Canton, NY – Freshman Raine Hodge scored in his first collegiate game and junior Niko Schoner scored a goal and added an assist but the SUNY Canton men's hockey team dropped a 6-4 decision to Fredonia State on Friday evening.

THE BASICS

• Result: SUNY Fredonia 6, SUNY Canton 4
• Location: Terry Martin Rink – Canton, NY
• Records: SUNY Fredonia (1-9-1, 1-4-1 SUNYAC) | SUNY Canton (5-8-0, 1-5-0 SUNYAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Roos opened the scoring at 4:45 of the first period when Hodge dislodged the puck behind the net and fed junior Adrian Franco for a shot in tight that was saved by goaltender Charles-Anthony Barbeau.  Hodge gathered the rebound and buried his first career goal with the Roos.
• Schoner put Canton up 2-0 at the 9:58 mark of the first, skating from his own defensive end through four Blue Devil defenders before depositing the puck over Barbeau's blocker.  The goal was scored on the power play and was assisted by senior Scott Cremen.
• Antione St. Onge got Fredonia on the board at 14:28 of the first, burying a rebound past senior Kelson Hooper to make it 2-1.
• Owen Cross evened the game at two early in the second when he picked up a rebound and scored off the crossbar at 5:19 of the period.
• Fredonia scored a power play goal to take a 3-2 lead when St. Onge registered his second goal of the game.
• Junior Jordan Prepszl knotted the game at three, wristing a low angle shot top corner. Prepszl's goal was at 13:44 of the second period and was assisted by sophomore Brayden Fryfogle and Schoner.
• Two special teams goals – a short-handed tally by Keenan McNeill and a power play goal by Alexis Gonzalez-Lambert – put Fredonia up 5-3 early in the third.
• Spencer Sasenbury got Canton to within 5-4 at the 15:01 mark but an empty net goal by Luke Morris last in the period gave the Blue Devils the insurance marker they needed and his team the 6-4 victory.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Schoner now has 14 points (4g, 9a) on the season to lead Canton.
• Sasenbury's goal gives him five on the year tying him with Evan Pringle and Logan Kelly for the team lead.
• Nine different Roos scored at least one point on the evening.
• The Roos were 1/3 on the power play while Fredonia went 2/5.
• Canton held a 32-29 edge at the faceoff dot, with Sasenbury leading the way winning 12 of 19 draws.
• Hooper finished with 24 saves while his counterpart Barbeau made 38 for the Blue Devils.

WHAT'S NEXT?
The Roos host the Bengals of Buffalo State in another SUNYAC match tomorrow, January 10^th at 4 p.m.    
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