The 2018-2019 season begins this weekend when
Brockport heads into Pennsylvania for a couple of games which will be great
warm-ups for the start of SUNYAC play next weekend.
Friday’s affair begins at 7:00 PM and finds the
Golden Eagles taking on the Neumann Knights. They were 10-15-2 last season.
During the 2017-2018 campaign they suffered a 4-1 loss at Brockport in which
Connor Hutchins and Danny Rock were among the Golden Eagles who scored goals.
Two Knights to keep an eye on are senior Joe Mitchell who had 13 goals last
season and junior Ryan Swain who had a dozen lamplighters. The lion’s share of
goaltending will fall on Anthony Pupplo this year, the only holdover from last
season’s goalie trio. He had an .890 and 4.52 line. Overall, the team scored
2.89 goals per game and allowed 3.70 last year.
Saturday’s matinee show (a 3:00 start) finds them
at King’s College, which is coached by former Brockport assistant Stephen
Mallaro. Senior blueliner Nick Palumbo (who once played for Brockport) led the
Monarchs in scoring in the program’s inaugural season with a 5-13-18 line.
Their leading goal scorers were now sophomores Tyler O’Mara and Anthony Frati,
who each scored a half dozen goals. Link Ferch will likely start in goal, he of
the .895 and 4.47 line. There’s always a chance that senior Jake Tugnutt (son
of former NHLer Ron Tugnutt) could man the net. Brockport beat King’s 6-2 last
year when current Golden Eagles Connor Hutchins, Danny Rock, Ryan Romeo, and
Ethan Solat contributed goals.
