Oswego started off the 2011-12 season same way it did last season, with an opening weekend sweep of the Elmira Soaring Eagles. It all started friday night at the Murry Athletic Center in a surprising comback win for Oswego. Jesper Strale got Elmira on the board 20 seconds in and gave the Soaring Eagles jump. Then about five minutes later Wes Consorti stretched the Elmira lead to 2-0. By periods end Chris Ayotte got Oswego on the board and cut the lead in half. Paul Beckwith got the start for the Lakers but only played one period making 11 saves on 13 shots before leaving the hockey game. No word has been given on Beckwith's departure from the game.
Andrew Hare stepped between the pipes for the final 40 minutes for Oswego replacing Beckwith and did good in net stopping 20 shots over the final two periods, teh only Soaring Eagle to beat him on this night was Kevin Willer on a powerplay goal in the 3rd. Oswego dominated the middle frame getting goals from Luke Moodie, Jon Whitelaw, and Tyler Leimbrock, with Leimbrock's coming on the Powerplay. Willar got Elmira close with his goal but the Laker offense just rolled right along in the 3rd adding goals from Zack Josepher, his first as a Laker, Kyle Badham, his first goal in college, and David Titanic. Leimbrock, Whitelaw, Moodie, and Paul Rodrigues all had two point games in the victory.
Moving on to saturday night, the scene shifted to the Campus Center Ice Arena for the home opener. And it was much of the same from the night before. Jesse McConney got Oswego on the board with a powerplay goal that ripped the roof of the net 5:17 into the game. Ten minutes later Tyler Leimbrock stretched the lead to 2-0 with his 2nd goal in as many nights. Jesse McConney would connect again for another powerplay goal 36 seconds into the 2nd period, showing he should be deserving of plenty of playing time this season. Ian Boots tallied his first of the year a few minutes later to stretch the lead to 4-0, in retrospect it may have been Chris Muise who got the goal but they gave it to Boots. Luke Moodie got in on the act late in the 2nd to increase the lead to 5-0 before Elmira finally got on the board very late in the 2nd thanks to Rick Acorn.
So we went to the 3rd with Oswego up 5-1. Tim Carr got his licks in scoring midway through the 3rd to make it 6-1. Elmira added a powerplay goal late in the game from Wes Consorti but it was too little too late as Oswego held on to the 6-2 victory. Andrew Hare got the start in net again making 28 saves for his 2nd win of this season. Jon Whitelaw picked up 2 helpers saturday night, and with a combination of the two games is the teams leading point scorer at 4 with a goal and three assists. McConney, Leimbrock and Moodie are all tied for the team lead in goals with two each. Oswego is off to a very good start again this season, going 2-0 for the 2nd year in a row and starting the season with home and home against Elmira for the 3rd year in a row.
Next up for the Lakers is a two game road trip going to Cortland to face teh Red Dragons on Friday October 28th, and Utica to face the Pioneers on the 29th. Both games set for a 7PM faceoff.
(Photo courtesy of Oswego State Sports Information Department)
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