Regular season finale this weekend

 The SUNY Brockport men's ice hockey team (13-9-2, 6-7-2) will look to prepare for its final home game this Saturday, February 19th at 7:00pm against #3 SUNY Geneseo (18-3-1, 10-2-1) in the Tuttle North Ice Arena.
 
Weekend Recap:
The Golden Eagles went 0-2 this weekend after facing Buffalo State on Friday night and Fredonia State on Saturday. Against Buffalo State the Golden Eagles lost by a score of 3-2 in Overtime after tying up the game with five seconds remaining in the third period to send it into OT before giving up Buffalo States game winning goal. on Saturday the Golden Eagles fell 4-0 to Fredonia.
 
Leading The Stats
Heading into the final week of the regular season, the Golden Eagles have four players in the Top 10 amongst scoring leaders in the SUNYAC
 
Where Art Thou Romeo
A Fairport, NY native, defensemen Tyan Romeo is the team and conference's points leader with a total of 35 points on 11 goals and 24 assists. Romeo has cemented his name into the Brockport record books as he ranks 10th in single-season assist leaders with his 24 assists this season. Along with being in. the record book, Romeo is also tied for third in the nation in assists and with his 35 points, Romeo is currently ranked 6th in the country amongst scoring leaders. Through 24 games Romeo is also tied for first in the conference in plus/minus with +24.
 
Cruising like a Harley
Playing high school hockey for Brockport High and now a sophomore at SUNY Brockport, left winger Andrew Harley is second on the team and third this season in the SUNYAC along with tied for 30th in the country in points with 14 goals and 16 total assists for 30 points. His 14 goals tie him for second in the conference and 19th in the nation.
 
Leading the Galloway
As a sophomore right wing from Sugar Hills, Georgia, Galloway has transitioned well to the snowy Western New York winters as he currently has a total of 25 points which puts him at 7th place in the SUNYAC. Amongst point leaders, Galloway is also ranked third in the conference and tied for 36th in the country in assists this season with 17.
 
All Hail The King
A freshman center hailing from Mississauga, Ontario, Canada, Jacob King has done very well in his first year as a Golden Eagle scoring 10 goals on 14 assists for 24 points. In points, he's ranked fourth on the team and eighth in the SUNYAC in points. In plus/minus, he is tied for 6th in the conference with a +15. On faceoffs, King currently has a 284-174 win-loss ratio for a 0.62 Faceoff percentage.
 
Team Statistics
Through 24 games, one of the team's biggest accomplishments has been drawing power-play opportunities (PPO). The Golden Eagles lead the conference in PPO with a total of 114 chances. The next closest team is Plattsburgh with 92. On those power-plays, Brockport has capitalized 19.3% of the time ranking 5th in the conference. #3 Geneseo ranks first with a 27% PP% on 89 PPO's. on offense, Brockport ranks third in goals scoring 86 total goals this season with a total of 149 assists for a total of 235 points. Brockport's goaltenders have played a crucial role this season too as Nolan Egbert and Aidan Curry have combined to make 832 saves, the second most in the SUNYAC.
 
Looking at #3 SUNY Geneseo
Before the Knights come to Brockport, they recently hosted Fredonia State on. Tuesday, February 15th which saw #3 SUNY Geneseo lose in upsetting fashion to the Blue Devils by a score of 3-2. #3 Geneseo has been at the top of the USCHO.com rankings all year rankings all year, including a few weeks as the #1 team in the country. Having only lost two games this season to Elmira and SUNY Cortland, SUNY Geneseo is making a push to earn the #1 Seed in the SUNYAC as they are currently 3 points behind Oswego State. Leading #3 SUNY Geneseo's offense, Peter Morgan currently has 34 points this season tied for the ninth most in the country with 14 goals and a team high 12 assists through 21 games. Leading the team in goals, Dan Bosio has a total of 15 this season, tying him for the 14th most in the nation. Matt Petizian has spent a total of 1013:30 minutes in net allowing a total of 26 goals and making 379 saves. He is the fifth best goaltender in the country with 14 wins and 3 losses with a save percentage of .936%.
 
SUNYAC Standings
With only one game remaining for Brockport in the regular season the Golden Eagles will make an appearance in the SUNYAC Tournament this season.  This is the seventh time in eight seasons that the Golden Eagles have made an appearance in the SUNYAC Tournament. With each team playing a total of 16 conference games. Plattsburgh State is currently the only team to have cemented their regular season record with #3 SUNY Geneseo needing three games for a possible total of nine points and #12 Oswego State potential being able to earn six points this week, the race for first place is set. Along with #12 Oswego State, SUNY Cortland, and Fredonia State each have two games to play while SUNY Brockport's final regular season game is scheduled for Saturday. The only way for SUNY Brockport to host a first round game of the SUNYAC Tournament would be for The Green and Gold to defeat #3 SUNY Geneseo and watch both SUNY Cortland and Fredonia State lose both its games this upcoming weekend. Any other scenario would see The Golden Eagles take their talent on the road. 

Rank	Team	Points	Record (Conference/Overall)
#1	#12 Oswego State - X	34	(11-2-1), (16-5-1)
#2	Plattsburgh State - X	32	(11-4-1), (15-7-3)
#3	#3 SUNY Geneseo - X	31	(10-2-1), (18-3-1)
#4	SUNY Cortland - X	23	(7-5-2), (12-9-2)
#5	Fredonia State - E	21	(7-7), (9-9-1)
#6	SUNY Brockport - X	21	(6-7-2), (13-9-2)
#7	SUNY Potsdam - E	10	(3-11-1), (4-16-1)
#8	Buffalo State - E	9	(3-10), (5-16)
#9	Morrisville State - E	7	(2-12), (7-14-2)

* Tournament Champion
x - Clinched Playoff Berth
# - Indicates Tournament Seed
e - Eliminated from Playoff Contention
Points - Win (3) / OT Win (2) / OL or Tie (1)
Point Formula - (# of Wins x 3) + (# of OL + T x 1)-(# of OW x 1)

Tilley commits to Brockport

Local talent James Tilley, who played for Victor High School, has committed to Brockport. The forward currently laces his skates for the Protec Junior Ducks for whom he has produced a 13-20-33 line in 35 games.

Brockport falls to Fredonia

 The Golden Eagles (13-9-2, 6-7-2) were shutout Saturday night 4-0 against the hosting Fredonia State Blue Devils (8-9-1, 6-7).
 
Scoring Summary:
Fredonia first scored in the first period at the 12:06 mark as the team's only goal in the period. The Blue Devils would go into the second period with a 1-0 lead before scoring three times in the second period. The Blue Devils goals came at 2:12, 5:38 and 13:59 into the period. After a scoreless third period the Golden Eagles fell to Fredonia state 4-0.
 
