The Misericordia University hockey team dropped to 0-2 with a hard-fought 7-4 decision to SUNY-Canton, Saturday afternoon at the Toyota SportsPlex.
The Cougars rallied from an early 3-0 deficit and eventually got within a goal before the Kangaroos tacked on a pair of late goals.
Marko Petras,
Devin England,
Liam Schaentzler and
Jonathan Lush all scored for MU.
Antoine Robidoux made 26 saves in relief.
Canton scored three times in the first minutes before England got the Cougars on the board with an unassisted goal midway through the first period.
Canton scored twice in the final three minutes of the opening period to take a 5-1 lead.
Lush scored late in the second period to get within 5-2.
Petras scored early in the third period and Schaentzler got the Cougars within a goal midway through the third period.
Canton answered with just under five minutes to play and added an empty-net goal in the closing minutes.
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