COLMAR, PA – The Buffalo State men's hockey team earned an impressive 6-3 victory over Arcadia this afternoon at the Hatfield Ice Arena. With the win, head coach Steve Murphy has now matched Nick Carriere for the most wins for a head coach in program history at 109.

GAME BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Buffalo State – 6, Arcadia – 3
LOCATION: Hatfield Ice Arena – Colmar, PA
RECORDS: Buffalo State: 8-5-0 (5-1-0 SUNYAC), Arcadia: 6-5-2 (4-3-2 MAC)

INSIDE THE BENGAL BOX SCORE

• Jason Kwestel (Rockaway, NJ/Valley Wildcats) and Vadim Kiriakov (Tyumen, Russia/Altay Ust-Kamenogorsk) each scored for Buffalo State. Kwestel now has a goal in three of his last four games while Kiriakov has scored in three straight contests.
• Joonas Linnavuori (Helsinki, Finland/Wilkes Barre-Scranton Knights), Andrey Manov (West Vancouver, BC/Blind River Beavers), Drayton Todoroff (Jackson, MI/Amarillo Wranglers), and Jake Meure (Fremont, CA/Ogden Mustangs) all scored as well for the Bengals.
• Austin Micale (Nashville Spartans/Nashville Spartans) picked up a pair of assists while Kwestel, Meure, Kiriakov, and Andrew Langlois (Aurora, ON/Cornwall Colts) also had an assist.
• Drew Doran (Orchard Park, NY/Utica University) made 28 saves in goal for the Bengals.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Both sides combined for six goals in the opening period as the Bengals came away with two within the first five minutes of action as Manov and Linnavuori each scored.
• After Kiriakov scored on a power play opportunity, the Knights were able get on the board to make the game 3-1.
• Todoroff scored his first goal of the season before Arcadia would add another, making the score 4-2 after the first period of action.
• Kwestel gave the Bengals another goal in the second period giving Buffalo State a 5-2 lead heading into the final 20 minutes of action.
• Arcadia got an early goal in the third, but the offense could not gain any more momentum as Meure scored to seal the win for Buffalo State.
• The Bengals outshot the Knights 35-31 overall.

 
FOR THE FOES

• Three different Knights found the back of the net in the effort.
• Hayden Williamson made 29 saves in goal for Arcadia.

 
UP NEXT
The Bengals return to the ice on Friday as they will host Chatham University for a non-conference matchup at 7:00 pm.