Men’s Ice Hockey Ends Season At GNAC Cup

West Springfield, MA – The Anna Maria College men's ice hockey team saw their 2021-2022 team come to an end Friday evening with a 6-2 loss to SUNY Canton at the Great Northeast Athletic Conference (GNAC) Commissioner's Cup semifinals at the Olympia Ice Center in West Springfield, Massachusetts..

THE BASICS

•             Result: SUNY Canton 6, Anna Maria 2

•             Location: Olympia Ice Center – West Springfield, MA

•             Records: SUNY Canton (8-11-2) | Anna Maria (9-10-2)

HOW IT HAPPENED

•             The Roos seized the momentum right away scoring just 16 seconds into the contest. Jake Mayette fed the puck cross-ice from the left circle to Filip Jakobsson at the right dot. He played a nifty drop off pass back to Brady Morrison whose initial shot was turned aside by Amcat goaltender Brendan Boncore. Morrison followed the puck up on a diving attempt that ended up in the back of the net.

•             Canton doubled their lead at 3:16 of the first period. Morrison circled the puck behind the net to Jakobsson who hit Colton Sipperley at the right circle. He found Mayette with a quick pass into the low slot as he fired a one-timer into the open net.

•             Anna Maria got one back at 6:05 of the opening period when Justin Taylor lit the lamp off passes from Patrick Manning and Drew Goupille.

•             Canton made it 3-1 at 9:30 of the first when Matthew Headland scored with the skater advantage on a shot from the point through traffic. Mayette and Morrison picked up assists on the play.

•             The Amcats cut the lead to one with 1:56 remaining in a high scoring first period. Matthew Byrne scored the power play marker with Jack Sitzman and Sam Cyr-Ledoux setting up the tally.

•             SUNY Canton led 3-2 after 20 minutes in a first period that saw 25 total shots on goal.

•             The Roos regained the two-goal advantage at 15:12 of the second period when Morrison hit Sam Martin through the neutral zone and he found Sipperley with an outlet pass. Sipperley skated down the left wing and slipped a shot by Boncore.

•             Canton extended the lead to 5-2 early in the third period as Mayette netted his second of the night as he looked to pass the puck across the crease and it deflected off a defenseman and in. Sean Shepard and Jakobsson picked up assists on the play.

•             The Roos concluded the scoring at 9:07 of the third when Brendan McCormick scored on a rebound off a shot form Brett Bannister that was initially saved. Martin also picked up a helper on the play.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

•             The Roos went 3-for-9 on the power play, while the Amcats were 1-for-4.

•             Canton outshot Anna Maria 56-26, while the Amcats held a 37-30 edge in face offs.

•             Filip Schlyter finished with 24 saves in the win, while Boncore made 50 stops in the loss.