PLATTSBURGH, N.Y — The Plattsburgh State men's ice hockey team extended its unbeaten streak to four games with a 7-5 victory over SUNY Potsdam in State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) play on Friday night at the Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena.

With the victory, Plattsburgh State (3-3-1, 3-3-1 SUNYAC) is unbeaten in its last four games and has played to a 3-0-1 record over the streak.

In the first period, Plattsburgh State outscored Potsdam (1-5-1, 1-5-1 SUNYAC) 2-1. Freshman forward Brendan Young (Lefroy, Ontario/Blind River Beavers) got the Cardinals on the scoreboard with his second goal of the season at 13:11 of the first period. A defensive zone turnover by the Bears led to an opportunity for the Cardinals and Young scored with a wrist shot from the slot. Freshman forward Adam Tretowicz (Baldwinsville, N.Y./Buffalo Jr. Sabres) and junior forward Rich McCartney (Hershey, Pa./Philadelphia Revolution) assisted on the play. 

Less than a minute later, junior forward Liam Lawson (Vancouver, British Columbia/Powell River Paper Kings) tallied his first of two goals on the evening to make the score 2-0 at 14:02 of the first period. Lawson took a wrist shot from near the blue line that made it past a screened Potsdam goaltender for the goal. Senior defenseman and captain Philip Middleton (Vail, Colo./Salmon Arm Silverbacks) tallied an assist on the goal.

Potsdam tallied its first goal at 17:50 of the first period to cut the Plattsburgh State lead in half. After the Cardinals turned the puck over near the Bears' blue line, Michael McArthur brought the puck into the left side of the Plattsburgh State zone. McArthur then passed the puck to Nate Zweig in the slot, who scored on a wrist shot to make the score 2-1. McArthur assisted on the goal. 

In the second period, Plattsburgh State outscored Potsdam, 3-2, to take a 5-3 lead into the second intermission. Freshman defenseman Ryan Hogg (Duncan, British Columbia/Islanders Hockey Club) scored his first collegiate goal for Plattsburgh State to make the score 3-1 at the 2:12 mark. Hogg took a sharp-angle wrist shot from below the left face-off dot that found that found its way through the goaltender. Freshman forward Brendan Schulte (Fullerton, Calif./Northern Cyclones) and Middleton assisted on the play. 

Potsdam made the score 3-2 with a goal by Joseph Richardson, assisted by Tyler Young, at 3:04 of the second period. Richardson took a pass in the high slot and fired a wrist shot inside the right post.

Lawson extended the Cardinals' lead to 4-2 with his second goal of the night and third of the season at 5:37 of the second period. Cutting to the crease, Lawson redirected a pass from senior forward and alternate captain Ryan Kuhn (Wheatfield, N.Y./Niagara University) through the goaltender's five-hole for the goal. Kuhn, and senior forward and alternate captain Joe Drabin (Rochester, N.Y./Wenatchee Wild) tallied the assists.

Freshman defenseman Christian Dahl  (St. Peters, Mo./Topeka Pilots) increased the Plattsburgh State lead to 5-2 with his first collegiate goal at 7:03 of the second period. On the power play, Dahl one-timed a shot from the top of the left circle for the goal. Lawson and Kuhn garnered the assists on the play. 

Potsdam would not go away as they scored the final goal of the second period at 13:18 to make the score 5-3. The Bears won a puck battle in the left corner and Tyler Young chipped the puck in front of the net where Bryce Ferrell quickly fired a shot for the goal. Tyler Young and Robert Clerc tallied the assists.

In the third period, each team would score twice to make the final score 7-5 in favor of Plattsburgh State. Hogg tallied his second goal of the game to make the score 6-3 at the 7:04 mark. As Drabin set a screen in front of the net, Hogg took a wrist shot from the high slot that found its way through the goaltender's five-hole for a power-play goal. Dahl and Drabin assisted on the play.

Potsdam made things interesting as it would score the next two goals to cut the Cardinal's lead to 6-5. Vincent Guimond took advantage of a turnover in front of the Plattsburgh State goal to score at 8:15 of the third period. Thomas Terrano assisted on the play. Then on a power-play at 15:44 of the third period, the Bears once again took advantage of a Cardinal defensive-zone turnover. An initial shot by Brett Horn was saved by Plattsburgh State's junior goaltender Jimmy Poreda (Tonawanda, N.Y./Connecticut Jr. Rangers) (3-3-1), but Horn was to able score on the rebound opportunity. Devin Panzeca assisted on the goal.

However, Potsdam would not get any closer as Middleton added an empty-net goal at 19:47 of the third period to make the final score 7-5. Sophomore forward Christian DiFelice (Thorold, Ontario/Buffalo Jr. Sabres) and Brendan Young assisted on the play.

For the second consecutive game, Poreda made 39 saves for Plattsburgh State. Connor Green (1-1-0), who started the game for Potsdam, allowed five goals and made 16 saves in 27:03. Ryan Glander made 17 saves and surrendered one goal over 32:06 in relief of Green. 

Shots on goal were 44-40 in favor of Potsdam. 

Plattsburgh State finished 2-of-6 on the power play and Potsdam went 1-of-6 with the man advantage.

Plattsburgh State next faces the University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire as part of the 2019 PrimeLink Great Northern ShootOut at 7 p.m. on Friday, Nov. 29, at the Ronald B. Stafford Ice Arena. Potsdam hosts Hobart College for a non-conference game at 7 p.m. tomorrow in Potsdam, N.Y.