Potsdam, NY – Senior Sirena Alvarez has had many busy nights this season as the primary goaltender for the SUNY Canton women's hockey team. The team's regular season finale was not one of them. While Alvarez, who hails from Finland, only faced 12 shots on the night, she stopped them all earning her 13th shutout of her career placing her first all-time for the program. The Roos earned a 2-0 victory over visiting SUNY Morrisville in a Northeast Women's Hockey League (NEWHL) matchup.
The Roos honored Alvarez as the team's lone senior in a post-game ceremony.
THE BASICS
- Result: SUNY Canton 2, SUNY Morrisville 0
- Location: Maxcy Ice Arena – Potsdam, NY
- Records: SUNY Canton (14-9-2, 8-9-1) | SUNY Morrisville (7-16-1, 4-13-0)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Junior Gracyn Emmerton kicked off the scoring for the Roos at 3:21 of the first period, racing down the left-hand dasher and snapping a wrister past Mustangs goaltender Maggie Jones. Junior Makayla Young assisted on the goal.
- Junior Victoria McGarrity pushed the lead to 2-0 Roos, just 36 seconds into the third when she picked up a loose puck in front of the net and buried it past Jones. Emmerton earned her second point of the afternoon with the assist.
- In the waning moments of the third period, a Morrisville cross-crease feed led to a dangerous scoring opportunity but Alvarez pushed hard off the near post, across the crease and preserved the shutout.
INSIDE THE NUMBERS
- The Roos were 0/1 on the power play and 2/2 on the penalty kill.
- SUNY Canton also won the faceoff battle 32-25.
- Junior Iida Laitinen led all skaters with eight shots on goal.
- Jones finished with 46 saves for the Mustangs.
- The 14 wins this season for the Roos tie the teams single-season wins mark joining the 2016-17 team that went 14-11-2.
WHAT'S NEXT?
SUNY Canton travels to Plattsburgh to face the #3 Plattsburgh State Cardinals in the semi-final round of the NEWHL Tournament. The game will be on Saturday, February 25th at 3 p.m. and the winner will advance to the conference championship game.