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Potsdam, NY – Junior Samuel Moshurchak scored a goal and added two assists as the SUNY Canton men's hockey team defeated SUNY Potsdam 6-3 on Friday evening.  It was the SUNYAC opener for both teams.

THE BASICS

• Result: SUNY Canton 6, SUNY Potsdam 3
• Location: Maxcy Ice Arena – Potsdam, NY
• Records: SUNY Canton (5-0-0, 1-0-0 SUNYAC) | SUNY Potsdam (2-1-0, 0-1-0 SUNYAC)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Owen Watson got things going for the Bears at 14:49 of the first period, stealing the puck and skating in on a break away before tucking the puck behind Roo netminder Trey Miller.
• Colton Alexander's power play goal at 4:38 of the second period knotted the game at 1-1.  Alexander passed the puck off a defender and danced along the goal line before depositing the puck far-side to tie things up.  Alexander's goal was assisted by Niko Schoner and Samuel Moshurchak.
• Zdenek Dobes gave Potsdam the 2-1 lead just five minutes later, backhanding a shot past Miller.
• Senior transfer Dean Noonan scored his first career goal as a Roo at 10:36 of the second period, skating past two Bear defenders and backhanding a shot over a sprawling Lenny Perno to tie the game at 2-2.
• Canton gained the lead when Nolan Zotter skated into the zone and beat Perno glove high at 6:53 of the third.
• Travis Quellette answered for the Bears just five minutes later, snapping a shot from the slot into the top left corner of the net.
• But the Roos would respond.  First it was Logan Kelly who collected the puck off a faceoff win from Dylan Pollock and snapped a shot that was partially deflected by a Potsdam defenseman before finding the back of the net to give Canton a 4-3 lead.
• Then, just two minutes later, with Perno pulled it was Moshurchak who cleared the puck off the boards and into the open net, giving the Roos a 5-3 advantage.
• Ethan Rosenoff capped the scoring with just six seconds remaining scoring another empty netter, giving the Roos a 6-3 victory.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• Moshuchak's three points gives him seven on the season while Zotter's two points give him seven as well tying them both for second behind Schoner who now has nine.
• Potsdam outshot the Roos 30-28 and had a slight edge at the faceoff dot 37-35.  Spencer Sasenbury won 16 faceoffs to lead Canton's efforts.
• The Roos were 1/3 on the power play and a perfect 2/2 on the penalty kill.  The penalty kill has a .857 success rate this season.
• Miller stopped 27 for Canton, Perno made 22 saves for Potsdam.

WHAT'S NEXT?
The Roos travel next Friday to face #5 Oswego as they continue conference play on Friday November 20^th at 7 p.m.
   
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