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Owen Watson drives toward the net against Rivier in Canton in 2024-25.
7
Winner SUNY Potsdam POT 3-2-0, 1-0-0
3
SUNY Canton CAN 4-1-0, 0-1-0
Winner
SUNY Potsdam POT
3-2-0, 1-0-0
7
Final
3
SUNY Canton CAN
4-1-0, 0-1-0
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
SUNY Potsdam POT 1 4 2 7
SUNY Canton CAN 0 1 2 3

Game Recap: Men's Ice Hockey |

Watson hat trick leads Bears' big night in Canton, 7-3

CANTON, N.Y.—The SUNY Potsdam men's hockey team (3-2, 1-0 SUNYAC) scored four times in the second period en route to a 7-3 win at SUNY Canton (4-1, 0-1) in the teams' SUNYAC opener. Sophomore forward Owen Watson (Smiths Falls, Ontario/Smiths Falls Bears) recorded his first career hat trick in the contest.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • At 5:15 of the first period, Watson intercepted a Canton clearing attempt in the slot and buried it for a 1-0 lead.
  • Canton tied the game 4:02 into the second period on a goal from Spencer Sasenbury. Niko Schoner and Colton Alexander assisted on the goal.
  • Senior forward Max Klanow put the Bears back in front just 31 seconds later. Senior forward Jeremy Quesnel (Alexandria, Ontario/Hawkesbury Hawks) and junior defenseman Samuel De Mauro (Montreal, Quebec/Kirkland Lake Gold Miners) had the assists.
  • Senior forward Mathieu Parent (Kapuskasing, Ontario/Renfrew Wolves) made it 3-1 at 12:20 of the second.
  • Watson netted his second less than two minutes later at 14:08. Sophomore defenseman Lucas Salas (Hazlet, N.J./New Jersey 87's) and junior assistant captain Eli Doughart-Wood (St. Louis, Mo./Navan Grads) had the assists.
  • Watson struck again at 1:03 later to complete his hat trick to make it 5-1 at 15:11. Doughart-Wood and Parent had the assists.
  • Jordan Mughal netted Canton's second goal at 2:41 of the third period with helpers form Brayden Fryfogle and Williams Forsberg.
  • Sasenbury scored again 5:00 with assists from Logan Kelly and Scott Cremen and the hosts were in striking distance at 5-3.
  • However, Doughart-Wood scored an empty netter with an assist from Salas at 16:23.
  • Sophomore forward Finnigan Kilmurray (Ottawa, Ontario/Smiths Falls Bears) put the game away with another empty-netter at 18:27.
 
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
  • Bears junior goalie Lenny Perno (Rochester, N.Y./Richmond Generals) made 30 saves for his 12th career victory.
  • Trey Miller allowed four goals and made 21 stops in the first 34:08 for Canton. Kelson Hooper allowed one goal and made nine saves in the next 24:13.
  • The seven goals were the most scored by the Bears since a 7-4 win over Plattsburgh on February 2, 2019.
 
WHAT'S NEXT?
The Bears are now off until they host No. 1 and three-time defending national champ Hobart College in one week.
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