CORTLAND, N.Y. – The Cortland men's hockey team opened conference play with a 6-3 home win versus Buffalo St. Friday night at Alumni Arena. The Red Dragons improved to 3-0 overall, while the Bengals fell to 1-2.
Sophomore
Stephen Kyrkostas (Selden/Johnstown Tomahawks) scored his first two goals as a Red Dragon. Senior
Nate Berke (Williamsville/Buffalo Jr. Sabres) recorded a goal and two assists. Senior
Sutter Donegan (Cicero/Buffalo Jr. Sabres) and juniors
Domenic Settimo (East Meadow/P.A.L. Junior Islanders) and
Andrew Clouden (Hamburg/Seacoast Spartans) added goals for Cortland.
Sophomore
Colby Seitz (Eden/Corpus Christi IceRays) collected two assists, and senior
Geordan Buffoline (Ballston Spa/Vermont Lumberjacks) and freshman
Colin Anna (Tampa, FL/Wilkes Barre Scranton Knights) each registered an assist for the Red Dragons. Sophomore goalie
Ronan Mobley (Playa Del Ray, CA/New Hampshire Avalanche) made 25 saves.
Senior Nick Stuckless (Orangeville, ON/Skidmore College), junior Anthony Morin (Greenfield Center/Utica Jr. Comets) and sophomore Aidan LaValley (Champlain/Vermont Lumberjacks) netted the goals for Buffalo St. Juniors Michael McCosh (Glendale, AZ/New Mexico Ice Wolves) and Joe Glamos (Baldwinsville/New Jersey Titans) and freshmen Jason Kwestel (Rockaway, NJ/Valley Wildcats) and Blake Deacon (Port Williams, NS/Valley Wildcats) each recorded an assist. Sophomore goalie Drew Doran (Orchard Park/Utica University) stopped 32 shots.
Cortland 6, Buffalo St. 3
Score by periods:
Buffalo St. 1-1-1 3
Cortland 1-2-3 6
Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists)
Buffalo St.: Aidan LaValley 1-0, Nick Stuckless 1-0, Anthony Morin 1-0, Blake Deacon 0-1, Jason Kwestel 0-1, Joe Glamos 0-1, Michael McCosh 0-1
Cortland:
Stephen Kyrkostas 2-0,
Nate Berke 1-2,
Sutter Donegan 1-0,
Andrew Clouden 1-0,
Domenic Settimo 1-0,
Colby Seitz 0-2,
Anthony Bernardo 0-1,
Colin Anna 0-1,
Geordan Buffoline 0-1
Saves: Drew Doran (Buffalo St.) 32 saves (5 GA in 59:32), Empty Net 1 GA in :28;
Ronan Mobley (Cortland) 25 saves (3 GA in 60:00)
Shots on Goal: Cortland 38 (13-9-16), Buffalo St. 28 (12-11-5)
Penalties: Cortland 3-6:00, Buffalo St. 1-2:00
Power Play: Buffalo St. 1-3, Cortland 0-1
Records after game: Buffalo St. (Bengals) 1-2, 0-1 SUNYAC, Cortland (Red Dragons) 3-0, 1-0 SUNYAC