(Canton, N.Y.) – Five different players scored a goal as the SUNY Canton men’s ice hockey team cruised past John Carroll University 5-2 in the opening round of the Terry Martin / Alumni Classic in Canton Friday night.

The Roos will face Oswego State in the championship game on Saturday at 3. The Lakers beat the University of Scranton 3-1 in the other first-round game.

SUNY Canton, who moved up to No. 14 in the latest ACHA Division I poll, stayed unbeaten improving to 13-0-3. The Roos fell behind early when John Carroll’s Jeff Russell scored just 35 seconds into the game. SUNY Canton settled down and junior Chris Giczewski (Fountain Valley, Calif.) tied the game at the 6:09 mark of the opening period. The Roos scored twice more first period getting goals from sophomore Eric Richard (St-Hubert, Quebec) and freshman Sean Gallagher (Sandwich, Mass.) to take a 3-1 lead.

Neither team found the back in the net in the second period as each team generated 10 shots on goal in that stanza. Senior Darren Camp (Canton, N.Y.) stretched the Roos lead to 4-1 when he connected at the 2:36 mark of the third period. Jon Orr got one back for John Carroll three minutes later and then Dave Schneider (Indianapolis, Ind.) completed the scoring with a goal at the 10:26 mark.

Freshman Morgan Barr (Almonte, Ontario) turned aside 19 of 21 shots to earn his fifth win of the year, tying him with sophomore Michael Pittman (Amarillo, Texas) in that category.

Justin Cammuto had 32 saves for John Carroll who will face Scranton in the consolation game at 12 noon on Saturday.