Box Score

SOUTH BURLINGTON, Vt. – The Plattsburgh State men's ice hockey team opened up exhibition play with a 5-3 victory over Saint Michael's College at Cairns Arena on Wednesday night.
 
Plattsburgh State scored four power-play goals and five different Cardinals tallied goals on the night.
 
In the first period of play, Plattsburgh State scored three times to take a 3-0 lead into the first intermission.
 
Sophomore defenseman Matt Araujo (Brookhaven, N.Y./Boston Jr. Rangers) got the scoring started with a power-play goal at 3:41 of the first period. St. Michael's attempted to clear their defensive zone, but senior defenseman Andrew Pizzo (Thorold, Ontario/Niagra University) held the puck in at the right point and played a pass over to Araujo at the left point. Araujo skated into the top of the left circle and fired a wrist shot that found its way through the Saint Michael's goaltender to make the score 1-0. Freshman forward Mitchell Hale (Oakfield, N.Y./Johnstown Tomahawks) was credited with the secondary assist.
 
Plattsburgh State doubled its lead to 2-0 with an even-strength goal at 15:14 of the first period. Plattsburgh State briefly lost an offensive zone face-off, but freshman forward Brendan Young (Lefroy, Ontario/Blind River Beavers) forced a turnover. Young passed the puck to freshman forward Adam Tretowicz (Baldwinsville, N.Y./Buffalo Jr. Sabres), who was by the goal line to the left of the net. Tretowicz then played a pass to freshman forward Christian Thomas (Bloomingdale, N.Y./Topeka Pilots) in the slot and Thomas quickly fired a wrist shot that beat the goaltender high on the glove side.
 
The Cardinals scored their final goal of the first period on the power play at the 16:25 mark. Playing at the left point, junior Tom Bowe (Homer, Alaska/Aspen Leafs) played a pass to senior forward Ryan Kuhn (Wheatfield, N.Y./Niagra University) as he skated across the slot. Kuhn turned towards the goal near the right face-off dot and took a wrist shot that was saved, but the puck bounced across the front of the net to sophomore forward Christian DiFelice (Thorold, Ontario/Buffalo Jr. Sabres) who banged home the rebound to make the score 3-0.
 
In the second period, each team would score once to make the score 4-1 in favor of Plattsburgh State at the end of 40:00 of play.
 
On a 5-on-3 power play, Araujo passed the puck from the right point across to freshman defenseman Ryan Hogg (Duncan, British Columbia/Islanders Hockey Club) who one-timed a shot from the top of the left circle that beat a moving St. Michael's goaltender to put Plattsburgh State up 4-0 at 1:13 of the second period. Along with Araujo, freshman forward Brendan Schulte (Fullerton, Calif./Northern Cyclones) assisted on the play.
 
Under two minutes later, Saint Michael's got on the scoreboard with a goal at the 3:03 mark. With an extra attacker on the ice during a delayed penalty, Sel Narby walked the puck from the left point to the right side of the slot and snapped a wrist shot that went in high on the blocker side to make the score 4-1. Niall Foster and Paul Cerdà assisted on the goal.
 
In the third period, St. Michael's scored the first two goals of the period to cut the Plattsburgh State lead to 4-3, but the Cardinals scored the last goal to make the final score 5-3.
 
The Purple Knights made the score 4-2 with an even-strength goal at 3:18 of the third period. Owen Rudicus passed the puck from behind the Plattsburgh State net to Andy Ide, who was positioned just outside the crease. Ide's first shot was saved, but he knocked in his own rebound for the goal. Noah Muller garnered the secondary assist on the play.
 
St. Michael's final goal came on the power play at 10:01 of the third period to make the score 4-3 in favor of the Cardinals. From the slot, Narby wired a wrist shot into the upper-left corner of the net. Foster and Paul McAuliffe assisted on the goal.
 
The Cardinals responded with an insurance goal that came on the power play at 13:01 of the third period and made the final score 5-3. After freshman defenseman Christian Dahl (St. Peters, Mo./Topeka Pilots) attempted a shot from the right point, the puck ended up going to Shulte near the right face-off dot. Schulte played a pass to the front of the net where freshman forward Andrew Bechard (Plattsburgh, N.Y./Vermont Lumberjacks) redirected the puck through the goaltender's five-hole.
 
Plattsburgh State outshot Saint Michael's 36-29 in the game. The Cardinals held advantages in shots on goal in the first period (15-6) and the third period (10-7), while the Purple Knights had a 16-11 edge in shots on goal in the second period.
 
The Cardinals played all three of their goaltenders. Junior Jimmy Poreda (Tonawanda, N.Y./Connecticut Jr. Rangers) played the first period and made six saves. Junior Lawson Fenton (Medina, N.Y./Coquitlam Express), the goalie of record for Plattsburgh State, stopped 15 shots and allowed one goal as he played the second period. Sophomore Brandon Wells (Spirit River, Alberta/Melville Millionaires) played the third period, making five saves and allowing two goals.

For Saint Michael's, Tim Decker made 12 saves and allowed three goals as he played the first period. Hugo Turcotte, who was the goalie of record, made 10 saves and allowed one goal as he played the second period. In the third period, Alec Lindberg made nine saves and surrendered one goal.    
 
The Cardinals finished 4-of-8 on the power play and the Purple Knights were 1-of-9.
 
Plattsburgh State next hosts Skidmore College in an exhibition game at 7 p.m. on Saturday, Oct. 26, on Fan Appreciation Night at Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena. Saint Michael's hosts Albertus Magnus for its first regular-season game at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 1.