Cortland Suffers Loss In Season Opener At Rutgers
October 17, 2009
New Brunswick, NJ
The Cortland ice hockey club suffered its first loss of the season as they traveled to Rutgers University this past Saturday. It didn’t look promising when Cortland gave up two quick goals in the first period and eventually were down 4-0 at one point of the game. Down four goals going into the third period, the Red Dragons knew it was time to make an effort at a comeback. The line of Joe Laffin, Kyle Smith and Scott Miele started to take control and about two minutes into the third period, Joe Laffin netted his first of the season unassisted as he beat the goalie through the five hole. Their scoring streak didn’t last long as their iffy positional play led to another Rutgers goal to make it 5-1 to pretty much seal the deal for the Ice Knights. About five minutes after the fifth Rutgers goal, the line of Laffin, Smith and Miele struck once more as Smith gave a feed to Miele to net his first career collegiate goal.
Despite the physical play of the Red Dragons, they were unable to pull out a W and suffered their first season-opening loss in 3 years. The Red Dragons continue their run for nationals with their home opener coming up on 10/25 vs. Binghamton @ 3:30pm at Alumni Arena. All are welcome to come out to root on their Red Dragons and admission is FREE!