BUFFALO, NY – The Buffalo State men's hockey team earned a dominant 4-0 victory over the Potsdam Bears tonight at the Ice Arena to remain unbeaten in SUNYAC play.
GAME BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Buffalo State – 4, Potsdam – 0
LOCATION: Ice Arena – Buffalo, NY
RECORDS: Buffalo State: 6-2-0 (5-0-0 SUNYAC), Potsdam: 4-7-0 (2-4-0 SUNYAC)
INSIDE THE BENGAL BOX SCORE
- Sutton Murray (Rochester Hills, MI/Pembroke Lumber Kings), Connor Bizal (Elk River, MN/Boston Jr. Rangers), Austin Micale (Hamilton, NJ/Nashville Spartans), and David Tolan (LaVerne, CA/Danbury Hat Tricks) each scored for the Bengals.
- Don Powell (Wixom, MI/P.A.L Jr. Islanders), Tyler Penree (New Hartford, NY/Vermont Lumberjacks), Andrey Manov (West Vancouver, BC/Blind River), and Joe Glamos (Baldwinsville, NY/New Jersey Titans) each earned assists.
- Marcus Cumberworth (Surrey, BC/Olds Grizzlys) made 19 saves for his first shutout of the season.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- The Bengals got the scoring started early as Murray found the back of the net less than four minutes into the action.
- After a Buffalo State penalty, Bizal scored with the Bengals shorthanded opening their lead to two.
- In the second period, Micale joined in on the action with a power play goal after the feed from Glamos.
- Tolan scored for the fourth straight game with to solidify the Bengals lead.
- After a lengthy delay due to a rink issue, the two sides returned to action, but Potsdam could not get any offense going as the Bengals would cruise the final minutes for the win.
- Overall, the Bengals outshot the Bears 34-19 while going 34-24 in the face off circle.
FOR THE FOES
- Jakub Hall led the Bears with three shots.
- John Werber and Lenny Perno combined for 30 saves in net.
UP NEXT
The Bengals return to the ice tomorrow as they host Plattsburgh at 7:00 pm for another SUNYAC matchup.
