FREDONIA, N.Y. – The No. 2 Plattsburgh State men's ice hockey team bounced back with a win on Saturday after two-straight losses, taking down Fredonia 4-1 in State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) play. After the Blue Devils broke a scoreless tie, Plattsburgh scored four unanswered goals to take the road victory. 
 
The Plattsburgh State Cardinals are currently the No. 2 ranked team in the USCHO.com Division III Top-15 Poll. 
 
Paul Bryer (Clarkston, Mich./Islanders Hockey Club), Tio D'Addario (Montreal, Quebec/Navan Grads), Luk Jirousek (Whitehorse, Yukon/Alberni Valley Bulldogs), and Bennett Stockdale (Ottawa, Ontario/Alabama Huntsville) each scored goals for the Cards in the win. Jacob Hearne (Ennismore, Ontario/Toronto Jr. Canadiens) made 19 saves in net to earn his sixth win of the season for the Cardinals. D' Addario, Joshua Belgrave (Burlington, Ontario/Burlington Cougars), Lonan Bulger (Yellowknife, Northwest Territories/Hobart), Aaron Catron (Middletown, Del./Philadelphia Little Flyers), and Jake Lanyi (North Salem, N.Y./Connecticut Jr. Rangers) all added assists for the Cards in the four-score effort. 
 
The Cardinals outshot the Blue Devils 34-20, while each went scoreless on the power play, with Plattsburgh going 0-5 and Fredonia 0-4.
 
Plattsburgh wrapped up the calendar year with their win over Fredonia moving to 10-2-0 (6-2-0 SUNYAC) and will next play against Rivier on Friday, Jan. 5 in the Comfort Inn Complex Winter Classic. Fredonia moves to 3-9-0 (3-6-0 SUNYAC) and will next play SUNY Brockport in a non-league contest on Tuesday, Jan. 9.
 
The first period was a scoreless affair between both teams, with Plattsburgh winning the shot battle 12-4 but having nothing to show for it. Each team had a power play opportunity, but the opposition killed each chance. 
 
In the second stanza, both teams found their offensive footing, as Kurri Woodford broke the tie at the 7:53 mark off a Baxter Kimball assist. The lead held for just under five minutes, as Bryer found the equalizer with a fantastic wrap-around score as he lost his footing off a Belgrave pass. 
 
Plattsburgh didn't wait long to take the lead as they scored at the 14:47 mark, as a Bulger shot from the point was deflected in just outside the crease by D'Addario for the goal. The 2-1 score held through the end of the period, as Plattsburgh entered the third period looking to snap their two-game skid.
 
Jirousek opened the third period of play with a big insurance goal off a Catron assist, putting the Cardinals up two goals. With the two-score lead, Plattsburgh was able to rely on their defense and strong play from Hearne as they held the Blue Devils from scoring over the entire third period, killing a penalty in that time. Stockdale sealed the win for the Cards with an empty netter with just under 30 seconds to go, giving Plattsburgh their 10^th win of the season.
 
Anthony-Charles Barbeau took the loss in just under 60 minutes of play, making 30 saves and allowing three goals.