Box Score

Morrisville, NY – The men's hockey team scored twice in the final 13 minutes to come from two goals down to tie host Morrisville State, 3-3, Friday evening on the road.
 
Zach Paisley (Yonkers, NY) scored two power play goals on the evening and J.R. Lafferty (Williamstown, NJ) picked up his eighth and ninth assists of the season. Special teams played a big role in the contest as the teams went a combined 4-for-9 with the extra skater.
 
Morrisville (4-9-2) used two power play markers nine minutes apart to open up a 2-0 lead after the first. Joe Santino netted his third score of the year at the 9:51 mark and Jordan Carvalho followed that up with a tally of his own with just 1:36 to play in the period.
 
After playing a majority of the second frame scoreless, the Roos (3-12-2) seized the momentum as Paisley netted his second score of the season at the 18:48 mark off a pass from Lafferty. Zach Baker made it 3-1 Morrisville on his third of the season just 1:29 into the third. Paisley scored his second power play tally of the game at the 7:42 mark off passes from Sam McLaughlin (Ottawa, ON) and Kristian Leach (Indianapolis, IN).
 
With just under four minutes remaining Nick Vasilopoulos (Montreal, QC) came up huge lighting the lamp for the third time this season to knot the game at 3-3. Lafferty and Cory Giczewski (Fountain Valley, CA) were credited with assists on the play.
 
SUNY Canton generated the only two shots on goal in the overtime period but Jakob Rasmussen stopped both attempts as the game ended in a tie. Junior Morgan Barr (Almonte, ONT) had a strong night once again turning aside 31 shots, while Rasmussen made 14 saves.
 
The Roo power play unit continued their stellar play going 2-for-5 with the extra skater, while the Mustangs were 2-for-4 on the power play. SUNY Canton has been on a tear as of late going 11-for-27 (41%) on the power play in its last seven outings.
 
The men's hockey team returns home for a 4:00 p.m. puck drop on Saturday against Johnson & Wales University at the Roos House. Stay up to date with the latest news directly from the SUNY Canton Athletics department by "liking" us on Facebook and "following" our Twitter account.

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