Once the 2nd period hit, Oswego's offense kept right on rolling along. 1:49 into the 2nd perio Oswego would increase thier lead to 2-0 thanks to Luke Moodie's 12th of the year. No surprise he was set up by linemates Rodrigues and Jon Whitelaw. It took all of 34 seconds for Elmira to cut the lead in half, as at the 2:23 mark, Carter Shinkaruk scored his 5th of the season. Oswego would regain their two goal lead at the 8:57 mar thanks to David Titanic scoring his 4th of the year. Once again Elmira would storm right back as 35 seconds later, at the 9:32 mark, Tommy Sumi scored his 2nd of the year to cut the Oswego lead to 3-2. Oswego would once again restore that two goal lead thanks to the first career goal by Nick Rivait, at the 17:52 mark. After 40 minutes Oswego held a 4-2 lead. Oswego would put the game away in the 3rd period when Jon Whitelaw scored his 4th of the year at the 19:39 mark into an empty Elmira net to seal the 5-2 win.
Andrew Hare picked up the win for Oswego, improving his overall record to 10-2-0 on the year, and he made 21 saves in the win. Darren McDonald took the loss for Elmira, dropping his overall record to 2-5-0, while he made 38 saves in the loss. Oswego went 0 for 4 on the powerplay while Elmira never got a shot on their man advantage.
So after the win Friday night in Elmira, the boys kept their act going on the road Saturday, this time to the Utica Memorial Auditorium to take on the Utica Pioneers. Utica had already beaten Oswego in Oswego back on December 7th. This night in Utica, the venue was different but the result was the same. utica came out hard amd dominated the game for the entire sixty minutes knocking off the Lakers by a 6-0 score. The following recap of the game was provided to us by the Oswego State Sports Information Department:
Eighth-ranked Utica (11-2-0) registered four power-play goals as the Pioneers handed the second-ranked Oswego State men's ice hockey team (12-3-0) a 6-0 loss Saturday night at Utica Memorial Auditorium. Utica posted three goals in the first and second periods, while going 4-for-6 with the extra attacker.
Chris Santiago opened the scoring at 5:38 in the first period to give the Pioneers an early advantage. Louie Educate make it a 2-0 contest at the 13:34 mark, which was less than a minute into a Laker boarding penalty. Utica extended its lead before the end of the stanza following a power-play goal by Adam Graff at 17:24.
The Pioneers carried momentum into the second period courtesy of two Oswego State penalties in the final minute of the first. Utica capitalized on the two-skater advantage 53 seconds into the frame when Rob Morton scored.
The Pioneers struck again at 5:27 to make the score, 5-0, prompting the Lakers to pull starting goalie Andrew Hare in favor of Justin Gilbert. Utica scored its final goal of the game at 16:13 in the second following another 5-on-3 situation. By the end of the period, the Pioneers held a 6-0 lead.
Oswego State had two power-play chances in the third period, but came up short on the scoreboard.
Andrew Hare stopped eight shots and allowed five goals in 25:27, while Gilbert finished with 19 saves on 20 shots in 34:33 during his first collegiate appearance. Utica's Nick Therrien made 25 saves in the win.
With the loss to Utica, it marks the 2nd time Oswego has been shutout in the last two seasons. Neuman shutout Oswego last year 3-0 in the Championship game of the Pathfinder Bank Oswego Hockey Classic. The loss also knocked Oswego down three spots in the last USCHO coaches poll, as the team dropped from 2nd in the nation down to 5th. Paul Rodrigues and Luke Moodie are still one and two on the team in scoring. Rodrigues leads the way with 30 points on 10 goals and 20 assists, while Moodie is right behind him with 25 points on 12 goals and 13 assists. Those two are the only two guys with more than 20 points on the team, Jesse McConney is right behind with 19 points. Moodie and Rodrigues are also the only guys on the team with double digits in goals, Chris Ayotte is right behind with nine goals.
Rodrigues still leads all of Division III hockey in point scoring. As a team Oswego is now tied with St. norber for the 5th best team offense in the country at 5.00 goals per game. Adrian leads the nation in team offense at 5.67 goals per game. The Lakers are now in a three way tie for the 8th best team defense in the country at allowing 2.00 goals per game. On the powerplay, Oswego is 6th best in the nation, while the penalty kill is tied for 24th best in the country.
Next up for Oswego State is one home game this Saturday night at the Campus Center at 7PM as they take on former head coach George Roll and Nazarth! That night Lakers head coach Ed Gosek will be looking for career win #200!
(Photo provided by the Oswego State Sports Information Department)
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