CANTON, NY – JC Humphreys (Canonsburg, PA/Rochester Jr. Americans) scored the game-winning goal with 8:43 remaining in the third period, and the Cortland men's hockey team earned a 2-1 road win at Canton on Friday evening. Cortland improves to 10-10-1 (7-6-1 SUNYAC), while Canton drops to 8-11-1 (4-8-1 SUNYAC) with the defeat.
 
Morley Phillips (Raleigh, NC/Amarillo Wranglers) tallied his fourth goal of the season, while Humphreys' goal was also his fourth of the year. Nolan Suggs (White Lake, MI/El Paso Rhinos) made 29 stops in goal for his second win of the season.
 
Trey Miller had 31 saves in a losing effort for Canton, while the Roos' lone goal was scored by Colton Alexander.
 
Cortland wasted little time opening the scoring in the first period, with Phillips giving the Red Dragons a 1-0 lead just 43 seconds into the frame. Justin Legault (Oakville, ON/Burlington Cougars) won a battle for the puck along the right boards in the Cortland offensive zone and passed back to the point to Andrew Clouden (Hamburg/Seacoast Spartans). Clouden dumped the puck in behind the Canton goal, where Phillips collected the puck, skated to the front of goal, and fired a shot past Miller.
 
Cortland continued to control play and had the bulk of the chances for the period, holding a 14-2 edge in shots on goal in the frame. Suggs stopped each of the two shots he faced, and Miller made 13 saves after allowing the goal on the first shot, as the game stayed 1-0 into the intermission.
 
The Roos came alive second period, sending 17 shots on goal that were all stopped by Suggs. Meanwhile, Cortland was unable to add to its lead despite 11 shots attempts in the second period, and the game headed to the second intermission with Cortland still holding to a 1-0 advantage.  
 
At the conclusion of the second period, a small scrum resulting in coincidental minor penalties for the sides ensued, with the third period beginning with 4-on-4 action.
 
The Roos believed that they had equalized in the opening minute of the third period, but Suggs made a save on Canton's Alexander on a breakaway, and the referee's whistle had blown well before the puck ended up in the back of the net.
 
Canton did tie the 8:40 into the period, as a centering attempt from below the goal line by Alexander took a deflection past Suggs to make it 1-1.
 
Under three minutes later, Humphreys netted the winner from the right faceoff circle, firing a shot past Miller after a feed from below the goal line from Colby Seitz (Eden/Corpus Christi IceRays).
 
With 1:52 remaining in the period, Cortland committed an interference penalty to allow Canton a chance on the power play to tie the game, but the Roos were penalized for delaying the game just two seconds later to eliminate the man advantage.
 
Canton pulled Miller for an extra attacker in the final minute, but Nate Boak (Canton/El Paso Rhinos) blocked a shot and Suggs made two saves to secure the win for Cortland.