October 6, 2009

Oswego State Mens Club Hockey News

The Oswego State Mens Club Hockey team opened its regular season by dropping a tough fought contest at Binghamton, losing 7-5 in an NECHL game. Scoring their first Laker goals were freshman Chris Covel (2) and Junior Rob Lippolis while veterans Jordan Romano and Nick Atkins also scored. Assists were credited to James Mitchell, Atkins, Romano, Adam Webster (2), Matt Saramak and Brad Kervin. Anthony Sellitti had 20 saves for the Lakers.  Oswego enjoyed a large number of fans who traveled to the game.

The following night, Oswego traveled to Syracuse to face the Orangemen during their Homecoming Weekend and the Lakers came away with a hard fought victory, defeating Syracuse 5-3.  Adam Webster started the scoring with Jordan Romano, Tim Rinck and Chris Covel (2) adding goals. Assisting were Saramak, Atkins and newcomers Ryan Farrell and Mike Steinke. The star of the game however, was sophomore goalie Mike Reid who was spectacular in the net for Oswego as he made 51 saves.  Once again, the Oswego fans were very supportive and nearly outnumbered the Syracuse fans.

Coach Jay Peacock is very pleased with the hard work and leadership that Captain Matt Saramak , Assistant Captains Greg Distin and Adam Webster and Club President  Brad Kervin have shown in working with the new players on the team. 

The Lakers will face Ithaca on Saturday when they travel to Lynah Rink on the Cornell University Campus for an NECHL game. Oswego is a D1 ACHA team. The complete roster and game schedule is on their website at www.oswego.edu/icehockey . The team is sponsored by the Student Association of Oswego State University.