BROCKPORT BEATS CANTON

Brockport beat Canton Friday night at Canton. The teams faceoff at Brockport on Saturday. It was a big night for Zac Sikich as he got his first career hat trick. Chase Nieuwendyk got his 30th point for the season -- and there's still a month of games coming. On top of that, Tim Kielich reached 24 points -- matching the incomparable James Cody's total as the highest rookie point output this century. Could the kid hit 30?

Here's the report from Brockport Athletics...

The College at Brockport ice hockey team netted three goals in the opening period and that's all it took as they beat SUNY Canton 7-2 Friday night in a non-conference game.  Zac Sikich scored his first career hat trick and Jake Moore picked up the win in net.

Brockport (9-8-2 overall, 4-5-2 SUNYAC) scored three goals over a four minute span in the first period to jump out to a commanding 3-0 lead.  Sikich scored his first of the night at the 6:08 mark after receiving a pass from Dylan Shapiro along the right boards.  Aidan Verbeke also picked up an assist on the play.

Less than a minute later Matt Meredith scored his first goal of the season with an assist from Tim Kielich.  Kielich extended his point streak to 11 games.  Midway through the period Jesse Facchini scored to give Brockport a 3-0 lead at the first intermission.  Trevor Simonick and James Ryan were each credited with an assist.

Canton (3-14-3) scored the lone goal in the second period to make the score 3-1 entering the third period.  Sikich netted a shorthanded goal just 34 seconds into the third period.  Chase Nieuwendyk picked up an assist to extend his points to 12 games.  Three minutes later the Golden Eagles took advantage of a power play to extend its lead to 5-1.  Ryan Kangas received a pass from defensemen Chad Cummings and lit the lamp for his eighth goal of the season.

Midway through the third period Sikich completed the hat trick with Brockport's sixth goal.  Verbeke and Nieuwendyk each picked up an assist on the play.  Nieuwendyk scored an unassisted goal in the final minute to play to seal the 7-2 win for Brockport.

Moore tabbed 28 saves on the night including 13 in the second period.  The rookie stood tall on seven Canton power plays, only allowing one goal during nearly 13 minutes of a man advantage.  Moore improved to 2-1-0 on the season.

OSWEGO TAKES DOWN BROCKPORT

Dylan Shapiro, Chase Nieuwendyk and Tim Kielich each scored a goal but the College at Brockport ice hockey team gave up two goals in the third period and suffered a 5-3 loss Saturday night to Oswego State in a crucial State University of New York Athletic Conference matchup.

Oswego (9-6-2 overall, 6-3-1 SUNYAC) struck early, taking a 1-0 lead just over four minutes into the game.  Nine minutes later Brockport (8-8-2, 4-5-2) took advantage of a Laker major penalty to tie the game at one.  Unable to find an open man, Zac Sikich passed the puck to Nick Palumbo at the top of the point.  Palumbo sent a shot towards the goal but was met by the goaltenders pad.  Dylan Shapiro jumped on the rebound and one timed it to the right side of the net for his sixth goal of the season.

The Golden Eagles came out firing to start the second period and were able to score just over two minutes into the period.  Kielich rifled a shot from the blue line that hit the crossbar and ricocheted in. Rookie Kielich extended his point streak to 10 games.  Aidan Verbeke and Chase Nieuwendyk each picked up an assist on the play.

Two straight goals from the Lakers gave Oswego a 3-2 lead midway through the second period.  With less than five minutes remaining Brockport earned its fifth power play of the night.  At the point, Kielich sent a pass to Verbeke just to the right side of the goal.  Verbeke one touched a pass to Nieuwendyk camped out in front of the crease.  Nieuwendyk sent a one-timer to the left side of the net to tie the game at three and extend his point streak to 11 games.

The Lakers scored two goals, including a power play goal, seven minutes into the third period to jump out to a 5-3 lead.  Oswego dominated the period, outshooting Brockport 18-5, and handing the Golden Eagles their fifth conference loss of the season.

Cole Burack suffered his second loss of the season in net.  The rookie stopped a career high 46 saves including 20 in the second period.

