FREDONIA, N.Y. – The Chatham men's ice hockey team (5-0-0) defeated the Fredonia State Blue Devils (0-4-0) on Saturday afternoon by a score of 4-3.
Fredonia scored first on the power play 5 minutes into the game, and held the early lead until freshman forward
Joshua Schmidt scored his first career goal with assists from
Tyler DesRochers and
Will Brown. The Blue Devils would add another and headed into the first intermission with a 2-1 lead.
Andrew Martino scored for the Cougars to tie the game early in the second period with assists from
Hudson Weger and
Christian Bifano, kicking off 3 straight goals from Chatham. DesRochers scored to take the lead with just under five minutes to go in the second period with the helpers going to Martino and
Kyle Contessa, with Chatham taking the 3-2 lead into the break.
Michael Marquez would bury the eventual game winner on a 2-on-1 with
Thomas Gerum, and
Kadsen Johnson picking up the second assist. Fredonia responded to cut the lead to one, but the Cougar defense held on for the 4-3 victory on the road. Fredonia held a slim 29-27 lead in shots on goal, with senior goalkeeper
Cameron Kuntar stopping 26 shots in his third victory of the season.
The victory marks just the second 5-0 start in program history, with the first coming last season.
Men's hockey stays on the road next weekend for a series against Nazareth to open UCHC play, with the first game in Rochester, NY set for Friday November 13th at 7 PM.
