CORTLAND — Fredonia State men’s hockey team traveled to Cortland, for a SUNYAC Quarterfinal matchup, on Saturday night.

In an extremely physical contest, the Blue Devils fell with a final score of 5-1.

The Devils lone goal of the game came from David Sudbrink, assisted by Jake Blackwell and Ryan Bailey. Goaltender, Logan Dyck had 31 saves and a .912 save percentage.

Fredonia State controlled both ends of the ice for the first 10 minutes of the game, until Cortland went to the powerplay. Nick Grupp faked a shot from the point and found Alex Storjohann down low, to give Cortland a 1-0 lead.

Fredonia State was awarded a five minute powerplay, after Matt Letmanski took a high hit from Nick Grupp, of Cortland. Grupp was ejected from the game, as Fredonia State looked to convert the extended man advantage opportunity.

With 39 seconds remaining in the first period, the Blue Devils found their first goal of the game on the powerplay. Blackwell found Bailey at the point, where he fired a shot on goal that the goalie couldn’t handle. The rebound kicked out to Sudbrink, who put it home.

The first period ended with a score of 1-1, while shots on goal were dead locked at 12.

The second period was dead even, until Cortland was able to find their second goal of the game at the 10:54 mark. The Devils goaltender, Dyck, was screened by multiple players and was unable to track Matt Jahn’s shot.

The Blue Devils had to kill four penalties within the second period, making it difficult to find their rhythm on offense.

The Red Dragons went into the second intermission up 2-1, while outshooting the Blue Devils 15-12.

The third period slowed the game down, as both teams were looking to eliminate all mistakes.

With 15:32 remaining in the game, Cortland found the back of the net after a scrum in front. However, Fredonia State caught some luck as this goal was called off due to an early whistle.

After a Blue Devils turnover in their defensive zone, Michael Sciore found Cameron Knowlton on the back door for Cortland’s third goal of the game.

Cortland capped the scoring with two empty net goals, to close out the game 5-1.

Fredonia State outshot Cortland 40-36 in total.

Fredonia States finishes the year with a 10-11-1 overall record. The Blue Devils look to next year as they bring back most of their team.

DYCK MAKES ALL-CONFERENCE 2ND TEAM

One Fredonia State men’s hockey player was awarded with an All SUNYAC recognition following the season. Goaltender, Logan Dyck, was named to the All Conference Second Team for his outstanding performance during the year.

Due to the cancellation of last year season, this was considered Dyck’s rookie season, even though he is a sophomore.

Dyck was a large reason for the Devils clinching the No. 5 seed and a quarterfinal matchup against Cortland.

In his first year, Dyck started 20 games and logged 1,135:27 minutes in net.

During this time he tallied 665 saves, a .926% save percentage, 2.80 goals against average, three shutouts and record 10 wins for the Blue Devils.

“Logan was the backbone of our team this year in his first year of college hockey,” said head coach Jeff Meredith. “His calm, cool demeanor, while under pressure, was so valuable to our young team as we battled in those SUNYAC meat grinders every weekend.”