Its been a while since I've said this but Plattsburgh beats Oswego! In the SUNYAC Championship the Cardnails pull off a shocker in the title game with a 3-2 victory. Last time the cardnials beat the Lakers for the SUNYAC crown was in 2009 at Stafford. The Lakers had won 6 of the last 7 meetings and haven't lost a game to the cardnials since the 09 SUNYAC title game. Here is a recap of the action thanks to the Oswego State Sports Information Department.
The top-ranked Oswego State men's ice hockey team (22-3-2) nearly erased a two-goal deficit in the third period, but fourth-ranked Plattsburgh (19-4-4) held on to hand the Lakers a 3-2 loss in the State University of New York Athletic Conference Championship game Saturday night at the Campus Center Ice Arena. The loss snapped a 12-game winning streak for Oswego State, and was the first loss to the Cardinals since March 7, 2009 in the SUNYAC title game.
After a fast first period that saw no scoring and just one penalty, Jon Whitelaw scored his 19th goal of the season 30 seconds into a two-skater advantage for Oswego State, with a rocket from the circle, following Cardinal hooking and cross-checking penalties. Paul Rodrigues assisted the play at the 9:15 mark in the second period.
Plattsburgh evened the score before the end of the frame when it lit the lamp 21 seconds into an Oswego State tripping penalty. Nick Jensen and Paul Puglisi found Jared Docking for his seventh marker of the year at 18:49, as both teams went into the locker rooms locked at 1-1.
Cardinal defenseman Mike Grace put the visitors ahead 4:33 into the third period followed almost four minutes later by Nick Jensen's ninth goal of the season to put Plattsburgh ahead 3-1.
On the subsequent faceoff, the Lakers cut their deficit in half when Kyle Badham got the puck past Plattsburgh goaltender Mathieu Cadieux with 11:27 remaining in regulation.
Oswego State went on the power play late in the frame, but were denied. However, the Lakers continued to apply pressure in their offensive zone once the teams returned to full strength. Oswego State had two shots blocked in the waning moments and nearly sent the game into overtime, but a shot by David Titanic careened off the pipe to preserve the win for Plattsburgh.
Laker goalie Andrew Hare posted 24 saves in the losing effort, while Cadieux finished the game with 15 saves.
As far as this game was concerned, it was very entertaning to watch, form the perspective of a hockey fan in general. As for the Oswego State point of view, it could have gone better. The game was quiet to start and then had jump in the 2nd, but when Plattsburgh scored to tie the game at the end of the 2nd, it took the wind out of the sales. The Lakers played flat from what I saw the rest of the game, aside from the goal Kyle Badham scored to cut the lead to one.
The most dissapointing thing was the power play at the end of the hockey game. It was a theme on the night in that. It was way too much cute passing from the Lakers when it should have been just shoot the puck. As the old saying goes when in doubt shoot the damn puck. Oswego got into the NCAA tournment at the at large bid and will play Elmira in the 2nd round of the NCAA Tournment. The lakers need to find their game and get back to it otherwise it could be a quick playoff exit against Elmira on Saturday. Puck is set to drop at 7PM between the Elmira Soaring Eagles and the Lakers form the Campus Center Ice Arena. The winner of this game will play the winner of Amherst and Plattsburgh in the final four at Herb Brooks Arena in Lake Placid New York, which if your an Oswego State fan will cause you're blood pressure and heart rate to go right through the roof.
Here was the all tournment team for the SUNYAC's:
SUNYAC Men's Hockey All-Tournament Team
Plattsburgh - Mike Grace - D - MVP
Plattsburgh - Nick Jensen - F
Plattsburgh - Mathieu Cadieux - G
Oswego State - Paul Rodrigues - F
Oswego State - Zack Josepher - D
Buffalo State - Mike Zanella - F
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