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Canton, NY – Joe Deveny scored a pair of goals and three players finished with two assists but visiting Wilkes University earned a 7-5 win v. the SUNY Canton men's hockey team on Saturday evening.

The Roos (0-1) wasted no time getting on the board just 17 seconds in as Adam Petric and Reily McIntosh executed a nice give-and-go giving the freshman from Toronto his first collegiate goal. Wilkes responded less than a minute later off a faceoff win in their offensive zone with Nick Fea deking and finishing far post over the stick of Josh Erickson.

SUNY Canton committed back-to-back slashing penalties which resulted in an extended 5-on-3 for Wilkes. The Roos penalty kill, which went 7-for-8 on Friday night, was up to the task killing off both power play opportunities for the Colonels.

Wilkes (1-1) was called for a pair of minors two seconds apart but the Colonel PK also came up big killing off both penalties to keep the game tied at one. Wilkes added a goal off the stick of with 39 seconds left as they took a 2-1 lead after one.

Each team scored three times in a high scoring second period. Joe Deveny found the back of the net twice, once on the power play, while Sean David tallied the other goal for Canton. The Roos got within one following a Max Routledge tally with the skater advantage at 7:19 of the third, but Tyler Barrow put the game away with a power play score with 34 seconds remaining for Wilkes.

Matthews, Jeffrey Gauld and Sean Shepard all posted two assists each for the Roos.

The men's hockey team returns to the ice next Friday when it hosts SUNY Potsdam at 7 p.m. Stay up to date with the latest news directly from the SUNY Canton Athletics department by "liking" us on Facebook and "following" our Twitter, Instagram and YouTube accounts.

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SUNY Canton is Northern New York's premier college for career-driven bachelor's degrees, associate degrees and professional certificate programs. The college delivers quality hands-on programs in engineering technology, health, management and public service and recently received number one rankings in library resources, library services and tutoring services in the SUNY Student Opinion Survey. The college's faculty members are noted for their professional real-world experience in addition to outstanding academic credentials. SUNY Canton OnLine offers hundreds of flexible and convenient courses as well as 16 online degree programs. The college's 15 athletic teams compete at the NCAA Division III level as part of the North Atlantic Conference. For more information, visit www.canton.edu.