DeLaVergne
Mike DeLaVergne made 31 saves in the win over Geneseo
7
Winner Buffalo St. BUFFST 3-2-2, 1-2-1 SUNYAC
4
Geneseo GENESEO 3-1-2, 1-0-2 SUNYAC
Winner
Buffalo St. BUFFST
3-2-2, 1-2-1 SUNYAC
7
Final
4
Geneseo GENESEO
3-1-2, 1-0-2 SUNYAC
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
Buffalo St. BUFFST 2 2 3 7
Geneseo GENESEO 1 1 2 4

Game Recap: Men's Ice Hockey |

Men’s Hockey Blasts Geneseo, 7-4

GENESEO, N.Y.—  Brett Hope (Blenheim, ON/Blenheim) led an explosive Buffalo State offense with four points off one goal and three assists on Friday night as the Bengals raced past Geneseo 7-4 in a conference matchup.
 
 
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Buffalo State 7, Geneseo 4
LOCATION:  Geneseo, N.Y.
RECORDS:  Buffalo State (3-2-2/1-2-1 SUNYAC), Geneseo (3-1-2, 1-0-2 SUNYAC)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Bengals took advantage of an early power play and got on the scoreboard off a goal from Nick Berst (Depew/Lancaster) with assists from Marcus Michalski (Woodstock, ON/St. Mary's Catholic) and Zach Nieminen (Ajax, ON/Notre Dame CSS) at 8:41.
  • Seven minutes later, Buffalo State struck again as Mac Wood found the back of the net off a pass from Hope, putting the Bengals up 2-0.
  • Geneseo managed to cut Buffalo State's lead in half with under four minute to play in the first period.
  • In the second period, the Bengals came out firing. Jason Zaleski (Scranton, PA/Scranton) wasted little time finding the back of the net for Buffalo State's third goal at 2:31.
  • Midway through the second period, Ryan Salkeld (Virginia Beach, VA/Churchland) scored his first of two goals on a power play opportunity.
  • The Knights were not ready to back down and tallied a short-handed goal in the closing minutes of the period.
  • Once again, the Bengals came out firing at the start of the third period. Nieminen scored just 1:09 into play.
  • Salkeld pushed Buffalo State's lead out to four, 6-2, with his second goal of the game at 8:30.
  • Geneseo scored two quick power play goals in the second half of the third period, but the Bengals sealed the game, scoring a seventh goal with 44 seconds left to play.
  • 10 different players for Buffalo State tallied points in the win and the Bengals finished 2 for 5 on the power play.
  • Mike DeLaVergne (Pawling, NY/Pawling) earned the win and recorded 31 saves.
 
FOR THE FOES
  • Stephen Collins led the Knights offense with one goal and seven shots.
  • Matt Leon started in net for Geneseo and made eight saves in 28:55. Bradley Hawayek came in and made nine saves in 29:47.
  • The Knights outshot the Bengals 35-24.
 
UP NEXT
Buffalo State will return home on Saturday night to take on Brockport for a 7 p.m. SUNYAC matchup. 
 
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