BUFFALO, NY – Visiting Fredonia scored just 2:20 into the opening period, and the Buffalo State men's hockey team was unable to overcome a slow start in a 4-1 loss on Saturday evening at the Ice Arena.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Fredonia – 4, Buffalo State – 1
LOCATION: Ice Arena – Buffalo, NY
RECORDS: Fredonia (1-5-0, 1-3-0 SUNYAC), Buffalo State (2-4-0, 1-3-0 SUNYAC)
INSIDE THE BENGAL BOX SCORE
- Aidan LaValley (Champlain, NY/Vermont Lumberjacks) scored the lone Buffalo State goal.
- Parker Allison (Dallas, TX/Neepawa Natives) and Connor Bizal (Elk River, MN/Boston Jr. Rangers) each tallied an assist.
- Marcus Cumberworth (Surrey, BC/Olds Grizzlys) made 29 saves in goal.
- Joe Glamos (Baldwinsville, NY/New Jersey Titans) won 15-of-23 faceoffs for Buffalo State.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Fredonia tallied the opening goal on a rebound after Cumberworth stopped an initial shot from the left blue line.
- A redirection in front of goal from a shot from the right point gave Fredonia a 2-0 before the midway point of the period.
- Allison was stopped on a breakaway after the expiration of his penalty late in the period as Fredonia led 2-0 at the intermission.
- The Blue Devils went up 3-0 in the second period as Antoine St. Onge tapped in a shot at the far post after a solid pass by Ethan Pitzman.
- Fredonia goalie Charles-Anthony Barbeau stopped 25 shots in the first two periods to keep the 3-0 advantage into the second intermission.
- The Bengals got on the board 7:01 into the third period as LaValley redirected a shot from the point by Allison to finally break up the shutout.
- Fredonia answered back with a shot from the slot with less than seven minutes remaining to put the game out of reach.
FOR THE FOES
- Barbeau made 40 saves in goal for the Blue Devils.
- Baxter Kimball scored twice for Fredonia.
UP NEXT
The Bengals are back in action next Friday on the road against defending-national champion Hobart on Friday evening, before returning to SUNYAC action at home on Saturday evening.
