OSWEGO, N.Y. – The Oswego State men's ice hockey team took down Utica College 4-2 Friday night at the Marano Campus Center Arena. The win improves the Lakers record to 8-6-2 while the Pioneers drop to 8-5-2.

It was an Andrew Barton goal that got the ball rolling for Oswego, as the senior scored with 3:33 left in the first period. Mitchell Herlihey set up the play with a stretch pass to Kenny Neil. Neil then sauced a perfect puck across the goal mouth that Barton easily sent in. Just over two minutes later, the Lakers struck again as Neil found the back of the net. On the power play Herlihey fed a pass to Chris Raguseo on the blue line. Raguseo sent it in and Neil connected on a rebound to put the Lakers up 2-0 going into the first intermission.

Utica cut the lead to one early in the second, but Oswego was unfazed as Neil picked up his second of the night 5:57 into the stanza. Herlihey gained the zone and fed the puck to Barton who was skating parallel with him in the high slot. He eased the puck to Neil, who backhanded it over the stretched goaltender. Chris Waterstreet would record the fourth of the night (and second on the power play) at the 9:28 mark, pushing a wide Stephen Johnson shot past the Utica netminder.

In the third, Utica would score one on the power play and go on to pull their goalie with 2:20 left, but Oswego stood strong, producing the 4-2 victory.

The Lakers two power-play goals on the night were scored against the nation's top penalty kill, which had only let in three prior all season.

Matt Zawadzki got the call in net for the Green and Gold, stopping 31 of the Pioneer's shots.

Men's ice hockey will be back in action at 7 p.m. on Friday as it hosts Geneseo for a critical conference contest.

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