Brockport was outshot 51-30 but was able to win 31 of 59 face offs.  Nieuwendyk won 16 while Shapiro won seven.  Nieuwendyk and Shapiro also led the team with four shots each.

The Golden Eagles have a home and home series with SUNY Canton next weekend.  Brockport will travel to Canton on Friday night and then return home Saturday night with face off set for 7 p.m. each night.

BROCKPORT BEATS CORTLAND

Jeremy DeFazio netted the game winning goal with less than 90 seconds left in overtime to give The College at Brockport ice hockey team a 4-3 win over State University of New York Athletic Conference rival Cortland Friday night to earn a crucial two points in the SUNYAC standings.

With a tie game looming, Nick Gullo passed the puck to DeFazio who was skating through the middle lane.  DeFazio bounced the puck off his skate and it miraculously found the back of the net to seal the win for Brockport (8-7-2 overall, 4-4-2 SUNYAC).  Chris Luker also picked up an assist on the goal.  Strong defense from the Golden Eagles held Cortland (7-7-3, 1-5-2) to zero shots in the overtime period.

Entering the third period with the score knotted, Brockport took a 3-2 lead midway through the period.  Rookie Tim Kielich skated through the Cortland defense and dropped the puck to Chase Nieuwendyk who tucked the puck in the bottom left hand corner for his twelfth goal of the season.  Kielich was credited an assist which extended his point streak to nine games.  The Red Dragons scored with four minutes left in regulation to force overtime.

The Golden Eagles struck first 14 minutes into the game as defensemen Rob Hall scored his second goal of the season.  After receiving a pass from Aidan Verbeke, Hall sent a rocket past the goaltender glove side.  Cortland answered back less than 30 seconds later to send the game to a 1-1 tie at the first intermission.

An early Cortland goal found Brockport in a one-goal deficit to start the second period.  The Golden Eagles answered back midway through the period as Jake Taylor scored an unassisted goal after taking the puck coast to coast.

Reigning SUNYAC goaltender of the week Cole Burack earned his fourth win of the season after stopping 30 shots.  The rookie stood tall all throughout the game, making numerous glove saves to seal the win for Brockport.

KIELICH & BURACK PICK UP SUNYAC HONORS

SUNYAC rookie of the week: Tim Kielich scored two goals less than two minutes apart in a 7-0 win over Nazareth College night as the Golden Eagles went 1-0-0 on the week. The rookie took advantage of a five minute power play to net two goals and extend Brockport’s lead in the second period.

SUNYAC goalie of the week: Cole Burack earned his first career shutout Saturday night as the Golden Eagles defeated Nazareth College 7-0. The Rockwall, Texas native was unstoppable in net, stopping 34 shots including 16 in the second period alone. Burack wasn’t fazed by Nazareth’s three power play opportunities, stopping all six shots during the six minute span.

BURACK IS BROCKPORT ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Cole Burack is Brockport's Male Athlete of the Week. He earned his first career shutout Saturday night as the Golden Eagles defeated Nazareth College 7-0.  The Rockwall, Texas native was unstoppable in net, stopping 34 shots including 16 in the second period alone.  Burack wasn’t fazed by Nazareth’s three power play opportunities, stopping all six shots during the six minute span.

HOCKEY COMMUNITY MOURNS LOSS OF GENESEO PLAYER

Geneseo is our greatest rival, but as Brockport showed earlier this season in the #PrayForJay campaign for Geneseo's Jay Stephanik (who had suffered major brain trauma in an off-ice incident), the brotherhood of hockey is greater than the game itself.

Sadly, it's time to call on the strength and support of that brotherhood again as Geneseo lost one of their own on Sunday.

Matthew Hutchinson, 24, a senior blueliner from North Vancouver, BC, was found dead in a Geneseo home along with two others -- a member of the women's basketball team, Kelsey Annese, and a former Geneseo student, Colin Kingston.

The police have released very few details but listening to police scanner audio that is available online, it appears that Hutchinson was a murder victim.

