Reisterstown, MD – Freshmen Brayden Fryfogle and Nolan Zotter each scored their first career goals for the SUNY Canton men's hockey team, but the Roos dropped a 5-2 decision to Stevenson University on Saturday afternoon.

THE BASICS

• Result: Stevenson University 5 | SUNY Canton 2
• Location: Reisterstown Sportsplex – Reisterstown, MD 
• Records: Stevenson University (2-0-0) | SUNY Canton (0-2-0)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Mustangs opened the scoring at the 10:00 minute mark of the first period as Caden Smith scored his second in two nights.  Smith's goal was assisted by Jake Hugessen.
• Aiden Graham made the score 2-0 Stevenson at 8:03 of the second, ripping a shot from the Blue line that beat the screened Roos goaltender Kelson Hooper.
• Zotter got the Roos on the board less than a minute later, snapping a wrister off the pipe and past Mustangs goalie Jake Hugesson.  Zotter's goal was assisted by senior Colton Sipperley and junior Reilly McKinnon.
• The Roos tied the game 2-2 midway through the third when Fryfogle took a pass along the boards from junior Scott Cremen and blasted a shot through a screen and into the net.  McKinnon earned the secondary assist.
• The tie was short lived, as Conner MacDonell scored for Stevenson just nine seconds later.
• The Mustangs received a power play goal from Jack Karlsson at 11:29 and an empty net goal from Matt Yeagar to close out the scoring.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• In addition to his first goal, Zotter led the Roos with five shots on goal.  McKinnon had two-points on the night for the sixth time of his career.
• Canton was 1/2 on the power play for the second night in a row.  Stevenson was 1/5 on the man-up.
• Canton won the face off battle, 43-31.
• Hooper stopped 35 for the Roos and Hugesson made 29 stops, earning the win for the Mustangs.

WHAT'S NEXT?
The Roos host Framingham State University for a pair of weekend games on November 8^th and 9^th at 7:00 p.m. and 3:00 p.m. respectively.
   
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