Oswego was rolling from the outset, scoring seven goals in the first period alone. Goal scorers in the opening period were Bobby Gertsakis, his 4th of the year, Jon Whitelaw, his 8th of the year, Zach Josepher, his 8th of the year, Chris Brown, his 7th of the year, David Titanic, his 8th of the year, Luke Moodie, his 17th of the year, and Tyler Leimbrock his 10th of the year. Oswgo had a 7-0 lead at the end of one, the most goals they had scored in one period since scoring eight against Neumann College back in 2000 in route to an 11-0 victory. Oswego would score their final three goals in the 2nd period, Matt Singelton, his 3rd of the year, Luke Moodie, his 2nd of the night and 18th of the year, and Zach Josepher, his 2nd of the night and 9th of the season. Nobody scored in the 3rd period as Oswego put it in cruse control en route to the 10-0 victory.
This was the 2nd time this season Oswego has scored ten goals in a game, the other one being a 10-1 victory over Geneseo back on November 3rd in Geneseo. Shane Talarico took the loss for Potsdam, dropping his record to 3-4-0, allowing 6 goals and making 33 saves in just under 46 minutes of work. Austin Keiser saw 14:01 of the game allowing 4 goals and making 11 saves. Andrew Hare played the first period and picked up the win, improving his record to 17-3-0, while making six saves. Dan Jones played the final 40 minutes and made 13 saves in his work in net. As far as scoring for Oswego goes, everybody except Tim Carr, Kyle Badham, and Denton King picked up at least a point.
So with the victory Friday night, Oswego locks up the #1 seed in conference and another regular season SUNYAC title, the fourth one in as many years for the Lakers.
So after easily beating Potsdam it was off to Stafford Ice Arena to play the rival Plattsburgh State Cardinals. The follow recap is provided by the Oswego State Sports Information Department.
In a game that saw five combined special-team goals, it was a pair of even-strength strikes that handed the No. 2 Oswego State men's ice hockey team a 4-3 loss to No. 9 Plattsburgh Saturday night.
The Lakers remain the No. 1 seed in the upcoming playoffs, and will host the lowest remaining seed following Wednesday's play-in games on Saturday, Feb. 23 at 7 p.m. Ticket information will be released on Sunday. The Cardinals are the No. 2 seed, and will host the highest remaining seed next Saturday as well.
The Lakers dealt the first blow when Jon Whitelaw dug out a puck along the far boards to Paul Rodrigues, who was deep in the zone. He hit Bobby Gertsakis with a pass, as he was crashing to the back pipe. Gertsakis, then, extended his goal-scoring streak to four games with the power-play goal at 14:42 in the first.
Plattsburgh evened the score late in the frame with a power-play marker of its own when Mark Constantine got the puck past Laker goalie Andrew Hare with assists going to Kevin Emmerling and Jared Docking.
With the score tied at 1-1 heading into the second, the Laker offense turned up the pressure on Cadieux, who made a several strong saves to keep the game tied. It was not until the 14:01 mark that the deadlock ended when Emmerling put away a rebound on another Cardinal power play to put the home team back in front.
Minutes later, Plattsburgh gained another power play following a Laker interference penalty. Matt Singleton blocked a shot at the blue line creating a breakaway on Cardinal goalie Mathieu Cadieux, who came out of the net to try to poke the puck away. Cadieux got a small piece of the puck, causing it roll around in the crease with Cadieux well out of position. David Titanic put a stick on it, scoring his ninth goal of the season.
Both squads appeared to be headed into intermission knotted at two, but Nick Jensen scored his sixth goal of the season at 18:39 to send Oswego State into the locker room trailing, 3-2.
Hare kept the Cardinals off the board early in the third when he stopped a pair of shots on a breakaway that would have resulted in a short-handed goal. However, Plattsburgh eventually doubled its lead at 7:45 when Emmerling capitalized on a Laker turnover behind the net and lifted his shot over Hare for his second goal of the game.
Midway through the period, Plattsburgh committed two penalties to give Oswego State a 5-on-3 situation. The Lakers scored 12 seconds into the two-skater advantage when Luke Moodie found the back of the net with a series of tic-tac-toe passes from Rodrigues and Whitelaw.
Oswego State pulled Hare with 46 seconds remaining in regulation, but was unable to net the equalizer to force overtime.
The Lakers ended the game 2-for-6 on the power play with one short-handed goal compared to Plattsburgh, which went 2-for-6 as well. Hare finished the game with 31 saves, while Cadieux ended with 26 stops.
So with that the regular season has come to an end. Playoffs begin this Saturday night at 7PM and the opponent will be determined tomorrow. So check back at the end of the week for previews of all playoff games this weekend!
(Photo provided by the Oswego State Athletics Department)
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