Box Score GENESEO, N.Y. - SUNY Geneseo senior goalkeeper Matt Petizian stopped all 25 shots he faced as the Knights earned the shutout for a 3-0 victory over visiting Neumann in the 2022-23 season opener on Friday night at Ira S. Wilson Arena. 

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Geneseo outshot Neumann, 15-10, in the first period but it took the hosts until the 17:48 mark to break the scoreless tie. Sophomore forward Peter Morgan dropped the puck to first-year defenseman Dakota Zarudny who broke the down the defense, skating the puck to the crease before sliding it across to senior forward Tyson Gilmour for the one-timer from point blank range, making it 1-0.
• In the second period, Morgan added a goal of his own careening the puck off a Neumann defender and past the goalkeeper to make it 2-0 with 16:00 to play in the second frame.
• Just 1:16 later, senior forward Justin Cmunt added a tally to make it 3-0. Junior defender Nathan Poolman found sophomore forward Cooper Fensterstock who set up Cmunt in front of the crease for the short-range score.

QUICK FACTS

• Gilmour scored his 17th career goal, while Morgan tallied his 20th career score. Both Morgan and Gilmour scored in consecutive home openers.
• Petizian tallied his fourth career shutout, making 25 saves to hold Neumann scoreless. 
• Geneseo has won six-consecutive season openers while improving to 19-6-4 all-time against Neumann.
• The Knights honored the founder of Geneseo Men's Ice Hockey and winningest head coach in program history, Paul Duffy, dedicating the ice surface at Ira S. Wilson Arena as Paul Duffy Rink.   

WHAT'S NEXT?
The Knights (1-0-0) will travel to Bill Gray's Iceplex in Rochester to face Nazareth on Saturday, Oct. 29 with puck scheduled to drop at 7:00 p.m.