Canton, NY – Sophomore Zac Sirota and senior Sam Martin scored for the SUNY Canton men's hockey team but the Roos dropped their season finale to the Arcadia Knights 6-3 on Saturday afternoon.  The Roos honored their six seniors Brendan McCormack, Matt Passaretti, Martin, Matthew Headland, Noah Robinson and Jarrod Croswell in a pregame ceremony.

THE BASICS

• Result: Arcadia University 6, SUNY Canton 3
• Location: Roos House – Canton, NY 
• Records: SUNY Canton (12-13-0) | Arcadia University (6-14-3)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Arcadia jumped ahead on two quick goals by Connor Williams and Brendan Dicker early in the first period.
• Sirota sliced the lead to 2-1 at 6:56 second period when he tipped a shot in front of the net, picked up his rebound and backhanded a shot for his 12^th goal of the year.  Junior Sebastien Paquette assisted on the goal.
• Sirota tied the game at two, scoring his second of the afternoon by tipping in a shot from sophomore Filip Jakobsson at 13:22 of second period. Junior Trevor Christopher also assisted on the play.
• The Knights scored two more goals in the second on goals by Dylan Florit and Donnie Feldman to take a 4-2 lead into intermission.
• James Spaargaren extended Arcadia's lead to 5-2 at 11:21 of the third before senior Sam Martin closed the gap to 5-3.  Martin took a nifty between the legs from freshman Scott Cremen and shot it past Ryan Burgess.  Jakobsson earned the secondary assist on the goal.
• Conor Williams scored an empty net power play goal with just 10 seconds remaining to give the Knights the 6-3 win.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Sirota finished the season as the top goal scorer with 13, Martin finished in second with nine goals.
• SUNY Canton was 1/4 on the power play and 4/5 on the penalty kill
• Canton had a 39-31 advantage on faceoffs.
• Kelson Hooper made 24 saves and Filip Schlyter finished with 6 saves in relief.
• Burgess made 40 saves for the Knights.

WHAT'S NEXT?
SUNY Canton finished the year with a 12-13 record to close out the 22-23 season.
   
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.