PLATTSBURGH, N.Y. – The Plattsburgh State men's ice hockey team earned a 7-5 victory over SUNY Canton in its final home exhibition game, using a four-goal second period to take control before holding off a late Kangaroos push.
Canton opened the scoring at 4:16 of the first period with a power-play goal from Paul Schilcher. The Cardinals answered at 10:06 when junior Shane Bondy (Sharon, Ontario) scored on the power play, assisted by first-year Anton Malyshev (Riga, Latvia) and first-year Anthony Campbell (Phillipsburg, Quebec).
The Kangaroos regained the lead at 14:34, but junior Patrick Cole (Lancaster, N.Y.) tied the game at 17:26 with assists from first-year Peter Keese and first-year Evan Mayer (Duncan, British Columbia), sending the teams into the first intermission tied at 2-2.
Canton scored another power-play goal early in the second period to move ahead 3-2. Plattsburgh responded at 6:55 when first-year Maxime Poirier (L'Ancienne-Lorette, Quebec) found the back of the net, assisted by first-year Charlie Burchfield (Brighton, Mich.) and first-year Alessio Nardelli (Laval, Quebec).
The Cardinals took the lead at 9:45 as sophomore Felix-Antoine Parenteau (St-Augustin-de-Desmaures, Quebec) scored on the power play, with Malyshev and Keese recording assists. Burchfield extended Plattsburgh's advantage at 14:05, assisted by Campbell and Keese. Canton added a goal at 16:43, cutting the Cardinals' lead to 5-4 heading into the third period.
Parenteau scored his second power-play goal of the night at 17:33 of the third period, assisted by sophomore Jaden Ward (East Aurora, N.Y.) and Campbell, to give Plattsburgh a two-goal cushion. Canton answered at 18:40, but first-year Ethan MacTavish (Kanata, Ontario) sealed the 7-5 victory with an empty-net goal at 19:01, assisted by junior Tyler Ramm (Westborough, Mass.).
The Cardinals kick off the regular season on the road on October 30th when they take on VTSU-Castleton.
