The SUNY Brockport men's hockey team fell 5-0 at home to the Chatham Cougars on Friday night. The team now drops to 2-9-2 on the year with a 1-8 slate in conference play.
Schuyler Flansburg, Mitchell Haight, and Josh Grund each totaled four shots on net for Brockport. Flansburg also won eight of the 12 faceoffs he took.
Joseph Nikac won five of seven faceoffs.
Dax Easter made 17 saves on 21 shot attempts with four goals allowed.
Chatham's Geno Pichora saved all 42 shots on goal.
Despite outshooting Chatham 14-8 in the first period, the Cougars held a 3-0 lead.
In the opening minutes, Brockport had several scoring chances with Livio Azevedo and Jacob Rodrigue firing shots from close range.
After six minutes of play, Chatham's Brendan Merriman would find room to operate down the left wing as he shifted Dax Easter in net and netted a backhander from point blank on the open goal.
Brockport would continue to have opportunities as Aidan Taylor was denied on a breakaway with Haight having a shot deflect of the post.
After the Golden Eagles were called for a boarding penalty, Chatham would have their first power-play of the contest where they would tack on another one. Merriman rifled a one-timer into the back of the net for his second goal of the night.
Less than two minutes later, the Cougars added their third goal, bringing the score to 3-0 in the waning minutes of the first period.
Both teams battled for much of the second period with neither team finding the back of the net. Brockport once again out-shot Chatham heavily in the frame, with 17 shots on goal to Chatham's seven.
The Golden Eagles had two power-play chances but ultimately could not convert in those four advantage minutes.
Easter made a pair of phenomenal saves towards the end of the period where he deflected one shot and then sprawled out to corral another one seconds later, holding the deficit to three goals.
Chatham would tack on two more goals in the third period, the second of which came on an empty net bringing the score to 5-0.
The Golden Eagles continued to fight despite trailing big with Schuyler Flansburg having a shot go off the post and Connor McAleer being denied on a breakaway.
