Magagna Gets The "C"

The Oswego State Lakers have selected Peter Magagna as the men's ice hockey team captain for the 2008-09 season. More to come...

Also, here are some dates from the tentatvive 2008-09 season schedule:

Oct. 18 @ Elmira

Nov. 1 Elmira

Nov. 7 @ Fredonia 7 p.m.
Nov. 8 @ Buffalo State 7 p.m.

Nov. 28 @ St. Norbert 7 p.m.
Nov. 29 @ St. Scholastica 3:30 p.m.

Dec. 5 @ Plattsburgh 7 p.m.
Dec. 6 @ Potsdam 7 p.m.

Jan. 30 Fredonia 7 p.m.
Jan. 31 Buffalo State 7 p.m.

Feb. 20 Plattsburgh 7 p.m.
Feb. 21 Potsdam 7 p.m.

Ryan Maloney

2-0 Lakers After 2

Peter Magagna and Brendan McLaughlin scored late in the first period to give Oswego State the 2-0 edge over Fredonia. Each player extended their career-high scoring streaks. Magagna has a point in each of his last 14 games, McLaughlin in each of the last 15.

MAD MAGS: Lakers Win; Tempers Flare

The Oswego State men's ice hockey team escaped Cortland with a 3-0 win Saturday night. Freshman forward Joe Hall's second-period marker stood up as the game-winner. Senior goaltender Ryan Scott stopped all 37 shots he faced for his ninth career shutout.

The SUNYAC regular-season finale saw its fair share of dramatic moments. In the first period, Oswego State's Peter Magagna and Cortland's Frank Rizzo had a brief shoving match prior to a face-off in the neutral zone.

Midway through the second, Magagna cracked Rizzo on the leg with his stick during a stoppage in play. Rizzo fell to the ice clutching his shin as Magagna was sent off with a two-minute minor for slashing. Rizzo stayed on the ice for his shift. Magagna would score his 11th goal of the season with less than two minutes remaining in the period to double Oswego State's lead to 2-0. Magagna also extended his career-best scoring streak to 13 games. Linemates Ryan Ellis and Brendan McLaughlin assisted on the goal. McLaughlin extended his point streak to a career-high 14 games.

Tempers would flare again in the third with the Lakers still holding the 2-0 lead. At the 16:41 mark, Cortland's Brent Fallon was given a game misconduct for roughing, and teammate Mike Maier was whistled for two minors, a cross check and a blow to the head. He was given a 10-minute misconduct. Magagna also received a 10-minute misconduct after another slashing minor. With just 3:19 left to play, Magagna and Maier were sent to the showers.

Unlike Oswego State's Campus Center Ice Arena, Cortland's Alumni Hall requires players from both teams to exit and enter the ice via the same tunnel between the benches. As Magagna made his way towards the locker room, Rizzo threw an object at him from the Cortland bench. Maier made his way to the tunnel soon after Magagna. As Maier escaped from view of the press box, a swarm of personnel from both the arena and the clubs were seen rushing towards the locker rooms. Fans seated on the bench-side bleachers rushed to the rails to see what was transpiring. The excitement would soon die down as order was restored and the action on the ice resumed.

As the dust settled, the Lakers found themselves with a 5-on-3 advantage. Senior co-captain Tony DiNunzio put Oswego State up 3-0 as he lit the lamp 30-seconds into the power play for his seventh goal of the season. All of DiNunzio's goals have come in the team's final ten regular-season games; he has 13 points during that stretch.

Cortland's loss solidified them as the fifth-seed in the SUNYAC tournament. They entered the weekend looking like a solid bet to finish fourth and get home-ice advantage in Tuesday's playoff game. But that was before then-sixth-place Potsdam upset first-place Plattsburgh 4-2 on Friday, putting the Bears a point ahead of the Red Dragons for fourth. Cortland will now travel to Potsdam for Tuesday night's preliminary round playoff game. Hear the game here.

Sixth-seed Buffalo State will pay a visit to third-seed Fredonia for the second straight game. Hear the game here. The Blue Devils scored a 2-1 overtime win over the Bengals Friday night. Oswego State will host the highest-remaining seed at 7 p.m. Saturday at the Campus Centre. Ticket information is available here.

