Monday, November 18, 2013

BROCKPORT BEATS ELMIRA, 5-2

From the Athletic Department....


Sophomore Chris Luker (New Hartford, NY) and freshman Jake Taylor (Port Perry, ONT) had two goals each and sophomore Chase Nieuwendyk (Georgetown, ONT) had three assists as The College at Brockport Hockey team scored a 5-2 win over Elmira College Friday in the home opener for the Golden Eagles in Tuttle North Arena in Brockport.

Brockport (2-3 Overall) scored the first four goals of the game including three in the first period, taking a 4-0 lead into the final period en route to the home victory. Luker, James Ryan (Richmond ill, ONT) and Taylor all scored in the first period with Nieuwendyk assisting on all three goals. Luker added a power play goal in the second period for the 4-0 lead.

In the third period, Elmira trimmed the lead to 4-1 with a power play goal less than a minute into the stanza and made it a 4-2 game at the eight-minute mark of the period.

With four minutes remaining, Taylor scored his second of the game to seal the victory.

Junior Aaron Green (Mt. Albert, ONT) started and played the first 48 minutes of the game making 23 saves before sophomore Jared Lockhurst (Caledon, ONT) came on for the final 12 minutes making four saves for Brockport.

Brockport dominated early holding a 10-3 shots advantage and a 3-0 score edge in the first 20 minutes of the game. The shots were close in the second period with the Golden Eagles holding a slight 14-13 edge and Brockport closed the game with a 12-9 lead in shots over the final 20 minutes.