Kozyrev
Nikita Kozyrev Tallied His First Career Hat Trick
0
Morrisville St. MOR 0-4-0, 0-3-0
3
Winner Buffalo St. BSC 2-1-0, 1-0-0
Morrisville St. MOR
0-4-0, 0-3-0
0
Final
3
Buffalo St. BSC
2-1-0, 1-0-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
Morrisville St. MOR 0 0 0 0
Buffalo St. BSC 1 0 2 3

Game Recap: Men's Ice Hockey |

Kozyrev’s Hat Trick Leads Men’s Hockey to 3-0 Victory Over Morrisville State

BUFFALO, NY — Nikita Kozyrev (Tallinn, Estonia/Springfield Jr. Blues) scored all three Bengal goals, and Emil Norrman (Kungsbacka, Sweden) turned aside each of the 23 shots he faced to lead the Buffalo State men's hockey team to a 3-0 shutout over Morrisville State in their SUNYAC opener on Wednesday night at the Ice Arena.   
 
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Buffalo State – 3, Morrisville State - 0
LOCATION: Ice Arena – Buffalo, NY
RECORDS: Buffalo State (2-1-0, 1-0-0 SUNYAC), Morrisville State (0-4-0, 0-3-0 SUNYAC)
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE
  • Kozyrev tallied his three goals on just four shots.
  • Norrman earned his second victory, and first shutout, of the season.
  • Tyler Vanuden (Fort Frances, ON/Finlandia University) assisted on Kozyrev's first goal, and both were a team-high +3 in the game.  
  • Joel Frazee (Monroe, MI/Shreveport Mudbugs) and A.J. Marinelli (Amherst, NY/Lockport Regals) also tallied assists for Buffalo State.
  • Joe Glamos (Baldwinsville, NY/New Jersey Titans) won eight of his 10 faceoffs to lead the Bengals.

HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Kozyrev opened the scoring in the first period just over eight minutes into the game from the right side of the net, blasting a cross-ice feed from Vanuden into the back of the net.
  • Norrman made 10 saves in the opening period as the Mustangs outshot Buffalo State 10-4.
  • Leading 1-0 with just over eight minutes left in the second period, Kozyrev rung a shot from the right side just off the right goalpost.
  • Buffalo State controlled play for much of the period, but the Bengals were unable to add to their lead, holding a slim advantage into the second intermission.
  • Kozyrev doubled the Buffalo State lead with just over four minutes remaining in the game, sending a wrist shot off a pass from Marinelli past the Morrisville State goalkeeper for his second of the night.
  • With Morrisville State pulling their goaltender for an extra attacker with under a minute remaining, Kozyrev completed his first career hat trick by stealing the puck from a Morrisville attacker and sliding a shot from beyond center ice into the empty net.  

FOR THE FOES
  • Richard Hart led the Mustangs with 5 shots on goal.

UP NEXT
Buffalo State will host Hobart in a non-conference matchup on Friday night at 7 p.m. The Statesmen were ranked fourth in the most recent USCHO poll.
 
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