"We have to do what we do well," Emery said. "The first period was fairly even, but Oswego took it to us in the second period.

"They are better at controlling the puck in the neutral zone and we are a puck control team when we're in the offensive zone. We didn't play a good second period and the one positive was that we were down by only one goal.

"Then, we were able to get the puck down low and control play in the third."

The Cardinals finished with a 40-22 advantage in shots on goal, including a combined 20-5 edge in the third period and overtime. Hince stopped 20 of 22 shots, while Scott turned aside 37 of 40 shots.

In other SUNYAC games Friday night, Cortland scored two late goals and skated to a 5-all overtime tie at Potsdam, Fredonia edged out a 4-3 win over Geneseo and Buffalo State was a 5-3 winner over Geneseo.

Plattsburgh State 3, Oswego 2, OT

Score by periods:

Oswego State 1 1 0 0 -- 2

Plattsburgh State 0 1 1 1 -- 3

First period- 1, Osw, McLaughlin (Magagna), 10:06. Penalties- Reisweber, Osw (hooking), 5:11. Tozzo, PSU (tripping), 14:46. Levy, Osw (tripping)m, 19:35.

Second period- 2, PSU, Sliasis ppg (Clarke, Smith), 7:12. 3, Osw, McCutcheon, 11:05. Penalties- Zalewski, Osw (interference), 6:38. Magagna, Osw (tripping), 18:09.

Third period- 4, PSU, Satim (Clarke, Schiavi), 1:32. Penalties- Smith, PSU (tripping), 10:36. Magagna, Osw (tripping), 11:11. Tozzo, PSU (roughing), 11:11. Hall, Osw (roughing), 11:11. Magagna, Osw (hitting after whistle), 13:11. Tozzo, PSU (slashing), 16:04.

Overtime- 5, PSU, Smith (Tozzo), 4:07. Penalties- none

Shots on goal:

Oswego State 6 11 5 0 -- 22