{"id":34541,"date":"2011-01-27T17:00:29","date_gmt":"2011-01-27T23:00:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/?p=34541"},"modified":"2011-01-27T00:43:00","modified_gmt":"2011-01-27T06:43:00","slug":"players-fly-under-the-radar-in-sunyac","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2011\/01\/27\/players-fly-under-the-radar-in-sunyac\/","title":{"rendered":"Players fly under the radar in SUNYAC"},"content":{"rendered":"
Oftentimes, top players on teams that aren’t at the top of the standings get overlooked. When they are doing well, they are sometimes dismissed as being the only go-to guy on the squad, so naturally their stats will be “inflated.”<\/p>\n
This would be a misnomer when it comes to Brockport’s James Cody and Fredonia’s Jordan Oye and Bryan Ross. They would be accomplished players with any team in the league.<\/p>\n
“He’s obviously a dominant player at our level,” Brockport coach Brian Dickinson said of his junior winger. “I hope he gets recognition this year. He’s kind of been flying under the radar for the last two years within our league. He’s a guy we have that we know when we put him on the ice, we could get offense.”<\/p>\n
Cody has seven goals in conference play, tied for second. Overall amongst SUNYAC players, he is tied for first with 15 goals along with 14 assists. This past Friday, he scored three different ways against Potsdam — a short-handed breakaway, an in-close hard-working play, and a shot from an impossible angle.<\/p>\n
“I don’t how it went in, but goal scorers find a way to get it done,” Dickinson said. “He’s having another fantastic year. He’s starting to find his groove with a lot of goals here in the last couple of games. We give him a lot of ice time because he deserves it. Everything he gets, he gets because he earns it.”<\/p>\n
Jordan Oye leads the conference stats with eight goals. Overall, the senior is tied with Cody with 15 and also has 18 assists.<\/p>\n
“Jordan’s playing the best hockey of his career right now,” Fredonia coach Jeff Meredith said. “He’s always been good. He’s always been a key guy for us. Quite honestly, he’s putting the team on his back. I’m very proud of him. We are all the better for it.”<\/p>\n
Bryan Ross is the junior winger who feeds his center, Oye. Ross is tied for the lead in conference scoring with 16 points and for assists with 11. Overall amongst SUNYAC players, he’s tops in points (34) and assists (24).<\/p>\n
“You don’t have to tell these guys the situation we are in,” Meredith said. “Ross is another guy who comes to play and gives you everything he’s got. He’s a tremendous athletic player and that’s exactly what we need.”<\/p>\n
Hockey Day in Potsdam<\/strong> The hockey community in the Town of Potsdam has gotten together to raise funds to aid in his recovery, called Hockey Day in Potsdam<\/a>. On Saturday, January 29, the first puck drops at SUNY Potsdam’s Maxcy Hall, where the local high school plays Thousand Islands at 1:00 p.m.<\/p>\n The action then moves to Clarkson’s Cheel Arena, where the Golden Knights host Princeton at 4:00 p.m. Afterwards, hockey returns to Potsdam, where the Bears host Cortland at 7:30 p.m.<\/p>\n Tickets are being sold for all three games at $20. Tickets will also be sold for each individual game at each site. All proceeds will go to benefit Marine Cpl. Aaron Howell.<\/p>\n For more information on the event, contact Clarkson assistant athletic director Scott Smalling at ssmallin@clarkson.edu or 315-268-7750.<\/p>\n Anybody wishing to make a donation on Cpl. Howell’s behalf without purchase of tickets can send them to: Jamey Hoose, SUNY Potsdam (Maxcy Hall), 44 Pierrepont Ave., Potsdam, NY, 13676.<\/p>\n Also this Saturday is Todd Sheridan’s second Saves for a Cure<\/a> event. This time, it is where it all started, Brockport, for the third annual event. Once again, it includes a jersey auction<\/a>. There will also be a donation bucket for fans who want to give. The next day, from 3 to 7 p.m., there will be a pasta dinner at Flash’s Tavern for $10.<\/p>\n Finally, congratulations to Plattsburgh’s Ryan Corry for being one of the 25 nominees for the 2011 BNY Mellon Wealth Management Hockey Humanitarian Award.<\/p>\n Finalists will be announced in mid-February, with the award scheduled to be presented on Friday, April 8 at the Frozen Four in St. Paul, Minn.<\/p>\n
\nMarine Cpl. Aaron Howell served a tour in Iraq and then another one in Afghanistan. During the latter tour last April, the 24-year-old was severely injured by a mortar round while on patrol, losing both his legs and suffering other wounds. He is originally from Parishville, N.Y., about 10 miles from Potsdam.<\/p>\n