On Friday November 16 the Oswego Men's Club Ice hockey team made the three hour bus ride to Niagara University to take on the #14 ACHA nationally ranked Purple Eagles. The team has four scorers on it who are ranked in the top fifteen scorers in the nation . Oswego is unranked but had an 8-game winning streak on the line. It would be the first ranked opponent Oswego would face this year. Oswego's Head Coach Jay Peacock said "This will tell us how good we really are."

Oswego came out on the wrong end of a 4-2 game but all was not lost. There was no score in the first period and Oswego held their own very well. The green and gold went down 2-0 nothing in the second period but narrowed the margin late in the period on a pretty shorthanded goal by senior forward Dan Holding. Oswego knotted the score at 2-2 half way through the third period when Jim LaPaglia found the back of the Niagara net. Oswego was able to handle Niagara's very prolific power play units throughout the game but late in the third period. Niagara got their chance to use their power play again and this time they were successful. The Purple Eagles tallied again on another power play opportunity in the last two minutes of the game to finish out the scoring.

Assisting on the Oswego goals were Fabian Loprick, Ryan Hawthorne, and Jake Wiemer. Oswego goalie Greg Feiden had 26 saves.

Coach Peacock stated, "Although it was a disappointing loss, we made a good effort against an excellent team. It showed us that we can play some pretty good hockey against some very good teams."

On Sunday the Lakers traveled to Cortland to face their longtime rival and defeated the home team 11-0. The Oswego team dominated the game from the beginning with the first goal being scored 35 seconds into the game. Other Oswego players who scored were Fabian Loprick, Ryan Hawthorne (4)(Baldwinsville) , Jake Wiemer, Eric Zerrahn,( Oswego), Dustin Kennedy (Oswego Admirals), Jordan Romano and Tim Rinck (2). Credited with the assists were Nick Leuthauser, Fabian Loprick, Ryan Hawthorne, Jim LaPaglia (2), Jake Wiemer (2), Eric Zerrahn, James Mitchell, Brad Kervin, Dustin Kennedy (2), and Nick Atkins (Auburn). Mike Whittaker was in the net and had 30 saves and tallied his second shut out game of the season.

The team currently has a 12-3 record and will travel to Binghamton on December 1. They will then host a free youth hockey clinic on December 2 at the Fulton Community Rink from 7-8:30. This clinic is open to all Fulton Youth Hockey players.

The team is sponsored by Time Warner Cable, The Club House Tavern, Wayne Drugs and the Oswego State Student Association. For more information, visit the team website at www.oswego.edu/icehockey.