Box Score CANTON, N.Y. - The Plattsburgh State men's hockey team took the quick trip over to Canton to play the Kangaroos in a nonconference game before having taking the weekend off, defeating SUNY Canton 8-0
 
Plattsburgh State got on the board twice in the first period as they outshot SUNY Canton 15-6 in the opening frame.
 
Junior, Anthony Calabrese scored the first goal for the Cardinals 7:07 in.
 
Mark Constantine would net his seventh of the season six minutes later to give the Cardinals the 2-0 advantage.
 
The second period would be more of the same for Plattsburgh State as they would tally three more goals with the first two goals coming via the power play.
 
First was Luke Baleshta who would slip his defender and roof one short side over the glove of Canton goalie Louie Puig.
 
Then the Cardinals would score two quick ones within a minute thirty of each other late in the second period to take a commanding 5-0 lead into the locker room.
 
With just 3:25 remaining in the period defensive captain Brandon Beadow would tally his third goal in four games shooting a wrister from the blue-line while gliding from the slot towards the right hand boards.
 
Then under two minutes remaining the puck bounced around behind the net before kicking out to Kevin Emmerling in the slot who one-timed it in front of the crease beating Puig.
 
Plattsburgh State would tally its sixth and seventh goals quickly in the third period when Connor Gorman would find the back of the net 2:29 in.
 
Constantine would collect his second goal of the game less than two minutes later.
 
Freshman, Brandon O'Quinn would score 12:40 into the third period for his sixth of the season and cap the Cardinals scoring at 8-0.
 
Plattsburgh State goaltender Brady Rouleau finished with his third-consecutive shutout making all 20 saves that he faced Wednesday night. His counterpart Puig finished the night allowing seven goals on 33 shots before being relieved by Christopher Marsillo who made six saves on seven shots.
 
Rouleau and the Plattsburgh State defense have yet to relinquish a goal in the month of February as they have gone 189:44 consecutive scoreless minutes. Also during that stretch the offense has been red hot scoring 23 goals in the past three games.
 
This was the first meeting between Plattsburgh State and SUNY Canton since 1984 as the Cardinals improve to 7-0-0 all-time against the Kangaroos.
 
The Cardinals now 17-5-1 will now have eight days of rest as they will travel to Oswego State to revenge an earlier loss this season at home on next Friday with the top spot in the SUNYAC standings on the line.