MORRISVILLE, N.Y.—Buffalo State dominated host Morrisville from the opening faceoff and finally broke through for four goals in the third period to pull away for a 6-1 victory in a SUNYAC contest this evening.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Buffalo State – 6, Morrisville - 1
LOCATION: Ice Plex – Morrisville, N.Y.
RECORDS: Buffalo State (9-3-1/5-2-1), Morrisville (4-8-3/1-7-0)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Zach Remers (Clarence, NY/Canisius) and Hugo Petit (Chelsea, QC/CIH Acad.) netted two goals apiece to lead Buffalo State.
- Anthony Passero (Fort Erie, ON/Lakeshore) added a goal and an assist, and Mac Wood (Simcoe, ON/SCS) also scored.
- Vadim Vasjonkin (Tallinn, Estonia) and Ben Butcher (Bellingham, WA/Langley) registered two assists each.
- Buffalo State peppered the Morrisville goal with 33 shots, while conceding just nine in the opening 40 minutes, but led just 2-1 going into the third period. Remers scored twice in the opening frame, while Morrisville struck on the power play, and neither team scored in the middle stanza.
- Buffalo State finally broke the game open with Petit getting things started with his first of the game just 33 seconds into the third.
- Wood's seventh of the year and Passero's fourth extended the lead before Petit finished the scoring with his second of the game and sixth of the year.
- Ian Sylves (Sloan, NY/JFK) needed only to make 15 saves for the win as the Bengals finished with a 48-16 shot advantage.
FOR THE FOES
- Aidan Conolly scored the only goal for Morrisville.
UP NEXT
Buffalo State will take a lengthy break for the holidays before starting back up in the New Year with a two-game set at home against Neumann on Jan. 5 and 6.