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FREDONIA, N.Y. -- Fredonia State staked nationally ranked Plattsburgh to an early lead and was unable to recover in SUNYAC men's hockey Friday at Steele Hall.
The Blue Devils allowed two goals in the early minutes and trailed 3-0 after the first period. They eventually fell 4-2 to the Cardinals, who are ranked No. 3 by USCHO.com and No. 1 by D3Hockey.com.
The game featured the first collegiate goal for Blue Devil freshman forward
Travis Fernley (Calgary, Alberta). Junior forward
Jared Wynia (Calgary, Alberta) had Fredonia State's other goal.
Mark Constantine, Dakota Mason, Connor Gorman, and Luke Baleshta scored for the Cardinals, who improved to 4-0 both overall and in the SUNYAC.
The loss dropped the Blue Devils to 1-3 overall and 1-2 in the conference.
Plattsburgh took the early 1-0 lead on Constantine's goal at 3:01 of the first period, his third goal of the year. Mason made it 2-0 just over a minute later, and Gorman added to the lead later in the period.
Wynia cut the Fredonia State deficit to 3-1 at 6:23 of the second period. What momentum the Blue Devils gained was quickly lost when Baleshta scored less than a minute later.
Fernley had the only goal of the third period.
Plattsburgh's Mathieu Cadieux had 22 saves while Fredonia State freshman
Christopher Eiserman (Newburyport, Mass.) made 24 stops.
The Blue Devils return to SUNYAC competition Saturday when they play host to the Potsdam Bears. Face-off is 7 p.m.
