GENESEO, N.Y. – The #17 Geneseo ice hockey team (16-8-1,
11-4-1 SUNYAC) wrapped up the regular season with a 6-2 win over visiting
Morrisville (4-19-2, 4-12-0 SUNYAC) Saturday in a State University of New York Athletic
Conference (SUNYAC) game.
The Knights are the third seed for the six-team SUNYAC playoffs, which begin
next week. They’ll host sixth-seeded Potsdam in a quarterfinal game Wednesday
at 7 p.m.; the winner will play at either top-seeded Oswego or second-seeded
Plattsburgh in Saturday’s semifinal round.
Junior forward Garry Childerhose (Altoona, Man./Melfort Mustangs) had a
career-high three points, first year forward AJ Sgaraglio (Hicksville/NY
Bobcats) collected a goal and an assist and senior defenseman Colin deJersey (West
Vancouver, B.C./Burnaby Express) and sophomore defenseman Jack Caradonna (Markham,
Ont./Stouffville Spirit) both collected a pair of assists.
First year defenseman Alex Lubczuk (Kitchener, Ont./Georgetown Raiders) opened
the scoring with his fourth goal of the season 13:58 into the game. Sgaraglio
picked up his third goal of the year 1:31 later with Childerhose and Caradonna
assisting on the play.
The Knights put the game out of reach with three goals in the second period.
First year forward Devon Rice (Ottawa, Ont./Ottawa Jr. Senators) converted
passes from Childerhose and Sgaraglio three minutes in, giving him four goals
on the year, and Childerhose followed with his second goal at the 6:17 mark.
deJersey, who assisted on Lubczuk’s goal, and senior defenseman Brandon Angotti
(Stamford, Conn./Springfield Falcons) were credited with assists. Senior
forward Corbin Rosmarin (Rexford/Northern Cyclones) scored his team-leading
12th goal of the year on a Geneseo power play midway through the period.
Caradonna and junior forward Zachary Vit (Villanova, Pa./Green Mountain Glades),
who leads the team with 24 points, picked up assists as the Knights took a 5-0
lead.
First year forward Ryan Donnelly (Stittsville, Ont./Kanata Stallions) closed
out the scoring, converting a pass from first year defenseman Nate Brown (Bethel
Park, Pa./Bay State Breakers) with 1:05 left.
Senior Adrian Rubeniuk (Grandview, Man./Dauphin Kings) made 27 saves in goal with sophomore Bryan Haude (Hilton/Hartford
Wolfpack) stopping all three shots he faced in the third period.
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