Ryan Ellis brought the Lakers back to within a goal with just 1:19 off the clock in the third.

Plattsburgh State, however, hung on the rest of the way and Hill sealed the win with his empty-netter with 35 seconds left.

"Nick Rolls played great on defense," Emery said. "He was on the ice for over half the game. "And, we were able to get great leadership from (C.J) Tozzo, (T.J.) Cooper and (Mike) Baccaro."

Freshman Bryan Hince improved his record to 3-0 in net with 25 saves.

Ryan Scott also turned aside 25 shots for Oswego, which was outshot by a 29-27 margin.

"It could have been a 10-9 game tonight -- there were a lot of chances for both teams," Emery said.

Oswego went one-for-six on the powerplay and the Cardinals were zero-for-five.

In other SUNYAC games Friday, Potsdam skated to a 4-2 win over Cortland, Buffalo State posted a 4-3 overtime victory over Geneseo and Fredonia was a 3-2 winner over Brockport.

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Plattsburgh State 4, Oswego 2

Score by periods:

Plattsburgh State 1 2 1 -- 4

Oswego State 1 0 1 -- 2

First period- 1, PSU, Hill (VanDermale, Thomson), 4:11. 2, Osw, Musselwhite ppg (Magagna), 17:34. Penalties- Kitchen, Osw (boarding), 6:36. Tozzo, PSU (elbowing), 9:29. Burke, PSU (holding), 15:47. Baccaro, PSU (slashing), 17:02. Thompson, Osw (slashing), 18:58.

Second period- 3, PSU, Smith (Breslin, Satim), 3:39. 4, PSU, Clarke, PSU (Rolls, Satim), 13:22. Penalties- McCutcheon, Osw (hooking), 1:39. Greene, PSU (interference), 7:22. Levy, Osw (interference), 14:16. Kitchen, Osw (holding), 18:16.