SKANEATELES, NY – Oswego closed the game with five consecutive goals, earning an 8-3 victory over the Cortland men's hockey team, ranked 14th nationally by USCHO and 12th nationally by DIII Hockey News in the Griffin's Guardians Stick it to Cancer Charity Hockey Game on Saturday evening. Cortland falls to 11-5, while Oswego improves to 9-5-2.
 
Garrett Krieger (Skaneateles/Utica Jr. Comets) and Anthony Bernardo (Hauppauge/P.A.L. Jr. Islanders) each had a goal and an assist for the Red Dragons. Stephen Kyrkostas (Selden/Johnstown Tomahawks) also scored a goal.  
 
Oswego's Ryan Burke scored twice and also recorded three assists. Cam Symons, Nico Paone, and Jesse Horacek each has a goal and an assist.
 
Krieger got the scoring started less than three minutes into the contest, ripping a shot from in close after a feed from behind the goal by Bernardo. Charlie Merkley (Fairport/Corpus Christi Ice Rays) was also credited with an assist on the play.  
 
Oswego wasted little time equalizing, as Paone scored to tie the game less than three minutes later. The score remained tied until the final minute of play of the period, as Symons deflected a shot from the blue line past Cortland goaltender Ronan Mobley (Playa Del Ray, CA/New Hampshire Avalanche) to give the Lakers a one-goal advantage into the intermission.
 
Horacek made it 3-1 in favor of Oswego in the opening minute of the second period, with another deflection past Mobley.
 
Cortland scored two times in the span of 35 seconds to equalize at the 2:21 mark of the second period. Kyrkostas ripped a wrist shot past Oswego goaltender Brandon Milberg off a feed from Johnny Facchini (Succasunna, NJ/P.A.L. Jr. Islanders). Shortly after, Bernardo netted his second goal of the season from the left circle after a feed from Krieger.
 
Under a minute later, Oswego was handed a five-minute major penalty and game misconduct for a hit to the head. However, the Red Dragons were unable to take advantage of the power play. Shortly after successfully killing the penalty, Oswego's Brandon Cohen scored the eventual game-winning goal.
 
The Lakers then had a five-minute power play of their own after a major penalty for a hit to the head by Cortland with just over five minutes left in the period. Cortland successfully killed that penalty to keep the score at 4-3 into the second intermission.
 
Oswego put the game out of reach with four goals in the third period. Colin Vassallo extended the Lakers' lead to 5-3 in the opening minute of the period, and Oswego then scored twice in the span of 18 seconds to make it 7-3. The Lakers capped the scoring with a goal with under three minutes remaining.
 
Score by periods:
Cortland                             1-2-0        3
Oswego                            2-2-4        8

Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists):
Cortland: Garrett Krieger 1-1, Anthony Bernardo 1-1, Stephen Kyrkostas 1-0, Evan Beaudry 0-1, Johnny Facchini 0-1, Charlie Merkley 0-1
Oswego: Ryan Burke 2-3, Cam Symons 1-1, Nico Paone 1-1, Jesse Horacek 1-1, Colin Vassallo 1-0, Brandon Cohen 1-0, Justin Ryan 1-0, Travis Baker 0-1, Matt McQuade 0-1, Connor Gatto 0-1, Aidan Cooper 0-1

Saves: Ronan Mobley (Cortland) 28 saves (8 GA in 60:00); Brandon Milberg (Oswego) 20 saves (3 GA in 60:00)

Shots on goal: Cortland 23 (8-9-6), Oswego 36 (10-9-17)
Penalties: Cortland 7-33:00, Oswego 6-23:00
Power Play: Cortland 0-3, Oswego 1-3

Records after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 11-5-0 (ranked 14th nationally by USCHO, ranked 12th nationally by DIII Hockey News); Oswego (Lakers) 9-5-2