Oswego Men Dominate Again this Past Weekend

This past weekend was another typical weekend for the Oswego State Men's Hockey team, with two wins in it's two games. First up for the Lakers was the end of a three game home stand against Cortland. Oswego jumped out to a 1-0 lead at the 2:45 mark thanks to David Titanic 2nd of the year. That was the lone scoring in the opening frame as Oswego outshot Cortland 23-9. To the 2nd period we go and Oswego kept right on going, this time it was the first career goal for Chris Carr, younger brother of defenseman Tim Carr. The goal gave Oswego a 2-0 lead at the 12:39 mark. Mike Henrici would score Cortland's lone goal just past the 14 minute mark. Oswego woudl regain the two goal lead thanks to Paul Rodrigues's 6th of the year, a powerplay goal, with 45 seconds left in the middle period. He was set up by Jon Whitelaw and Luke Moodie, as that line has been red hot since New Years. Luke Moodie would score a pair of goals in the 3rd period to capp off the scoring and help the Lakers to a 5-1 victory.

Andrew got the win in net for the Lakers making 21 saves, while his counterpart for Cortland, Jeff Molner made 41 saves in the loss. Cortland went 0 for 2 on the powerplay and Oswego was 1 for 3 with the man advantage. There were five Lakers on this night to have multi-point games: Luke Moodie (2 goals 1 assist) Jon Whitelaw (2 assists), Chris Brown (2 assists)Chris Carr (goal assist) and David Titanic (goal assist).

Here are the highlights from Friday's victory:


ZSo after the victory over Cortland, Oswego took their winning ways on the road Saturday, this time to Hamilton College. It turned out to be a perfect weekend for the Lakers thanks to the 5-1 win saturday. Luke Moodie scored the lone goal of the opening frame at the 15 minute mark, his 12th of the season. The 2nd period went quietly, and the final stanza was an offensive explosion. Chris Ayotte upped the Lakers lead to 2-0 with his 4th of the year at the 6:55 mark. Chris Brown added to the lead with his 5th of the year 15 seconds later. Luke Moodie scored again, his 13th of the season and 2nd of the night, at the 9:55 mark to give Oswego a 4-0 lead. The Lakers upped the lead to 5-0 thanks to a powerplay goal from Hank Van Boxmeer. Hamilton finally got on the board with a powerplay goal Anthony Scarpino. The Lakers capped off the game with a 6-1 lead thanks to David Titanic's 2nd goal in as many nights.

Dan Jonesw got the win in net for Oswego, allowing only 1 goal on 22 shots, while his counterpart for Hamilton, Cam Gibbar made 38 saves and allowed 6 goals. Chris Carr (2 assists), Hank Van Boxmeer (goal 2 assists), Luke Moodie (2 goals), and David Titanic (goal assist) had multi-point games. Hamilton went 1 for 2 on the powerplay while Oswego went 1 for 5.

Here's the video highlights:


Whitelaw Moodie and Rodrigues have been red hot since the Calander turned to 2012. The three guys lead the team in scoring, Whitelaw has 24 points, Moodie and Rodrigues are tied at 22 points. Whitelaw's hot play this year has him 8 points shy of 100 for his career, and he's only a jumior, so he should be able to hit the century mark before the end of this season. The play of the Lakers has been good enough to keep them at #2 in the Nation in D3 hockey. Whitelaw's play puts him in a tie for 18th in the contry in scoring, Moodie's 13 goals is tied for 9th in the country, and Andrew Hare's overall numbers are good enough to make him #3 in the country in goaltending. As a team Oswego has the #7 offense in the country and the #4 team defense in all of Division III Hockey. The Lakers hold the #19 powerplay and the #15 penalty kill in all the land. Now up for Oswego is another two game road trip this upcoming weekend Friday night at 7 in Geneseo against the Ice Knights, and Saturday at 7 in Brockport against the Golden Eagles.

(Highlight videos provided by Mike Keeley)