BUFFALO, N.Y.—Buffalo State scored a pair of first-period power play goals and added an empty-netter to seal a 3-1 victory over nationally No.14/15-ranked Fredonia in a SUNYAC game tonight at the Ice Arena.
 
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Buffalo State – 3, #14/15 Fredonia - 1
LOCATION:  Ice Arena – Buffalo, N.Y.
RECORDS:  Buffalo State (8-8-2/5-4-2), Fredonia (11-4-4/5-3-2)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Cody Symonds (Woodbridge, ON/Emily Carr), Jon Colley (Stouffville, ON/Stouffville District) and Andrew Husted (Niagara Falls, NY/Grand Island) all scored for Buffalo State, and Mac Wood (Simcoe, ON/SCS) and Michael Anthony Guerrera (Montreal, QC/OHA) had a pair of assists each.
• Symonds opened the scoring with a power-play marker just over seven minutes into the contest with assists from Zach Remers (Clarence, NY/Canisius) and Vadim Vasjonkin (Tallinn, Estonia).
• Colley extended the Bengals lead just over five minutes later with his fifth of the season also on the power play.
• The Blue Devils responded with a power-play goal of their own late in the second period, but could not tally the equalizer.
• Husted capped off the scoring with his seventh of the year in the final seconds into the empty net.
• Buffalo State outshot Fredonia 30-21 for the game and finished 2 for 5 on the man-advantage.  The Blue Devils were 1 for 3.
• Connor Minch (Manchester, NH/Manchester Central) finished with 20 saves in the win.

 
FOR THE FOES

• Victor Tracy scored Fredonia's lone goal.
• Eric Bogart made 27 saves in the loss.

NOTEWORTHY

• Buffalo State earns another point in the season-long Battle by the Lake rivalry competition, cutting the deficit to 8-7.

 
UP NEXT
Buffalo State will visit Cortland next Friday at 7 p.m.