A very enterntaning first half of the year for your Oswego State Lakers. After 12 games through the season the Lakers stand at 9-1-2. It started with a season opening home and home against Elmira, and it ended with two victories for the Lakers. Oz won both by scores of 7-3 and 6-2. In the first game, Jon Whitelaw, Tyler Leimbrock, Taylor Farris, Luke Moodie, and Paul Rodrigues each had 2 point nights. In game two of the series Oz walked away with a 6-2 win. Jon Whitelaw and Jesse McConney each having 2 points and McConney scoring two goals. Cortland was next on the schedule and Oswego rolled through the Red Dragons without a thought, walking away with a 6-0 victory. Andrew Hare recorded the shutout making 19 saves. Luke Moodie scored a goal. Paul Rodrigues (2 goals 1 assist 3 points), Chris Brown (Goal Assist 2 Points), Jon Whitelaw (3 assists), Ian Boots (2 goals 1 assist 3 points), Andrew Mather (2 assists), and Zach Josepher (2 assists) each had multi-point nights. The next night in Utica Oswego was upset by the Pioneers at the Aud with Utica walking away with the 3-2 win. Oz got goals from Taylor Farris and Tyler Leimbrock but it wasn't enough to come back on the Pioneers who played a more inspired game on this night. So by the end of October Oswego stood at a record of 3-1-0.
November kicked off with a weekend home series against Geneseo and Brockport. The Ice Knights were up first and got beaten by a tough and fired up Lakers team 4-2. Jon Whitelaw (goal assist) and Andrew Mather (2 Goals) had multi point games that night. The next night the Golden Eagles of Brockport made the trip to Oswego, and they got handled easily by the Lakers, to the tune of 7-1. 5 guys had multi-point games against the Soaring Eagles: Zack Josepher (4 assists), Luke Moodie (Goal, Assist), Jon Whitelaw (2 Goals), Paul Rodrigues (goal 2 assists 3 points), and Chris Ayotte (goal assist). The following weekend brought the Morrisville Mustangs into town, and for the 2nd time in 4 years the Lakers and Mustangs skated to a 3-3 tie. Oswego was down 3-0 in this one but came back to tie thanks to Jesse McConney, Chris Brown and Chris Muise. Last time Oswego tied Morrisville you have to go back to November 14th, 2008 which was a 5-5 tie at the Campus Center. Morrisville gave Oswego another scare during the 2010 SUNYAC playoffs at the Campus Center as well.
After the Morrisville tie, Oswego took its act on the road again, this time to western new york against Buffalo State and Fredonia. Fredonia was up first and it was a 4-1 win for the Lakers. Ian Boots had a two point night with a goal and an assist. Other Lakers to score goals on this night were Chris Muise, Andrew Mather, and Luke Moodie. The next night at Buffalo State, the Bengals gave the Lakers a scare but Oswego was able to come away with a 5-3 win. Buffalo State actually led 3-2 early in the 3rd period, before Oswego stormed back with 3 unanswered goals to walk away with the victory. Ian Boots, Luke Moodie, and Jon Whitelaw each had two assists, and Paul Rodrigues had two goals and a helper en route to the victory. So Oswego went into Thanksgiving break with a 7-1-1 record.
First games back from Thanksgiving were not easy to say the least, as Oswego had to make the North Country trip to take on Plattsburgh and Potsdam. First up was Plattsburgh at the Stafford Ice Arena in Plattsburgh. This was a very hard fought hockey game and it ended in a 2-2 tie. Jon Whitelaw and Chris Ayotte scored for the Lakers, while Paul Puglisi and Alex Jensen scored for Plattsburgh. The last time Oswego and Plattsburgh played to a tie was December 2nd 2006, which was a 5-5 tie. Since then every time Oswego and Plattsburgh had gone to Overtime in Plattsburgh the Cardnials had skated away with victories. So after tying Plattsburgh, Oswego took on the Bears at Potsdam and whooped the Bears by a 6-4 score. Tyler Leimbrock scored two goals, Taylor Farris had a goal and two assists, Jon Whitelaw had a goal and assist, and Paul Rodrigues had two helpers as well. Oswego wrapped up the first half of the season with a 2-1 over Hobart at home, a game in which Chris Brown and Jesse McConney scored goals. Oswego ended the first half of the season with a 9-1-2 record, which is good enough to have Oswego Ranked #2 in the nation in the USCHO coaches polls (as of December 12th).
Through the first 12 games of the season, Jon Whitelaw and Paul Rodrigues are tied for the team lead in scoring with 17 points each, Whitelaw leads the team in goals with 6 and is tied with Zach Josepher for 2nd on the team in assists with 11. Paul Rodrigues leads the team in assists with 12. Luke Moodie (5 goals 7 assists 12 points), Ian Boots (4 goals 8 assists 12 points), Zack Josepher (goal 11 assists 12 points), and Chris Brown (4 goals 6 assist 10 points) are the other Lakers in double digits in points through the midway point of the season. Dan Jones has seen action in two games this season with a 1-0-0 record, a 2.54 GAA and a .907 SV%, while Andrew Hare has played in 11 games this year with a 8-1-2 record, a 1.86 GAA and a .928 SV%. Paul Beckwith started the first game of the year but was lifited after the first period with a knee injury and sadly hasn't played since.
Here now are the first half highlights:
So now that everybody is all caught up, heres a look at what's ahead in the 2nd half of the season for the Lakers:
* Fri Dec 30 CONN. COLLEGE NC 7:00 pm ET
# Sat Dec 31 HAMLINE /NEUMANN NC 4:00 pm ET
Fri Jan 13 CURRY NC 7:00 pm ET
Sat Jan 14 UTICA NC 7:00 pm ET
Fri Jan 20 CORTLAND SU 7:00 pm ET
Sat Jan 21 at Hamilton NC 3:00 pm ET
Fri Jan 27 at Geneseo SU 7:00 pm ET
Sat Jan 28 at Brockport SU 7:00 pm ET
Sat Feb 4 at Morrisville SU 7:00 pm ET
Fri Feb 10 FREDONIA SU 7:00 pm ET
Sat Feb 11 BUFFALO STATE SU 7:00 pm ET
Fri Feb 17 PLATTSBURGH SU 7:00 pm ET
Sat Feb 18 POTSDAM SU 7:00 pm ET
So there you have it !
(Highlight video provided by Michael Keeley)
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