BUFFALO, N.Y.—No. 12 Buffalo State earned its school-record 16^th win of the season, defeating visiting Brockport, 2-1, tonight in a SUNYAC contest at the Ice Arena.
 
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: #12 Buffalo State – 2, Brockport - 1
LOCATION: Ice Arena - Buffalo, N.Y.
RECORDS: Buffalo State (16-5-1/8-4-1), Brockport (9-12-1/5-8-0)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Anthony Beaumont (Lester, PA/Interboro) opened the scoring with the only marker of the first period when he followed his own rebound and potted his 10^th goal of the season with an assist from Anthony Passero (Fort Erie, ON/Lakeshore).
• The Bengals extended the lead early in the second period when Nick Berst (Depew, NY/Lancaster) wired a shot through traffic off the left post for his first of the year.  Passero and Mac Wood (Simcoe, ON/SCS) drew the assists.
• Brockport cut the lead in half with a power-play marker just over two minutes later, but it would not beat Mike DeLaVergne (Pawling, NY/Pawling) again the rest of the way.
• Brockport successfully killed off a five-minute major penalty in the third period and then finished the game for the final minute with a two-man advantage, but the Bengals managed to preserve the one-goal victory.
• DeLaVergne made 27 saves for the win as the Bengals held a narrow 30-28 edge in shots on goal.
• Brockport finished 1 for 5 on the power play, and the Bengals were 0 for 3.

 
FOR THE FOES                                    

• Connor Hutchins scored for the Golden Eagles, and Matt Schneider made 28 stops in the loss.

 
NOTEWORTHY                                     

• Buffalo State broke its school record set last year for wins in a season with 16.  The Bengals have three regular-season games remaining.
• The Bengals clinched a SUNYAC playoff berth for the seventh-consecutive season.

 
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