Canton, NY – Junior Brendan Morrow scored his first goal of the season, as the SUNY Canton men's hockey team dropped a home contest to SUNY Potsdam 4-1 on Tuesday night.
 
THE BASICS

• Result: SUNY Potsdam 4, SUNY Canton 1
• Location: Roos House – Canton, NY 
• Records: SUNY Potsdam (1-1-0) | SUNY Canton (0-3-0)

HOW IT HAPPENED 

• The Roos opened the scoring at 13:22 of the first period when sophomore Evan Pringle chipped a puck from his own zone to Morrow, who hit freshman Niko Schoner in stride at the blue line.  Schoner hit Morrow back with the give-and-go pass and Morrow danced around Bears goaltender John Werber and deposited the puck just over Werber's right pad and into the net.
• Potsdam answered at 2:22 of the second when Jack McCandless picked of a Roo zone exit and deflected the puck off a Roo defender and past sophomore goaltender Nate Hopkins.
• Jeremy Quesnel gave the Bears the lead at 5:17 of third, finding the puck in a scrum of players and poking it past a prone Hopkins.  Rocco Seery and Ryan Mahlmeister earned the assists.
• Michael Campbell scored a power play goal at 13:02 of the third to extend Potsdam's lead to 3-1.  His goal was assisted by Mason Hoehn and Eli Doughart-Wood.
• Max Klanow closed out the scoring collecting an empty-net goal with Hopkins on the bench for the extra attacker.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• The Bears out shot the Roos 34-31, including 13-9 in the third period.
• SUNY Canton led the battle at the dot, winning 34 of the 62 faceoffs, led by Morrow's 12.
• Seven different Roos blocked a shot on the evening.
• Hopkins finished with 30 saves on the night while his counterpart Werber matched with 30 of his own.

WHAT'S NEXT?
SUNY Canton travels to SUNY Geneseo to face off against the #14 Knights on Saturday, November 4^th 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.