BUFFALO — Anthony Beaumont (Lester, PA/Interboro) scored twice and Mike DeLaVergne (Pawling, NY/Pawling) made 27 saves as No. 10 Buffalo State stunned No. 1 Oswego, 5-1, in a SUNYAC game tonight at the Ice Arena.
Marcus Michalski (Woodstock, ON/St. Mary’s) and Anthony Passero (Fort Erie, ON/Lakeshore) added a goal and an assist each for the Bengals, and Taylor Pryce (Newmarket, ON/Cardinal Carter) also scored. Darren Young (Woodstock, ON/St. Mary’s) chipped in a pair of assists.
Buffalo State jumped out to a 2-0 lead just 7:48 into the contest. Beaumont opened the scoring when he snapped a shot five-hole while streaking down the right wing off a feed from Michael Anthony Guerrera (Montreal, QC/OHA). Pryce’s sixth of the season on a nifty deke on the power-play extended the Bengals’ lead. Oswego got on the board with a power-play marker of its own in the final minute of the opening stanza.
DeLaVergne stood tall in the middle frame, and Michalski ripped a low shot through traffic that found the back of the net on the power play with just 25 seconds remaining to restore Buffalo State’s two-goal lead entering the final period. The Bengals created more separation just over three minutes into the final frame when a point shot by Nate Werhane (Arvada, CO/Ralston Valley) deflected off Passero and past the Oswego goalie. DeLaVergne made a huge save moments later to preserve the three-goal advantage. Beaumont finished the scoring midway through the period off a pretty passing play with Passero for his second of the game and third of the season on the power play.
Buffalo State outshot Oswego 31-28 for the game, including 12-7 in the third period. The Bengals finished 3 of 6 on the power play, and the Lakers were 1 for 3.
Buffalo State will return to action after the New Year at the Boston Landing Collegiate Invitational. The Bengals will face Becker in the opening round of the tourney on Jan. 6.
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