Oswego Returns Home for the First Time in 3 Weeks to Take on Utica

Oswego returns to the Campus Center tonight to take on the Utica Pioneers for the first game at the Campus Center since opening night against Elmira. Both Utica and Oswego are coming off victories last night. Oswego as we already know won at Cortland 5-1. Utica won at home against Western New England College 12-1. Tonight's game marks the first time that the Lakers and Pioneers have played each other since 2006-2007. As we all know that was the year the Lakers won the title. In the first meeting that year, the game was at the Campus Center and the Lakers took it by a score of 4-3. Oswego got goals in that game from Brendan McLaughlin, Tony DiNunzio, and a pair from C.J. Thompson. Ryan Scott picked up the victory in net for the Lakers. Then the two teams met up again at the Utica Memorial Auditorium on January 23rd and this time the Pioneers walked away with a 5-2 win over the Lakers. The only Laker goals that night came from Peter Magagna and Brad Dormiedy. Oswego leads the all time series with a 5-2 record. Coverage here on WNYO will get under way at 6:20 with Countdown to Faceoff and then the puck drops at 7 from the Campus Center Ice Arena and we've got it all for you here on 88.9FM WNYO

Lakers Keep Rolling With 5-2 Victory over Cortland

The Oswego State Lakers keep there hot play going with a 5-2 victory over the Cortland Red Dragons at Alumni Arena this evening. Before a crowd of 733 people at the rink the Lakers got off to a good start with a powerplay goal from Chris Laganiere less than 3 minutes into the hockey game. Jon Whitelaw and Eric Selleck drew the assists. However Cortland would eventually even this contest up at 4:51 on a Jake Saville powerplay goal. So both teams connect on the Power Play to even the score at 1. Moving on to the 2nd period, the Lakers take the lead at the 4:15 mark with a Power Play goal from Stephen Mallaro, his second goal of the season, with Selleck and Fox getting the assists. The Lakers then stretch the lead to 3-1 at the 5:30 mark when the birthday boy Neil Musselwhite scores short handed. That goal was set up by Kevin Huinink. Oswego would stretch the lead to 4-1 before the end of the period on there only even strength goal of the night coming from Justin Fox. Selleck and Laganiere drew the assists. The icing on the cake came at the 14:30 mark of the 3rd period when Stephen Mallaro netted his second power play goal of the night this time being set up by Fox and Whitelaw. Kyle Gunn-Taylor was in net again tonight and made 16 saves allowing only the one goal. Oswego special teams was a big factor tonight in the victory as they went 3 for 6 on the power play, socred one short handed and killed off 6 of 7 Cortland power plays. Oswego's longest road trip of the season concluded with a 5-1 record on the trip the only loss coming at the hands of Elmira a month ago. The Lakers are back out on the Ice tomorrow night at 7 against Utica at home. We will have coverage here on WNYO starting at 6:20 and be sure to check this site again tomorrow afternoon for a complete preview of the game

Oswego Finishes up 6 game road trip tonight in Cortland

Tonight the 6 game road trip for the Lakers comes to an end as they head to Alumni Arena in Cortland to take on the Red Dragons. A lot has changed for OSU heading into this weekend as the team is now ranked #2 in the nation in the latest D III National Polls. The line of Eric Selleck, Justin Fox, and Chris Laganier are number 1, 2, and 3 in the nation is scoring. The teams played twice last year with Oswego taking both games. The first was at Alumni Arena on Halloween with the lakers taking it by a score of 6-1. Goals were provided by Brendan McLaughlin, Hank Van Boxmeer, Matt Whitehead with 2, and Eric Selleck with 2. Chris Hyk got the win making 30 saves. Then the next meeting was January 24 at the Campus Center with the same results a 5-2 win for the Lakers. Goals came from Rich Zalewski (Shorthanded) Chris Laganier, Andrew Mather, and 2 from Ryan Ellis. Tim Potter was between the pipes and allowed 2 goals on 23 shots. Oswego leads the all time season series with a record of 58-8-1. Countdown to Faceoff will get underway at 6:20 then its out to Alumni Arena at 7 for the puck drop and we've got it all for you right here on 88.9FM WNYO

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Laker Women's Hockey draws Weekend Split with Potsdam