Stats Summery
 
Shots
The Golden Eagles out shot Fredonia 67-to-50 with Fredonia State getting more shots on goal against Brockport as the Blue Devils recorded 34 total shots on goals to Brockport's 28 shots on goal. Fredonia State managed to get its defense in front of the puck blocking 24 shots as the Golden Eagles blocked 12 of Fredonia's. Corey Tam led the team in shots as he fired off seven total shots with four on goal. Andrew Harley and Scott Ramakers recorded four shots with three on net as Mitchel Parsons, Jacob Rodrigue and Ryan Romeo fired off six shots in the game.
 
Penalty's
In the penalty box Brockport record two penalties for a total of four penalty minutes as Fredonia recorded eight penalties in the game. Fredonia served a total of 24 penalty minutes as Fredonia was given 7 minor penalties and a 10-minute Major for Unsportsmanlike Conduct.
 
Goaltending
Aidan Curry (3-3-1) was Brockport's goaltender in tonight's games playing the full 60-minutes in net for Brockport. The junior netminder managed to make a total of 30 saves in tonight's contest. Fredonia's goaltender Logan Dyck (8-8) managed to make 28 saves against the Golden Eagle's in tonight's contest for his second shutout of the season.
 
Faceoffs
Brockport won 38 of 64 total faceoffs in tonight's games. Jacob King continued to dominate in on faceoffs winning 15-of-18 in tonight's game. Michael Meredith won 10-of-13 faceoffs against the Blue Devils as Kevin Mainello and Mitchell Parsons both went .500 on their faceoffs with Mainello going 6-for-12 in the circle with Parsons going 5-for10.
 
SUNYAC Standings
With only one game remaining for Brockport in the regular season the Golden Eagles will make an appearance in the SUNYAC Tournament this season.  This is the seventh time in eight seasons that the Golden Eagles have made an appearance in the SUNYAC Tournament.
 

Rank	Team	Points	Record (Conference/Overall)
#1	#11 Oswego State – X	34	(11-2-1), (16-5-1)
#2	#2 SUNY Geneseo – X	31	(10-1-1), (18-2-1)
#3	Plattsburgh State – X	29	(10-4-1), (14-7-3)
#4	SUNY Cortland – X	23	(7-5-2), (12-9-2)
#5	SUNY Brockport - X	21	(6-7-2), (13-9-2)
#6	Fredonia State	18	(6-7), (8-9-1)
#7	SUNY Potsdam - E	10	(3-11-1), (4-16-1)
#8	Buffalo State	9	(3-10), (5-16)
#8	Morrisville State	7	(2-11), (7-13-2)

* Tournament Champion
x - Clinched Playoff Berth
# - Indicates Tournament Seed
e - Eliminated from Playoff Contention
Points - Win (3) / OT Win (2) / OL or Tie (1)
Point Formula - (# of Wins x 3) + (# of OL + T x 1)-(# of OW x 1)
 
Next Week
The Golden Eagles will next get back to work and prepare for the #2 team in the country as the SUNY Geneseo Knights travel to Brockport, NY in the Golden Eagles final home game of the regular season. The Game will take place at the Tuttle North Ice Arena on Saturday, February 19th at 7:00 pm.

Brockport loses to Buffalo State in OT

 The SUNY Brockport men's hockey team (13-8-2, 6-6-2) lost a hard fought battle that went into overtime against the Buffalo State Bengals (5-16, 3-10) by a score of 3-2.
 
On Teddy Bear Toss Night presented by the Brockport Student-Athlete Advisory Committee (SAAC) a crowd of nearly 1000 Golden Eagle fans came out to support the Men's Hockey team.
 
1st Period
To open the game both team's defenses came out aggressive behind stellar goaltending performances from both sides. Brockport's goaltender Nolan Egbert record eight saves with Buffalo State's Emil Norrman recording nine saves as each team recorded shutout first periods.
 
2nd Period
The Golden Eagles eventually scored first on a goal from Zach Norby 15:22 into the second period. As Norby's goal went into, hundreds of teddy bears covered the ice with the Brockport fans tossing them out there. The stuffed animals were eventually collected and will be donated to the Bivona Child Advocacy Center. With Norby scoring the goal that set off the chaos of raining stuffed dogs, cats, unicorns and even octopi to mention a few, Jake Colosanti and Kevin Mainello helped make the play happen as the two picked up assists on the goal. at 17:32 into the second period Buffalo State would even up the game on a power-play opportunity to make the game tied at 1-1 heading into the third period of play.
 
3rd Period
Buffalo State would take the lead in the opening minutes of the final period scoring 4:43 into the third to give the Bengals a 2-1 lead over the Golden Eagles. With time ticking down and just over a minute remaining, Brockport head coach Brian Dickinson made the call to pull his goalkeeper to gain a two extra skater advantage on Buffalo State who was serving a power-play. With Buffalo States power-play expiring and Brockport with a 6-5 advantage, just like last weekend the Golden Eagles managed to score in the closing second of the game to tie it up. Andrew Harley scored the game tying goal with five-seconds remaining in the period. The play was assisted by Anthony Hora and Ryan Romeo and would make the game tied 2-2 to send it into overtime.
 
Overtime
With both teams playing strong games, Buffalo State scored 1:54 into overtime to give the Bengals the 3-2 victory over the Golden Eagles.
 
Goaltenders
Nolan Egbert (10-6-1) managed to make a total of 26 saves in tonight's game against the Bengals. Buffalo States Emil Norrman made a total of 44 saves as both goaltenders dueled it out to the end in performances neither can be disappointed in
 
Faceoffs
Brockport won 33 of 64 total faceoffs tonight. Jacob King went 18-for-23 on faceoffs in the game with Kevin Mainello winning 7-of-13 faceoffs tonight.
 
SUNYAC Standings
With only two games remaining in the regular season Brockport clinched a spot in this year's SUNYAC Tournament after Oswego State defeated Morrisville State on Wednesday night by a score of 4-0. This is the seventh time in eight seasons that the Golden Eagles have made an appearance in the SUNYAC Tournament.
 

Rank	Team	Points	Record (Conference/Overall)
#1	#11 Oswego State – X	34	(11-2-1), (16-5-1)
#2	#2 SUNY Geneseo – X	31	(10-1-1), (18-2-1)
#3	Plattsburgh State – X	29	(10-4-1), (14-7-3)
#4	SUNY Cortland – X	21	(6-5-2), (11-9-2)
#5	SUNY Brockport - X	21	(6-5-2), (13-7-2)
#6	Fredonia State	15	(5-7), (7-9-1)
#7	SUNY Potsdam	10	(3-11-1), (4-16-1)
#8	Buffalo State	9	(3-10), (5-16)
#8	Morrisville State	6	(2-10), (7-12-2)

* Tournament Champion
x - Clinched Playoff Berth
# - Indicates Tournament Seed
e - Eliminated from Playoff Contention
Points - Win (3) / OT Win (2) / OL or Tie (1)
Point Formula - (# of Wins x 3) + (# of OL + T x 1)-(# of OW x 1)
 
Milestones
Graduate Student Ryan Romeo two big milestones in today's game recording his 35th points this season and 85th career point. With his assist tonight Romeo his now tied for the 10th most assists in a single season at Brockport with 24. The current record for most assists in a single season is 33 set back in 1980 by Chris Peck. He would need eight more points this season to tie the schools record for 10th most points in a season (43).
 
