CANTON, N.Y. – The Cortland men’s hockey team erased a 2-0 second-period deficit and earned a 5-3 win at Canton Saturday night in non-conference action. The Red Dragons evened their record at 1-1, while the Kangaroos fell to 1-1 as the teams split the two game series.
Junior Andrew McCann (Bowmanville, ON/Wellington Dukes) led Cortland with a pair of goals. Junior Darren McCormick (Buffalo/Buffalo Jr. Sabres) tallied one goal and two assists, junior Dan Broderick (White Plains/New York PAL Islanders) recorded one goal and one assist, and freshman Dougie Elgstam (Stockholm, Sweden/New Jersey Rockets) added a goal.
Sophomore Mike Crowley (Buffalo/Springfield Blues) chipped in with two assists for the Red Dragons, and freshman Stefano Alonzi (Maple, ON/Burlington Cougars), Connor Beck (Richmond Hill, ON/Toronto Jr. Canadiens) and Wilson Vershay (Buffalo/Buffalo Jr. Sabres) each earned an assist. Freshman goalie Chris Bastone (Greenwich, CT/New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs) made 24 saves in his first collegiate start.
Josh Sova, Vili-Jesper Koivula and Ben Beasley each netted a goal for Canton. Kasey Kulczycki, David Hopfer, J.P. Langlois and Tyler Bullard collected one assist apiece. Goalie Michael Cerasuolo stopped 22 shots.
Canton took a 2-0 lead as Sova scored at 19:01 of the first period on a two-man advantage and Koivula netted an unassisted goal at 8:40 of the second period. McCormick cut the Cortland deficit to 2-1 at 13:46 of the second, and Elgstam and McCann scored less than two and a half minutes apart late in the period to give Cortland a 3-2 lead.
McCann’s power-play goal 2:20 into the third period made it 4-2 before Beasley notched a power-play goal for the Kangaroos at 5:51 to again make it a one-goal game. Broderick added an insurance goal at 15:41 and Cortland held on for the 5-3 win.
Cortland 5, Canton 3
Score by periods:
Cortland 0-3-2 5
Canton 1-1-1 3
Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists)
Cortland: Andrew McCann 2-0, Darren McCormick 1-2, Dan Broderick 1-1, Dougie Elgstam 1-0, Mike Crowley 0-2, Stefano Alonzi 0-1, Connor Beck 0-1, Wilson Vershay 0-1
Canton: Vili-Jesper Koivula 1-0, Josh Sova 1-0, Ben Beasley 1-0, Kasey Kulczycki 0-1, David Hopfer 0-1, J.P. Langlois 0-1, Tyler Bullard 0-1
Saves: Chris Bastone (Cortland) 24 saves (3 GA in 59:50), Empty Net :10; Michael Cerasuolo (Canton) 22 saves (5 GA in 59:01), Empty Net :59
Shots on Goal: Cortland 27 (5-14-8), Canton 27 (11-8-8)
Penalties: Cortland 9-18:00, Canton 8-16:00
Power Play: Canton 2-8, Cortland 1-6
Records after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 1-1; Canton (Kangaroos) 1-1
