LIVE BLOGGING: Men's Hockey Green & White Game

The puck has dopped on the Oswego State intra-squad scrimmage at the Campus Center. The White team's Chris Laganiere scored early in the first period from the left edge of the crease on a power play. He was set up by a pass from behind the net by Ryan Ellis.

Green tied the game up with 4:50 remaining off an absolute blast from Joe Hall. Hall took the puck right off the draw, which was won by Matt Whitehead, and blasted it through Chris Hyk's five-hole.

Ryan Maloney

WHITE TEAM:
Ellis-McLaughlin-Laganiere
Reisweber-Dormiedy-Levy
Mather-Krusch-Callen

Novak-Mallaro
Zalewski-Lyon
McCutcheon

Hyk

GREEN TEAM:
Magagna-Selleck-Kelly
Chamberlain-Whitehead-Hall

Anderson-Lozzi
Gagnon-Van Boxmeer
Laws

Beckwith

Scott Blanks Bears

The Oswego State men's ice hockey team defeated Potsdam 6-0 on Saturday night in a regionally-televised game at Maxcy Hall Ice Arena in Potsdam. Five different players scored goals and 12 recorded at least one point for the Lakers, and Ryan Scott made 15 saves to earn his second shutout of the season and eighth of his career.

Oswego State took a 1-0 lead late in the first period on a goal by C.J Thompson, assisted by Chris Laganiere. Two more goals early in the second stretched the advantage to three. Brad Dormiedy and Thompson tallied in a span of 83 seconds for the Lakers.

Third-period goals by Peter Magagna, Matt Whitehead, and Ryan Ellis accounted for the final score.

The Lakers outshot Potsdam in the game 38-15. Oswego State has now beaten Potsdam 10 straight times, outscoring the Bears 69-20 during the winning streak.

Oswego State will return home for its final two regular-season home games next weekend hosting Geneseo on Friday and Brockport on Saturday at the Campus Center Ice Arena. Both games begin at 7 p.m.

Men's Hockey Survives Morrisville

The Oswego State men's ice hockey team rallied from an early deficit and defeated Morrisville 6-5 on Saturday night at the IcePlex in Morrisville. The Lakers scored three power-play goals and six different players scored in the victory.

Oswego State fell behind 1-0 but tied the game on a power-play goal from C.J. Thompson, assisted by Tyler Lyon and Matt Whitehead. Morrisville answered that goal with a tally from Derek Matheson just 12 seconds after the Lakers tied the score, and the Mustangs carried a 2-1 lead into the first intermission.

It didn't take long for the Lakers to tie the score, as Oswego State capitalized on another power-play chance with Joe Hall deflecting a point shot by Francois Gagnon past Morrisville goalie Brett Freese to knot the score at 2-2.

After a Morrisville player was issued a major penalty for elbowing, the Lakers recorded their third power-play goal of the game as Garren Reisweber deposited a loose puck at the edge of the crease. The Mustangs responded again as Keith Williams finished off a 2-on-0 rush to tie the game 3-3.

Oswego State's Chris Laganiere scored his first collegiate goal from a sharp angle late in the second period to give the Lakers a 4-3 lead and Oswego State never trailed again.

Early in the third, Josh Chamberlain scored to make it 5-3. After Morrisville scored again, to reduce the lead to one goal, Derrell Levy (pictured) scored his second of the season on an assist by Hall to make it 6-4. It proved to be the game-winning goal.

Morrisville scored a power-play goal with 1:38 left in the third period and the Mustangs were on the power play for the last 1:26 of the game, but Oswego State held on for the win.

The Lakers are now 7-3-2 on the year and 7-1-1 in the SUNY Athletic Conference. Morrisville fell to 4-12-0 and 0-9-0 in the SUNYAC.

Oswego State returns to action on Dec. 29 at the Pathfinder Bank Oswego Hockey Classic, when the Lakers host Amherst. The first semifinal on Dec. 29 pits St. Norbert against Curry.

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NOTES:

-The Lakers won for the first time after giving up the game's first goal. Oswego State is now 1-3-2 when allowing their opponent on the scoreboard first. They are 6-0-0 when they record the opening marker.

-Mutsang netminder Brent Freese was playing in his last collegiate game. The senior graduates this month.