Sophomore Andrew Harley recorded his 30th career points today in his first season with the Golden Eagles with a total of 14 goals and 16 assists this year.
 
With two games remaining in the regular season and a clinched spot in the Playoffs, Nolan Egbert is on pace to record the 2nd best goals against average in program history. Egbert currently has a 2.41 gaa. Todd Sheridan of the 2008-2009 Golden Eagles Hocket team sits in second with a 2.59 gaa while the record is held by SUNY Brockport 2019 graduate Jake more who holds a 1.93 gaa in the 2018-2019 season.

Playoff schedule changed

Due to so many games in the conference being postponed or rescheduled, the SUNYAC Tournament will change its timetable with quarterfinal rounds now scheduled for Saturday, Feb. 26. The SUNYAC Semifinals will be played on Wednesday, March 2 while the SUNYAC Championship game will still be held on Saturday, March 5.

Teddy Bear Toss this Friday

The SUNY Brockport men's ice hockey team (6-5-2, 13-7-2) will hold its second WHITE OUT & TEDDY BEAR TOSS game on Friday, February 11th against visiting Buffalo State (2-10, 4-16) before traveling to Fredonia State (5-7, 7-9-1) on Saturday, February 12th for a pair of SUNYAC Contests.
 
White Out & Teddy Bear Toss:
Brockport's Student Athlete-Advisory Committee (SAAC) is presenting Ice Hockey's Second Teddy Bear Toss for Friday night's game. By wearing white and bringing a teddy bear or new stuffed animal to Friday night's game you'll gain FREE admission to the game. Along with FREE admission, following the Golden Eagles first goal of the game, throw your stuffed animal out onto the ice which will be collected by members of SAAC and donated to the Bivona Child Advocacy Center.
 
SUNYAC Standings
With only three games remaining in the regular season Brockport clinched a spot in this year's SUNYAC Tournament after Oswego State defeated Morrisville State on Wednesday night by a score of 4-0. This is the seventh time in eight seasons that the Golden Eagles have made an appearance in the SUNYAC Tournament.
 

Rank	Team	Points	Record (Conference/Overall)
#1	#11 Oswego State – X	34	(11-2-1), (16-5-1)
#2	#2 SUNY Geneseo – X	31	(10-1-1), (18-2-1)
#3	Plattsburgh State – X	26	(9-4-1), (13-7-3)
#4	SUNY Cortland – X	21	(6-5-2), (11-9-2)
#5	SUNY Brockport - X	20	(6-5-2), (13-7-2)
#6	Fredonia State	15	(5-7), (7-9-1)
#7	SUNY Potsdam	10	(3-10-1), (4-15-1)
#8	Buffalo State	7	(2-10), (4-16)
#8	Morrisville State	6	(2-10), (7-12-2)

* Tournament Champion
x - Clinched Playoff Berth
# - Indicates Tournament Seed
e - Eliminated from Playoff Contention
Points - Win (3) / OT Win (2) / OL or Tie (1)
Point Formula - (# of Wins x 3) + (# of OL + T x 1)-(# of OW x 1)
 
Last Week Recap:
The Golden Eagle's went 1-1-1 this past week after defeating Morrisville State (2-10), (7-12-2), falling to #11 Oswego State (11-2-1), (16-5-1) and tying SUNY Cortland (6-5-2), (11-9-2).
 
Defense is the key to Offense:
Graduate Student Defenseman Ryan Romeo currently ranks in the Top 50 in all three offensive categories in the nation this season as one of the best to play his position. Romeo currently has 11 goals, 23 assist and 34 points this season. According to www.uscho.com he is tied for the fifth best player in the country a crossed Division III Hockey with his 34 points. His 23 assists this year ranks him tied for second in the country, his 11 goals ties for 46th with his four power play goals tying him for 32nd most in the nation.
 
Rookie Sensations:
The line of Sophomores Andrew Harley and Connor Galloway along with Freshman Jacob King have been the top producing line as the three of them have combined this season for a total 31 goals, 47 assists and 78 points. All in their first season playing college hockey, Harley (13-16-29) ranks tied for 17th in the nations scoring leaders with his 29 points. his 13 goals tie him for 22nd in the country while his 16 assists tie him for 32nd in the country. Galloway (8-17-25) is tied for 41st in the country with 25 points and tied for 27th in assists this season with 17.
Jacob King (10-14-24) ranks tied for 48th in the States with 25 points on 10 goals, tied for 58th in the country, and his14 assists ties him for 62nd.
 
Goaltenders:
The duo of senior goaltender Nolan Egbert (10-5-1) and junior Aidan Curry (3-2-1) have been a dynamic pairing in net for the Golden Eagles. This Season Egbert has spent 962:04 in net starting in all 17 games he's appeared in; the goaltender has acquired an incredible 2.37 goals against average allowing 38 goals saving 434 shots on goals for a save percentage of .919%. Egbert has also recorded two shutout games this season. Appearing in six games this season, Curry has totaled 353:03 in net allowing 11 goals and averaging 1.87 goals allowed per game. He's made 144 total saves with a save percentage of .929%.
 
Looking at Buffalo State:
Nikita Kozyrev is the Bengals points leaders this season recording 15 points on 10 assists and 5 goals. With Kozyrev tied for third on the team in goals and leading in assists. Joel Free is Buffalo States leading goal scorer with eight goals, three assists and 11 points this year. Emil Norrman (2-12) has appeared in 17 games this season for a total 901:07 minutes allowing 50 goals and averaging 3:33 goals and a save percentage of .913 this year. the last time these two teams faced off on December 3rd, 2021, The SUNY Brockport ice hockey team defeated the Buffalo State Bengals by a score of 6-1. In total, six different golden eagles managed to record goals while 10 players picked up assists in the 6-1 victory.
 
Looking at Fredonia State:
For the Blue Devils, Matt Letmanski leads the team in points with 11 on two goals and a team leading nine assists. Gregg Lee and Kurri Woodford both lead Fredonia's offense with five goals each. Logan Dyck (7-8), the Blue Devils goaltender, has spent 842:16 in goal starting in all 15 games he's played in allowing 42 goals for a goal against average of 2.99 goals per game and a save percentage of .922%. the last time these two teams played, Brockport defeated Fredonia by a score of 4-1 on December 4th, 2021. Four different Golden Eagles scored in the game including Ryan Romeo, Connor Galloway, Anthony Hora and Andrew Harley. Jacob King and Kevin Mainello record assists while Harley picked up two assists to go along with his goal. Ryan Romeo was able to contribute to all four goals in the game as he tallied three assists with his one goal.
 
