Oswego Women's Hockey Suffers First Loss Of Season

The Oswego State Women's Hockey Team took their talents on the road for the first time this season, heading north for a weekend series against the Potsdam Bears. Oswego went into the weekend with an unbeaten record, but  weren't able to come out with that perfect record still in tact.

First up was the Saturday afternoon matchup, which saw Oswego dominate the hockey game, but still come up short in their quest, falling to the Bears 3-2. Potsdam scored the first two goals of the game in the opening period, both of them coming off the stick of Jordan Ott. Ott's first goal, her 2nd of the seaosn, came on the powerplay at 11:02. Ott scored again, her 3rd of the year, at 13:58 to give the Bears the 2-0 lead heading into intermission.  To the 2nd period we go and Oswego was the only team to find the back of the net in the middle frame. The Lakers cut the lead in half at 4:46 of the period when Kendall Appelbaum scored her first career goal, a powerplay goal, to cut the lead in half. That's how it would stay when the 2nd period came to a close. When the 3rd period got underway, it took the Bears 2:54 into the period to stretch the lead to 3-1, when Izzy Fayerman scored her 2nd of the year, a powerplay goal. Oswego would get the goal back late in the period, when at the 18:50 mark, Bridget Hamlin scored her 2nd of the season, a powerplay goal, to again cut the lead to one. But it was too late as the Bears held on for the 3-2 win.

Oswego outshot Potsdam 43-16 in the game, and 14-2 in the 3rd period alone. But it just wasn't enough as the Lakers suffer the first loss of the season. Alexane Rodrigue got the win for the Bears, improving her record to 2-1-0 on the season, as she made 41 saves in the win. Catherine Cote took the loss for Oswego, dropping her record to 1-1-0 on the year, as she made 13 saves in the loss. Special teams played a big impact on this game, as both teams went 2 for 7 on the powerplay.

So Oswego had to make a quick turnaround, as the two teams met again in Potsdam on Sunday Afternoon. Oswego shook off the preformance from the day before, earning a 1-1- tie against the Bears. Bridget Hamlin  scored the only goal of the game for Oswego, her 3rd of the year and 2nd in as many days, at the 3:06 mark of the 1st period. Potsdam answered with a powerplay goal from Amanda Lucky, her 2nd of the year, at 18:20 of the 2nd period. That was all the scoring that both teams could muster over 65 minutes of hockey.

Shots were closer in this hockey game then they were the day before, as Oswego outshot Potsdam 30-25 on the night. Alexane Rodrigue made 30 saves for Potsdam in the tie, pulling her record to 2-1-1. Bridget Smith earned the tie for Oswego, moving her record to 1-0-1, made 24 saves on the day.

Now that the north country trip is done for the season, Oswego gets set to return home to the friendly confins of the Campus Center Ice Arena, as the host an old foe. The Neuman Knights make the trip to the Campus Center this weekend, with games set to be played Saturday November 16th and Sunday November 17th, both with 3PM puck drops!

(Photo provided by Oswego State Athletics)