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
Sunday, February 17, 2008
MAD MAGS: Lakers Win; Tempers Flare
Saturday, February 9, 2008
Men's Hockey Wins 8th of 9
The Oswego State men's ice hockey team won 5-2 at Buffalo State on Friday night.
Rich Zalewski scored in the first period for the Lakers, but Nick Petriello answered for the Bengals in the final minute of the period to tie the score.
Laker goalie Ryan Scott made 23 saves in the game and Kyle Gunn-Taylor stopped 28 shots for Buffalo State
Oswego State is now 15-5-2 overall and 11-2-1 in the SUNYAC. Buffalo State fell to 10-10-3 overall and 5-6-3 in the conference. The Lakers play at Fredonia on Saturday at 7 p.m.
Saturday, February 2, 2008
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.
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Spread Scoring Attack Stifles 'Stangs
The Oswego State men's ice hockey team had nine different players score as they beat Morrisville 9-1 in non-conference action Tuesday night at the Campus Center Ice Arena in Oswego.
The Lakers wide-spread scoring attack was led by three-point efforts from Matt Whitehead and Joe Hall. Hall scored the game-winner, his fifth goal of the year at the 13:14 mark of the first period to put the Lakers up 2-0.
Ryan Ellis scored his team-leading 12th goal of the season just 16 seconds later to push the lead to 3-0. The goal extended Ellis' point streak to seven consecutive games. Linemate Brendan McLaughlin equaled that streak with a goal in the second period. Ellis assisted on the marker.
Oswego State's senior co-captains continued their respective streaks as well. Tony DiNunzio scored a goal for the third straight game at the 1:01 mark of the third period. He has four goals during a three-game goal streak. C.J. Thompson played in his 100th career game for the Lakers. He has dressed in every game of his Oswego State career, and scored his seventh goal of the season in the third period.
Oswego State starting goalie Ryan Scott made 14 saves and earned the victory. Matt Wolf (pictured) replaced Scott for the final 4:02 and made four saves, including three during a Morrisville 5-on-3 power play late in the game.
Morrisville's only goal was a third-period power-play goal by Matt Domskov, assisted by Evan Kernohan and Joseph Herman. Mustangs goalie Brett Freese made 41 saves in the loss.
The Lakers, currently ranked 15th in the latest national poll, are now 11-4-2 on the season. Morrisville ended its season at 5-20-0.
Oswego State returns to SUNYAC action Friday night when they visit conference-leading and No. 3 nationally-ranked Plattsburgh. The Lakers will finish the road trip Saturday night in Potsdam before returning home Feb. 1 to host Geneseo.
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Laker Hockey Interviews
You can hear interviews from Laker media day and Kent State post-game with several players in the media player at the top of the page. Brendan McLaughin, Ryan Scott, C.J. Thompson, Garren Reisweber, Coach Gosek and Tony DiNunzio all spoke with us.
Former captain Ryan Woodward also took a moment to talk before accepting his championship ring.
Hear McLaughlin's thoughts on last year's loss to Plattsburgh, Thompson on what it means to be the new co-captain, and Gosek's concerns headed into the new season.
