FREDONIA, NY – The Buffalo State men's hockey team fell 5-3 to the Fredonia Blue Devils after a pair of late goals tonight at the Steele Hall Ice Arena.
 
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Fredonia – 5, Buffalo State – 3
LOCATION: Steele Hall Ice Arena – Fredonia, NY
RECORDS: Fredonia (1-1-1, 1-0-0 SUNYAC), Buffalo State (2-1-0, 0-1-0 SUNYAC)

INSIDE THE BENGAL BOX SCORE

• Aidan LaValley (Champlain, NY/Vermont Lumberjacks (EHL)), Nick Stuckless (Orangeville, ON/Skidmore College), and Chris Blango (Chadds Ford, PA/Philadelphia Little Flyers (EHL)) each scored their first goals for the Bengals.
• Stuckless and LaValley each had an assist as well.
• Emil Norrman (Kungsbacka, Sweden/Dells Ducks (USPHL Premier) made 33 saves in the effort.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Fredonia got the scoring started for the night just two minutes into the action.
• Nearing the final minute of the first period, Blango evened up the score 1-1 as Drayton Todoroff (Jackson, MI/Amarillo Wranglers (NAHL)) and Connor Bizal (Elk River, MN/Boston Jr. Rangers (EHL)) earned the assists.
• In the second period, LaValley scored on a Bengals power play after a roughing penalty.
• Stuckless would score his goal shortly after to give Buffalo State a 3-1 lead.
• Within the next two minutes, the Blue Devils would answer back to even the score 3-3 after two periods of play.
• Fredonia scored two goals in the final two minutes of regulation to secure the win.
• Nikita Kozyrev (Tallinn, Estonia/Springfield Jr. Blues (NAHL)) and Andrew Logar (Niagara Falls, NY/Corpus Christi Ice Rays (NAHL)) also had assists on the night.

 
FOR THE FOES

• Five different Blue Devils scored in the win.
• Logan Dyck made 28 saves in net for Fredonia.

UP NEXT
The Bengals will look to bounce back as they continue on the road at Morrisville on Wednesday at 7:00 pm.