minute later to make it a 5-2 game. Smith completed the scoring with a one-time shot off a fed from sophomore Colby Seitz Eden/Corpus Christi IceRays) at 13:58 for the 6-2 final.
 
Cortland 6, Brockport 2

Score by periods:
Brockport       1-1-0       2
Cortland         2-1-3       6

Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists) 
Brockport: Connor Galloway 1-1, Josh Grund 1-1, Scott Ramaekers 0-1, Jacob Rodrigue 0-1
Cortland: Evan Beaudry 1-0, Nate Berke 1-0, Jona Hildreth 1-0, Domenic Settimo 1-0, Anthony Bernardo 1-0, Zack Smith 1-0, Stephen Kyrkostas 0-3, Ryder Brophy 0-1, Sam Nichols 0-1, D.J. Walsh 0-1, Colin Anna 0-1, Devlin O'Kane 0-1, Johnny Facchini 0-1, Colby Seitz 0-1

Saves: Dylan Wiemer (Brockport) 31 saves (6 GA in 60:00); Hunter Hein (Cortland) 27 saves (2 GA in 59:55), Empty Net :05
Shots on Goal: Cortland 37 (12-9-16), Brockport 29 (5-15-9)
Penalties: Cortland 3-6:00, Brockport 1-2:00
Power Play: Brockport 0-2, Cortland 0-0

Records after game: Brockport (Golden Eagles) 2-5, 1-4 SUNYAC, Cortland (Red Dragons) 6-1, 4-1 SUNYAC