Oswego Hockey Downs Nazareth as Gosek Collects #200

For the first time ever the Oswego State Men's Hockey team faced off against the Nazareth Golden Flyers. This night had two big implications to it. First it was the return of former Oswego State head coach George Roll, and second Oswego State's current head coach Ed Gosek was sitting on 199 career wins. Oswego was also looking to bounce back after a tough 6-0 loss to Utica last weekend. Well all questions would be answered on this night as the Lakers downed the Golden Flyers by a 4-1 score and Ed Gosek picked up career win #200 as head coach of the Lakers.

Oswego looked to make a statement early on as they jumped out to a 1-0 lead thanks to Paul Rodrigues 11th goal of the year. It came short handed at the 10:07 mark of the opening period and was his 1st shorty of the year. Naz would tie the score before the end of the period, when at the 11:26 mark Tom Seravalli scored his 2nd of the year for the Golden Flyers. So the teams headed into the locker room at the end of one tied at one.

In the middle period, Oswego's offense exploded for three goals to take a commanding lead in the hockey game. At the 5:21 mark Chris Muise would connect for his 4th of the year to give Oswego a 2-1 lead. The Lakers would put the game out of reach thanks to a pair of goals from Chris Brown. Brown's first goal was scored at 10:29 and his second came at 17:29. That 4-1 score held up as nobody was able to find the back of the net in the 3rd period.

Ed Zdolshek took the loss in net for Nazareth, making 44 saves, and dropping his record to 4-6-0. Freshman Justin Gilbert picked up his first career victory in an Oswego uniform, making 21 saves in the win. Also with the win Ed Gosek career win number 200.

Gosek reached the 200-win plateau in his 270th game behind the bench as a head coach, as his career mark improved to 200-54-16 (.770) in the midst of ten seasons. with the win, Coach Gosek becomes only the 2nd coach in program history to hit 200 victories, the other one being Don Unger who sits atop the list with 289. Ed Gosek does have the distinction of having the highest winning percentage of any coach in school history. Congratulations to head coach Ed Gosek on career win #200!

Oswego State returns to the ice this weekend for a pair of games, one at home and one on the road. First up on Friday night the team travels to Alumni Arena to take on the Cortland Red Dragons. Faceoff in Cortland is set for 7PM. Then on Saturday the team kicks off the final homestand of the season as they host the Hamilton Continentals at 7PM!

(Photo provided by the Oswego State Sports Information Department)