OSWEGO, N.Y. – The Oswego State men's ice hockey team came out firing on all cylinders for the 2019-20 campaign, handing the Carleton Place Canadians a sizable loss at home on Saturday night. Oswego donned teal jerseys for the game, raising awareness for ovarian cancer.

THE BASICS

• Result: Oswego 9, Carleton Place 1
• Location: Marano Campus Center Arena– Oswego, N.Y.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Oswego scored first at 6:27 of the opening period on the first of Derek Brown's three hat-trick goals. Brown was assisted by fellow senior Tyler Currie and junior Carter Allen.
• A little more than two-minutes later, Carleton scored its lone goal of the game to even the score at 1-1.
• Oswego needed just 25 seconds to regain the advantage as senior Anthony Passero cashed in from Carleton Place alumni and current Laker sophomore Travis Broughman.
• The Lakers lit up the scoreboard twice more in the first, as Tyson Kirkby scored from Allen and Mitch Emerson before Brown notched his second on helpers from Broughman and Josh Zizek.
• In the second, Oswego tallied three more scores, starting with Emerson from junior Tanner Spink and senior Chris MacMillan.
• Allen recorded the next Laker goal unassisted and the MacMillan got into the scoring action off passes from Zizek and Jody Sullivan.
• The final period saw Oswego score twice more, beginning with senior Charlie Pelnik at 7:50. Classmate Joey Scorpio and sophomore Colton Fletcher were credited with assists on the goal.
• Brown capped his hat trick on a power-play at 13:55 as Zizek and Sullivan again paired up to create a scoring opportunity for a teammate.
• Each of the Lakers' goalies spent a period in net, with Cedric Hansen earning the win with two saves while David Richer saved nine shots and Steven Kozikoski turned away eight.

WHAT'S NEXT

Oswego will host one more exhibition game at 7 p.m. on Saturday when Nazareth College – led by former Laker head coach George Roll – comes to town.