The Oswego State Women's hockey team completed a 2-game series with the Potsdam Bears this weekend and were able to walk away with a split of the series. In yesterday's contest the Lady Lakers walked away with a 2-1 victory. Emily Grippin got the Lakers on the board first at the 8:09 mark of the 1st period with an unassisted short-handed goal. Then at the 11:38 mark of the 1st period Jenna Kirkwood extended the lead to 2-0 with her 3rd goal of the season. Grippin and Sarah Hannon drew the assists. Courtney Laughlin got the lone goal for Potsdam on the Power Play at the 5:08 mark of the 2nd period. Oswego fired 23 shots on goalie Hilary Hitchman who stopped all but 2. Oswego also went 0 for 6 on the Power Play. Potsdam went 1 for 7 on the power play and fired 24 shots on Laker goalie Emi Williams who allowed just the lone goal.

The two teams met up again this afternoon at Maxcy Hall in Potsdam. However the result would be a bit different for the Lakers as they fell 3-1. Oswego got on the board first again in this game. Sarah Hannon scored the lone Laker goal at the 1:40 mark of the 2nd period. For Hannon it's her 2nd of the season with the assists going to Brenna Weber and Emily Grippin. However Oswego could not hold the lead as Potsdam got 3 unanswered goals from Breanna Roy, Kelli McBurnie, and Stephanie Malcolm. Both teams fired 28 shots on net. Emi Williams made 25 saves for the Lakers and Hilary Hitchman made 27 saves for Potsdam. Both teams did nothing on their power plays. Next up for the Lakers is a 2 game series at Neuman College to take on the Knights Saturday Nov 14th at 7pm and Sunday Nov 18th at 3pm.

Oswego finally snapps losing skid against Plattsburgh with 5-2 victory

At Long Long last the losing streak against the Plattsburgh State Cardinals is finally over. Tonight Oswego walked out of Stafford Ice Arena in Plattsburgh with a 5-2 victory. Eric Selleck got the scoring started with a power play goal at 15:39 of the 1st period with Chris Laganiere and Stephen Mallaro getting the assists. Jon Whitelaw extended the lead to 2-0 with a powerplay goal of his own at 16:57 with the helpers coming from Justin Fox and Eric Selleck. So OSwego had a 2-0 at the end of one. 2nd period starts and Plattsburgh cut the lead in half on a Kyle Kudrock Powerplay goal. Then the Cards tied the game up on a goal by Vic Schlueter at 16:12. Then all of a sudden with .2 seconds left on the clock in the 2nd period Chris Laganiere  goes top shelf on Josh Leis to give Oswego a 3-2 lead. Tyler Farris and Hank Van Boxmeer got the helpers. Oswego then keeps up the scoring in the 3rd as Jon Whitelaw scores his second of the game from Rodrigues and Lyon at 16:54 and then Eric Selleck adds an empty netter at 17:52 to put the game away at 5-2.

The suprising thing was that the Lakers could only put 14 shots on goal and were outshot 34-14 by Plattsburgh but the Lakers still walked away with the victory. Kyle Gunn-Taylor made 32 saves tonight and allowed only 2 goals although he faced 18 shots alone in the middle period. Now before tonight the last time Oswego beat Plattsburgh in either a regular season game or the playoffs was February 5, 20006 with a 7-6 victory at Romeny Fieldhouse here on campus of SUNY Oswego

Rivalry renewed tonight as Laker head to Stafford to face the Cards

Tonight is the night most OSU Hockey fans have been waiting for. The renewal of the biggest rivalry in all of Division III hockey starts tonight as the Lakers travel to the Stafford Ice Arena in PLattsburgh to take on the Cards. Oswego has not beaten Plattsburgh since February 3rd 2006 with a 7-6 victory at Romney Fieldhouse. The lakers come into tonight with an 0-8-1 record in their last 9 against the Cards including SUNYAC playoffs. The Cards are the defending confrence champs. Both teams come into tonights game off wins last night. The big question going into tonights game for the Lakers will be the goaltending. Last night Kyle Gunn Taylor got the start in net and there is still no word on Paul Beckwith as of this moment. We will see what happens when the puck drops at 7. Coverage tonight will begin at 6:20 with countdown to faceoff where we will go behind the bench with Coach Gosek and will also have Laker Rewind with a recap of last seasons series between the two teams. Then we will have puck drop at 7 from the Ronald B Stafford Ice Arena in Plattsburgh at 7 here on WNYO