Rutland, VT – The SUNY Canton men's hockey team dropped a 6-0 decision to Vermont State University at Castleton on Friday evening.
 
THE BASICS |

• Result: Castleton 6, SUNY Canton 0
• Location: Spartan Arena – Rutland, VT 
• Records: Vermont State University Castleton (2-3-0) | SUNY Canton (0-5-0)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Castleton broke the scoreless tie at 9:15 of the first period when Josef Vyvial took a drop pass from Zach Papapetros and wristed a shot past a screened Kelson Hooper.
• The Spartans scored three goals in less than five minutes in the second period.  At 10:38, Bryce Irwin buried a rebound off a shot from teammate Zack Whittaker.
• Just three minutes later Papapetros deflected a shot just outside the crease to put the puck past Hooper.
• Andrew Sefura closed out the scoring for the period ripping a shot over the blocker of Hooper to extend the lead to 4-0
• Papapetros and Jackson Edwards both scored third-period goals to give the Spartans the 6-0 victory.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Castleton outshot the Roos 30-13 and dominated the faceoff dot winning 39 of 53 draws.
• The Roos were 0/4 on the powerplay and the Spartans were 2/3.
• Junior Colton Sipperley led the Roos with three shots on goal.  Seniors Gino DeBlasiis and Nic Herringer both had two shots on goal.
• Hooper finished with 17 saves and freshman Trey Miller, who replaced Hooper in the second period, made seven.  Castleton's Dominic Rodrigue was credited with 13 stops.

WHAT'S NEXT?
SUNY Canton travels to Saratoga Springs to face the Skidmore College Thoroughbreds on Saturday, November 11^th at 4:00 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.