The Misericordia University hockey team dropped its season opener to SUNY-Canton, 9-1, Friday night at the Toyota Sportsplex in Wilkes-Barre.
The Kangaroos scored three goals in each period.
Jonathan Lush scored the lone for the Cougars.
Canton broke open a tie game with three goals in the final 10 minutes of the first period.
The Kangaroos scored three goals in a six-minute span early in the second period to take a 6-0 lead.
Lush got the Cougars on the board with a blast from the point early in the third period.
Canton answered two minutes later and added two more goals in a three-minute span.
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