(Canton, N.Y.)- The SUNY Canton men's ice hockey wrapped up their regular season Friday night winning their seventh straight game beating Syracuse University 4-3 at the Canton Pavilion.  The Roos, who already clinched the ECHL regular season title, improved to 13-1 in the league and 17-10 overall.   They'll move on to the ECHL playoffs next weekend in Rochester.

The game was also the final home game for seniors Mark Talamo (Oswego, N.Y.), Scott Zaryski (Oswego, N.Y.), Dan Don (Gouverneur, N.Y.), Adam Levy (Penfield, N.Y.) and Kevin O'Connell (Cadyville, N.Y.).  Senior forward Mike Pearman (Columbus, Ind.) left the team in December to do an internship as part of his degree program.  All six seniors were the first to play four years of hockey at SUNY Canton and they combined for 159 goals and 255 assists and have led the Roos to several postseason berths.

The first period Friday night ended in a 1-0 Syracuse lead despite the Roos out shooting the Orange 10-5.

The second period was a different story as both teams combined to score four times in the first eight minutes.  

Adam Fedor (Orleans, Ontario) tied the the game with an unassisted goal, his team-leading 20th of the season, at the 2:50 mark.  Talamo then netted his fourth goal of the year at the 5:54 mark giving the Roos their first lead of the game.

Syracuse came back a minute later when Justin Snell snuck one past goalie Jimmy Merrow (Plainsboro, N.Y.) and the game was tied again.  

Eric Cook (Cary, N.C.) then put the Roos ahead for good with two straight goals, his 18th and 19th tallies of the season, at the 8:00 and 11:37 marks.

Syracuse trimmed the lead back to one when Jordan Peters scored seven minutes into the final period.  The Orange pulled goalie Andrew Collingham with just over a minute remaining but couldn't get the tying goal as the Roos were able to hold off the extra attacker.

There were just six total penalites called in the game as the Roos went 0-for-4 on the power play and Syracuse went 0-for-2.

Merrow finished with 13 saves on 16 shots and Collingham had 27 saves on 31 shots.