Lake Forest, IL – Freshman Niko Schoner scored a pair of goals for the SUNY Canton men's hockey team on Saturday afternoon but the Roos dropped an 8-3 decision to Lake Forest College.
 
THE BASICS

• Result: Lake Forest College 8, SUNY Canton 3
• Location: Alumni Memorial Field House – Lake Forest, IL 
• Records: Lake Forest College (5-7-0) | SUNY Canton (2-11-0)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Lake Forest opened the scoring at 6:02 of the first period when Tyler Nielsen took a cross-crease pass from Justin Ross and beat sophomore Nate Hopkins.
• Logan Kittleson put the Foresters up 2-0 less than a minute later on a low-angle shot that deflected past Hopkins. Kittleson's goal was assisted by Fabrizio Mazzarelli.
• Schoner stole the puck at the top of the circle and placed a wrist shot over the blocker of Forester goaltender Bobby McCloskey to get the Roos within one goal at 2-1 at 13:20 of the opening period.
• Connor Scahill extended the lead to 3-1 just over 30 seconds later, taking a cross-ice pass from Kittleson and beating Hopkins top shelf.
• Junior Colton Sipperley had a nifty give-and-go sequence with sophomore Reilly McKinnon, just under two minutes later, taking the return pass and depositing it past McCloskey.
• Schoner tied the game at three, taking a pass from junior Brendan Morrow and burying it for his second of the evening midway through the second period.
• A major penalty for the Roos, late in the period, resulted in a five-minute power play for the Foresters, and two late second period goals by Griffen Sanom and Nielsen to put Lake Forest up 5-3.
• Connor Tartaglione scored one in the third and Chase Freiermuth potted two more for the Foresters making the final 8-3.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Schoner's two goals give him eight for the season to lead the team.  Morrow's assist gives him 10 points on the season putting him second to Schoner's 13.
• The Roos were 0/4 on the power play, Lake Forest was 2/7.
• Lake Forest won a close face off battle 32-30.
• Hopkins finished the night with 28 saves.  Freshman Trey Miller came in late in relief and made two saves giving up no goals.  McCloskey made 25 saves for the Foresters.

WHAT'S NEXT?
The Roos will face the Foresters again tomorrow afternoon, December 31st, 5:00 p.m. EST in a New Year's Eve match before returning home to Canton.
   
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.