Ryan Maloney

Men's Hockey Clinches SUNYAC Bye, Home Ice in Semis

The Oswego State men's ice hockey team scored two goals in a span of 24 seconds in the middle period to break a tie and went on to a 4-1 win at Fredonia on Saturday. With the victory, Oswego State clinched second place in the SUNY Athletic Conference and a first-round bye in the conference playoffs in two weeks.

The game was tied 1-1 in the first period as James Muscatello scored for Fredonia and Oswego State answered with a power-play goal by Peter Magagna.

In the second period, Matt Whitehead converted a pass from Garren Reisweber just after the Lakers killed a two-man short-handed situation. Brad Dormiedy fired in his third of the season just 24 seconds later to give Oswego State a 3-1 lead.

Brendan McLaughlin added a goal in the third period for the Lakers. Ryan Scott made 31 saves for Oswego State.

Oswego State is now 16-5-2 overall and Fredonia fell to 13-8-3.

Seniors Say Goodbye (For Now) With Blowout Win

The Oswego State men's ice hockey team scored five goals in the third period en route to a 9-2 win over Brockport at the Campus Center Ice Arena on Saturday night.

Ryan Ellis had a hat trick for the Lakers and also added a pair of assists, factoring on five of the nine Laker goals. Linemates Brendan McLaughlin (four assists) and Peter Magagna (two goals and an assist) were also part of the big night for the Lakers. Oswego State improved to 14-5-2 overall and 10-2-1 in the SUNYAC, while Brockport is now 6-13-3 and 3-8-2 in the conference.

The Lakers actually trailed the game 2-1 late in the first period as Lucas Schott and Steve Seedhouse scored goals for the Golden Eagles to answer an opening tally by Ellis on the power play. Two Laker goals in the last five minutes of the first, scored by Matt Whitehead and Tony DiNunzio, gave the Lakers a 3-2 lead at the first intermission and they never looked back.

The lead was extended to 4-2 with 4:25 left in the second period on a stellar individual effort by Peter Magagna who broke through two Brockport defenders and deked goalie Todd Sheridan.Oswego State scored five times in the third. Magagna added his second of the game, Ryan Ellis scored twice, and Tyler Lyon scored an extra-attacker tally. C.J. Thompson capped the scoring with 8:31 left in the third.

Laker starting goalie Ryan Scott made 17 saves, and fellow senior Matt Wolf played the final 5:08 and didn't face a shot. It was the final Laker home contest for seniors Tony DiNunzio, C.J. Thompson, Ryan Scott and Matt Wolf.

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.

Sweep! Cards Go 2-For-2 Against Lakers

PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. -- For 64 minutes, it looked as though the SUNYAC regular season-title race would be a dogfight until the end. Then, with a simple left-wing wrister from sophomore Ward Smith (pictured), the Plattsburgh Cardinals took a commanding five-point lead in the conference standings.

Plattsburgh (17-2-0, 10-0-0) earned a 3-2 overtime victory over Oswego State in a match-up of SUNYAC powerhouses. They also completed a regular season sweep over the Lakers for the first time since the 2003-2004 season.

Senior goaltender Ryan Scott stopped a season-high 37 shots. His effort kept the Lakers in the game despite the fact they were out-shot 20-4 over the game's final 24:07. Overall, Plattsburgh put 40 shots on Scott. The last coming off the stick of Smith, whose marker sent the hometown crowd into a frenzy and his teammates pouring onto the ice.

That same crowd had been on pins and needles at the start of the third period as they found their team in an unfamiliar spot...trailing. The Cardinal faithful had only seen their club trail after two periods one other time this season. Meanwhile, the Lakers had won 12 straight when leading after 40 minutes.

Laker assistant captain Kyle McCutcheon single-handedly gave Oswego State (11-5-2, 7-2-1) the lead midway through the second. The senior defenseman bumped an attacker off the puck in the defensive zone, carried the puck coast-to-coast, and wristed a shot past freshman standout Brian Hince for a 2-1 lead.

McCutcheon's goal was a quick answer to Plattsburgh's game-tying power play marker just minutes earlier. Freshman Dan Sliasis had scored on a feed from Dylan Clarke at the 7:12 mark to bring a small flurry of tennis balls onto the ice and even the game at 1-1. Five of Sliasis' six goals this season have come on home ice. No delay-of-game penalties were called for the tennis ball-toss.

