Buffalo State actually got an early jump on Oswego, pulling out to a 2-0 lead early on. The Bengals pulled out to the lead thanks to powerplay goals from Matt Bessing at 8:49 and Brett Hope at 15:12. David Titanic pulled Oswego to within one at the 18:18 mark but the Lakers weren't able to get anything more, so after one period, Buff State had a 2-1 lead. Buffalo state would regain the two goal lead thanks to another powerplay goal, this time from Trevor McKinney ten seconds into the period. Oswego would storm right back, thanks to a goal from Zach Josepher at the 16:34 mark of the 2nd period. Then the Lakers would pull even thanks to a powerplay goal from Chris Ayotte with 33 seconds left in the period. So after 40 minutes of play the teams were even at 3. Once the 3rd period started, it wouldn't take long for history to be made. At the 3:29 of the period Paul Rodrigues would score his 6th of the season to give him an even 100 points for his career. He became the 50 player in school history to score 100 or more points in their Oswego career. The Oswego lead would be stretched to two goals thanks to Luke Moodie's 6th of the year. Buffalo State would cut it close thanks to a late powerplay goal from Matt Bessing but Oswego would hang on for the 5-4 victory.
Kevin Carr took the loss for Buffalo State, stopping 37 of 42 Oswego State shots. As for Andrew Hare, he got the win, stopping 19 of 23 Buffalo State shots. Oswego spent way too much time in the penalty box, which is something that hasn't happened at all this season, and seemed to have gone down over the course of the last few seasons. Buffalo State went four for nine on their powerplays while Oswego went one for seven with the man advantage. So that was action from Friday night. Saturday was a new day and a new opponent in the form of the Fredonia Blue Devils.
Oswego's offense exploded on Saturday to the tune of a 7-1 victory. Chris Muise got the scoring for the Lakers with a powerplay goal 1:40 into the game. Luke Moddie followed it up with another powerplay goal for his 7th of the season at the 8:26 mark of the 1st. Then with less than a minute left in the period, Paul Rodrigues would stretch the lead to 3-0, which is how the opening period would end. To the 2nd period we go and Fredonia scores their only goal of the game when Declan Gunovski scores 1:29 into the period off a freak play, where Zach Josepher accidentally scored on his own goalie. Oswego would respond as a little over eight minutes later, Chris Ayotte buried his 5th of the year, Exactly one minute after Ayotte's goal, Luke Moodie connects for his 2nd of the game and 8th of the year to give the Lakers a 5-1 lead. Once we got to the 3rd period Oswego put the game away with two more markers. First it was Chris Ayotte with his 2nd goal of the game, this time on the powerplay, 1:59 into the period. Finally at the 7:52 mark Luke Moodie put the game away with his 3rd of the night to cap off the hat trick and seal the 7-1 win.
Mark Friesen started the game for Fredonia but was pulled after the opening period making only three saves and being saddled with the loss. His replacement was Jeff Holloway made 24 stops in relief. As for Oswego Andrew Hare once again picked up the victory making 27 saves. Fredonia went 0 for 7 with the man advantage while Oswego went 3 for 7 on the powerplay.
Luke Moodie's Hat Trick on Saturday night was the 2nd Oswego hat trick this year, as the other belonged to Paul Rodrigues who had four goals against Elmira on October 27th. Moodie and Rodrigues still tie for the leading scorers in all of Division III hockey with 19 points each heading into the thanksgiving break. Moodie leads the nation in goals scored with nine and Rodrigues leads the country in assists with 12, and all this is going on with linemate and team Captain Jon Whitelaw out with an ankle injury. Oswego now has the top team offenses in the nation, averaging 6.43 goals per game just ahead of Adrian college. As for team defense Oswego is ranked #8 in the nation at 1.57 goals per game. Oswego has the #5 powerplay in the country as it is 15 for 42 which is 35.71%, while the penalty kill is tied for 28th in the nation at 32 for 38 which is a 84.2% success rate.
Now with Paul Rodrigues goal on Friday night it put him over the 100 point mark for his career, making it an even 50 in the 100 point club in school history. The big reason this is so important is because it not only makes it an even 50 in the century club but it is only the 2nd time in school history that one entire offensive line has had all its members in the 100 point club. This case is Paul Rodrigues, Jon Whitelaw, and Luke Moodie. The other line is Peter Magana, Brendan McLaughlin, and Ryan Ellis. So congratulations are indeed in order for Paul Rodrigues joining the 100 point club!
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