CANTON, N.Y. - The SUNY Potsdam women's hockey team (8-8, 6-5) rallied from an early deficit to defeat SUNY Canton (3-12-1, 0-12-1) 5-2 on Wednesday night.

Seniors Miranda Kolb (Watertown, N.Y./SUNY Cortland) and Delphine Léonard (Anjou, Quebec/Dawson College Prep), freshman forward Emily DellaNeve (Buffalo, N.Y./Buffalo Bisons), sophomore forward Stephanie Dunlap (Bath, Mich./Meijer U19 AAA) and freshman forward Kaylee Merrill (Wasilla, Alaska/Anchorage North Stars) each scored for the Bears. Senior goaltender Kayla McCabe (Watertown, N.Y./Syracuse Nationals) made 28 saves for her fifth career win.

The Kangaroos pressed Potsdam aggressively early in the contest and finally broke through with 4:48 left. Breanna Bedborough gave Canton a 1-0 lead with an even-strength goal. However, the Roos were called for overlapping checking and hooking penalties in the final few minutes of the period and the Bears power-play went to work.

Kolb tied the score at 17:46 with assists from senior assistant captain Lucy Condon (Waterloo, Ontario/Waterloo Ravens) and senior captain Shelbi Thacker (Chesterfield, Mich./Honeybaked). Just 1:07 later, Léonard gave the Bears the lead with another power-play goal.

Thacker and junior forward Natalie Wasielewski (Carnegie, Pa./Pittsburgh Penguins Elite) picked up the assists. With the late burst, Potsdam outshot Canton 14-10 in the period.

There was no scoring in a penalty-filled second period. The Bears killed off three penalties.. The Roos finished the period with a 9-6 edge in shots.

DellaNeve gave the Bears some needed breathing room 3:32 into the third period. Thacker notched her third assist of the night and Merrill recorded the other helper on the play. At 7:58, Bedborough scored her second of the game to make it 3-2.

Just over three minutes later Dunlap buried a feed from junior defenseman Emily Burke (San Jose, Calif./San Jose Jr. Sharks) to regain the three-goal advantage. With three minutes left, Canton pulled goalie Brooke Susac for an extra-attacker. Just 28 seconds later, Merrill put the game away with an empty-net goal. The Bears scored three goals on five shots in the final 20 minutes.

Susac finished with 20 stops. Canton outshot Potsdam 30-25 and was 0-for-5 on the man advantage, while the Bears were 2-for-5.

The win pulls Potsdam into a tie for third place with SUNY Cortland, just two points behind Oswego State. The Bears host the Lakers at 3 p.m. on Saturday.