Fredonia scored three goals in each period to defeat Potsdam, 9-1.<\/p>\n
Billy Sanborn and Bryan Ross each got a hat trick, and Mark Friesen made 34 saves.<\/p>\n
“We needed that,” Fredonia coach Jeff Meredith said. “I still think we are a work in progress. We stayed out of the box, which has been a problem issue with us.”<\/p>\n
Fredonia jumped out to a 3-0 lead before the first period was half over, with Sanborn scoring the first two.<\/p>\n
It got started at 2:58 when Sanborn, on the right side, held onto the puck just long enough to fool Dylan Ellis before wristing it in for the goal.<\/p>\n
Sanborn doubled the score on Fredonia’s first power play at 4:22. Ross made a nice fake before dishing it off to Sanborn, who fired it in.<\/p>\n
Ross got his own goal at 9:13, taking advantage of confusion among the Potsdam defenders, who failed to clear the puck. He picked up the loose puck, beating Ellis short side to make it 3-0.<\/p>\n
Potsdam finally got on the scoreboard with 2.1 seconds left in the period. They had a quick developing three-on-two, which almost broke down when they entered the zone. However, the Bears recovered, and the centering pass was redirected on a backhand by Nick Avgerinos past Mark Friesen.<\/p>\n
Potsdam had plenty of opportunities to keep pace with Fredonia, but Friesen made one tough save after another to keep his team in control.<\/p>\n
“He was just average yesterday,” Meredith said. “He spent the afternoon honing in mentally and come game time, he was ready to play. He made two glove saves and a pad save that were lights out saves.”<\/p>\n
Fredonia scored another three goals in the second period to take a commanding 6-1 lead.<\/p>\n
Ross got his second of the night at 5:04. A loose puck came out to him in the slot, and he easily beat Ellis.<\/p>\n
Two minutes later, Ellis lost track of the puck behind him. Despite recovering enough to make two saves on jam-in attempts, the third by Brian Doust finally made its way in.<\/p>\n
At this point, Bernard pulled Ellis, replacing him with Kevin McFarland.<\/p>\n
Sanborn got the hat trick at 14:35 without putting the puck in the net. It was knocked in by Potsdam defender Brett Waters. Sanborn touched it last, so he got credit for the goal.<\/p>\n
With six minutes left in the game, Fredonia got its second power-play goal of the night. Mat Hehr put it in when McFarland was unable to hold onto the puck. He argued he had control, but the referee did not agree.<\/p>\n
A few minutes later, John O’Connor fired a quick shot which McFarland wasn’t ready for to make it 8-1. It was the junior’s first collegiate goal.<\/p>\n
Ross got his hat trick to wrap up the scoring with 26 seconds left on a two-man advantage power play. Ross ripped a shot from the top of the left faceoff circle.<\/p>\n
“I can’t remember the last time we had a hat trick, let alone two hat tricks,” Meredith said “Those are two of our captains. For guys like that, we need those guys doing those things.”<\/p>\n
Fredonia (2-2-1, 4-2-1) stays home next weekend, playing Oswego and Cortland.<\/p>\n
Potsdam (1-3-0, 2-3-0) returns home to face Geneseo and Brockport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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