OSWEGO, NY — The American Hockey Coaches Association released their All-American teams this past Friday, which featured Oswego State Laker Max Novick. The Junior made the Third Team for the East Region as this is the defenseman’s second All-American Award. Novick was also named to the First Team All-Conference for the second straight season as the junior was in the top-15 for points and held a + 20 plus/minus rating. He ranked second on Oswego behind fellow defenseman Carter Allen. Novick helped the Lakers rank inside the top 20 nationwide for goals against with a game average of 2.41 goals. The defenseman also scored six goals and tallied 18 assists to tie for fourth in scoring between the Lakers.
Max Novick will join Mike Snell and Don Patrick as the only other Oswego Lakers to receive the award twice. This is the 32nd All-American honor for the Men’s Hockey team as the group finished 16-10-1 this season and ended their campaign as conference finalists. Novick will most likely join the Lakers once again next season for his senior campaign along side Carter Allen, Tanner Spink, and Carson Vance.
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Women’s Hockey ties with Potsdam
OSWEGO, NY — Women’s Hockey finished their three game week Saturday with a tie against Potsdam. The 3-3 final featured the Lakers getting on the board just 28 seconds into the game as junior Philomena Teggart tallied her six goal of the season. The Bears would add one by the end of the first period before Oswego netted two goals in the second period to take a 3-1 lead heading into the third. However, the Lakers would have to settle with a tie after Potsdam rallied back and put two past Rachael Farmer.
The Lakers are still settled in the second spot in the NEWHL standings after a loss to Morrisville and this tie to Potsdam. Oswego is back in action Wednesday night as Morrisville travels back into the Marano Campus Center. Puck drop is set for 7 p.m.
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Men’s hockey finishes preseason 2-0
OSWEGO, N.Y. – The Oswego State men’s hockey team took to the ice of the Deborah F. Stanley Ice Arena for the second and final preseason matchup on Saturday. They took on the Carleton Place Canadiens, a junior program, from the Central Canadian Hockey League.
The first period quickly showed the difference between the two sides. Less than six minutes into the first period of play, the Lakers found the scoreboard first, freshman Matt McQuade finding the back of the net for his first unofficial goal as a Laker, as stats don’t count for these games. The assist coming from Connor Sleeth. Less than three minutes later Oswego would find the back of the net again. Garrett Clegg would steal one off of a defenseman at the Lakers offensive blue line and take it himself burying it past the goalie on for an unassisted goal. The first period ended 2-0.
In the second period the Canadiens seemed to hold their own a bit more, but that didn’t stop the Lakers from scoring. With eight minutes to go in the second period the Lakers had beautiful tic-tac-toe style goal. Trent Grimshaw carried the puck across the blue line in a three-on-two opportunity. He sent a pass across to Daniel Colabufo who quickly sent it back across net to a cutting AJ Ryan who buried the goal. The Canadiens would answer though. With three minutes remaining, a breakout chance resulted in a beautiful goal, shooting from right to left and off the bar past net-minder Cal Schell.
In the third period the Lakers turned the after burners back on. Less than four minutes into the period, Tommy Cahill won a face-off in the Lakers offensive zone and sent it back to captain Ryan Bunka who buried it through traffic for the Lakers fourth goal of the game. The Lakers fifth goal was another tic-tac-toe goal that would end with defenseman Troy Robillard deking the goalie and putting it behind him for goal number five. The Lakers sixth and final goal of the game came off the stick of Robillard once again. This time he sniped one from the blue line by his own bench, a one-timer that would go bar-down. This goal coming just nine-minutes into the third period. The Canadiens would pull one goal back before the end of the game making the final score of 6-2.
Oswego starts their regular season play starting next weekend. The Lakers head to Geneva, N.Y. on Friday night to take on the Hobart University Statesmen. Hobart was ranked #5 in the preseason poll, Oswego was ranked #13. On Saturday the Lakers have their home opener on Saturday taking on #9 Elmira university. You can catch all home ice hockey game on the WTOP YouTube channel https://www.youtube.com/c/WTOP10TV.
PHOTO CREDITS MICHELLE QUIACHON, WTOP10 PHOTOGRAPHY DEPARTMENT
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Progress Report: Oswego State women’s basketball
OSWEGO, N.Y. — The Oswego State women’s basketball team started the 2021 season off strong, going 3-3 in their first six games with an average margin of victory of 33 points. However, the Lakers suffered from a four-game losing skid to end the fall semester and now sit at 3-7 heading into 2022. Although Oswego is four games under .500, they boast two blowout victories over non-SUNYAC teams in SUNY-Delhi (75-39) and Wells College (73-23).
The Lakers are currently 0-4 in SUNYAC games with losses to SUNY Cortland, Buffalo State, SUNY Brockport and Fredonia. Though they sit one game back from SUNY Plattsburgh and two games back from SUNY Geneseo in the SUNYAC standings.
The Lakers are led by senior guard Danielle Caivana who leads the team in minutes per game (33.0), points per game (15.1) and 3-pointers made (25). Freshman forward Diamond Pickett is having a great start to her collegiate career, averaging close to a double-double with 8.3 points per game and 10.1 rebounds per game. Pickett also leads the team in field goal percentage, shooting 51% from the field. Sophomore forward Caitie Lilly has been the Lakers anchor on the defensive end, racking up 14 blocks thus far in the season, including back-to-back five-block performances versus SUNY Cortland and Buffalo State.
As a team, the Lakers are giving up 60 points per game, their lowest point total allowed since 2017. However, Oswego is only averaging 62.3 points per game, with that average being inflated from their 36 and 50-point victories earlier this season. Although the Lakers are on a losing streak, they’ve been competitive in all of their games thus far, with their biggest losing deficit being just 14 points.
With Oswego sitting at 3-7 entering the new year, they’ll need to be on the winning side of their close contests to have a shot at the SUNYAC playoffs. Luckily for the Lakers, there are more 15 opportunities for them to climb back into contention, with 14 of their next 15 games being against SUNYAC rivals. Oswego’s next game comes against Alfred State College on Monday, Jan. 4. Tip-off is set for 12 p.m. at the Max Ziel Gymnasium.
Photo provided by Shelby Peplowski, WTOP-10 Photography Department