-This was the second, but not the last meeting this season between the Mustangs and Lakers. The clubs will meet Jan. 22 at the Campus Center for a non-conference match-up.

OTHER SUNYAC SCORES & STANDINGS:

Lebanon Valley     2 at Buffalo State      3 NC       
Castleton          1 at Geneseo            2 NC      
Fredonia           2 at Neumann            7 NC     
Potsdam            2 at Hobart             5 NC      
Elmira             4 at Brockport          4 NC  OT  
Oswego             6 at Morrisville        5 SU       
Plattsburgh        8 at Williams           1 NC

		GP	W-L-T	Pts.
1	Plattsburgh	9	9-0-0	18
2	Oswego	9	7-1-1	15
3	Potsdam	9	4-3-2	10
4	Geneseo	9	4-5-0	8
	Fredonia	7	3-2-2	8
6	Cortland	8	3-5-0	6
7	Brockport	7	2-4-1	5
8	Buffalo State	7	1-4-2	4
9	Morrisville	9	0-9-0	0

Men's Hockey Mauls Morrisville

The Oswego State men's ice hockey team scored six straight goals over the last 37 minutes and defeated Morrisville 7-1 at the Campus Center Ice Arena in Oswego on Friday night.

Junior forward Brendan McLaughlin had three assists for Oswego State, giving him 100 points for his career. McLaughlin, from Brampton, Ontario, has 44 goals and 56 assists in 65 games and is the 47th player in Oswego State men's ice hockey history to reach the 100-point milestone.

Garren Reisweber opened the scoring for the Lakers in the first period, taking a pass from Tony DiNunzio and sliding the puck past Morrisville goalie Caylin Relkoff for the only goal of the opening period.

Morrisville got on the board and tied the game early in the second period as Dave Schultz finished off a goalmouth scramble with assists going to Andrew Alarie and Chris Wallin. Reisweber added his second goal of the night just 1:06 after Morrisville tied it and the Lakers never looked back.

Ryan Ellis scored a power-play goal and Peter Magagna added another in the second period to give the Lakers a 4-1 lead.

Tyler Lyon, Joe Hall, and C.J. Thompson scored third-period goals for Oswego State. Chris Laganiere had two assists in the game. Laker goalie Chris Hyk made 26 saves in the game. The win improves the Lakers' record to 6-3-2 on the season and 6-1-1 in the SUNYAC.

Morrisville's Relkoff finished the game with 36 saves, and the Mustangs are now 4-11-0 overall and 0-8-0 in the SUNYAC.

The same teams will meet again on Saturday at Morrisville's IcePlex, with face off set for 7 p.m.

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Ellis, Mags Shine in 6-1 Blowout

Peter Magagna had two goals and two assists in Oswego State's 6-1 win over Cortland in men's ice hockey on Friday night at the Campus Center Ice Arena in Oswego. The win was Oswego State's fourth in a row, and the Lakers are now 4-2-1 overall and 4-1-0 in the SUNYAC. Cortland fell to 2-6-0 overall and 1-4-0 in the conference.

The Lakers jumped out to a 2-0 lead in the first period as Kyle McCutcheon opened the scoring halfway through the period, it was his first goal of the season. Ryan Ellis added his fourth goal of the year late in the first on assists from Magagna and Tyler Lyon.

Ellis scored his second of the game 5:48 into the second period to stake Oswego State to a 3-0 lead. Cortland responded with its only goal of the contest, a power-play goal from Zach Dehm, assisted by Frank Rizzo and Brent Fallon.

The Lakers scored the last three goals of the game, and all of them came on the power play. Magagna scored twice and C.J. Thompson had the other goal. Oswego State was 3-for-9 on the power play in the game.

Freshman Chris Laganiere had two assists in the game, as did Neil Musslwhite.

Laker goalie Ryan Scott made 13 saves and earned the win. Cortland's Mike Mistretta had 37 saves in the loss.

Oswego State is back on home ice Saturday at 7 p.m. in a non-conference game against Hobart College. The visiting Statesmen come into the contest with a perfect 6-0-0 record and are currently ranked ninth in the USCHO.com Division III Men's Poll. The Lakers are 10th in the national poll.