BUFFALO, NY – The Bengals took five penalties in the first period, and No. 6 Geneseo capitalized for a pair of power-play goals to take control in a 5-0 victory over the Buffalo State men's hockey team on Saturday evening at the Ice Arena.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Geneseo – 5, Buffalo State – 0
LOCATION: Ice Arena – Buffalo, NY
RECORDS: Geneseo (11-2-0, 6-1-0 SUNYAC), Buffalo State (4-8-0, 2-5-0 SUNYAC)
INSIDE THE BENGAL BOX SCORE
- Vadim Kiriakov (Tyumen, Russia/Altay Ust-Kamenogorsk) and Anthony Morin (Greenfield Center, NY/Utica Jr. Comets) each had five shots on goal.
- Drew Doran (Orchard Park, NY/Utica University) made 40 saves in goal for the Bengals.
- Tyler Penree (New Hartford, NY/Vermont Lumberjacks) went 14-and-12 on faceoffs, while Michael McCosh (Glendale, AZ/New Mexico Ice Wolves) went 9-and-7.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Bengals killed off a pair of penalties in the opening 10 minutes of the first period, before Geneseo finally broke through on its third chance with the man advantage to take a 1-0 lead.
- Shortly after, Geneseo scored on a 4-on-3 to double the lead.
- With just over a minute remaining in the period, the Knights tallied an even-strength goal to take a 3-0 lead into the intermission.
- Doran made 16 saves in the opening period for Buffalo State.
- The Knights made it 4-0 11:01 into the second period, on a wrist shot that went over Doran's shoulder and off the inside of the crossbar.
- Penree was stopped on a breakaway attempt by a strong save with an opportunity to cut into the deficit.
- Geneseo completed the scoring in the third period on a rebound in front of goal, and Geneseo goalie Jacob Torgner made a pair of saves on Kiriakov and Nick Stuckless (Orangeville, ON/Skidmore College) on breakaway attempts to complete the shutout.
FOR THE FOES
- Tyson Gilmour had a goal and three assists for Geneseo, while Torgner stopped 30 shots for the Knights.
UP NEXT
The Bengals host No. 1 Plattsburgh in the penultimate game of the Fall 2023 season on Friday evening at 7 pm.
