PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – The No. 4/5 Oswego State men’s ice hockey team stayed perfect on the year with a 4-1 victory over rival No. 8/10 Plattsburgh on Saturday night in the Ronald B. Stafford Arena. It is the Lakers’ first win over the Cardinals since a 3-1 triumph on Dec. 5, 2014 and their largest margin of victory since a 4-0 shutout of Plattsburgh on March 2, 2013. Oswego is now 7-0-0 overall and 5-0-0 in the SUNYAC while Plattsburgh drops to 3-2-0, 2-2-0. The 7-0-0 start is the Lakers’ best since an 8-0-0 beginning of the 2012-13 campaign.
Oswego dominated action throughout the night, opening the scoring at 11:45 of the first period. After Plattsburgh failed to clear the puck out of its zone, Chris Waterstreet kept the Lakers onside and dished to Aaron Huffnagle. Huffnagle was able to find teammate David Ferreira by the right post and Ferreira beat the Cardinal goalie for a 1-0 Laker lead.
Plattsburgh was able to even the score less than three minutes later but Oswego quickly turned the tide. The Lakers regained a lead it would never relinquish just 1:32 after the Cardinal goal. Andrew Barton found the back of the net with assists coming from Chris Raguseo and Mitchell Herlihey.
That 2-1 edge held until 5:30 in the second period when Chris Waterstreet earned his second point of the night, this time on a goal off JJ Hart’s first helper of the year. After taking the 3-1 advantage into the final intermission, Oswego tacked on another tally in the third period for good measure. This time it was Herlihey with the goal from Botten and Matt Galati.
David Jacobson picked up the win in net for the Lakers, stopping 17 shots to move to 4-0-0 on the year.
Oswego outshot the Cardinals 38-18, won six more faceoffs (34-28) and allowed just two power-play chances compared to Plattsburgh giving up five opportunities.
The Lakers will return to the ice at 7 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 2 when they head to Morrisville State College to matchup with the Mustangs in a conference battle.
