BUFFALO, NY – After visiting Alvernia scored the opening goal, the Buffalo State men’s hockey team responded with five unanswered goals to earn a 5-1 victory in the Outdoor Classic on Saturday afternoon at Buffalo RiverWorks.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Buffalo State – 5, Alvernia – 1
LOCATION: Buffalo RiverWorks Arena – Buffalo, NY
RECORDS: Buffalo State (9-6-0), Alvernia (5-8-1)
INSIDE THE BENGAL BOX SCORE
- Michael McCosh (Glendale, AZ/New Mexico Ice Wolves), Jackson Barrett (Zionsville, IN/Northland College), and Andrew Logar (Niagara Falls, NY/Corpus Christi Ice Rays) each scored their first goal of the season for Buffalo State. Logar also contributed a pair of assists.
- Tyler Vanuden (Fort Frances, ON/Finlandia University) also scored, and Nikita Kozyrev (Tallinn, Estonia/Springfield Jr. Blues) had a goal and an assist.
- Emil Norrman (Kungsbacka, Sweden/Dells Ducks) made 28 saves in goal for the Bengals.
- Tyler Penree (New Hartford, NY/Vermont Lumberjacks) and Joe Glamos (Baldwinsville, NY/New Jersey Titans) each had two assists.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- For the second consecutive day, Alvernia netted the opening goal in the first period to take an early lead.
- The Bengals responded quickly, as McCosh tapped in a perfect feed from Glamos at the far post.
- Vanuden gave Buffalo State the lead for good less than two minutes later, firing a wrist shot past the Alvernia goalie.
- The Bengals led 2-1 at the first intermission.
- Kozyrev roofed a wrist shot on the power play to extend the Buffalo State advantage, and Barrett snuck a shot under the pads of the Golden Wolves’ goalie for a 4-1 lead after two.
- With a safe lead, the Bengals controlled play in the third period, and Logar ripped a wrist shot with 5.8 seconds left for the final tally.
FOR THE FOES
- Jason Finan scored the lone Alvernia goal.
UP NEXT
The Bengals will be back in non-conference action at King’s College on Tuesday night at 8:15 pm.