The Lakers lit the lamp first in the game's 11th minute on a two-on-one rush as Brendan McLaughlin put home a rebound off a shot by line-mate Peter Magagna. The goal was McLaughlin's eighth on the year and extended his points streak to nine straight games. It also gave the Lakers a 1-0 lead; Oswego State had won 12 straight when scoring first coming into the match-up.

The Lakers maintain a one-point advantage over Fredonia for second-place in the SUNYAC. Oswego State will try to earn two points Saturday at 7 p.m. at Potsdam. The game will be featured on FSN television (Time Warner Cable channel 54 in CNY). The Cards look to pad their comfortable conference lead against Cortland Saturday at 7 p.m. The Red Dragons led Plattsburgh 1-0 after two periods in their first meeting this season.

Ryan Maloney

To answer your questions...

Some loyal listeners were nice enough to send along some questions and comments via AIM during Sunday night's Laker game. Now I'll take this opportunity try to respond:

aimguest2711779 (8:32:38 PM): I have only caught two games in person this season...one being last night (Saturday v. Amherst) and the first being the home game vs. Elmira ..... Their seems to be a huge difference in style of play between now and then in terms of checking and emotion . What are your feelings about this?

Ryan Maloney: I thought the Lakers were really out-muscled in that season-opener with Elmira. They were stood up at the blue line all night long and didn't get many scoring chances. As for Saturday night, I noticed the Derrell Levy line bringing a sense of urgency to the ice. Levy is fun to watch on the forecheck, he's extremely fast and physical.

Ryan Ellis was on that checking line with Levy against Elmira, which felt odd since Ellis has always been a huge scoring threat. Saturday night, Ellis was out of the lineup altogether with an illness. I think his presence was greatly missed.

That scoring line of Ellis, Brendan McLaughlin and Peter Magagna has been together for three years now and is very productive (four goals last night v. Curry). They haven't played together this season as much as in year's past due to injury (McLaughlin, Magagna) and illness (Ellis). Now they're back as a dangerous unit and hopefully can stay that way all the way to Lake Placid. As for you, listener, the Lakers are now 0-2 when you attend the games. Stay home and listen to WNYO.

aimguest53892777 (8:50:45 PM): what effect does this game have for oswego?

RM: I'm not sure what you mean. Effect in terms of what? Playoff chances? Physical well-being? Mental well-being? The win doesn't mean anything as far as SUNYAC standings. But it is a win, and those are always nice. The game also saw the return of the aforementioned Ellis-McLaughlin-Magagna line. That line was stellar in the first and third periods.

aimguest51110312 (8:59:36 PM): great job with the classic games guys sorry I and Andy (whiteboard) could not be there today, we left due to heavy snow coming in for our town, glad you guys did the game though

RM: You and Andy did not miss Sunday night's game due to poor weather. You and Andy missed Sunday's games because you are a couple of huge...well, I can't say here...but it starts with "p" and ends with "ussies."

aimguest52784374 (9:10:46 PM): what was the score

RM: Thanks for listening to the broadcast.

Thank you to those of you who listened and sent us messages. Remember you can always message us via the AIM widget on the right panel of the site. Also, we're trying to come up with a nickname for the Ellis-McLaughlin-Maganga line. Any ideas? E-mail us.

Lakers Beat Curry

The Oswego State men's ice hockey team defeated Curry 4-1 on Sunday evening in the third-place game of the Pathfinder Bank Oswego Hockey Classic at the Campus Center Ice Arena in Oswego.

The Lakers got off to a quick start with unassisted goals by Peter Magagna and Brendan McLaughlin (pictured). Magagna scored off a turnover just 35 seconds into the period and McLaughlin's goal was a power-play goal at 2:17 of the opening period. The fast start was a good sign for Oswego State, as the Lakers improved their record to a perfect 7-0-0 on the season when they score the first goal.

Those two goals held up through the rest of the first period and the entire second period. McLaughlin scored again early in the third period to extend Oswego State's lead to 3-0 on assists from Magagna and Ryan Ellis.

The shutout bid by Laker goalie Ryan Scott was foiled in the last minute of the game when William Hoffman scored on a deflection for the Colonels with 57 seconds left in the game. The goal was assisted by Jeff Hazelwood and Ross Enmark.

Ellis added a late goal for Oswego State on an assist by McLaughlin. The lilne of Magagna, Ellis, and McLaughlin accounted for all four Laker goals and combined for seven points in the game. With a goal in each game of the Classic, Magagna was named to the all-tournament team.

