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No. 5 SUNY Geneseo Celebrates Senior Day With 9-1 Victory Over Nazareth

GENESEO, NY - The No. 5 Geneseo Men's Ice Knights celebrated their senior night with a 9-1 victory over the Nazareth Golden Flyers on Friday evening from Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena. The Knights now sit at 20-3-1 and 16-2-1 conference record.  

HOW IT HAPPENED:  

  • The Knights opened the game with their first goal being scored at 17:47; Peter Morgan flicks it in off a pass from Cooper Fensterstock. Alex Dameski tallied the second goal of the night, taking a wrist shot from their face-off circle. Samuel Beaulne and Carter Diceman on the assist. This took the Knights into the first intermission leading 2-0.  

  • Melso struck first with a 5 on 3 power-play goal in the second period, taking a huge slap shot off a pass from Morgan and Luke Panchisin. Panchisin then picked up the loose change in front of the net after Filip Wibergs shot was deflected while on the powerplay; Fensterstock on the second assist.  

  • Zach Purcell scored the team's fifth goal of the night at 11:10 after a great move around Nazareth's defender to chip it in. Wiberg and Melso were credited with the assists. Less than a minute later, Morgan found Fensterstock across the crease for the wide open goal; Jack McDonald with the second assist.  

  • With 3:20 left in the second, Tommy Winn ripped one off the faceoff win by Wiberg and was deflected in by Purcell. Nicholas Kovacs tallied the team's eighth goal after Gabriel LaFlamme found him in the crease. Luke Munroe had the second assist, and the team headed into the third period with an 8-0 lead. 

  • Nazareth found the back of the net halfway through the third, but the team didn't falter. Stefan Miklakos sealed the game with the final goal of the night at 4:37. Munroe and LaFlamme moved the puck up the ice with ease and found Miklakos who sent it right between the goalies' legs. The Knights ended the evening with a 9-1 victory over the Golden Flyers.  

QUICK FACTS: 

  • All six of the senior offensive and defensive skaters tallied a point during today's game.  

  • Fensterstock, Panchisin, Wiberg and Morgan led the team with three points each. Morgan leads the team with 29 total points this season.  

  • Adam Harris recorded his 10th win of the season, making 24 saves with a .960 SV%.  

WHAT'S NEXT: 

The Knights will head to Nazareth for their final game of the regular season, facing off at the Tim Hortons Ice Complex at 7 PM.