After this weekends Whiteout & Teddy Bear Toss on Friday night and the team's final road game of the season, the Golden Eagles will host its local conference rival #2 SUNY Geneseo on Saturday, February 19th at 7 p.m. in the Tuttle North Ice Arena.

Playoffs clinched

 

Brockport ties Cortland

The SUNY Brockport men's ice hockey team now 13-9-2 overall and 6-5-2 in conference play earn itself a point in the SUNYAC Standing after tying SUNY Cortland (11-9-2, 6-5-2) in a thrilling SUNYAC showdown on Saturday.
 
Scoring Recap
Three Golden Eagles scored in tonight's game with Mitchell Parsons, Andrew Harley and Anthony Hora all scoring one goal in each period. Zach Norby, Casey Winn, Trevor Pray and Jacob King each had one assist while Ryan Romeo added two assists to his team-high 34 points season.
 
1st Period
The Golden Eagle fell behind 3-0 to the Red Dragons only 8:17 into the first period of the game. The Golden Eagles slowly made their comeback effort as Mitchell Parsons scored Brockport's first of the game 12-minutes into the period on a power-play opportunity. Assisting Parsons on his 10th goal of the season were Zach Norby and Casey Winn.
 
2nd Period
Trailing 3-1 through the second period, Brockport brought the deficit to one 16:02 into the period with sophomore sensation Andrew Harley recording his 29th point this year on a goal assisted by Trevor Pray and Ryan Romeo.
 
3rd Period
Trailing by one throughout the whole period, the Golden Eagles almost had a chance to tie up the game with 18-seconds remaining. Off the next faceoff, won by Jacob King, the Golden Eagles scored as Anthony Hora hit a one timer from the top of the point off a pass from Ryan Romeo. Hora's one timer snuck passed Cortland's goaltender to send the game into overtime. Along with Romeo, Jacob King assisted the Golden Eagles on the game tying goal.
 
Overtime
Both Brockport and Cortland each received power-play opportunities following one another as each team had a chance to win in 4-3 free hockey. With no team able to capitalize the game would end in a tie 3-3 as each team would earn 1 point toward its SUNYAC standings rank.
 
Goaltending
Trailing by three goals, Aiden Curry was sent into the game as Brockport's netminder at the 8:17 mark of the first period. With Curry in net, Brockport did not allow a single goal as he shut out the Red Dragons the remainder of the game. Curry recorded a total of 17 shots against Cortland's Luca Durante who played the full 65-minutes in net making 45 saves and allowing three goals.
 
Faceoffs
The Golden Eagles won 32-of-58 Faceoffs for a 0.551 winning faceoff percentage. Jacob King won 16 of his 25 faceoffs with Scott Ramaekers winning 5 of his seven faceoffs. Kevin Mainello and Michael Meredith each went .500 in the circle as Mainello won 3-of-6 faceoffs and Meredith 2-of-4 of his.

Oswego hands Brockport a big loss

The SUNY Brockport men's ice hockey team traveled to #13 Oswego State Friday night to battle the Lakers where they fell by a score of 7-3.
 
Scoring Summery
Andrew Harley, Mitchell Parsons, and Jacob King scored the three goals while Connor Galloway recorded an assist on two of them. Also picking up assists in the game were Trevor Pray and Kevin Mainello
 
1st Period
Lots of action occurred during the first period as a total of seven goals were scored between Brockport and Oswego. The Lakers fired the first shot in the Battle of Lake Ontario scoring 3:32 into the first period of play. The Golden Eagles returned fire though scoring the next two goals. First for Brockport, Andrew Harley managed to find the back of the net 6:40 into the period with an assist from Connor Galloway and Kevin Mainello. At the 8:39 mark, Mitchell Parsons then scored for the Golden Eagles to take their own lead of the game off an assist from Trevor Pray. The Lakers would then put up three unanswered goals before Jacob King decreased Oswego's led to one off an assist by Connor Galloway.
 
2nd Period
Following the seven goal first period, Brockport was unable to find the back of the net in the second. Oswego State scored two goals to increase its lead to 6-3 heading into the third period of play. The Lakers goals came at 4:37 at 15:16 into the period.
 
3rd period
The Golden Eagles were unable to score in the third period as Oswego State put the puck in the back of the net one last time late in the game to give the Lakers a 7-3 victory over the Golden Eagles
 
Nolan Egbert spent all 60-minutes in goal for the Golden Eagles making a career high 45 saves against the Lakers. Steven Kozikoski was Oswego States goaltender for the game making 24 saves while allowing three goals
 
Stats
Brockport won 39 of 75 faceoffs in the game as Jacob King won 15 of 26 total faceoffs and Kevin Mainello winning 8 of 15 of his. Corey Tam lead the team in blocked shots blocking 3 with Scott Ramaekers and Casey Winn blocking two each. In total the Golden Eagles recorded a total of 13 blocked shots against Oswego's three.
 

Brockport wins rare Wednesday affair

 The SUNY Brockport men's ice hockey team (13-6-1, 6-4-1) traveled to Morrisville (7-11-1, 2-9) on Wednesday night for a SUNYAC contest where the Golden Eagles won 5-2 and are headed home with three points.
 
Robert Flannery, Andrew Harley, Casey Winn, Mitchell Parsons and Scott Ramaekers all scored goals for the Golden Eagles in the game with Ramaekers, Chris Aarons, Jacob King, Trevor Pray, Corey Tam and Jake Mendeszoon all recording an assist.
 
1st Period
Both teams defense would start off strong as neither side would allow a single goal as Brockport's Goaltender Nolan Egbert (10-3-1) saved six shots in the scoreless period. For the Mustangs Garrett Boyonoski (3-5) saved 10 shots in the period.
 
 2nd Period
Brockport's Robert Flannery would record the first goal in the game 4:11 into the second period off an assist from Chris Aarons. With the Mustangs down by one they would record two goals with two minutes of Flannery's goal to put Morrisville up 2-1 over Brockport. The two goals would be the only ones for Morrisville as Harley would keep his point streak alive scoring 12:15 into the second period off an assist from Jacob King. Harley's goal would keep his five game point streak alive and tie the game up heading into the final period of regulation at 2-2.
 
