Canton, NY – Joe Deveny scored a pair of goals and Sean David scored the game-winner at 8:55 of the third period to lift the SUNY Canton men's hockey team to a 4-3 win v. Buffalo State on Friday evening.

With his 10th win of the season (10-3-2), Michael Cerasuolo now has 13 career victories setting a new program record in the NCAA D-III era.

THE BASICS

Result: SUNY Canton 4, Buffalo State 3

Location: Roos House – Canton, NY

Records: SUNY Canton (13-9-2) | Buffalo State (11-11-2)

HOW IT HAPPENED

The Roos controlled the opening half of the first period outshooting the Bengals 7-0. Buffalo State got on the board with just two seconds left on the first period clock as Michael Guerrera scored on a knuckler of a shot from near the blue line.

Buffalo State doubled its lead just 21 seconds into the middle period when Ryan Edgar had an initial shot that was saved but Jon Colley found Edgar from behind the net out in front to make it 2-0 for the visitors.

Canton got on the board at 7:46 of the period when Adam Petric found David Hopfer at the point. His shot went wide left but cycled all the way around the boards to Kyler Matthews near the blue line. He skated in and ripped a slapshot past Trevor Micucci.

Four minutes later the Roos knotted the game at two. Kyler Matthews collected the puck in the D zone funneling it behind his own net all the way around the boards where Joe Deveny picked it up. He took on a defender skating behind the Buff State net and wrapped it around just inside the left post for his 34th career goal.

Canton took its first lead of the contest at 13:14 of the second on a beautifully executed play. Tyson Bruce and Max Routledge cycled the puck back-and-forth and Bruce hit Routledge below the right circle. He played a quick pass across the face of goal where Deveny buried his second straight goal into an open net. The hosts took a 3-2 lead into second intermission.

The Bengals tied the game once again, this time at 3-3, on a short-handed goal from Anthony Tulipane on a breakaway.

In a highly entertaining game Canton regained the lead when Sean Shepard hit Tyler Bullard in stride at center ice. Bullard's shot from the right circle went off the left post and right to Sean David at the left circle as he beat Micucci top shelf.

Michael Cerasuolo finished with 13 saves in the win, while Micucci turned aside 23 shots in the loss.

With the win Cerasuolo sets a new career wins record in the D-III era for the Roos with 13 wins. Luis Puig set the initial mark with 12 victories.

WHAT'S NEXT

These two teams will have a rematch on Saturday at 5:30 p.m.