Potsdam, NY – Senior Sirena Alvarez has had many busy nights this season as the primary goaltender for the SUNY Canton women's hockey team.  The team's regular season finale was not one of them.  While Alvarez, who hails from Finland, only faced 12 shots on the night, she stopped them all earning her 13^th shutout of her career placing her first all-time for the program.  The Roos earned a 2-0 victory over visiting SUNY Morrisville in a Northeast Women's Hockey League matchup.

The Roos honored Alvarez as the team's lone senior in a post-game ceremony.
 
THE BASICS

• Result:  SUNY Canton 2, SUNY Morrisville 0
• Location: Maxcy Ice Arena – Potsdam, NY 
• Records:  SUNY Canton (14-9-2, 8-9-1) | SUNY Morrisville (7-16-1, 4-13-0)

HOW IT HAPPENED 

• Junior Gracyn Emmerton kicked off the scoring for the Roos at 3:21 of the first period, racing down the left-hand dasher and snapping a wrister past Mustangs goaltender Maggie Jones.  Junior Makayla Young assisted on the goal.
• Junior Victoria McGarrity pushed the lead to 2-0 Roos, just 36 seconds into the third when she picked up a loose puck in front of the net and buried it past Jones.  Emmerton earned her second point of the afternoon with the assist.
• In the waning moments of the third period, a Morrisville cross-crease feed led to a dangerous scoring opportunity but Alvarez pushed hard of the near post, across the crease and preserved the shutout.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• The Roos were 0/1 on the power play and 2/2 on the penalty kill.
• SUNY Canton also won the faceoff battle 32-25.
• Junior Iida Laitinen led all skaters with eight shots on goal.
• Jones finished with 46 saves for the Mustangs.
• The 14 wins by the Roos tie a program record set by the 2016-17 team and their eight conference wins are their most since they joined the Northeast Women's Hockey League (NEWHL) in the 2019-20 season. The 7 conference wins are the most they have had in a conference in program history as they previously had seven conference wins on three occasions (2021-22, 2016-17, 2015-16).  

WHAT'S NEXT?
SUNY Canton travels to Plattsburgh to face the #3 Plattsburgh State Cardinals in the semifinal round of the NEWHL Tournament.  The game will be on Saturday, February 25^th at 3 p.m. and the winner will advance to the conference championship game.
   
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.