Oswego, NY – Former Laker Tyson Bruce scored in his return to Oswego but the No. 6/7 nationally-ranked Lakers earned a 6-2 win v. the SUNY Canton men's hockey team in the championship game of the Pathfinder Bank/Oswego Hockey Classic on Saturday evening.

THE BASICS

Result: No. 6/7 Oswego State 3 SUNY Canton 1

Location: Marano Campus Center Arena – Oswego, NY

Records: Oswego State (10-3-0) | SUNY Canton (6-7-2)

HOW IT HAPPENED

Oswego State wasted no time as Anthony Passero lit the lamp just 28 seconds into the contest. Tanner Spink added a pair of power play goals at 6:51 and 19:20 as the Lakers skated to first intermission up 3-0.

The Roos got one back at 11:54 of the middle period, also with the skater advantage. Reily McIntosh deflected a Kyler Matthews shot out in front past Laker goaltender David Richer. Joe Deveny also earned a helper on the play to get Canton within two after 40 minutes.

Mitch Emerson regained the three-goal lead for the Lakers at 5:42 of the third on Oswego State's third power play tally of the game.

Former Laker Tyson Bruce got Canton back within two when he finished glove side on the power play. Tyler Bullard and Deveny earned assists on Bruce's first score as a Roo.

Travis Broughman sealed the win with 3:06 remaining for the Lakers as he skated in on a delayed penalty deking Michael Cerasuolo and finishing near post. Josh Nenadal added an empty-netter with 14 seconds remaining for the 6-2 final.

Cerasuolo made 36 saves in the loss, while Richer turned aside 18 shots in the win.

All-Tournament Team

MVP: Oswego - #7 Tanner Spink

Oswego: #31 David Richer & #16 Michael Gillespie

Canton: #10 Kyler Matthews

Concordia: #18 Nick Guiney

Salve Regina: #61 Tyler Carangelo

WHAT'S NEXT

The Roos visit SUNY Potsdam next Saturday at Maxcy Ice Arena at 7 p.m.