Russell Jaslow

The standings on top of Atlantic Hockey remained the same thanks to a 2-2 tie between RIT and Mercyhurst in a see-saw game. Defenseman Nick Jones scored both goals for Mercyhurst in a span of 2:53 early in the third period, while Jeff Smith tied the game with 2:03 left in regulation. RIT took the … Read more

Fredonia was not going to be denied in its sixth annual Pink the Rink event, despite a slow start and falling behind after the first period, 1-0. Thanks to an early second period timeout, the Blue Devils came roaring back, scoring three unanswered goals en route to a 5-2 victory over Morrisville. “We had gotten … Read more

Game of the Week Outside of the obvious — points are points — there is no game that sticks out as a key game in the standings. So, I’ll go with the Pink the Rink game between Morrisville and Potsdam. The Mustangs have participated in this game before, and their coach Brian Grady is looking … Read more

Lose a lead day The hockey stat which favors the team scoring first meant squat on Friday in the SUNYAC. Three of the four games saw the team which grabbed the early lead lose. The most extreme of all was Geneseo. The Ice Knights opened up a 3-0 lead on first period goals by Jimmy … Read more

In The Cooler, which lived up to its name on a frigid day in Geneva, N.Y. with temperatures in the mid-teens, Hobart defeated Potsdam, 4-0, in a nonconference match up. Martin Ausserhofer recorded his first career shutout, making 20 saves. “He stayed in the shadow of Nick Broadwater for two years,” Hobart coach Mark Taylor … Read more

Buffalo State turned the tables from its first meeting with Geneseo, mounting a come-from-behind overtime victory over Geneseo on Friday night. The Bengals fell behind 3-0 before scoring four unanswered goals for the 4-3 win. Mike Zannella scored the game winner with 19 seconds left, knocking in a rebound from in close after his team … Read more

Game of the Week No doubt, the biggest matchup this weekend is Geneseo at Buffalo State. Buffalo State sits in third place with nine points. Geneseo and Potsdam have eight points. Fredonia has seven points. So, not only are the two points ultra important versus each other, they are also ultra important to the teams … Read more

Oswego sweeps; avenges Utica loss The Utica at Oswego game was an interesting one. It wasn’t a dirty game. It wasn’t a chippy game. In fact, it was, relatively speaking, a clean game. However, due to the officials calling a very tight game, it was filled with penalties. Quite honestly, with the way the game … Read more

In a clean, but tightly-called, penalty-filled game, Oswego prevailed over Utica, 5-2. With 28 penalties for 86 minutes producing 21 power-play opportunities (12 for Oswego), special teams was the key. The Lakers produced two power-play goals and two short-handed goals. “It was certainly interesting,” Oswego coach Ed Gosek said. “I think in the past our … Read more

Game of the Week This is the second consecutive weekend of all nonconference games for SUNYAC teams, with another 14 taking place, plus one more on Tuesday. Like last week, there are plenty of good games to choose from. I’m going with two, one on Friday and one on Saturday. Plattsburgh travels to Middlebury for … Read more

Geneseo finally gets a shutout Perhaps the Mayans are correct. Maybe the end of the world is coming this year. After eight years, two months, six days, and 226 games, Geneseo finally got a shutout. It wasn’t a particularly hard one, as Andy Rubeniuk only had to stop 12 Franklin Pierce shots, but the Ice … Read more