BUFFALO, NY – The Buffalo State men's hockey team fell to the SUNY Canton Roos tonight in a SUNYAC matchup at the Ice Arena with a final score of 4-3.
 
GAME BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Canton – 4, Buffalo State – 3
LOCATION: Ice Arena - Buffalo, NY
RECORDS: Canton: 7-13-1 (4-6-0 SUNYAC), Buffalo State: 12-9-0 (6-4-0 SUNYAC)

INSIDE THE BENGAL BOX SCORE

• Three Bengals found the back of the net as Connor Bizal (Elk River, MN/Boston Jr. Rangers), Joonas Linnavuori (Helsinki, Finland/Wilkes Barre-Scranton Knights), and Jake Meure (Fremont, CA/Ogden Mustangs) each scored.
• Vadim Kiriakov (Tyumen, Russia/Altay Ust-Kamenogorsk) picked up a pair of assists while four other Bengals tallied one point.
• Marcus Cumberworth (Surrey, BC/Olds Grizzlys) made 31 saves in the effort.

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Just over two minutes into the game, Bizal scored to put the Bengals up to a quick 1-0 lead.
• Canton responded later in the period with a goal to tie things up.
• Linnavuori scored with just over one minute left in the period to give Buffalo state a 2-1 lead after the first 20 minutes of action.
• The Roos responded again quickly with a goal early in the second period. Both sides would remain quiet on offense the rest of the way and enter the third period with a 2-2 score.
• After Canton scored a go-ahead goal, the Bengals responded just three minutes later as Meure netted a power-play opportunity.
• Nolan Zotter scored the game-winning goal for Canton as they were able to hold off the Bengals for good to secure the win.

 
FOR THE FOES

• Jordan Prepszi scored a goal and picked up an assist.
• Nate Hopkins made 31 saves in goal in the win.

 
UP NEXT
The Bengals return to action tomorrow at 7:00 pm for a matchup with the Oswego Lakers.