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Wilkes-Barre, PA – Senior Niko Schoner recorded his second hat trick in as many days and the fourth of his career as he broke the SUNY Canton men's hockey D-III era record for career goals leading the Roos to a 7-4 road win at Misericordia on Saturday.

With his six goals on the weekend, he now sits at 38 career goals as he owns the Roos D-III era program record for career goals breaking the previous mark held by Joe Deveny '18 of 35.

THE BASICS

• Result: SUNY Canton 7, Misericordia 4
• Location: Toyota Sportsplex – Wilkes-Barre, PA
• Records: SUNY Canton (2-0-0) | Misericordia University (0-2-0)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Roos wasted no time carrying momentum over from their 9-1 win against the Cougars the previous day scoring three times in less than four minutes to start the contest.
• Canton got things started at 1:13 of the first period when Ethan Rosenoff won the draw at the right circle and played the puck towards the crease where it was touched by Trevor Dalton and finished off by Colton Alexander at the far post.
• The Roos doubled their lead just over a minute later when Jackson Drysdale picked off a Cougar clearance attempt to the left of the left circle and played a cross-ice pass to Schoner who buried his first of the night and fourth of the weekend setting Canton's new D-III era scoring mark.
• At 3:48 the Roos concluded the early onslaught of scoring when Logan Kelly played the puck to Paul Schilcher at the left point. He swung a cross-ice pass to Samuel Moshurchak at the right point. He fired a shot through traffic out in front where Spencer Sasenbury appeared to screen the Misericordia goaltender giving Canton the 3-0 lead on the Moshurchack tally.
• The hosts got on the board scoring shorthanded off the stick of Devin England at 12:24 of the period.
• The Roos responded netting a pair of power play goals from Schoner in the final three minutes of the period to lead 5-1 after 20 minutes of action. Nolan Zotter and Joshua Rumolo assisted the first extra attacker goal with Schilcher and Zotter picking up assists on the second power play marker.
• Misericordia scored the next three goals of the contest as Jonathan Lush netted the lone second period goal and Marko Petras and Liam Schaentzler recorded scores in the first 11 minutes of the third to get the Cougars within 5-4.
• Alexander netted a key insurance goal, his second of the day, at 15:44 of the third skating 4-on-4 to give Canton a 6-4 lead. Spencer Sasenbury and Nolan Wytrykusz picked up helpers on the play.
• Sacha Trudel picked off a pass near the Roos defensive blue line and buried an unassisted empty-netter with 1:31 remaining for the 7-4 final.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Schoner led the Roos with three goals as he has 76 points in 69 career games on 38 goals and 38 assists. Alexander tallied a pair of scores upping his career total to 10 in 27 games. Schilcher and Zotter registered a pair of assists. The assist is the first career point for Wytrykusz in his second career game.
• The Roos outshot the Cougars 34-25 and dominated the faceoff dot 44-24.
• Joel Nieminen made 21 saves in his first career win in his first start for the Roos including stopping 12 shots in the final period.
• William Forrester made one save allowing three goals over the first 4:07, while Antoine Robidioux made 26 saves allowing three goals over the final 55 plus minutes in relief for the Cougars.

 
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Roos will host Nazareth in their home opener on Friday (11/6) at 7 p.m. at Terry Martin Arena.
   
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