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Blue Devils’ Kirbis honored as SUNYAC’s Rookie of the Week

OBSERVER Photo by Justin Goetz Pictured above is SUNY Fredonia’s freshman forward Ethan Kirbis (18), who was honored as SUNYAC’s Rookie of the Week. Kirbis scored game-winning goals against No. 3 ranked Oswego State on Friday and also SUNY Cortland on Saturday.

CORTLAND — The State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) has chosen the Men’s Ice Hockey athletes of the week. The Goaltender of the Week is Brockport’s Jake Moore, the Rookie of the Week is Fredonia’s Ethan Kirbis, and the Player of the Week is Geneseo’s Conlan Keenan.

Brockport’s senior goaltender, Moore, anchored the team to a strong 3-1 win during the week. He made 33 saves and allowed only one goal in their game against Hamilton. Moore is first in the SUNYAC with a .99 goals against average and a .962 save percentage. Brockport is now 4-0-1 with Moore in the net.

Kirbis was clutch for Fredonia during the week, he scored a game-winning goal in both games that the Blue Devils played in. In the first game against No. 3 Oswego, Kirbis delivered the game-winning goal on his only shot of the game to give Fredonia the 3-2 win over their SUNYAC rival. Kirbis had one assist and scored the game-winning goal against Cortland as Fredonia was able to hold the Red Dragons off in the third period to win 5-4.

Conlan Keenan tallied nine points in two games during the week for the Knights as they went 2-0. In the first game Keenan was involved in six out of the nine Geneseo goals, scoring a hat trick and adding three assists. Geneseo went on to beat Morrisville, 9-0. In the second game, also against Morrisville, Keenan scored one goal and added two assists to help Geneseo to a 7-1 win. He currently leads the nation with 19 points and is tied for second with 12 assists.

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