CORTLAND, NY – The Buffalo State men's hockey team fell to Cortland by a final score of 3-1 on Saturday evening in the regular season finale. With the way other action around the SUNYAC shook out tonight, fifth-seeded Buffalo State will head back to Cortland on Wednesday evening for a SUNYAC First Round matchup against the fourth-seeded Red Dragons at 7:00 pm.
 
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Cortland – 3, Buffalo State – 1
LOCATION: Alumni Arena – Cortland, NY
RECORDS: Cortland (16-8-1, 11-5 SUNYAC), Buffalo State (13-12-0, 8-8-0 SUNYAC)
 
INSIDE THE BENGAL BOX SCORE

• Nikita Kozyrev (Tallinn, Estonia/Springfield Jr. Blues) scored the lone Buffalo State goal.
• Joe Glamos (Baldwinsville, NY/New Jersey Titans) recorded an assist.
• Liam Gross (Fort Washington, PA/New Jersey Rockets) stopped 40 shots in goal for the Bengals. 

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Gross stopped 12 shots in the first period to keep the Red Dragons scoreless and the top-ranked unit on the power play in the SUNYAC gave the Bengals the lead into the intermission.
• Just eight seconds after a Buffalo State power play began, Glamos fed Kozyrev for a goal with 31 seconds remaining in the period.
• Cortland answered with a power-play goal of its own after the midway point of the second period to knot the score at 1-1.
• The Red Dragons added an even-strength goal with under three minutes left in the period to take a 2-1 edge into the third.
• Gross made 16 saves in the third period to keep the deficit at one for the majority of the frame.
• In the final minutes of the third period, Nate Berke netted the insurance goal for Cortland just out of the reach of a diving Gross.

FOR THE FOES

• Colby Seitz was the lone Red Dragon with multiple points, recording two assists.

  
UP NEXT

• Wednesday will be just the second SUNYAC playoff meeting of Cortland and Buffalo State.