FREDONIA, N.Y. -- A fast start put Fredonia in front early, but Chatham scored three unanswered goals spanning the second and third periods and held off a late Blue Devil rally for a 4-3 victory Saturday night at Steele Hall Ice Arena. The loss dropped Fredonia to 0-4-0 on the season, while Chatham improved to 5-0-0.
Fredonia struck first when Hudson Cameron converted a power-play opportunity at 8:46 of the opening period. After Chatham evened the score, the Blue Devils regained the lead at 15:03 when Antoine St. Onge found the back of the net off assists from Stefan Serediak and Luke Morris, giving Fredonia a 2-1 advantage after one period.
Chatham responded in the second period, tying the game at 9:23 on a goal by Andrew Martino before taking its first lead of the night at 16:36 when Tyler DesRochers scored to make it 3-2.Â
The visitors extended their lead to 4-2 at 6:07 of the third period on the eventual game-winning goal by Michael Marquez. Fredonia answered less than four minutes later as Cameron collected his second goal of the game, finishing a play set up by Ethan Abram-Hale and Cash Anderson to cut the deficit to one. The Blue Devils pressed for the equalizer during the final 10 minutes, but Chatham held on for the win.
Nicolas Morvan made 23 saves in goal for Fredonia, while Chatham netminder Cameron Kuntar stopped 26 shots. Fredonia finished with a 29-27 edge in shots and went 1-for-2 on the power play, while the Blue Devil penalty kill denied both Chatham opportunities.
Cameron's two-goal performance paced the Fredonia offense and earned the No. 2 star, while St. Onge added the Blue Devils' other tally. Serediak recorded an assist for the second straight game, and Abram-Hale, Morris, and Anderson each chipped in a helper.
DesRoschers was the No. 1 star and Martino the No. 3 star for Chatham.