3rd Period
The Golden Eagles would wait long taking the lead 2:02 into the third period off a goal from defensemen Casey Winn to give Brockport the 3-2 lead. Winn's goal came off assists from Scott Ramaekers and Trevor Pray. 10:34 into the period Mitchell Parsons would make Brockport's lead a little more comfortable recording the Green and Gold's fourth goal of the game with an assist from Co-Captain Corey Tam. With Brockport leading 4-2 they gained an insurance goal from Scott Ramaekers with an assist from Jake Mendeszoon as the final goal of the game to give Brockport the victory with the final score being 5-2.
 
Goaltenders
Nolan Egbert earned his tenth career win in goal as a Golden Eagle following tonight's win. the goaltender made 19 saves playing all 60-minutes in the teams win. meanwhile Garret Boyonski recorded his fifth loss for Morrisville this year making a total of 27 saves and allowing five goals.
 
Faceoffs
Jacob King won 9-of-17 of his faceoffs while Kevin Mainello was dominant in the circle winning 8-of-10 of his faceoffs against the Mustangs.
 
SUNYAC Standings:
With five games remaining and the top six teams in the conference reaching the SUNYAC Tournament the current standings and point system are listed below as of 2/2/22.
 
Conference point system
3 points for Win
2 Points for OT Win
1 Point for OT Loss/Tie

SUNYAC Rank	Team	Points	Record (Conference/Overall)
#1	#2 SUNY Geneseo	28	(9-0-1), (17-1-1)
#2	#13 Oswego State	28	(9-1-1), (14-4-1)
#3	Plattsburgh State	20	(7-4-1), (11-7-3)
#4	SUNY Brockport	19	(6-4-1), (13-6-1)
#5	SUNY Cortland	17	(5-5-1), (10-9-1)
#6	Fredonia	15	(5-5), (7-7-1)
#7	Buffalo State	7	(2-8), (4-14)
#8	Morrisville State	6	(2-8), (7-10-1)
#9	SUNY Potsdam	4	(1-10-1), (2-15-1)

 
What's Next
The Golden Eagles will be on the road this Friday to take on #13 Oswego State (14-4-1, 9-1-1) at the Deborah F. Stanley Arena & Convocation Center in Oswego, NY. To view SUNY Oswego's Indoor Spectator Policy, you can click here. The game is set for Friday, February 4th at 7:00 PM and will see Oswego host its Pride Night along with honoring its senior skaters for Senior Night. The following night SUNY Brockport will host SUNY Cortland (10-9-1, 5-5-1) at the Tuttle North Ice Arena in Brockport, NY. That game is set to begin at 7 PM.
 
Teddy Bear Toss & Winter Whiteout
The Teddy Bear Toss and Winter Whiteout game will return next Friday, February 11th at 7:00 PM against Buffalo State as presented by Brockport's Student-Athlete Advisory Committee. Everyone who brings a teddy bear will receive free admission and make sure to come wearing white for the Winter Whiteout

Brockport falls to Plattsburgh

 The SUNY Brockport men's ice hockey team (12-6-1, 5-4-1) traveled to face Plattsburgh State (11-7-3, 7-4-1) on Saturday night where the Golden Eagles fell 4-3 to its SUNYAC opponent.
 
Summery
Ryan Romeo Scored two goals for Brockport adding to his incredible season giving him 32 total points all year on 11 goals and 21 assists. Connor Galloway also record two points on a goal and assists with Andrew Harley getting his two points this game off of two assists.
 
1st Period
Plattsburgh started out the game by scoring three unanswered goals against the Green and Gold within the first 10-minutes of the game before Ryan Romeo would score his 10th goal of the season with Andrew Harley and Connor Galloway assisting him. Before the period ended the Cardinals would record another goal leading Brockport 4-1 heading into the first intermission.
 
2nd Period
Brockport's defense stepped up in the second period not allowing a goal and helped the Golden Eagle's get one back. 5:36 into the period, Connor Galloway scored the only goal of the period to make the game 4-2. Putting Brockport back in the game the goal was assisted by Andrew Harley, his second of the night.
 
3rd Period
Not allowing a goal for the last two periods, Brockport would hold the Cardinals to four goals. 18:39 into the last period, Romeo would record his second goal and the Golden Eagles final goal of the game leaving the final score Plattsburgh 4, Brockport 3.
 
Goalkeeping
Brockport managed to block a total of 10 shots while Nolan Egbert saved for 26 shots on net. Jacob Hearne recorded a total of 13 saves while allowing two goals.
 
What's Next
The Golden Eagles will next travel to Morrisville on Wednesday, February 2nd for a 7 pm puck drop before traveling to Oswego on Friday, February 4th and hosting Cortland on Saturday, February 5th at the Tuttle North Ice Arena in Brockport, NY.

Potsdam ties Brockport 2-2

 The SUNY Brockport men's ice hockey team (12-5-1, 5-3-1) traveled to the North Country on Friday night where they took on the Potsdam Bears (2-14-1, 1-9-1).
 
 Following a hard fought game between both teams the result ended in a 2-2 tie following 60-minutes of regulation and a scoreless overtime period. Andrew Harley and Anthony Hora scored both goals for the Green and Gold with Ryan Romeo and Jacob King recording an assist each in the game.
 
First Period
Following strong defensive performances from both team, Potsdam managed to score the only goal of the period off a scrum in front of Brockport's net at 16:07 into the first period. With the Bears scoring the only goal of the first, they would go into the first intermission with a lead of 1-0 over the Golden Eagles.
 
2nd Period
Andrew Harley started off this weekend right where he left off from lasts scoring the Golden Eagles first goal of the game off an assist from Ryan Romeo 3:54 into the second period. The Golden Eagles would try to take the lead, but the bears scored late into the second at the 12:38 mark to take the 2-1 lead heading into the final period of regulation.
 
3rd Period
Trailing 2-1 in the third period, Anthony Hora would come in clutch for the team as following some dirty dekes and dangles he would tie the game with 3:07 remaining in the third period to make the game 2-2. Assisting Hora on his goal was Jacob King
 
Overtime
With both teams playing their first overtime period, the Golden Eagles and Bears put up many shots on net. Following a scoreless period, the game would result in both teams first tie this year.
 
Career Highlights
Romeo recorded his 80th career point and 30th of the season. For a career Romeo has 25 goals and 55 assists. This season alone he's posted 9 goals and 21 assists. Sophomore Andrew Harley now bumps up his season total in points to 23 on 10 goals and 13 assists. Defender Anthony Hora recorded his 13th point this season on 3 goals and 10 assists.
 
Faceoffs
Brockport came up big on the faceoffs winning 45 of 70 faceoffs. Jacob King won a career high 20 faceoffs tonight's while only losing 5. Kevin Mainello was perfect on the puck drops winning all eight of his faceoffs tonight's. Tying up on faceoffs for the Golden Eagles were Chris Aarons and Mitchell Parsons who each won seven faceoffs against the Potsdam.
 
