Canton, NY – The SUNY Canton men's hockey team will play a 25-game regular season schedule that includes 11 home games.
 
The team's slate includes nine games against State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) opponents, including three games with local rival SUNY Potsdam, a pair of games with Fredonia and Brockport and a home game with perennial power Oswego State.
 
The Roos will take part in a pair of tournaments including hosting their own tournament Thanksgiving weekend as well as the Pathfinder Bank Classic at Oswego State to start the new year. SUNY Canton will also travel for a road game at the Utica Memorial Auditorium, one of the most popular venues in D-III hockey.
 
Prior to their regular season slate the team will open the year with a pair of exhibitions. The Roos will square off with the Bears at Maxcy Ice Arena on October 22nd followed by a road exhibition at Oswego State the following night.
 
The Roos open the regular season with three straight home games when they host Stevenson University for a pair of games on October 29th (7 PM) and 30th (4 PM) on Halloween weekend. SUNY Canton welcomes Castleton the following Saturday at 7 PM.
 
After hitting the road for a pair of contests, the team returns home when they host the SUNY Canton Tournament on Thanksgiving Weekend. The Roos will play Saint Anselm in the opener on Saturday at 7:30 p.m., while Hamilton College and SUNY Potsdam will square off in the opening game. The winners and losers of those matchups will play each other on Sunday in the championship and consolation games.
 
SUNY Canton closes out its first semester of games with home contests v. Oswego State (12/3) and SUNY Potsdam (12/10) before a road game at Maxcy Ice Arena v. the Bears on December 11th.
   
The Roos open the 2022 portion of their schedule with the Pathfinder Bank/Oswego Hockey Classic. Canton will square off with Skidmore on January 1st at 3 PM with Oswego State and Augsburg playing the nightcap on Saturday. The winners and losers will square off on Sunday.
 
SUNY Canton will continue its road trip with a pair of games at Arcadia University on January 7th and 8th. The Knights are a first-year program who are coached by former Roos assistant coach Vincent Pietrangelo. The Roos will face the Bears for a third time on January 12th in Potsdam.
 
Other second semester home games for Canton include a pair of games v. Fredonia (1/14 & 1/15), Brockport (1/22), Morrisville (2/4) and closing out the regular season v. Rivier (2/11 & 2/12).
SUNY Canton will look to compete in postseason play in the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Commissioner's Cup on February 18th and 19th which is currently scheduled to be played in West Springfield, MA.

"We are excited to get back to some normalcy this season and get prepared to play a great 25 game schedule with two exhibition games," Head Coach Alex Boak said. "We have some very good programs on the schedule this year and as a program we cannot be the best if we don't play the best. We have a good mix of games at home and on the road, a series against a former coach, three games against our rival up Route 11, and hosting our first tournament in Canton since I have come on board. There are a lot of things to be excited for this year and we can't wait to get started in a couple of weeks."
 


About SUNY Canton
As Northern New York's premier college for career-driven bachelor's degrees, associate degrees and professional certificate programs, SUNY Canton delivers quality hands-on programs in digital design, engineering technology, health, management and public service. Faculty members are noted for their professional real-world experience in addition to outstanding academic credentials. As SUNY's leader in online education, SUNY Canton OnLine offers hundreds of flexible and convenient courses as well as 23 online degree programs. The college placed first in 14 categories in a SUNY-Wide Student Opinion Survey, most notably in career services, tutoring, library resources, and classroom facilities. The SUNY Canton Kangaroos 15 traditional athletic teams compete at the NCAA Division III level as part of the North Atlantic Conference. SUNY Canton also features varsity esports and cheerleading.