Scott made 25 saves for the Lakers and Curry goaltender Zachary Cardella made 29 saves.

Oswego State is now 8-4-2 on the year and Curry is 7-5-1.

Next year's Pathfinder Bank Oswego Hockey Classic will be held Jan. 2-3, 2009 and invited teams Babson and Skidmore from the ECAC East and Augsburg from the MIAC will join the host Lakers for the third annual event.

Oswego State Sports Information

Full Strength At Last

Ryan Ellis makes his return to the Oswego State Lakers lineup tonight. Ellis missed last night's 3-1 loss to Amherst with an illness. He is the team leader in goals, assists and points (7-8-15). Prior to Ellis's illness, the Lakers were without second-leading scorer Peter Magagna Dec. 8 against Morrisville. Magagna returned from a knee injury last night.

Last year's leading scorer, Brendan McLaughlin, had also missed a pair of games this season due to injury. Tonight he joins Ellis and Magnaga on the first line. This is the first time the M.E.M. line has played together since a 4-2 win over Buffalo State on Nov. 30.

Here is the full line chart:
F: Ryan Ellis - Brendan McLaughlin - Peter Maganga
F: Garren Reisweber - Matt Whitehead - Tony Dinunzio
F: Neil Musselwhite - C.J. Thompson - Chris Laganiere
F: Brad Dormiedy - Derrell Levy - Joe Hall

D: Tyler Lyon - Kyle McCutcheon
D: Francois Gagnon - Mike Novak
D: Rich Zalewski - Mark Lozzi

G: Ryan Scott (4-4-1, 2.40 GAA, .900 Sv %)
G: Chris Hyk
G: Matt Wolf

Mags to return for Pathfinder

Oswego State junior forward Peter Magagna appears to be recovered from his leg injury. A source close to the club said today that Magagna will play in Saturday's first-round game.

The former Wellington Duke was injured Dec. 7 in a 7-1 win over Morrisville at the Campus Centre. He missed the Dec. 8 contest at Morrisville as the Lakers narrowly escaped with a 6-5 win.

Magagna is the second-leading scorer on the team with 11 points in 10 games. He is the Lakers leading set-up man with seven assists.

Ryan Maloney

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.

Oswego State Sports Information

Scott Pulled Early; Lakers-Devils Skate to 3-3 Tie

OSWEGO, N.Y. -- The Oswego State men's ice hockey team skated to a 3-3 tie Saturday night with Fredonia. The Blue Devils lit the lamp twice early in the first period. That prompted Laker coach Ed Gosek to hand the netminding duties of senior All-American Ryan Scott to junior Chris Hyk.

Hyk kept Fredonia off the board for the remainider of the first, allowing the Lakers to even the score. Co-captain C.J. Thompson found the twine to start the Lakers' scoring in the 10th minute.

Minutes later, the Blue Devils were called for a delay of game resulting in a penalty shot for Oswego State. Gosek tabbed Ryan Ellis to take the shot. He backhanded the puck past sophomore backstop Kevin Amborski to tie the game at 2-2. The goal was Ellis' 100th point as a Laker, he's the 46th player to achieve that milestone at Oswego State.

The second period saw no scoring, but Junior All-American Brendan McLaughlin was hit with a 10-minute misconduct penalty for unsportsmanlike conduct. The penalty was a result of a post-whistle altercation with Devil blue-liner Andrew Babiarz in the period's fourth minute.

Fredonia took the lead again with 8:34 left to play in the third period. Junior pivot Richard Boyce came barreling into the net for a rebound shot, putting the puck across the goal line just ahead of him.

The Devils remained in the lead until Francois Gagnon found the net for the second time in as many nights. The French-Canadian defenseman had made a key glove stop to keep the puck in the attack just seconds before putting it between the pipes. Gagnon had also tied up the previous meeting between the two teams late in their SUNYAC tournament game last season.

The overtime saw only two shots on net, both from the Lakers as each side came away with a point in the conference standings. Conference leader Plattsburgh distanced their lead over the Lakers with a 5-4 come-from-behind overtime victory over Geneseo.

Peter Magagna did not dress for the Lakers tonight. Listen to the post-game audio with Coach Gosek in the video box to find out why.

Ryan Maloney

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.

Benjamin Amey