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February 4, 2012

Plattsburgh State coach Bob Emery one win shy of 500 for career

COURTNEY LEWIS Press-Republican The Press Republican Sat Feb 04, 2012, 02:23 AM EST

PLATTSBURGH — Fredonia scored twice in Friday's third period to pull even with Plattsburgh State, but the Cardinals put the Blue Devils away in overtime.

Ryan Craig notched his second goal of the night 1:12 into the extra frame to give Plattsburgh a 3-2 win in SUNY Athletic Conference men's hockey at Stafford Ice Arena.

"That was a good hockey team we beat. Fredonia's been on a roll," Plattsburgh coach Bob Emery said. "I thought we did a good job coming back."

The third-ranked Cardinals (14-2-4, 9-1-1 SUNYAC) stretched their unbeaten streak to 13 games and snapped Fredonia's four-game winning streak.

They also stayed within a point of first-place Oswego in the SUNYAC standings and gained some more separation from the teams behind them. Fredonia and Buffalo State had been four points back, but both lost Friday.

Plattsburgh's regular-season home finale is tonight against Buffalo State.

Fredonia began the third period with 1:26 left on a power play, and goalie Mark Friesen had to stop Nick Jensen on a breakaway to prevent the Cardinals from tallying their second short-handed goal. Emery said that was one of several good chances Plattsburgh had to take a 3-0 lead, which he said would've likely changed the game.

Instead, the Blue Devils got on the board shortly after when Bradley Nunn's shot hit the iron and Stephen Castriota put in the rebound.

Mat Hehr knotted the game at 2-2 with 1:48 left in regulation.

Kyle Kudroch had a good scoring opportunity right off the bat in overtime, and the Cardinals continued to pressure until Craig scored with an assist from Mark Constantine. The senior forward said the goal came off a set play on the faceoff.

"I noticed that all their D went to the one guy, (Mike) Grace, in the corner. And the puck just went out to Constantine," Craig said. "I just (skated) for the net, hoping it would get there, and just tapped it in back door."

Fredonia (10-8-3, 5-4-3) did not register a shot in overtime.

Mathieu Cadieux turned away 28 shots to earn the win.

This was the second straight game that a team came back to tie it in the third before Plattsburgh netted a late game-winner. But while the Cardinals felt they eased up last week against Potsdam, Craig and Emery said played hard the whole way Friday.

"I think (Fredonia) came hard, but we tried to do everything we could obviously to not let them score," Craig said. "I don't think we let down in any way. It wasn't like a lack of discipline or anything like that that caused them to score."

Emery said "big-time panic" led to the tying goal, noting that a freshman had the puck. But he added that the final result was what mattered most.

"I like how the guys didn't give up," Emery said. "They played hard right to the end. They found a way to win."

Plattsburgh's first two goals came from the special-teams units.

With a little more than five minutes left in the opening period, Jake Mooney sent a pass from behind the red line to the net, and Craig one-timed it over Friesen's right shoulder for a power-play goal.

While the Cardinals where killing a penalty in the second, the puck popped out of a crowd at the boards, and Jared Docking wheeled the length of the ice and fired from the left circle to make it 2-0.

Friesen totaled 36 saves.

The win was the 499th of Emery's career, leaving him one away from become the sixth Division III coach to reach 500.

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Plattsburgh 3, Fredonia 2 (OT)

Fredonia 0 0 2 0 — 2

Plattsburgh 1 1 0 1 — 3

First period- 1, PSU, Craig (Mooney, A. Jensen), 14:44 (pp). Penalties: N. Jensen, PSU (tripping), 3:30. Perkins, Fred (hooking), 9:45. Matecki, Fred (interference), 13:56.

Second period- 2, PSU, Docking (MacLeod, Grace), 12:47 (sh). Penalties: Jobb, PSU (interference), 2:49. Waldman, Fred (interference), 6:55. Brenton, PSU (holding), 12:00. Nunn, Fred (elbowing), 16:46. Jobb, PSU (charging), 19:25.

Third period- 3, Fred, Castriota (Nunn), 2:52. 4, Fred, Hehr (Ross), 18:12. Penalties: Cosgrove, Fred (high sticking), 6:41.

Overtime- 5, PSU, Craig (Constantine), 1:12.

Shots on goal:

Fredonia 6 12 10 0 — 28

Plattsburgh 12 12 12 3 — 39

Goaltenders (shots-saves): Friesen, Fred, 39-36. Cadieux, PSU, 28-26.

Power plays (goals-opportunities): Fredonia 0-4; Plattsburgh 1-5.

Attendance: 1,850.

Email Courtney Lewis at: clewis@pressrepublican.com