OSWEGO, N.Y. – The Cortland men's hockey team jumped out to a 3-1 lead after 20 minutes of play in skating to a 5-2 win at Oswego Friday night in SUNYAC action at Marano Ice Arena. The Red Dragons improved to 8-2 overall and 6-2 in the conference. The Lakers dropped to 7-5 and 6-2.

Sophomore Stephen Kyrkostas (Selden/Johnstown Tomahawks) led Cortland with two goals and an assist. Sophomore Colby Seitz (Eden/Corpus Christi IceRays) tallied a goal and an assist, and graduate student A.J. Przystawski (Burlington, CT/New Hampshire Avalanche) and senior Nate Berke (Williamsville/Buffalo Jr. Sabres) each netted a goal.

Junior Anthony Bernardo  (Hauppauge/P.A.L. Junior Islanders) picked up three assists for the Red Dragons. Senior Sutter Donegan (Cicero/Buffalo Jr. Sabres), junior Domenic Settimo (East Meadow/P.A.L. Junior Islanders) and sophomore Evan Beaudry (Mississauga, ON/Kemptville 73's) collected an assist. Senior goalie Jack Riedell (Greensboro, NC/Charlotte Rush) stopped a career-high 41 shots.

Tyler Flack scored both of Oswego's goals. Quinn Warmuth and Shane Bull each recorded an assist. Cal Schell started in goal, making 13 saves in 26:29 before giving way to Brandon Milberg, who turned aside six shots over the final 33:31.

Berke gave Cortland a 1-0 lead 6:13 into the game. The Red Dragons forced a turnover, and the puck ended up with Berke who deked the Oswego defense and scored from deep in the slot. Przystawski made it a 2-0 game at 9:43 of the first period on a quick snap shot from inside the blue line that beat Schell over his shoulder. Flack put the Lakers on the scoreboard at the 17:14 mark on a rebound goal in front. Seitz answered just over a minute late when he scored on a backhand in front after he was hit with Beaudry's shot in the slot.

Krykostas then netted back-to-back goals early in the second period to build a 5-1 lead for Cortland. He scored on a wrist shot from the right circle to the far post at 2:11 and finished off a cross-ice pass from Seitz at 6:29. Flack completed the scoring on a shot over Riedell's glove with 50 seconds remaining in regulation for the 5-2 final.
 
Cortland 5, Oswego 2

Score by periods:
Cortland      3-2-0      5
Oswego      1-0-1      2

Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists) 
Cortland: Stephen Kyrkostas 2-1, Colby Seitz 1-1, Nate Berke 1-0, A.J. Przystawski 1-0, Anthony Bernardo 0-3, Sutter Donegan 0-1, Evan Beaudry 0-1, Domenic Settimo 0-1
Oswego: Tyler Flack 2-0, Quinn Warmuth 0-1, Shane Bull 0-1

Saves: Jack Riedell (Cortland) 41 saves (2 GA in 60:00), Cal Schell (Oswego) 13 saves (5 GA in 26:29), Brandon Milberg (Oswego) 6 saves (0 GA in 33:31)

Shots on Goal: Oswego 43 (16-16-11), Cortland 24 (14-8-2)
Penalties: Oswego 4-8:00, Cortland 3-6:00
Power Play: Cortland 1-4,Oswego 0-3

Records after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 8-2, 6-2 SUNYAC, Oswego (Lakers) 7-5, 6-2 SUNYAC