Milton, MA – In their second match-up on the season in men's ice hockey action on Thursday night in Milton, Mass., Curry College defeated SUNY Canton, 4-0 .  With the win, the Colonels improve to 5-9-2 overall. The Kangaroos fell to 3-14-2 on the season.

Curry started the scoring 4:12 into the first period when Brad Devereaux (Duxbury, Mass.) tallied his fourth of the season off passes from Brandon Gilmore (Quincy, Mass.) and Michael Vallescuro (Woodbridge, Ontario). The extra skater paid off for the Colonels four minutes later when Sean Nelson (Brighton, Mich.) took a pass from Dominic Puntillo (Amherst, N.Y.) and beat the Kangaroos net minder Morgan Barr (Almonte, Ontario) on the power play. Barr made 12 saves in the opening period as Curry led 2-0 after one.

After neither team found the back of the net for the first 17 minutes of the second frame the Colonels used two late scores to blow open a 4-0 lead. Shane Harrington (Mansfield, Mass.) registered his second goal of the season at the 17:21 mark off passes from Joe Scarfo (Winthrop, Mass.) and James Murphy (Malden, Mass.). Gilmore added his second point of the game as he netted a power play marker. Vallescuro and Devereaux were credited with assists on the play.

The teams played to a scoreless third period resulting in the 4-0 final. Junior Derek Mohney (Amherst, N.Y.) made 25 saves in the shutout for Curry. Barr stopped 37 shots for SUNY Canton.  The Colonels were 2-for-6 on the power play, while the Kangaroos were 0-for-4 with the extra skater.

Curry's next game is at home on Saturday at 4:40 p.m. against ECAC Northeast opponent Suffolk University.  SUNY Canton hosts Assumption on Friday, February 7 for a 5:35 p.m. game start.