Goaltenders
Nolan Egbert was the Golden Eagles netminder tonight saving 19 shots as Brockport's defense barely allowed him to face a shot. The opposite went for Potsdam defense as they allowed a total of 54 shots on their goaltenders Connor Green who saved 52-of-54 shots tonight.
 
Brockport will next travel to Plattsburgh State (10-7-3, 6-4-1) tomorrow night to take on the Cardinals at the Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena in Plattsburgh, NY. The puck is scheduled to drop at 7pm.

Romeo and Harley get weekly SUNYAC awards

The State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) has picked Brockport's Ryan Romeo and Brockport's Andrew Harley as this week's PrestoSports Men's Ice Hockey Athlete and Rookie of the Week in a release from the conference office Monday afternoon.
 
Ryan Romeo
Brockport's Ryan Romeo has now earned his third Prestosport Athlete of the Week Award this season. The Graduate Student Co-Captain from Fairport, NY recorded a total of four points on one goal and three assists against the SUNY Canton Kangaroo's this weekend. Playing the Roo's twice, on Friday nights 7-2 victory, Romeo recorded one goal and two assists while earning a plus/minus of +4 in the game. The Following night in Brockport's 3-1 win over SUNY Canton, Romeo tallied one assist with a plus/minus of +1 giving him a total of +5 for the weekend. This season, Romeo is currently ranked fourth in the nation amongst all skater in points (29), third in assists (20) tied for 18th in power-play goals and tied for 38th in the nation in goals (9) along with teammates Andrew Harley and Jacob King.
 
 
Andrew Harley
Harley earns his second Prestosports Men's Ice Hockey Rookie of the Week Award following the Golden Eagles weekend sweep of the SUNY Canton Kangaroo's. In Friday's first matchup against the Roo's, Harley put on a show in front of the home crowd as the sophomore and Brockport, N.Y. native recorded a single-game career high total of four points scoring two goals and recording two assists. Harley's second goal of the game came off a Brockport power-play and would be listed as the winning goal in the 7-2 blowout victory over SUNY Canton. The following night Harley on the road, Harley still managed to record three points in the 3-1 victory contributing a part in each of Brockport's goals. Harley's three points came off two goals and one assist. His first goal would go down as the game winner for the second night in a row with his second goal came on an empty net. He finished the weekend with a total of seven points from four goals and two assists with a plus/minus of +4 while recording one power-play goal, one empty net goal and two game winners. Harley is now ranked tied for 16th in the nation in points (23), tied for 18th in the nation in assists (14) and tied for 38th in the nation in goals (9).

Brockport beats Canton 3-1

The SUNY Brockport men's ice hockey team traveled to SUNY Canton and beat the Kangaroos 3-1 claiming the weekend series sweep after having previously defeated Canton last night 7-2.
 
Andrew Harley recorded two goals and one assist in the game one night after scoring two goals and two assists against the Kangaroos. Defenseman Casey Winn also scored for the Golden Eagles in the teams 3-1 victory. Connor Galloway picked up two assists tonight while Anthony Hora, Ryan Romeo and Jacob King picked one assist in the game.
 
1st Period:
Brockport defenseman Casey Winn scored the first goal of the game one-minute into the period. Assisting Winn were Galloway and Harley. With the score 1-0, SUNY Canton bounced back 17-minutes into the period to even up the game 1-1.
 
3rd Period:
Following a scoreless second period, the Golden Eagles took the lead when Andrew Harley scored to give Brockport the 2-1 lead 11:59 into the final period.  Harley's goal came shorthanded with assists from the defensive line of Ryan Romeo and Anthony Hora. With under a minute remaining in the game Harley recorded his second goal of the night on an empty netter with assists from Connor Galloway and Jacob King. Following the empty netter, time expired as Brockport came out victorious with the 3-1 win.
 
Goaltending:
Junior Aiden Curry was in net for the Golden Eagle's making 19 saves against 20 shots on goal en route to his third win this season. Pierce Diamond recorded the L for SUNY Canton as he allowed two goals against 14 shots. With Curry's win tonight puts him at .500 for a Wins-to-Loss ratio this season.
 
Notable Stats:
With Andrew Harleys three points tonight and four last night, he finishes the weekend with seven points on four goals and three assists. Harley ranks third in the conference in points (27) and assists (13) as per SUNYACsports.com. With Romeo's assist in the game, he has now reached 20 assists, nine goals for 29 points this season. Romeo is the #1 defenseman in the country in points and #2 in the nation in assists according to USCHO.com
 
Looking Forward:
The men will return to SUNYAC action next weekend when they'll travel to the north country of New York where they'll face off against SUNY Potsdam on Friday, Jan 28th at 7 pm. Following the game against the Bears, the Golden Eagles will head to Plattsburgh State to matchup in a big SUNYAC standings matchup with the Cardinals. That game is set to begin at 7pm.

Brockport beats Canton 7-2

 The SUNY Brockport men's ice hockey team defeated the SUNY Canton Kangaroo's in a non-conference game by a score of 7-2 Friday night at the Tuttle North Ice Arena in Brockport, NY.
 
Six different Golden Eagle's scored in the game as seven of Brockport's skaters recorded assists. Tallying two goals for Brockport was the hometown native Andrew Harley who scored two goals in the game including the game winner off a power-play and also recorded two assists picking up four total points, a career high for the freshman. Ryan Romeo and Connor Galloway each recorded three points as both scored one goal while recording an assist. Romeo's three points now gives him 28 points this year on 9 goals and 19 assists. Anthony Hora picked up two points on one goal and one assist while Jacob King and Zach Norby recorded two points in the game on two assists. Scott Ramaekers and Sam DiBitetto picked up one point as each skater scored one goal while Chris Aarons and Mitchell Parsons also recorded one point off assists against the Kangaroo's.
 
 
Scoring Summery
 
1st Period: Ryan Romeo started off the Golden Eagle's offense tonight as the graduate assistant co-captain scored the first goal of the game 13:17 into the very first period of play off an assist from Norby. Three minutes later Harley found the back of the net for his first goal of the game as King and Hora provided the assists.
 
2nd Period: Starting the second period off with a 2-0 lead, Brockport would let up its first goal of the game as the Rochester native Matt Passaretti scored SUNY Canton's goal 6:33 into the second period of play. If you give a goal up you've got to get one back and that's just what Harley did for the Golden Eagle's scoring less than a minute as he followed up on the Kangaroo's goal 7:23 into the second period off a power-play opportunity putting the Golden Eagles up 3-1. Harley's second goal of the night came off assists from Galloway and Romeo. At the 12:03 mark of the period, Galloway would get his first goal, as it was Harley with an assist this time around with help from King. With Galloway's goal, it would give Brockport a 4-1 lead. 15:20 into the period, the Kangaroo's would score again making things a little closer as the they would now trail 4-2. At 18:17 Sam Dibitetto would extend the Green and Golds lead to three getting the puck into the back of the net with a little help from Parson's and Romeo.
 
