BUFFALO, NY – The Buffalo State men's hockey team opened the season with an impressive 5-1 victory over the Misericordia Cougars tonight to begin the Bengal Classic at the Ice Arena.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Buffalo State – 5, Misericordia – 1
LOCATION: Ice Arena – Buffalo, NY
RECORDS: Buffalo State: 1-0-0 (0-0-0 SUNYAC), Misericordia: 0-1-0 (0-0-0 MAC)

INSIDE THE BENGAL BOX SCORE

• Five different Bengals scored as Ryan Messing (Hamburg, NY/Metro Jets), Andrey Manov (West Vancouver, BC/Blind River), Don Powell (Wixom, MI/P.A.L. Jr. Islanders), Conor Bizal (Elk River, MN/Boston Jr. Rangers), and Michael Marquez (Upland, CA/Yarmouth Mariners) each found the back of the net.
• Recording assists for the Bengals were: Ethan Perrault (Tipp City, OH/Johnstown Tomahawks), Bizal, Aiden Dufault (Narol, NB/Amherst Ramblers), Joonas Linnavuori (Helsinki, Finland/Wilkes-Barre Scranton Knights), Jason Kwestel (Rockaway, NJ/Valley Wildcats), Vadim Kiriakov (Tyumen, Russia/Altay Ust-Kamenogorsk), Tyler Penree (New Hartford, NY/Vermont Lumberjacks), Powell, and Austin Micale (Hamilton, NJ/Nashville Spartans).
• Marcus Cumberworth (Surrey, BC/Olds Grizzlys) allowed just one goal and made 21 saves in goal for the Bengals.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Messing got the Bengals going early with his first goal of the season less than four minutes into the action.
• The Bengals would add another goal late in the period as Manov scored his first career goal.
• Misericordia responded early in the second with a goal of their own to cut the lead to 2-1.
• Powell would also score his first collegiate goal to give the Bengals some breathing room heading into the final 20 minutes of action.
• Bizal and Marquez joined in on the scoring giving the Bengals a 5-1 lead.
• Cumberworth made a handful of crucial saves down the stretch to preserve the Bengals win.
• The Bengals outshot the Cougars 36-22 overall.
• Five different Bengals registered the first point of their collegiate careers.

 
FOR THE FOES

• Nicholas Solema scored the lone goal for the Cougars.
• Jacob Perrin made 31 saves in the effort.

 
UP NEXT
The Bengals will play in the tournament championship game tomorrow night at 7:00 pm against the Saint Anselm Hawks.