Hutchinson was a geography major and a business minor who volunteered with the Geneseo volunteer firefighting core and he had aspirations of being a wilderness firefighter back in his home country, something he had done in the summer months. "Hutch" was well-liked by his teammates, coaches and the community.

In his career against Brockport he had an assist in a 4-1 Geneseo victory in February of 2014 and he contributed 2 blocked shots in a 5-3 Geneseo win over Brockport that November.

Geneseo has an information page about the tragedy and what will follow here: http://www.geneseo.edu/jan-17-tragedy

Our thoughts and prayers are with Hutch's family, friends, teammates, and fellow firefighters.



 

BROCKPORT GIVES GOLDEN FLYERS A NAZ-TY BEATING

Fourteen Golden Eagles tallied a point Saturday night as The College at Brockport ice hockey routed Nazareth College with a 7-0 non-conference win.  Rookie goaltender Cole Burack picked up his first shutout of his career.

Brockport (7-7-2 overall, 3-4-2 SUNYAC) took advantage of three Nazareth (5-7-4 overall, 2-3-1 ECAC West) penalties in the second period to score three power play goals in a three minute span.  Zac Sikich started the scoring at the 4:35 mark after receiving a pass from Chris Luker.  Nick Palumbo also picked up an assist on the play.  The next two goals were identical as Tim Kielich scored goals two minutes apart with Aidan Verbeke and Chase Nieuwendyk each picking up as assist on both goals.

Defensemen Jonathan Demme scored his first goal of the season midway through the second period with Jeremy DeFazio and Nick Gullo tabbing the assists.  Dylan Shapiro rounded out the scoring with less than five minutes remaining in the second period.  Sikich and Verbeke were credited with the assists.

A back and forth first period kept the game scoreless for the first 16 minutes of play.  Jesse Facchini changed that at the 16:37 mark as he netted his third of the season with Chad Cummings and Andrews Parks tallying the assists.  Less than a minute later Brockport extended its lead to 2-0 after defensemen Chris Luker rifled a shot to the back of the net.  Gullo and James Ryan each picked up an assist.

A balanced attacked allowed 14 Golden Eagles to tally a point on the night with 6 players recording multi-point games.  Brockport outshot Nazareth 36-34 and were able to hold the golden flyers to just three shots in the opening period of play.

Burack was unstoppable in net, tabbing 34 saves including 16 in the second period.  The rookie picked up his third win of the season in his first career shutout.

The Golden Eagles have a tough week ahead with two conference games.  Brockport will travel to Cortland Friday night then return home to host Oswego Saturday night with face off slated for 7 p.m. both nights.

BROCKPORT SUFFERS TOUGH LOSS TO HOBART

The College at Brockport ice hockey team gave seven unanswered goals as they fell to Hobart College Saturday night by a score of 9-2.

Brockport (6-7-2 overall, 3-4-2 SUNYAC) started the scoring six minutes into the game as rookie Tim Kielich scored his seventh goal of the season.  Chase Nieuwendyk and Ryan Kangas each picked up an assist on the goal.  Hobart (10-2-2, 5-1-0 ECAC West) answered back two goals to take an early 2-1 lead.

The Golden Eagles found themselves with a man advantage at the 16:38 mark of the first period.  Unable to find an open man, Chris Luker fired a shot from the left point just as the penalty expired to know the game up at two.  Nick Palumbo and James Ryan were each credited with an assist as the teams took a 2-2 tie to the first intermission.

Hobart scored four goals in the second and two more in the third to hand Brockport the loss.  Brockport's offense struggled as they were outshot 49-21 but were able to beat the Herons in the face off circle 44-39.  Jared Lockhurst stopped 40 shots in his fifth loss of the season.

The Golden Eagles return home next Saturday to host Nazareth College with face off set for 7 p.m.

BROCKPORT GETS FIRST HOME LOSS OF SEASON

The College at Brockport ice hockey team fell to Elmira College by a score of 4-3 Friday night in a non-conference game.  Elmira (7-5 overall, 2-4 ECAC West) scored with less than four minutes remaining to hand Brockport (6-6-2, 3-4-2 SUNYAC) its first home loss of the season.

