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The College at Brockport's ice hockey team got goals from six different players, but it wasn't enough as the Golden Eagles lost a high-scoring game to Morrisville, 8-6 Friday night inside Tuttle North Ice Arena.
Junior
Adam Shoff (Port Dover, ONT), freshman
Chris Cangro (Holbrook, NY), junior
Brett Jendra (Bolingbrook, Ill.), freshman
Brendon Rothfuss (Webster, NY), freshman
Mike Baxter (Bracebridge, ONT) and senior
Ray Tremblay (Peachland, BC) all scored goals for the Golden Eagles (3-15-1 overall, 1-10 SUNYAC) against Morrisville.
Following a scoreless first period, Shoff staked Brockport to a 1-0 lead just 81 seconds into the second period with his fifth goal of the 2010-11 season. Senior
Justin Noble (Georgetown, ONT) slid a pass from the right side of the circle into the stick of Shoff, who scored into the near-side of the net.
But Morrisville (9-7-1, 6-2-1) struck back with five consecutive goals during a penalty-filled period, as 17 penalties counting for 53 minutes were assessed during the second.
Cangro sliced the Morrisville lead to 5-2 with a short-handed goal with 1:07 left in the second period. Morrisville made it 6-2 before Jendra scored his first goal of the year 6:30 into the third period. Morrisville answered back with its seventh goal before the Golden Eagles responded with three goals over a 2:41 span late in the game. Rothfuss drew Brockport within 7-4 with five minutes remaining and Baxter made it a two-goal game with his second goal of the season, coming with 3:42 remaining.
Morrisville pushed the lead to 8-5 before Tremblay finished the scoring with his second goal of the season with 2:09 left. Brockport pulled goalie
Joe Reagan (Yonkers, NY) and peppered Morrisville with shots, but couldn't draw any closer. Reagan, a freshman, stopped all 14 first-period shots for Brockport.
The Golden Eagles return to action with a 7 p.m. game against Neumann University Saturday night inside the Tuttle North Ice Arena. Brockport will sport special green jerseys as part of its third annual Saves for a Cure game.
