BUFFALO, N.Y.—A battle between two of the SUNYAC's top goalie lived up to the billing as Ian Sylves (Sloan, NY/JFK) made 30 stops for Buffalo State and Devin McDonald had 27 saves for No. 8/9 Geneseo in a 1-1 tie tonight at the Ice Arena.
 
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Buffalo State – 1, #8/9 Geneseo – 1
LOCATION: Ice Arena - Buffalo, N.Y.
RECORDS: Buffalo State (12-4-2/5-2-2), Geneseo (11-4-2/6-2-2)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Geneseo was the aggressor for much of the first period and opened the scoring with 41 seconds remaining in the frame on a shot that deflected off a Bengal defenseman and past Sylves.
• Buffalo State reversed the momentum in the second period, generating several chances before finally breaking through in the closing minutes on a rebounds goal by Ryan Stayner (Youngstown, NY/Nichols) with assists from Sam Maddox (St. Louis, MO/Lindburgh) and Cody Symonds (Woodbridge, ON/Emily Carr).
• Sylves and McDonald would shut the door from there, even with each team drawing five-minute power plays late in the game with Geneseo's carrying over into overtime.
• The Knights finished with a 31-28 edge in shots on goal, including 5-1 in overtime.
• Both teams finished 0 for 3 on the power play.

 
FOR THE FOES

• David Szmyd scored for Geneseo with an assist from Conlan Keenan.

 
UP NEXT
Buffalo State will travel to Brockport tomorrow for a 7 p.m. faceoff.