ANGOLA, IND. — Brett Tierney scored the game-winning goal in the third period for Trine, as the Buffalo State men's hockey team finished the weekend with a hard-fought 5-3 loss Saturday evening.
 
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Trine 5, Buffalo State 3
LOCATION: Thunder Ice Arena– Angola, Ind.
RECORDS: Buffalo State (4-5), Trine (7-3)
 
INSIDE THE BOX SCORE

• Andrew Logar (Niagara Falls, NY/Corpus Christi Rays), Tyler Vanuden (Fort Frances, Ont./Fort Frances), and Joel Frazee (Monroe, Mich./Shreveport Mudbugs) tallied the goals for the Bengals.
• Six different Bengals tallied an assist, as Nikita Kozyrev (Tallin, Estonia/Springfield Jr. Blues) Hayden Ford (Medford, N.J./Philadelphia Revolution), Parker Allison (Dallas, Texas/Neepawa Natives), Connor Bizal (Elk River, Minn./Boston Jr. Rangers), Michael McCosh (Glendale, Ariz./New Mexico Ice Wolves), and Joe Glamos (Baldwinsville, N.Y./New Jersey Titans) tallied the helpers.
• Emil Norrman (Kungsbaka, Sweden/Dells Ducks) stopped a career-high 44 shots in the loss.
• Buffalo State was excellent on special teams, going 2-for-3 on the power play and holding Trine without a goal on four extra-man chances.

 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• It took just over five minutes for Buffalo State to get on the board, as Ford and Allison pushed the puck up ice to an open Frazee, who made a nifty move on the goalie, beating him glove-side.
• Trine responded with three consecutive goals, tying the game on a Garrett Hallford tally late in the first period, then striking for two goals in a 3:42 span early in the second period.
• The Bengals responded down 3-1, converting on a power-play tally as Vanuden ripped a shot from the wing into net.
• In the third period, on another power play, the Bengals found themselves on an odd-man rush, as Bizal's shot was saved by the goalie. Kozyrev grabbed the rebound, feeding it to Logar for the one-timer as 'State tied the game at three.
• Just under two minutes later, Jared Bowman found Tierney ripped a shot from the top of the left faceoff circle, as the puck dribbled past a diving Norrman into net at 14:07.
• Jackson Clark finished the scoring for Trine with an empty net goal with 10 seconds remaining in regulation.

 
FOR THE FOES

• Tierney scored a goal and added an assist to lead the Thunder.
• Hallford, Justin Meers, Jackson Clark, and Hunter Payment also tallied goals.
• Bowman, Tyler Shetland, and Chace McCardle added assists.
• Elias Sandholm made 15 saves in the victory.
• Trine outshot Buffalo State by a 49-18 margin.

 
UP NEXT
Buffalo State returns to SUNYAC play next weekend, hosting Brockport from the Buffalo State Ice Arena on Friday, Dec. 3.