BUFFALO, NY – The Buffalo State men's hockey team came away with a 5-3 victory over the Chatham Cougars this afternoon at The Hunt Armory to sweep the weekend series.
 
GAME BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Buffalo State – 5, Chatham – 3
LOCATION: The Hunt Armory – Pittsburgh, PA
RECORDS: Buffalo State: 10-5-0 (5-1-0 SUNYAC), Chatham: 3-9-1 (2-5-1 UCHC)

INSIDE THE BENGAL BOX SCORE

• Joonas Linnavuori (Helsinki, Finland/Wilkes Barre-Scranton Knights) led the Buffalo State offense with a pair of goals and an assist.
• Vadim Kiriakov (Tyumen, Russia/Altay Ust-Kamenogorsk) also scored extending his point streak to seven straight contests.
• Sutton Murray (Rochester Hills, MI/Pembroke Lumber Kings) picked up a pair of assists.
• Drew Doran (Orchard Park, NY/Utica University) earned a third straight win making 19 saves in goal.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Linnavuori got the scoring started early in the first period before the Cougars responded to make the game 1-1 after the first.
• Buffalo State exploded for three goals in the second period as Don Powell (Wixom, Michigan/P.A.L Jr. Islanders), Jake Meure (Fremont, CA/Ogden Mustangs), and Kiriakov each scored.
• The Cougars would not go away quietly with two quick goals early in the third period cutting the Bengal lead to just one.
• Linnavuori was able to seal the win for the Bengals with an empty net goal to register his first multi-goal performance as a Bengal.
• The Bengals outshot Chatham 32-22 overall and improved their road record on the season to 7-0-1.

 
FOR THE FOES

• Three different Cougars scored with Zack Conner picking up a pair of assists.
• Louis Finnegan and Cameron Kuntar combined for 27 saves in the effort.

 
UP NEXT
The Bengals return to action next Friday as they will battle the two-time reigning national champion-Hobart Statesmen at the Ice Arena at 7:00 pm.