Canton, NY – The SUNY Canton men's hockey team earned its second straight SUNYAC playoff appearance under 10th year Head Coach Alex Boak in their second season in the SUNYAC during the 2025-26 season.

The Roos kicked off the season with four straight wins including a top 10 win in the season opener as they defeated No. 7/8 nationally-ranked Trine 2-1 on home ice on Halloween. Evan Pringle and Niko Schoner scored third period goals while Trey Miller made 19 saves in the win.



Colton Alexander (two goals, one assist) and Schoner (one goal, three assists) led the way offensively two days later in a 5-1 win vs. Misericordia. The Roos kept the momentum going the following weekend with a 2-1 win at Nazareth and a 4-1 victory at Elmira. Miller had an impressive 42 save performance in the win against the Golden Flyers, while Spencer Sasenbury scored twice and Kelson Hooper made 33 saves in the victory against the Soaring Eagles.



After a tough stretch that included five straight losses, the Roos bounced back with a 5-2 SUNYAC win at Morrisville that included a pair of goals from Logan Kelly and third period tallies from Jackson Drysdale and Cory Liu. Canton dropped four more games before turning things around in mid-January with back-to-back wins at Plattsburgh and Skidmore.

Alexander scored twice, while Miller made 43 saves in a 3-1 win vs. the Cardinals on January 16. Schoner scored the game-winner 46 seconds into OT and Miller made 29 saves in a 3-2 win the next night at Skidmore.
Canton extended its unbeaten streak to three games on January 23 when Evan Pringle canned a pair of goals and Miller stopped 32 shots in a 3-3 OT tie at Potsdam.

The Roos biggest win of the season came when they defeated No. 4 nationally-ranked Oswego for the first time in program history, a 4-1 road win against the Lakers. Schoner scored in the second period and Alexander, Schoner and Pringle all netted third period goals with the final two coming in the form of empty-netters. Miller had another strong 35 save performance including stopping 26 over the final two periods.



The Roos won four of their final five games of the regular season with a 6-1 win at home against Morrisville, a pair of 3-0 and 5-2 road wins at Buffalo State and Fredonia, respectively, and a 2-1 home win against Plattsburgh. The teams only blemish in that stretch was a 4-3 OT loss to Skidmore. Dylan Pollock scored his first career goal, the eventual game-winner, in a 2-1 win as Canton completed the season sweep against Plattsburgh on Senior Night.



The Roos earned the five seed in the SUNYAC playoffs and battled the four seed Cortland on the road. The game was scoreless through two periods with Cortland scoring twice in the final 10 minutes of the game for the 2-0 victory.  

Schoner led the Roos with 24 points and 15 assists while adding nine goals. Sasenbury had a strong rookie season ranking second on the team with 22 points and 14 assists. Pringle was second on the team with 10 goals and third with 21 points, while Kelly led the way with 12 goals and added 19 points.

Five players earned seven different weekly awards from the SUNYAC headlined by Miller earning a pair of Goaltender of the Week honors (1/20/26, 2/23/26) and Alexander being tabbed Rookie of the Week twice (11/3/25, 1/20/26). Schoner (11/3/25) and Drysdale (12/1/25) were named Athlete of the Week, while Sasenbury (11/10/25) was named Rookie of the Week.

Following the season Schoner and Scott Cremen were named SUNYAC Second Team All-Conference, while Sasenbury earned a spot on the All-Rookie Team.

Miller was named the SUNY Canton Athletic department's Male Student-Athlete of the Year, while Sasenbury was named the Male Co-Rookie of the Year. Hooper and Liu were the two male student-athletes to have the highest overall GPA in the graduating class entering the final semester. The men's hockey team also earned Game of the Year honors for their 4-1 win at No. 4 nationally-ranked Oswego. To view all of the end-of-year awards from the athletics department, click HERE.

Roos in the Record Books

• Trey Miller set numerous D-III era program records this season including single-season saves (577), single-season save % (.934), single-season goals against average (2.29). He is the current active leader in both career save % (.924) and GAA (2.67).
• Scott Cremen tied the single-season assists record tallying 16 helpers on the season.
• Reilly McKinnon finished his career tied for the program record with 102 consecutive games played.
• The Roos set numerous team season records including most conference wins (8), penalty kill % (90%), fewest goals against (72), save % (.917) and GAA (2.76).

The Roos are expected to lose Reilly McKinnon, Evan Pringle, Trystan Mughal, Jack Seamans, Carson Cox, Cory Liu, Michael Palandra, Scott Cremen, Nate Hopkins, Kelson Hooper and Jordyn Mughal to graduation. 
   

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