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Men's Ice Hockey Allan Leavy - Interim Sports Informaton Director

Cardinals Explode in Third Period to Top Cortland, 5-1

Rich Botting scored the game-wining goal against Cortland Saturday night breaking a 1-1 tie early in the third period.
CORTLAND, N.Y. – The Plattsburgh State men's ice hockey team completed a 2-0-0 weekend on the road after defeating Cortland 5-1 Saturday night.

The Cardinals would grab a 1-0 lead in the first period when Michael Radisa scored his first of the season.
 
Cortland would find the equalizer 11:08 into the second period when Mike Davie found the back of the net.
 
With the game being 1-1 entering the third period, Plattsburgh State would light the lamp four times to pull away from the Red Dragons.
 
Defenseman Rich Botting would break the tie just 1:40 into the third period, converting on a power play.
 
Another defenseman Ayrton Valente would pad the Cardinals lead to 3-1 with his first goal of the season 7:01 in the third.
 
Senior, Connor Gorman would score his second goal in as many games giving senior, Luke Baleshta his first point of the season as he picked up the primary assist.
 
Kyle Hall would cap the Cardinal scoring just one minute after Gorman netted his to capture a 5-1 advantage.
 
Brady Rouleau started in net for the Cardinals making 15 saves on 16 shots. Drew Weigman faced 52 Plattsburgh State shots corralling 47 of them.
 
No. 5 Plattsburgh State improves to 5-0-0 (4-0-0 SUNYAC) while Cortland suffered its second-straight loss and falls to 1-3-1 (1-3-1 SUNYAC).
 
The Cardinals will faceoff with Potsdam next Saturday as both teams are undefeated this season and will compete for the top spot in the SUNYAC standings.
 
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Players Mentioned

Luke Baleshta

#23 Luke Baleshta

F
6' 1"
Senior
Left
Rich Botting

#18 Rich Botting

D
6' 0"
Senior
Left
Connor Gorman

#11 Connor Gorman

F
5' 10"
Senior
Left
Kyle Hall

#10 Kyle Hall

F
5' 11"
Junior
Left
Michael Radisa

#28 Michael Radisa

F
6' 1"
Senior
Left
Brady Rouleau

#34 Brady Rouleau

G
6' 2"
Junior
Left
Ayrton Valente

#15 Ayrton Valente

D
5' 10"
Sophomore
Left

Players Mentioned

Luke Baleshta

#23 Luke Baleshta

6' 1"
Senior
Left
F
Rich Botting

#18 Rich Botting

6' 0"
Senior
Left
D
Connor Gorman

#11 Connor Gorman

5' 10"
Senior
Left
F
Kyle Hall

#10 Kyle Hall

5' 11"
Junior
Left
F
Michael Radisa

#28 Michael Radisa

6' 1"
Senior
Left
F
Brady Rouleau

#34 Brady Rouleau

6' 2"
Junior
Left
G
Ayrton Valente

#15 Ayrton Valente

5' 10"
Sophomore
Left
D