Jake Moore made his collegiate debut in net for the Golden Eagles and stopped 26 shots including 12 in the second period.  The freshmen held Elmira scoreless on three power play opportunities.

Brockport found themselves in an early deficit as Elmira scored just over two minutes into the game.  Two unanswered goals from the Green and Gold gave them a 2-1 lead entering the first intermission.

Brockport's first goal of the game came from Chase Nieuwendyk who tipped in a shot from defensemen Chris Luker at the 8:48 mark.  Five minutes later Dylan Shapiro and Zac Sikich each picked up an assist on a goal from Aidan Verbeke.

Two Elmira goals in the second period made the score 3-2 entering the final period of play.  Rookie Tim Kielich netted the equalizer less than four minutes in after receiving a pass from Nieuwendyk.  Nick Palumbo also picked up an assist on the goal.

After nearly ten minutes of scoreless play, the Soaring Eagles took advantage of a breakaway to net the game winner with less than four minutes remaining in the game.

Brockport outshot Elmira 39-30.  Nieuwendyk led all skaters with eight shot followed by Rob Hall and James Ryan who had five shots each.  In the face off circle, Brockport won 32 of 68 while Andrew Parks was 7-4.

The Golden Eagles will head to Geneva, N.Y. Saturday night to face off against Hobart College at 7 p.m

LOCKHURST IS D3HOCKEY.COM GOALIE OF THE WEEK

The honors keep coming for Jared Lockhurst. After stymieing the potent UMass Boston offense with 48 often-brilliant saves, the young man is D3Hockey.com's goalie of the week!

http://d3hockey.com/awards/TeamOfTheWeek/Men/2015-16/Jan4

KANGAS AND LOCKHURST NAIL WEEKLY SUNYAC HONORS

 


SUNYAC men's ice hockey player of the week: Ryan Kangas was named the Codfish Bowl’s Most Valuable Player after scoring three goals and three assists including the game winning goal Saturday to take down nationally ranked #5 UMASS Boston.Saturday night in a tie game with overtime looming, Kangas received a pass at the right face off circle and rifled a shot to the top shelf to give Brockport a 3-2 lead with 1:21 remaining. The Williamstown, Mass. native also scored the first goal of the game less than four minutes in. In Sunday’s 5-1 championship win, Kangas netted one goal and picked up an assist on another less than seven minutes into the game. The sophomore also picked up an assist on a power play goal in the second period.

SUNYAC men's ice hockey goalie of the week: Jared Lockhurst took down nationally ranked #5 UMASS Boston Saturday night in the opening round of the 51st Codfish Bowl. Lockhurst tabbed a season-high 48 saves and held Boston scoreless on two power play opportunities including one midway third period with the game knotted at two. The senior held the Beacons to just two goals and held them scoreless for nearly 33 minutes of play in between goals.

KANGAS IS BROCKPORT MALE ATHLETE OF THE WEEK

Ryan Kangas was named the Codfish Bowl’s Most Valuable Player after scoring three goals and three assists including the game winning goal Saturday to take down nationally ranked #5 UMASS Boston. Saturday night in a tie game with overtime looming, Kangas received a pass at the right face off circle and rifled a shot to the top shelf to give Brockport a 3-2 lead with 1:21 remaining. The Williamstown, Mass. native also scored the first goal of the game less than four minutes in. In Sunday’s 5-1 championship win, Kangas netted one goal and picked up an assist on another goal less than seven minutes into the game. The sophomore also picked up an assist on a power play goal in the second period.

VIDEO HIGHLIGHTS FROM WIN OVER #5 UMASS BOSTON

BROCKPORT WINS CODFISH BOWL

Two goals from the line of Ryan Kangas, Tim Kielich and Chase Nieuwendyk in the first period was all the College at Brockport ice hockey team needed to claim the title at the 51st Codfish Bowl with a 5-1 win over Westfield State University Sunday afternoon.

The tremendous trio gave Brockport (6-5-2 overall, 3-4-2 SUNYAC) an early 2-0 lead after scoring twice in the first seven minutes of play.  Less than three minutes into the game Kielich dropped the puck off to Nieuwendyk along the right boards.  Kangas received a pass from Nieuwendyk while charging the lane and was able to beat the goaltender glove side to give Brockport a 1-0 lead.

