Performance Sports Photography - Jennifer Meure

Box Score

Buffalo St. BUF 9-14-2, 4-10-2

SUNY Potsdam POT 8-16-1, 5-11-0

Buffalo St. BUF

9-14-2, 4-10-2

Final

Feb. 17, 2024

SUNY Potsdam POT

8-16-1, 5-11-0

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	F
Buffalo St. BUF	0	1	2	3
SUNY Potsdam POT	1	3	0	4

Game Recap: Men's Ice Hockey | 2/17/2024 9:46:00 PM

Men's Hockey Loses to Potsdam in Season Finale

POTSDAM, NY – The Buffalo State men's hockey team fell behind in a win-and-in situation on Saturday evening, and the Bengals saw their comeback bid come up just short in a 4-3 loss to Potsdam. With the result, Potsdam clinched the final spot in the SUNYAC Tournament, eliminating Buffalo State in the process.

THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Potsdam – 4, Buffalo State – 3
LOCATION: Maxcy Hall – Potsdam, NY
RECORDS: Potsdam (8-16-1, 5-11 SUNYAC), Buffalo State (9-14-2, 4-10-2 SUNYAC)

INSIDE THE BENGAL BOX SCORE

Joe Glamos (Baldwinsville, NY/New Jersey Titans), Ryan Messing (Hamburg, NY/Metro Jets), and Jake Meure (Fremont, CA/Ogden Mustangs) each scored for the Bengals.
Marcus Cumberworth (Surrey, BC/Olds Grizzlys) stopped 24 shots in goal.
The Bengals outshot Potsdam 36-28 in the contest.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Potsdam struck first with a goal on the power play just over six minutes into the contest, and led 1-0 after one period.
Jakub Hall scored his second goal of the game for Potsdam to give the Bears a 2-0 advantage five minutes into the second period.
Potsdam added a third goal at 12:01 of the frame to increase the advantage.
Buffalo State pull a goal back just over a minute later, as Messing snapped a wrist shot from the right circle after a feed from Jason Kwestel (Rockaway, NJ/Valley Wildcats) from below the goal line.
With Buffalo State seeming to pick up the pressure, the Bears halted that momentum with a goal in the final 30 seconds of the period to lead 4-1 after two periods.
Late in the third period, the Bengals pulled Cumberworth for an extra attacker, and scored a pair of goals to reduce the deficit to one.
Glamos found the back of the net at the back post off a cross-ice feed from McCosh to make it 4-2 with 3:57 remaining.
Meure then saw his shot find the back of the net through a scrum in front to give the Bengals life with 2:29 left.
Buffalo State upped the pressure even more, but wasn't able to find an equalizer that would given them the overtime point necessary to secure a playoff berth.