3rd Period: leading 5-2, the Golden Eagles would continue adding on points as Ramaekers goal came 4:24 into the final period of play with Norby and Aarons getting's assists on the goal. Hora would score the final goal of the game with 11:09 remaining in the period off a power-play opportunity. Assisting Hora on the goal were Galloway and Harley. In the end the Golden Eagle's picked up the 7-2 Victory over SUNY Canton.
 
Penalties: The biggest stat line of the night came from the penalty chart as a total of 67 penalty minutes were handed out between both teams with SUNY Canton picking up 14 of the 24 penalties handed out including one 10-minute misconduct and a 5-minute major for cross checking resulting in the team's second 10-minute misconduct of the night.
 
Power-Play Summary: The Golden Eagle's continued to draw power-play opportunities as their four chances tonight gives them a conference high 89 total power-play opportunities. Going 2-for-4 on power-play chances against SUNY Canton, Brockport now has 22 power-play goals this season, another conference high. Brockport's penalty killing was just as strong tonight as the penalty kill managed to go 3-for-3 not allowing a single goal off any of SUNY Canton's power-play opportunities. Between both teams a total of 12 penalties were called for roughing, seven for SUNY Canton and five for the Golden Eagles.
 
Goaltenders: Nolan Egbert was back in goal for the Golden Eagles as one of the top goaltenders in Division III shut down the Kangaroo's allowing two goals against 28 shots. Egbert currently has 1.68 goals against average this season, a Brockport all-time low with a .940 save percentage this season. He currently is one win away from 10 wins in net this season posting a 9-3 record having spent nearly 715-minutes total in net for Brockport this season. For SUNY Canton Filip Schlyter drops to 1-4 in net for the Kangaroo's allowing seven goals while making 33 saves tonight.
 
Faceoffs: Brockport won 40 of 68 total faceoffs tonight. Jacob King won 10 of his 17 total faceoffs with Parsons winning 11 of his 19 while Chris Aarons won 9 of 12 of his faceoffs.
 
The Golden Eagle's will next travel to SUNY Canton on January 22nd to face off against the Kangaroo's as Brockport will try to take the weekend series sweep. Puckdrop is scheduled for 7pm.

Brockport beats LVC

 The SUNY Brockport men's ice hockey team (10-5,5-3) picked up its 10th win of the season with a victory over Lebanon Valley (2-11,1-7)  Saturday afternoon.
 
The Golden Eagles defeated the Flying Dutchmen by a score of 3-1. Jake Colosanti, Connor Galloway, and Mitchell Parsons were each responsible for a Golden Eagles goal throughout the game. Colosanti, Anthony Hora and Sam Dibitetto each recorded an assist as Ryan Romeo picked up two assists against the Flying Dutchmen. Romeo's two assists gives him a total of 17 this season, tied for first amongst all skaters in the nation.
 
Game Recap: The Golden Eagles struck first in the game as Colosanti recorded his fifth goal this season 15:26 into the first period of play. The goal came on a Brockport power-play with senior Sam DiBitetto assisting him for the goal.
 
In the second period, with Brockport a man down, and Lebanon Valley on the power-play the Flying Dutchman scored their first and only goal in the game to even things up 1-1.
 
With the score even at 1-1 heading into the final period of play, thanks to another Lebanon Valley penalty, Connor Galloway scored on the Brockport power-play 12:34 into the third period. Ryan Romeo picked up his first assist in the game as Anthony Hora picked tallied an assist as his shot deflected off Galloways stick and into the back of the net to give the Golden Eagles a 2-1 lead. Mitchell Parsons then scored in what would be the only even strength goal all game with Ryan Romeo and Jake Colosanti tallying their second points in the game giving the Green and Gold a 3-1 victory over the Blue and White.
 
Penalty Play: A total of eight penalties were handed out throughout the game. Lebanon Valley went on the penalty kill five times throughout including a five-minute major game misconduct.The Golden Eagles went 2-for-3 on their penalty kill opportunities. Brockport's five power-play opportunities now gives them a SUNYAC leading 84 all season.
 
Netminders: Nolan Egbert returned in net for the Golden Eagles making 23 saves against 24 shots playing the full 60-minutes in net. Aidam Richardson was a brickwall for the Flying Dutchman as the Pittsford, NY native returned to the 585 recording a total of 49 saves against 52 total shots.
 
SUNYAC Leaders: Egberts play for the Golden Eagles has been one for the books as he ranks second in the SUNYAC in goals against average (1.65), save percentage (.941) and win percentage (.727). With Romeo's 17 assists, he ranks first in the SUNYAC while his eight goals this season ranks him second in the conference in points with 25.
 
On To The Next: The Golden Eagles will resume SUNYAC play this Wednesday when they'll travel to Morrisville to take on the Mustangs at 7pm.

Brockport to host LVC

The SUNY Brockport men's ice hockey team is set to host visiting Lebanon Valley this Saturday, January 15th at 2 p.m. in the Tuttle North Ice Arena.
 
Weekend Recap: The Golden Eagles (9-5) recently defeated visiting Stevenson (9-4-1) on Saturday by a score of 5-1. Brockport's Zach Norby, Ryan Romeo and Sam Dibitetto all recorded a goal in the game with freshman Jacob King scoring twice in the contest. Aidan Curry was Brockport netminder against the Mustangs as he managed to play nearly 60-minutes of shutout hockey to pick up his second win of the season. Curry's play came as the result of saving a career high 35 total shots.
 
So far this season the Golden Eagles currently rank first in the SUNYAC in power-play opportunities (79), 14 more than any other team in the conference. Of their power-play opportunities, the Golden Eagles have capitalized with a power-play goal 21.5% of the time.
 
Individual National Rankings: Team Co-Captain Ryan Romeo has been playing as one of the best defenders this season not only in the conference, but in the nation across division III men's ice hockey. Through 14 games this season, Romeo is currently ranked first amongst defenders in points (23), tied for first amongst defenders in assists (15) and ranked second in the country amongst all skaters with his 23 points. As for his career, Romeo currently sits at 73 career points and is two shy away from ¾ of 100 points. Sitting where he is now in goals and points, he ended the 2019-2020 season with six goals and 10 assists and has already surpassed his previous seasons stats with 11 games remaining in the season. Other top points leaders in the nation from Brockport include freshman Jacob King who is tied for 21st (9-9-18) and freshman Andrew Harley who is tied for 38th (5-11-16).
 
Brockport has been backed up by phenomenal goaltending as Nolan Egbert ranks tied fourth in the nation in shutouts (2), ninth in the nation in save percentage (0.940%), 12th in the nation in goals against average (1.72%) and 21st in the nation in minutes played (594.21).
 
