Cortland, NY – Sophomore Logan Kelly scored his fifth goal of the season and his third of the weekend but the SUNY Canton men's hockey team dropped a 6-1 decision on Saturday afternoon.

THE BASICS

• Result: SUNY Cortland 6, SUNY Canton 1
• Location: Alumni Arena – Cortland, NY
• Records: SUNY Cortland (6-4-1, 4-1-1 SUNYAC) | SUNY Canton (5-6-0, 1-4-0 SUNYAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Red Dragons struck first, with Matthew DeSpirit taking advantage of a deflection off a Roos defenseman in front of the net to give his team a 1-0 lead.  The goal was scored at 6:18 of the first period and was assisted by Morley Phillips and Nathan Garnier.
• Connor Murphy extended Cortland's lead to 2-0, burying a cross-crease pass from Colby Seitz at the 15:17 mark of the first.
• Less than a minute later, Brady Hildreth wristed a shot top shelf over the extended glove of senior Kelson Hooper to put the Red Dragons up 3-0.
• Logan Kelly got the Roos on the board at 17:57 of the first, scoring a power play goal from the top right circle off a pass from junior Niko Schoner.
• After holding Cortland off the scoresheet for most of the second period, the Roos surrendered a powerplay goal by Garnier at 18:12 and an even strength marker by Humphrey with just three seconds left in the stanza.
• Thomas Rocky's goal at 5:08 of the third period closed out the scoring and gave the Red Dragons a 6-1 victory.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Cortland outshot the Roos 38-24 with Schoner leading the way with four.
• The faceoff dot was dead even at 37 all.  Senior Jordyn Mughal led the Roos with 12 wins.
• Kelly had a productive weekend.  In addition to his power play goal against Cortland, he scored two more last night against Morrisville.
• Hooper finished with 29 saves in 45 minutes of action.  Junior Nate Hopkins was a perfect 3 for 3 in relief.
• Shane Shelest made 23 saves for the Red Dragons, earning his fourth conference win of the season.

WHAT'S NEXT?
The Roos have a lengthy holiday break before hitting the road to face Utica University on Sunday, January 4^th at 5 p.m.    
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