NORTH EASTON, MASS.—Stonehill College (2-7-1) shook off a late deficit to defeat the SUNY Potsdam men's hockey team (2-10-1) 6-4 on Saturday evening. Senior assistant captain Tyler Young (Massena, N.Y./Kanata Lasers), sophomore forward Devin Panzeca (Lake Zurich, Ill./East Coast Wizards), junior defenseman Jon Venter (Guilford, Conn./Syracuse Stars) and senior assistant captain Sean Winikates (Phoenix, Ariz./Philadelphia Jr. Flyers) each scored for the Bears.
 
The Skyhawks struck quickly, grabbing a 1-0 lead just 2:20 into the contest on a goal from Colin Quinn. Potsdam clamped down after the goal and put pressure on Stonehill, building a 14-6 advantage in shots. With just 12 seconds left in the period, Young tied the score with a helper from sophomore forward Robert Clerc (Wappingers Falls, N.Y./Oswego State).
 
The teams combined for five goals in the second period. Panzeca gave the Bears their first lead of the game with helpers from Venter and junior forward Paul Michura (Chester, N.J./New Jersey Rockets) at 3:44. Stonehill regained the lead with goals from Charles Page at 4:35 and Zachary Frament at 7:33, the later coming on the power play. However, Venter tied the game at 3-3 with a power-play marker of his own at 11:18 and junior defenseman Joseph Richardson (Palm Beach, Fla./PAL Islanders) set up Winikates at 13:56 to jump back in front. Potsdam outshot the Skyhawks 17-6 in the middle stanza.
 
Potsdam held on to the advantage until the 11:44 mark of the third period. After taking a tripping penalty, Seth Murray struck to knot the score at 4-4. Nearly five minutes later, Page buried his second for the eventual game-winner. With 1:57 to play, the Bears pulled sophomore goalie Ryan Glander (Campbell Hall, N.Y./Rochester Junior Monarchs) for an extra attacker. The Skyhawks responded with an empty-net goal to close the scoring with 1:08 to play.
 
Matthew Schoen made 39 saves to earn the win. Glander finished with 13 stops. Stonehill was 2-for-4 on the man advantage and Potsdam was 1-for-3.

The Bears head to Curry College tomorrow at 2:50 to wrap up their first weekend of 2020.