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For Immediate Release: February 18, 2004

Contact: Chris Gondek, SUNYAC Publicist

 

UNDEFEATED CARDS EARN TOP SEED IN ICE HOCKEY PLAYOFFS
First round starts Friday at Oswego, Geneseo

 

FREDONIA, NY – Plattsburgh and Potsdam earned the top two seeds and first-round byes in the upcoming SUNYAC playoffs. The Cardinals captured the regular-season title with a 12-0-2 record, becoming the first SUNYAC team to finish the season without a loss since the Cards went 13-0-1 in the 1999-2000 season. Potsdam clinched an opening-round bye on Saturday, jumping from fourth place to second with a 6-2 win over Oswego and a 2-1 Geneseo loss to Fredonia.

Joining Plattsburgh and Potsdam in the tournament is Oswego, Geneseo, Fredonia and Cortland. The opening round begins Friday and Saturday, Feb. 20-21 with the semifinals taking place Feb. 27-28 and the finals on Mar. 5-6. All games are slated for 7:00 p.m. on the campuses of the higher seeds. The first and semifinal rounds will consist of a two-game format. If the teams split, a mini-game will be played immediately following Saturday night's game to determine the winner. In the finals, a split results in a third game to be played on Sunday, March 7 at 2:00pm.

Oswego, the defending SUNYAC champion, earns the third seed in this year's tournament. The Lakers, finishing 9-4-1, will host sixth-seeded Cortland in the first round. In two meetings this season, the Lakers have got the best of the Red Dragons winning 8-3 and 8-1. In the other first-round series, fourth-seeded Geneseo hosts fifth-seeded Fredonia. The Knights won the first meeting this season 4-1, but the Blue Devils exacted revenge this past Saturday with a 2-1 win that cost the Knights an opening-round bye.

 

SUNYAC OVERALL
School
W
L
T
GF
GA
Pts.
W
L
T
GF
GA
Plattsburgh*
12
0
2
77
27
26
18
4
3
113
62
Potsdam*
9
4
1
65
43
19
11
12
2
108
99
Oswego*
9
4
1
66
33
19
15
7
3
113
72
Geneseo*
8
4
2
53
45
18
14
6
4
98
78
Fredonia*
6
8
0
42
41
12
12
11
2
90
80
Cortland*
5
9
0
52
77
10
10
14
1
105
129
Buffalo State
3
11
0
39
72
6
7
18
0
79
119
Brockport
1
13
0
32
88
2
5
20
0
66
142

* SUNYAC Tournament Qualifier


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