FREDONIA -- Fredonia State (4-2-1, 2-2-1 SUNYAC) scored three goals in each period en route to a 9-1 victory over a young SUNY Potsdam men’s hockey team (2-3, 1-3) on Saturday night.

Billy Sanborn and Brian Ross each recorded a hat trick to lead the Blue Devils.

Sanborn scored the first two goals of the contest at the 2:58 and 4:22 of the opening period, with the second coming on the power play. Brian Ross made it 3-0 five minutes later.

As the final seconds ticked down in the first period, the Bears broke out of their own end with at three-on-two rush. Junior forward Billy Tsekos (Montreal, Quebec/Vaudrevil Mustangs) fed sophomore forward Mike Arnold (Didsbury, Alberta/Kingston Voyageurs) who roofed the puck over Fredonia goalie Mark Friesen with two seconds left.

Freshman forward Trevor Cope (Swartz Creek, Mich./Atlanta Jr. Knights) also assisted on the play.

Ross scored his second of the game at the 5:04 mark of the second period. Blue Knight Brian Doust made it 5-1 at the 6:59 mark and Sanborn completed his hat trick at 14:35.

Fredonia led 6-1 after 40 minutes. Mat Hehr made it a six-goal contest at 14:00 of the third period. John O’Connor scored at the 17:40 mark and Ross got his third of the game with just 26 seconds remaining.

Bears freshman goaltender Dylan Ellis (Oakville, Ontario/Aurora Tigers) played the first 26:59, making eight saves and allowing five goals. Senior Kevin McFarland (St. Louis Mo./Woodstock Slammers) played the remaining 33:01, stopping 30 shots and allowing four goals.

Friesen made 34 saves for the win in 56 minutes. Tyler Palmerton played the final six minutes in goal for the Blue Devils without facing a shot.

Bears Head Coach Chris Bernard was especially disappointed in the effort after last night’s big win.

“We’re not able to answer the challenge of playing back-to-back quality games in the SUNYAC yet,” said Bernard. “We couldn’t execute two nights in a row. We need to learn from it and use that as motivation individually and as a team to get back on track.”

Potsdam returns home next weekend for games against Geneseo and Brockport on Nov. 18-19. Both games are scheduled for 7 p.m.