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February 5, 2010

Cardinals savor being at home

By JOHN CORYER

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PLATTSBURGH — The Plattsburgh State men's hockey team is finally back home.

And, head coach Bob Emery can't be more pleased about it.

"Someone was asking me the other day if I was hungry for some home cooking," he said. "I told him I was starving for some home cooking."

Plattsburgh State hosts Morrisville in a State University of New York Athletic Conference game tonight at 7 p.m. at the Stafford Ice Arena.

The Cardinals haven't played a home game since Jan. 12 and have played eight of their last nine contests on the road.

"Our regular season is over in two weeks," Emery said. "It comes and goes fast. I'm hoping our seniors sense that and have a sense of urgency. Their four-year careers are coming to an end and they don't have many home games remaining.

"The players are relieved to be home. But that doesn't mean automatic success. These upcoming games are important for us as far as the SUNYAC standings and NCAA (Division III) Tournament qualifying are concerned."

The Cardinals (13-4-4, 9-2-1) are on a two-game losing streak following setbacks at Oswego (3-2) and at Middlebury College (5-3) on Tuesday.

Learn from adversity
"We need to learn from the tough schedule we've played on the road and hopefully it will make us a better team — a team that peaks at the right time," Emery said. "We've had to learn from adversity this year."

Morrisville, which dropped a 5-1 decision to the Cardinals earlier in the season, is 5-13 overall and 2-8 in SUNYAC play. The Mustangs, however, own wins over Elmira (2-1), Geneseo (4-3, overtime), Potsdam (5-3) and Neumann (3-2) and are a very respectable 4-4 on the road.

Junior forward Rob Sgarbossa (6-11-17) leads the Mustangs in scoring and is tied with junior forward Bobby Cass for the team lead in goals with six. Junior Caylin Relkoff has done the majority of the goaltending for Morrisville with a 5-10 record and 4.43 gaa.

Morrisville improved
"Morrisville is one of the most improved teams in Division III," Emery said. "They will work hard and their coaching staff gets the most out of their players.

"Their goalie is a good one and we can't let him get in a groove."

Counting tonight's game, the Cardinals have four more regular season games and host Buffalo State and Fredonia next weekend. Plattsburgh State closes out the regular season at Potsdam on Feb. 19.

Forward Eric Satim and defenseman Mike Kavanagh are still unable to play, while defenseman Cody Adams will be a game-time decision.

"We're hoping Adams will play in order to give us six defensemen in the line-up," Emery said.

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