Minutes later Kangas sent a pass to Kielich who circled around the net and towards the right face off circle.  The rookie shot the puck towards the net and Nieuwendyk tipped it in for Brockport's second goal of the game.

Penalties proved costly for Westfield as they committed 23 minutes of penalties in the second period alone.   Midway through the second period defensemen Chris Luker took advantage of a power play opportunity to score his second goal of the season.  Jake Taylor passed the puck to Nick Palumbo at the blue line who crossed it to Luker.  The New Hartford, N.Y. native sent a rocket through the defense that found the back of the net.

Five minutes later Brockport earned another power play.  Kangas left the puck for Kielich who circled around the right face off circle before passing to Chad Cummings.  Cummings connected top shelf to give Brockport a commanding 4-0 lead entering the second intermission.

With seven minutes remaining in the game Brockport scored its final goal as Dylan Shapiro scored his fourth goal of the season.  Jesse Facchini and Palumbo each picked up an assist on the play.

Cole Burack held the Owls scoreless for nearly 55 minutes of play as he picked up his second win of the season in goal.  The rookie stopped 18 shots and held the Owls scoreless on five power play opportunities.

Kielich and Nieuwendyk were each named to the Codfish Bowl All-Tournament team.  Kangas was named the tournament's Most Valuable Player after scoring three goals and three assists on the weekend including the game winning goal in Saturday's upset win.

The Golden Eagles return home this weekend to host Elmira College Friday at 7 p.m. before heading to Hobart College Saturday.

BROCKPORT BEATS #5 UMASS BOSTON

Ryan Kangas scored the game winning goal with less than 90 seconds remaining in regulation to lift the College at Brockport ice hockey team over #5 UMASS Boston in the opening round of the 51st Codfish Bowl in Boston, Mass.

Brockport (5-5-2) entered the third period with a 2-1 lead over Boston (9-2-1) but the Beacons scored on the first shift even the game at two.  The Golden Eagles were outshot 17-3 in the third period alone but Kangas proved it was quality over quantity that mattered.

With overtime looming, Kangas and Tim Kielich found themselves with a strong two-on-two opportunity.  After receiving a pass from Chad Cummings, Kielich passed the puck to Kangas at the right face off circle who rifled a shot to the top shelf to give Brockport a 3-2 lead with 1:21 remaining.

Strong defense from the Golden Eagles in the final minute of play held the Beacons to one shot as Brockport held on for the win.

"Opening the second half of the year with a win was huge for us," remarked Head Coach Brian Dickinson, "… and beating a ranked opponent makes it even better."

Senior Jared Lockhurst had a season-high 48 saves and kept the Beacons offense scoreless on three power play opportunities including two in the second period.

The Golden Eagles started the game on a high note, scoring just four minutes in.  Brian Hurlimann passed the puck across the left face off circle to Kangas on the right side of the net who found himself with an open net.  Kangas one timed it to give Brockport an early 1-0 lead.  Nieuwendyk also picked up an assist on the play.

Midway through the first period Boston had a three-on-one breakaway but Lockhurst stood tall in net and made a pad save.  Moments later the Beacons scored to even the score at one.

With just over a minute remaining in the first period, Chris Luker sent a sharp pass to Nieuwendyk who drove through the middle lane.  The goaltender made the initial save on Nieuwendyk's shot but Kangas one timed the rebound to give Brockport a 2-1 lead entering the first intermission.

Kangas finished with two goals and one assist while Nieuwendyk picked up two assists.  Hurlimann recorded one goal while Luker and Cummings each had one assist.  The Golden Eagles were outshot 50-21 but Lockhurst allowed only two goals while stopping 48 shots.

The Golden Eagles advance to tomorrow's Championship of the 51st annual Codfish Bowl which is the nations second-longest running college hockey tournament.  The Championship is set for 4 p.m. Sunday with Brockport facing the winner of Johnson and Wales University against Westfield State University.