CORTLAND, N.Y. – The Oswego State men's ice hockey team continued their SUNYAC schedule tonight, defeating the Red Dragons of Cortland by a score of 5-3. Senior Travis Broughman added a hat-trick with the first, fourth (game-winning) and fifth (empty-net) goals for the Lakers.

THE BASICS

• Final Score:  Oswego 5, Cortland 3
• Location:  Alumni Arena, Cortland, N.Y.
• Records:  Oswego 13-4-1 (8-1-1 SUNYAC), Cortland 10-6-3 (6-3-1 SUNYAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED

 

• Right after an Oswego powerplay, the Red Dragons scored their first goal of the game to take the early lead.
• After the Lakers got out of a 5-on-4 situation, two minutes later, Broughman added the equalizer, assisted by Alex DiCarlo and Connor Sleeth.
• The remainder of the period went scoreless.
• After end-to-end action the Red Dragons broke the tie once again 4:38 into the second stanza.
• Lakers stuck back just under two minutes later to knot the game at two. Tommy Cahill scored the second tally, assisted by Mac Lewis, his first of the night.
• Oswego took their turn breaking the tie at 9:38 into the second period, Garrett Clegg found the twine, again assisted by Lewis.
• The Red Dragons tied the game for the third and final time at the 14:44 mark of the middle stanza on the power-play.
• The period ended at three's.
• In the third period the teams were back-and-forth in the neutral zone with only five stoppages in play in the first seven minutes of the final frame.
• At 7:16, Broughman scored what turned out to be the game-winning goal, assisted by DiCarlo and Quinn Warmuth.
• Laker defense stood tall in the final minutes of the third period as Cortland pulled their goalie at 19:14, Broughman collected the hats with an empty-netter with just 42 seconds remaining.

Key Statistics

• Shots on-goal went to the Red Dragons 30-24
• Kozikoski finished with 27 saves on the night to earn his tenth win of the 2021-22 campaign.
• The faceoff battle was tight, but went to the Lakers 38-36. Sleeth led in faceoffs with 13 wins, followed by Conor Smart (10), Shane Bull (8), Cahil (6-2), and Jackson Arcan (1).

WHAT'S NEXT


Oswego heads back home to the Deborah F. Stanley Arena to take on another SUNYAC foe, the Blue Devils of Fredonia. The game is set for a 7pm puck drop tomorrow 1/29.