BUFFALO, NY – Parker Allison (Dallas, TX/Neepawa Natives) scored the game-winning goal with 2:09 remaining in the third period, lifting the Buffalo State men's hockey team to a 6-4 victory over No. 2 Plattsburgh State on Friday evening at the Ice Arena.
 
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Buffalo State – 6, Plattsburgh State – 4
LOCATION: Ice Arena – Buffalo, NY
RECORDS: Buffalo State (5-8-0, 3-5-0 SUNYAC), Plattsburgh State (9-2-0, 5-2-0 SUNYAC)
 
INSIDE THE BENGAL BOX SCORE

• Six different players scored for Buffalo State, including Tyler Penree (New Hartford, NY/Vermont Lumberjacks), Nick Stuckless (Orangeville, ON/Skidmore College), Joe Glamos (Baldwinsville, NY/New Jersey Titans), Vadim Kiriakov (Tyumen, Russia Altay Ust-Kamenogorsk), Connor Bizal (Elk River, MN/Boston Jr. Rangers), and Allison.
• Glamos and Kiriakov each added a pair of assists.
• Aidan LaValley (Champlain, NY/Vermont Lumberjacks) and Chris Blango (Chadds Ford, PA/Philadelphia Little Flyers) also recorded a pair of assists apiece.
• Marcus Cumberworth (Surrey, BC/Olds Grizzlys) made 41 saves for the victory in goal.
• This is the second consecutive season in which the Bengals have upset a ranked Plattsburgh State team at home, also winning 4-1 last season against the Cardinals.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Buffalo State scored on its first two shots on goal of the contest to take an early 2-0 lead just six minutes into the contest.
• Bizal started the scoring 1:54 into the game, tapping in a pass from Glamos at the back post for his first goal of the season.
• Penree doubled the advantage four minutes later, knocking a backhand into the right corner of the net off a pass from Jake Meure (Fremont, CA/Ogden Mustangs) on a 2-on-1 break.
• Cumberworth stopped all nine shots he faced in the period to give the Bengals a 2-0 lead at the intermission.
• Plattsburgh State scored three goals in the second period, taking advantage of a pair of defensive misplays by Buffalo State to tie the score into the second intermission.
• Bennett Stockdale blasted a slap shot past Cumberworth for the first goal just five minutes into the period.
• Glamos knocked in a rebound that was sitting behind Plattsburgh State goalie Eli Shiller for a power-play goal to restore a two-goal advantage for Buffalo State.
• A redirection in front of goal for Plattsburgh State made it 3-2 just 32 seconds later.
• The Cardinals tied the game at 12:56 of the period after Cumberworth played the puck from behind his goal to a Cardinal forward, who passed the puck out front for a tap-in to an empty goal.
• Kiriakov gave Buffalo State a 4-3 lead early in the third period after a nice feed from the point by Blango. The lead lasted just 37 seconds, as Plattsburgh State equalized on a deflection shortly after.
• With just over three minutes remaining, the Cardinals took a high sticking penalty to put the Bengals back on the power play.
• Allison rewarded Buffalo State with the game-winner, blasting a slap shot from the point into the top right corner.
• The Cardinals pulled Shiller for an extra attacker in the final minute, and Stuckless buried an empty-net goal to secure the victory.

 
FOR THE FOES

• Stockdale and Aaron Catron each scored and added an assist for the Cardinals.
• Luk Jirousek recorded a pair of assists.

 
UP NEXT
The Bengals finish play for the fall semester tomorrow against Potsdam at the Ice Arena at 7 pm.