BUFFALO, NY – The Buffalo State men's hockey team earned a dominant 6-2 win over the Potsdam Bears this afternoon at the Ice Arena.

GAME BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Buffalo State – 6, Morrisville – 2
LOCATION: Ice Arena – Buffalo, NY
RECORDS: Buffalo State: 9-13-1 (6-9-1 SUNYAC), Potsdam: 7-14-2 (4-10-2 SUNYAC)

INSIDE THE BENGAL BOX SCORE

• Lucas Signoretti (Ottawa, ON/Sudbury Cubs) had a stellar performance with four goals and an assist.
• Jason Kwestel (Rockaway, NJ/Valley Wildcats) picked up a goal and an assist while Aaron Andrade (Oakville, ON/Toronto Patriots) had a trio of assists.
• Marcus Cumberworth (Surrey, BC/Olds Grizzlys) and Liam Gross (Fort Washington, PA/New Jersey Rockets) combined for 27 saves in the win.
• Postgame, the Bengals honored their six seniors in Gross, Tyler Penree (New Hartford, NY/Vermont Lumberjacks), Aidan LaValley (Champlain, NY/Vermont Lumberjacks), Ryan Messing (Hamburg, NY/Metro Jets), Chris Blango (Chadds Ford, PA/Philadelphia Little Flyers), and Drayton Todoroff (Jackson, Michigan/Amarillo Wranglers).

 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Signoretti and Kwestel each scored in the opening period to give Buffalo State an early 2-0 lead.
• After Potsdam got on the board in the second period, Signoretti netted a pair of power play goals to give the Bengals a 4-1 lead heading into the third period.
• Despite an early goal from the Bears in the third, Gleb Ushakov (Chelyabinsk, Russia/Oklahoma Warriors) scored followed by an empty net goal from Signoretti as the Bengals killed clock the remaining minutes to earn the win.

 
FOR THE FOES

• Lenny Perno made 31 saves in goal for Potsdam in the effort.

 
UP NEXT
The Bengals are back in action on Friday with a road SUNYAC battle at Hobart.