Canton, NY – Sophomore Brendan Morrow and Senior Nic Herringer each had four points for SUNY Canton but the Roos lost a late lead and eventually dropped their road game 6-5 in overtime to SUNY Potsdam on Friday night.  The two teams play again on Saturday night at SUNY Canton.
 
THE BASICS

• Result:  SUNY Potsdam 6, SUNY Canton 5
• Location: Maxcy Ice Arena – Potsdam, NY 
• Records: SUNY Potsdam (4-9-0) | SUNY Canton (3-7-0)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Morrow opened the scoring with a power play goal at 3:54 of the first period.  Herringer made a spectacular move, splitting two defenders before feeding Morrow with a cross-crease feed.  Senior Sam Martin gathered the secondary assist on the play.
• The Bears' Robert Clerc tied the game at 14:51 of the period, depositing a shot top corner.
• Potsdam took the lead on a Jack Ludwig goal at 4:33 of the second before the Roos answered when sophomore Colton Sipperley evened the game a 2-2.  Sipperley's goal came on another SUNY Canton power play and was assisted by freshman Evan Pringle and Morrow.
• Drew Rose gave the Bears a 3-2 advantage at 13:10 of the second.  But the Roos struck back again, this time just over 30 seconds later, when Herringer found an open Zac Sirota on a three-on-one.  Sirota buried the puck for his fifth goal of the year tying the game 3-3.
• Potsdam went ahead again at 3:50 of the third period on another Rose goal.  The Roos battled back to tie the game at 4-4 on Morrow's second of the night and went ahead 5-4 on his third at 17:37 of the period.  But the Bears' Nick Alfieri would again tie the score with the teams playing four aside and send the game into overtime.
• In the extra session, the Roos missed on a shot just wide of the net which resulted in a 2 on 0 break going the other way.  Ryan Mahlmeister finished a nifty give-and-go passing play to give the Bears the 6-5 OT win.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Morrow finished the night with the hat trick and one assist while Herringer finished with four assists.
• Freshman goaltender Nate Hopkins made 26 saves for the Roos while Potsdam's John Werber stopped 43.
• The Roos were 2-4 on the power play and killed off both of the Bears power play opportunities.
• SUNY Potsdam held an advantage at the faceoff dot, winning 44 of 72 draws.

WHAT'S NEXT?
SUNY Canton hosts SUNY Potsdam in the second game of their home-and-home series on Saturday night at 7:00 p.m.
   
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.