POTSDAM, N.Y. (November 27, 2022)- On the final day of the North Country Tournament, the Stonehill College men's ice hockey team topped SUNY Canton by the score of 7-5 Sunday afternoon at the Maxcy Hall Natatorium.

Scoring

STO: Frank Ireland (Dean Schwenninger and Carter Rapalje), 1st period-04:20

        Frank Ireland (Dean Schwenninger), 1st period- 11:05

        Michael Martignetti (Kyle Heath and William Tripp), 2nd period- 04:47

        Max Pineo (Dean Schwenninger and Frank Ireland), 2nd period- 08:55

       Thomas Horak (Nolan FitzPatrick), 3rd period- 05:51

       Kyle Heath (Ryan King and Brendan Nehmer), 3rd period- 14:08

       Nolan FitzPatrick (Michael Martignetti), 3rd period- 19:14

SUNY: Noah Robinson, 1st period-11:53

          Matthew Headland (Nic Herringer and Filip Jakobsson), 2nd period-12:09

          Filip Jakobsson (Reilly McKinnon and Brady Morrison), 3rd period-05:31

          Colton Sipperley (Sebastien Paquette and Matt Passaretti), 3rd period- 06:01

          Trystan Mughal (Jack Seamans and Trevor Christopher), 3rd period- 19:27

Goaltending

STO: Gavin FitzPatrick (60:00)- 44 saves

SUNY: Filip Schlyter (28:55)- 13 saves

          Kelson Hooper (28:38)- eight saves

The Details

• Less than five minutes into the contest, Stonehill struck first after Schwenninger won the face-off and got the puck over to Rapalje who found an open Ireland for a quick 1-0 advantage. The Skyhawks struck again with less than 10 minutes in the opening period (8:55) when Schwenninger won another face-off and the puck found FitzPatrick for a wrister that went past Schlyter and double the Stonehill lead.
• However, just 48 seconds later, the Roos responded and cut the deficit to one courtesy of Robinson and the squads headed into the second half at 2-1. 
• Similar to the first, the Skyhawks got on the board less than five minutes in when Martignetti snuck the puck past Schlyter for a 3-1 advantage. Four minutes later, the Purple and White capitalized on a power play opportunity when dished out his third assist to Pineo which made it 4-1. For Schwenninger, it is the second time he finished with three assists.
• SUNY Canton eventually would cut the deficit to two later in the frame (12:09) after Headland found the back of the net and the Roos continued their momentum heading into the third when Jakobsson made it a one-goal game (4-3) with 14:29 left to play.
• Despite the Roos scoring the last two goals, Stonehill responded just 20 seconds later when FitzPatrick collected the puck off a SUNY Canton miss and found Horak up the ice who put his shot past Hooper and made it a two-goal game again (5-3). But SUNY Canton would not go quietly as they trimmed the Skyhawks lead back to one again off the stick of Sipperley with 13:59 remaining.
• Stonehill once again responded with two straight goals to ultimately put the game out of reach courtesy of goals by Heath and FitzPatrick which made it 7-4. Despite a late Roos goal with 33 seconds left, it was not enough as the Skyhawks held on for the 7-5 victory.
• FitzPatrick had a strong day between the pipes where he recorded a career-high 44 saves which topped his previous best, 43 saves set on this day last year against the University of Southern Maine. 

Up Next

Stonehill will have some much-deserved time off as the squad hosts Worcester State University on Tuesday, December 6 at 7 p.m.

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