BUFFALO, NY – The Buffalo State men's hockey team raced out to a 2-0 lead after 2:22 of play, but the visiting Golden Eagles scored five of the final six goals for a 5-3 victory on Saturday evening at the Ice Arena.
 
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Brockport – 5, Buffalo State – 3
LOCATION: Ice Arena – Buffalo, NY
RECORDS: Brockport (10-14-0, 6-10 SUNYAC), Buffalo State (13-10-0, 8-6 SUNYAC)
 
INSIDE THE BENGAL BOX SCORE

• Nikita Kozyrev (Tallinn, Estonia/Spring Jr. Blues) scored a goal and added two assists for Buffalo State.
• Joe Glamos (Baldwinsville, NY/New Jersey Titans) recorded three assists.
• Nick Stuckless (Orangeville, ON/Skidmore College) and Michael McCosh (Glendale, AZ/New Mexico Ice Wolves) each scored a goal.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• After a Brockport penalty just 24 seconds into the game, Buffalo State struck first as Glamos found Stuckless with a cross-ice pass for the goal with 19:14 remaining in the period.
• The Bengals doubled their advantage shortly after, with Kozyrev scoring on a nearly identical play off a pass from Glamos.
• Brockport responded with a power-play goal just over a minute later, then tied the score four minutes after that on a redirection in front of goal.
• The Golden Eagles took the lead with under four minutes left in the opening period, and held the 3-2 advantage into the intermission.
• Zach Norby built the Brockport advantage with his second goal of the game, taking a long breakout pass from Ryan Brow and scoring on the breakaway to give the Golden Eagles a 4-2 lead after two periods of play.
• McCosh netted a goal just 1:04 into the third period to pull Buffalo State to within one, but Brockport goalie Nolan Egbert made a few strong saves early to deny multiple changes to equalize for the Bengals.
• Brockport netted another power-play goal for insurance with under six minutes remaining, and was able to withstand a last-ditch effort from Buffalo State in the final minutes.

SENIOR NIGHT

• At the conclusion of the game, Buffalo State honored eight members of the Buffalo State 2022-23 senior class: Roger Powers (Pittsford, NY/SUNY Canton), Kozyrev, Joel Frazee (Monroe, MI/Shreveport Mudbugs), Kerry Kruzel (Cumming, GA/Ogden Mustangs), Andrew Logar (Niagara Falls, NY/Corpus Christi Ice Rays), Lucas Patton (Sechelt, BC/Finlandia University), Tyler Vanuden (Fort Frances, ON/Finlandia University), and Emil Norrman (Kungsbacka, Sweden/Dells Ducks).  

FOR THE FOES

• Norby scored twice for Brockport, while Andrew Harley had a goal and two assists.

 
UP NEXT
Buffalo State will head to Oswego next Friday at 7 pm to kick off the final weekend of the regular season.