Looking at Lebanon Valley: The Flying Dutchmen are currently 2-9 overall and 1-7 in the United Collegiate Hockey Conference (UCHC). Lebanon Valley's most recent game was played back on December 10th against Elmira College where they lost 10-0. Prior to traveling to Brockport on Saturday, the Flying Dutchman will faceoff against No.2 SUNY Geneseo Friday afternoon at 1 p.m. leading the team's offense in points is Blake Testo who's recorded 13 points on a team leading seven goals and six assists. Leading the team in assists this season is Alex Borowiec with 10. Gabriel Pigeon has spent the most time in net for Lebanon Valley appearing in nine games recording a total of 369.05 minutes allowing 28 goals and making 169 saves. He has a goals against average of 4.55% and save percentage of .858%.
 
Following Events: Following this weekend's game, The Golden Eagles will resume SUNYAC play where they will travel to Morrisville State on Wednesday, January 19th for a 7 p.m. puck drop.

Brockport starts off 2022 in style

 The SUNY Brockport Golden Eagle's men's ice hockey team returned home for the first time this year picking up a big victory over visiting Stevenson University.
 
The Golden Eagle's (9-5) defeated the Mustangs (9-4-1) by a score of 5-1. Brockport's Zach Norby, Ryan Romeo and Sam Dibitetto all recorded a goal in the game with freshman Jacob King scoring twice in today's contest.
 
The first goal of the game was recorded by Norby who was assisted on the play by teammates Connor Galloway and Jacob King. The goal came off a Brockport power-play at 15:43 to put the Golden Eagles up 1-0 heading into the second period of play.
 
As they have all season, Brockport tallied its most goals of the game in the second period. So far, of the 55 total goals that Brockport has scored all season, 25 have come during the second period of play with 10 goals recorded in the first period and 20 coming in the third.
 
To start off Brockport's second period scoring drive, the co-captain Ryan Romeo tallied his SUNYAC conference leading 23 points this season off a goal. Assisting him on the play were Connor Galloway and Zach Norby. The Golden Eagle's third goal of the game came at 15:35 into the second period with King picking up his first goal off assists from Jake Colosanti and Anthony Hora putting Brockport up 3-0. Giving the Green and Gold another point on the board was Sam Dibitetto who scored 17-minutes into the second period off a power-play goal as Jacob Rodrigue and co-captain Corey Tam tallied assists.  The Golden Eagle's final goal of the night was King's second of the game at 18:17 in the second with assists by Zach Norby and Ryan Romeo to help give Brockport a 5-0 lead heading into the third period.
 
Stevenson wouldn't go away empty handed as the Mustangs put up a goal 16:35 into the third period resulting in the final score of the game to end in a 5-1 Golden Eagles victory.
 
Jacob King's two goals in the game now puts him tied for third place in the conference in total goals (9). With an assist in the game, it puts him ranked third in the conference in points (18). Ryan Romeo still ranks as the SUNYAC's assists and points leader as his assists in today came gives him 15 on the season, four more than any other SUNYAC player. Romeo's goal, which gave him a total of two points to finish today's game puts him at 23 total points so far this season. Romeo and King's presence on the ice has been impactful for the Green and Gold as the graduate student, Romeo, is tied amongst conference leaders in plus/minus (+17) while the freshman, King, sits alone in fourth place (+12).
 
Aidan Curry was Brockport netminder today as he managed to play nearly 60-minutes of shutout hockey to pick up his second win of the season. Curry's play came as the result of saving a career high 35 total shots.
 
Ryan Kenny recorded the loss for the Mustang's in today's game allowing four goals in 37-minutes of action before being replaced by backup goaltender Marko Sturma. Kenny recorded 23 saves while Sturma picked up 14 saves during his time in goal.
 
Stevenson gained the edge over the Golden Eagle's in faceoffs as the Mustangs won 31 of 56. King lead all skaters for both teams in today's game in faceoff's win as he managed to takeaway 13 of 21 faceoffs he appeared in.
 
One of the biggest stats Stevenson had for today's game was the amount of penalty minutes they aquired taking a total of 11 penalties in the game compared to Brockport's six penalties. Brockport took advantage of Stevenson's penalties as the Golden Eagles went 3-6 on power play opportunities while Stevenson couldn't capitalize on any of their three power-play opportunites.
 
Brockport will return home next Saturday, January 15th when they will make up its postponed game from January 8th against Lebanon Valley in the Tuttle North Ice Arena at 4pm.

Celebrating two of the best

 

With the second half of the season here, it’s time to give a shoutout to two guys having absolutely magical seasons – Ryan Romeo and Nolan Egbert. Keep an eye on these guys this semester, appreciate every play they make. They are literally among the best in all of DIII.

It was thought that defenseman Ryan Romeo deserved serious consideration for All-American status in the season prior to the pandemic. The First Team All-SUNYAC selection had 10 goals and 16 assists for 26 points. This year, he’s a shoe-in for national honors: He has a 7-14-21 line in just 13 games. He’s on pace for a 40-point season. Let that sink in. 40 points is a great season for a forward. For a blueliner, it’s an all-world season. That dynamic playmaking ability in no way dulls his primary duties of keeping the other teams’ best players in check. His plus/minus is +15, he’s blocked 8 shots, and he has just 8 penalty minutes.

I’ve been watching DIII hockey for a really, really long time, and I’ve always thought the best defenseman I ever saw was Nick Rolls, who played for Plattsburgh from 2005-2006 to 2008-2009. He was brilliant, the flow of the game itself went through him. Romeo is that kind of special talent. He’s an impactful player who is worth the price of admission and will belong on Brockport’s Mount Rushmore of hockey.

Why is Brockport consistently ranked among the top twenty teams in DIII this season? Look no further than Nolan Egbert. His brilliance in goal allows the team to do what they want, to take chances, to adjust their style of play of the competition, to make changes on the fly because he gives them the confidence to be able to dominate and win every game. With him behind you, there’s always a chance.

Somehow, he’s quietly having a season for the ages. His save percentage is .940 and his goals-against-average is 1.72. The team’s single-season records for those categories has been held by Jake Moore, at .925 and 1.93. He’s a great goalie to watch, too – he has textbook mechanics and cunning yet he can also make the stunning stop that’s worthy of television highlight reels.

Egbert can steal a game and he’s the key to getting the team to – and beyond – the SUNYAC championship game. He’s up for the task, too, the young man has preternatural calm behind the mask.

New fans, longtime fans, all of you…savor this semester and what these guys are doing. You’ll never forget what you’re seeing.

LVC game put on hold

Lebanon Valley's games against Brockport and Geneseo have been postponed. While Friday's match is a no-go, Brockport will still, at this time, face Stevenson on Saturday.