Vasjonkin
Jessica Brant
Vadim Vasjonkin's fourth goal of the season in overtime sealed the win for the Bengals
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Morrisville St. MORM 2-9-1/1-7-0 SUNYAC
4
Winner Buffalo State BUFM 6-4-1/4-3-1 SUNYAC
Morrisville St. MORM
2-9-1/1-7-0 SUNYAC
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Final
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Buffalo State BUFM
6-4-1/4-3-1 SUNYAC
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 OT 1 F
Morrisville St. MORM 1 2 0 0 3
Buffalo State BUFM 0 1 2 1 4

Game Recap: Men's Ice Hockey |

Men’s Hockey rallies late, wins in overtime against Morrisville State, 4-3

BUFFALO, N.Y.— Buffalo State erased a two-goal third-period deficit and Vadim Vasjonkin (Tallinn, Estonia) scored with 30 seconds remaining in overtime to propel the Bengals to a 4-3 victory over visiting Morrisville State tonight in SUNYAC play.
 
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Buffalo State – 4, Morrisville State – 3 (OT)
LOCATION:  Ice Arena - Buffalo, N.Y.
RECORDS:  Buffalo State (6-4-1/4-3-1), Morrisville State (2-9-1/1-7-0)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Vasjonkin had a goal and an assist, while Michael Anthony Guerrera (Montreal, QC/OHA), Sam Maddox (St. Louis, MO/Lindburgh) and Andrew Husted (Niagara Falls, NY/Grand Island) also scored.
  • Mac Wood (Simcoe, ON/SCS) had three assists, and Reid Bibb (Gaithersburg, MD/Gaithersburg) had a pair of helpers.
  • Morrisville opened the scoring just 29 seconds into the game and led 1-0 at the first intermission, despite the Bengals peppering the Mustangs' goal with 15 first-period shots.
  • Buffalo State evened the score midway through the second period on a power-play goal by Guerrera, but the Mustangs responded with a pair of power-play goals of their own to take a 3-1 lead going into the third period.
  • Maddox tapped in a backdoor feed from Vasjonkin for his fourth goal of the season just past the halfway mark of the frame to cut the deficit to one.
  • Husted banged home his own rebound for his fourth of the season to pull Buffalo State square with 5:48 remaining in regulation. 
  • Vasjonkin finally ended the game with just 30 ticks remaining wiring a wrist shot from the slot into the top corner off a feed from Wood.
  • Buffalo State dominated possession for much of the contest, finishing with a 39-17 advantage in shots on goal.
  • Connor Minch (Manchester, NH/Manchester Central) finished with just 14 saves in the win.
FOR THE FOES
  • Ian Wood, CJ Stubbs and Dane Moore scored for Morrisville. 
  • Jared Young made 35 saves in the loss.
 
UP NEXT
Buffalo State will break for the holidays before returning to action at the Norwich Tournament after the New Year.  The Bengals will open against Endicott on Friday, Jan. 4 at 4 p.m.
 
 
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