GENESEO, N.Y.—Nationally-No. 15-ranked Buffalo State saw its season come to an end in the SUNYAC semifinals for the seventh-consecutive year, falling 5-2 this evening at No. 7/8 Geneseo.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: #7/8 Geneseo – 5, #15 Buffalo State – 2
LOCATION: Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena - Geneseo, N.Y.
RECORDS: Geneseo (18-5-3), Buffalo State (17-7-3)
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Geneseo took advantage of a pair of Bengals' miscues to jump out to an early 2-0 lead. The Knights first struck just 1:07 into the contest jumping on a big rebound off of long shot from the wing, before scoring again midway through the frame, capitalizing on a defensive zone turnover by Buffalo State.
- Hugo Petit (Chelsea, QC/CIH Acad.) cut the deficit in half before the first intermission with a toe-drag around a Knights' defenseman and finish off assists from Mac Wood (Simcoe, ON/SCS) and Cody Symonds (Woodbridge, ON/Emily Carr).
- Geneseo reclaimed the two-goal lead just 16 seconds into the second period off another defensive zone give-away.
- The Knights went ahead 4-1 less than four minutes later as the Bengals misplayed the puck again which led to a shorthanded tally at the other end of the ice.
- Zach Nieminen (Ajax, ON/Notre Dame CSS) deflected a point shot by Symonds home for his 11th of the season to get the Bengals back in the game with 5:22 left in the middle stanza.
- The Knights added another goal just over three minutes later, however, converting a rebound off an odd-man rush.
- Neither teams would score in the third period.
- Buffalo State was 0 for 3 on the power play and allowed a shorthanded goal, while Geneseo was 0 for 4 with the man-advantage.
- Geneseo outshot Buffalo State 38-22 for the game.
- Ian Sylves (Sloan, NY/JFK) allowed three goals on 12 shots, before being relieved by Connor Minch (Manchester, NH/Manchester Central) who finished with 24 saves and two goals against.
FOR THE FOES
- David Szmyd scored twice for Geneseo.
- Tyson Empey and Conlan Keenan had a goal and an assist each, and Andrew Romano also scored.
- Devin McDonald finished with 20 saves.
NOTEWORTHY
- Buffalo State bids farewell to a senior class of six that ends its career as the winningest group of seniors in program history with a four-year record of 62-34-11.
