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.

2nd Period Recap

Another interesting period here from the Tuttle Ice Arena. Ryan Ellis notched his third goal of the season and first of the night only two minutes and four seconds into the period. It was an even strength goal assisted by Peter Magagna and Rich Zalewski. It was the second assist of the night for both players.

Neil Musselwhite scored his second goal of the night and fifth of the year just over three minutes later. It was a powerplay goal assisted by C.J. Thompson. Musselwhite put a beautiful move on goaltender Greg Van't Hof and had a wide open net for his backhand goal.

This period was relatively clean, until 14:36 into the period. Thompson went to lay a hit on Tony Marinello and lost his balance. Thompson crushed Marinello up against the boards and rose slowly. Marinello lay prone on the ice for several seconds before finally moving. Brockport's trainer came out and Marinello skated off the ice under his own power.

Thompson was given a five minute major for checking from behind, as well as a ten minute game misconduct, Oswego's second of the night. Both penalties were called by, you guessed it, Bob Baldwin. Thompson was sent to the locker room for the rest of the night but is allowed to play in the Lakers' next game.

Brockport wasted no time scoring on the man advantage. Steve Seedhouse scored his fourth goal of the season only thirty seconds into the five minute major. Oswego didn't allow another goal by Brockport, and the teams went to the locker room with the score Oswego 4, Brockport 1.

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Late goal gives Oswego State tie at Elmira

Laker junior forward Matt Whitehead scored with 1:22 remaining in the third period to tie the game and the Oswego State men's ice hockey team tied Elmira 4-4 on Saturday night at the Murray Athletic Center in Elmira. Elmira scored the first goal of the game 4:35 into the first period, but the Lakers scored the next three goals to build a two-goal lead.

Brendan McLaughlin scored his first of the season on the power play, assisted by Ryan Ellis to tie the score. Laker sophomore Neil Musselwhite scored with one second remaining in the first period to give Oswego State a 2-1 lead after one period.

Francois Gagnon scored an unassisted goal for the Lakers seven minutes into the second period to give Oswego State a 3-1 lead, but the Soaring Eagles rallied. A power-play goal by Elmira's Rusty Masters reduced the lead to one goal and then Andrew Bedford scored the game-tying goal with 7:21 left in the second period.

Oswego State senior Joel Kitchen was whistled for a checking-from-behind major late in the second and the five-minute Elmira power play carried over into the third period. The Soaring Eagles capitalized 2:29 into the third period as Ryan Arnone scored.

Whitehead's late goal earned Oswego State the tie.

Laker goalie Ryan Scott made 22 saves and Elmira's Casey Tuttle had 17 saves.

The Lakers are now 0-1-1 on the season and Elmira is 1-0-1. Oswego State hosts arch-rival Plattsburgh on Friday at 7 p.m. at the Campus Center Ice Arena.

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