Rochester, NY – Junior Trey Miller made 42 saves and seniors Evan Pringle and Scott Cremen scored timely goals to give the SUNY Canton men's hockey team a 2-1 road victory over Nazareth University on Friday night.
 
THE BASICS

• Result: SUNY Canton 2 | Nazareth 1
• Location: Tim Horton's Iceplex – Rochester, NY 
• Records: SUNY Canton (3-0-0) | Nazareth (2-1-0)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Canton opened the scoring at the 14:32 mark of the first period when Niko Schoner collected a rebound in his own end before racing down ice and backhanding a shot just wide of the net.  Pringle, driving to the net, tapped the puck past the sprawling netminder to give the Roos a 1-0 lead.
• Nate Mann evened the game at 1-1 at 7:11 of the second period, beating Miller blocker side on a point blank shot.
• Cremen gave the Roos a 2-1 midway through the second period, blasting a slap shot from the top of the circle top corner.  His power play goal was assisted by freshman Colton Alexander and Pringle.
• The Golden Flyers would pull their goalie with just over a minute remaining in regulation and the teams playing four-on-four.  Nazareth created a number of scoring opportunities with the extra skater but Miller and the defense held to give the Roos the victory.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Pringle (1 goal & 1 assist) and Alexander (2 assists) led the Roos with two points each.
• Schoner and Alexander now lead Canton with six points each.  Both players have two goals and four assists.
• Pringle's three goals on the season gives him the early lead in that category.
• Canton was 1/4 on the power play with Nazareth going 0/3.
• The Golden Flyers had an edge at the faceoff dot, winning 37 draws to Canton's 30.
• Miller made 42 saves, the second highest total in his career.
• Paul Dalessio made 21 saves for Nazareth.

WHAT'S NEXT?
The Roos travel to play Elmira tomorrow, November 8^th in a Saturday matinee with puck drop 4:00 p.m.
   
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