BUFFALO, NY - The Buffalo State men's hockey team will hit the road for a season-long, five game road trip, as the squad heads to Fredonia and Morrisville State this weekend.
The Bengals will look to get revenge from last week's loss to Fredonia this Friday as they travel to Steele Hall Ice Arena to play the Blue Devils for a second consecutive Friday night matchup at 7 p.m. as part of the "Battle By The Lake" season series. The squad then heads east to face the Mustangs Saturday in a 7 p.m. start.
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Orange and Black Outlook
- Buffalo State comes into Friday's game with a 4-12-0 overall record (2-6-0 in SUNYAC play) attempting to end an eight game losing streak. The Bengals lost 5-1 to this same Fredonia team last Friday in their most recent game played.
-Buffalo State sits six points behind these Blue Devils for what would be the sixth and final playoff spot in the SUNYAC standings. The Bengals also sit two points ahead of the Mustangs in the standings, as each team currently occupies the first and second spots outside of the postseason picture. Buffalo State and Fredonia will play seven conference games the rest of the way after the weekend, while Morrisville has a game on hand over the two teams above them in the standings.
- Leading scorer
Joel Frazee (Monroe, MI/Shreveport, Mudbugs) netted his eighth goal of the season in the loss to Fredonia, and was assisted by
Roger Powers (Pittsford, NY/SUNY Canton) (fourth on the year) and
Troy Button (Royal Oak, MI/Elliot Lake Wildcats) (third on the year).
- With his goal, Frazee ties
Nikita Kozyrev (Tallin, Estonia/Springfield Jr. Blues) for the team lead in points with 11 so far this year
The Facts on Fredonia
- The Blue Devils head into Friday's tilt with a 6-6-1 overall record (4-4-0 in SUNYAC Play). They are riding high after defeating the Bengals last Friday and then winning again Tuesday at home vs Morrisville State 5-3. The team will look to extend its win streak to three in a row Friday night.
- Four players lead the Blue Devils with four goals each on the year so far (Gregg Lee, Antonio Demacopoulos, David Sudbrink and Kurri Woodford)
- Matt Letmanski and David Sudbrink lead the team with 10 points apiece on the season.
The Morrisville Minute
- Morrisville State enters the weekend with a 6-10-1 overall record (1-8 SUNYAC), and sits in eighth place with three points in the conference standings
having done all of winning, losing, drawing, and losing in overtime this season. This is the only game of the weekend for Morrisville State, who will head to Brockport this upcoming Wednesday.
- The Mustangs fell to Fredonia 5-3 in their last contest. As Trevor Neumann, Chris Mott, and Luca Esposito tallied goals.
- The Mustangs have two double-digit scorers this season in Jake Kaplan and Curtis Abbott. Kaplan leads the team with 15 points, via eight goals and seven assists, while Abbott has 10 points on three goals and seven helpers.
-Owen Liskiewicz has started in 11 games in net, sporting a 3.05 goals against average and a .909 save percentage. Ryan Creenan and Garrett Boyonoski have each started three games in net.
Historical Figures
- Fredonia leads the all-time series 41-17-10 over Buffalo State, the last meeting going the way of the Blue Devils this past Friday which saw Fredonia goaltender Logan Dyck score on an empty net, a rare occurrence in the sport.
- Buffalo State holds a 21-4-3 record over Morrisville State since the 2006-07 season. The Bengals have won seven straight games against the Mustangs, including a 3-0 victory in the teams' last contest on Nov. 11. Kozyrev tallied a hat-trick, and
Emil Norrman (Kungsbacka, Sweden/Dells Ducks) stopped all 23 shots in the victory.
