OSWEGO, N.Y.—Buffalo State scored a pair of third period goals, but its comeback bid fell short in a 3-2 loss tonight at Oswego.
 
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Oswego - 3, Buffalo State –2
LOCATION: Marano Campus Center Arena – Oswego, N.Y.
RECORDS: Oswego (14-9-1/11-3-1), Buffalo State (11-11-2/7-7-1)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Oswego opened the scoring with the lone goal of the first period and then extended the lead with a pair of early goals in the final frame.
• Charles Barber (Queensbury, NY/Lake George) finally put the Bengals on the board midway through the third with assists from Nikita Kozyrev (Tallinn, Estonia) and Troy Button (Royal Oak, MI/Shrine Catholic).
• Matt Minerva (Commack, NY/Commack) cut the deficit to one with 5:07 remaining with assists from Kozyrev and Brendon Zack (Sarver, PA/Freeport Area), but the Bengals were unable to find the equalizer.
• Emil Norrman (Kungsbacka, Sweden/Jensen) gave the Bengals a chance making 37 saves as Oswego held a 40-28 advantage in shots on goal.

 
FOR THE FOES

• Jody Sullivan, Travis Broughman and Alex DiCarlo scored for Oswego.
• Steven Kozikoski finished with 26 saves.

 
UP NEXT
Buffalo State will wrap up the regular season tomorrow at Cortland at 5 p.m.