BUFFALO, NY – The Buffalo State men's hockey team fell short in a 4-3 overtime effort against the Plattsburgh Cardinals this evening at the Ice Arena.
GAME BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Plattsburgh – 4, Buffalo State – 3 (OT)
LOCATION: Ice Arena – Buffalo, NY
RECORDS: Plattsburgh: 6-4-0 (3-3-0 SUNYAC), Buffalo State: 5-4-1 (2-2-1 SUNYAC)
INSIDE THE BENGAL BOX SCORE
- Aaron Andrade (Oakville, ON/Toronto Patriots), Vadim Kiriakov (Tyumen, Russia/Altay Ust-Kamenogorsk), and Drayton Todoroff (Jackson, MI/Amarillo Wranglers) all scored for the Bengals.
- Andrade has now scored in four of his last five games and has registered at least one point in eight of ten games played this season.
- Three different Bengals earned an assist, and Ben Dardis (Pine Springs, MN/Olds Grizzlys) made 21 saves in goal in the effort.
- The Bengals held a narrow 37-34 advantage in the faceoff circle.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Plattsburgh got the scoring started in the first period. Just two minutes later, Todoroff scored to even the score at 1-1.
- The Cardinals responded immediately and scored 18 seconds later to take a 2-1 lead. However, the Bengals responded just over 30 seconds later to tie the game again as Andrade kept his strong start to the season going.
- Less than one minute into the second period, the Cardinals struck again to retake the late.
- Kiriakov netted the game-tying goal later in the period to eventually force overtime.
- Vlad Pshenichnikov scored the game-winning goal for Plattsburgh in overtime.
FOR THE FOES
- Aarib Catron had a goal and an assist and Beau Lane made 24 saves in net in the win.
UP NEXT
The Bengals return to action next weekend as they head to Trine for a pair of non-conference matchups to close out the semester.
