When and Where: January 15, 2025 – Hooksett, N.H. (The Ice Den Arena)
Score: #12/14 Cortland 4, Southern New Hampshire University 1
Records: SNHU 6-9-1, Cortland 11-4

Sophomore Collin Berke (Crofton, Md.) was brilliant making 34 saves, but SNHU Ice Hockey fell 4-1 to #12/14 Cortland on Wednesday afternoon at The Ice Den.   

STANDOUT PERFORMERS
•    Sophomore Stone Devlin (W. Falmouth, Mass.) – goal
•    Berke - 34 saves

KEY MOMENTS
•    Devlin picked up a loose puck in the Penmen zone, and sprinted alone to score an unassisted goal at 3:08 of the second period to put SNHU up 1-0.
•    The Penmen would hold the lead for about 10 minutes before the Red Dragons tallied on a goal by Domenic Settimo.  Settimo got a stick on the puck in a crowd in front of the Penmen cage to tie the game.
•    Cortland won the contest with three unanswered goals in the third period.  Sam Christiano made it 2-1 just 2:44 into the third period, Nate Boak scored at 10:50, and Nate Berke added a final tally with 1:21 to play.

INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
•    Cortland had 40 shots on goal to 11 for the Penmen.
•    SNHU finished 0-for-1 on the power-play and the Red Dragons were 1-for-6.
•    Cortland had a 30-25 advantage on face-offs.  The Penmen had an 18-8 edge on blocks, led by junior Ryan Pomposelli (Needham, Mass.) with five.

NOTES
•    This was the second meeting between SNHU and Cortland but the first since the Red Dragons won the Manchester PAL tournament over the Penmen in 2013-14. 
•    Cortland also defeated Saint Anselm 8-2 on Tuesday night.  The Red Dragons, a Division III program, participated in the NCAA Division III Championship last season.
•    Devlin has scored in consecutive games and his three goals this season match his total of 2023-24.

UP NEXT
•    SNHU will host Assumption University on Friday (7:40 p.m.) and Saturday (4:10 p.m.) at the Ice Den Arena.  The Penmen (5-4-1) currently sit in fourth place in the Northeast-10 Conference halfway through the season.  Defending champion Assumption (7-3) and Saint Anselm (6-3-1) are tied for first with 20 points, four points ahead of the Penmen.
•    All Northeast-10 Conference games, and SNHU home games, are streamed live and available on demand on FloCollege.

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