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CORTLAND, N.Y. -- Fredonia State yielded three special teams goals and fell to Cortland, 4-2, in SUNYAC men's hockey Friday.
The Blue Devils trailed 3-0 before scoring twice in a span of 25 seconds early in the third period. Matt Hehr (Sherwood Park, Alberta) and
Stephen Castriota (Bellport) had the goals.
Yet they could not score the equalizer despite keeping on the pressure for most of the third period. An empty-netter by Cortland resulted in the final margin.
Fredonia State had a 34-23 advantage in shots. Cortland's Lyle Rocker made 32 saves.
Mark Friesen (Calgary, Alberta) had 19 saves for the Blue Devils.
The loss dropped the Blue Devils to 4-4 overall, 3-3 in the SUNYAC. Cortland improved to 2-4 overall, 2-3 in the conference.
The Blue Devils were skating with a two-man advantage when A.J. Moyer made it 1-0 for the Red Dragons at 14:40 of the second period.
Adam Bevilacqua made it 2-0 Cortland while his team was one man short.
The Blue Devils had a chance to cut their deficit in half but could not convert on a breakaway later in the second period.
The Red Dragons added insurance with a power-play goal by Chris Kaleta just 29 seconds into the third period.
Hehr redirected a shot from the point at 1:41 of the third period for his fourth goal of the year. Castriota flipped in a bouncing puck 25 seconds later to trim the Cortland lead to 3-2. It was Castriota's first goal of the season.
Cortland's
Michael Lysyj scored into an empty net with 16 seconds left.
Fredonia State's task gets taller Saturday night against Oswego. The Lakers retained their No. 1 national ranking in the USCHO.com Division III poll. Game time is 7 p.m.
