BUFFALO, N.Y.— (Buffalo State Photo) – Taylor Pryce (Newmarket, ON/Cardinal Carter) scored two goals in the first two periods of play as Buffalo State went on to defeat No. 5 Plattsburgh, 4-1 tonight in a SUNYAC contest at the Buffalo State Ice Arena.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Buffalo State – 4, Plattsburgh – 1
LOCATION: Buffalo State College Ice Arena – Buffalo, N.Y.
RECORDS: Buffalo State (1-1-1, 1-1-1), Plattsburgh (1-1-0, 0-1-0)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Pryce finished the night with two goals while Zach Remers (Clarence/Canisius) and Michael Anthony Guerrera (Montreal, QC/Ontario Hockey Academy) each added tallies of their own. Brody Power (Toronto, ON/Upper Canada College) chipped in two assists.
Remers got the scoring started 5:23 into the game, as he tipped home a point shot from Power to give Buffalo State a 1-0 lead.
Pryce scored his first of the game with just three minutes left in the first period. He stole the puck from a Plattsburgh defender on the side of the net, cut to the front, and slapped his shot home to make it 2-0.
Plattsburgh cut the lead in half as Cole Stallard netted a power play goal just 34 seconds into the second to make it 2-1, Bengals.
Pryce responded five minutes later on a Buffalo State 5-on-3 opportunity. He received the puck at the point and collapsed to the slot where he ripped a shot bar down that knocked off a water bottle to put Buffalo State ahead, 3-1.
Guerrera sealed it with an empty-net goal with 40 seconds left to play, as his clearing attempt found the net to make it 4-1, Buffalo State.
Mike DeLaVergne (Pawling/Pawling) finished the night with 22 stops to pick up the victory, including a late third period save on a Cardinal penalty shot with minutes left to play.
Buffalo State forced Plattsburgh to go 1-for-10 on its power play chances. DeLaVergne made nine third period saves to lead Buffalo State to the win.
FOR THE FOES
Stallard scored Plattsburgh’s only goal. Goaltender Brady Rouleau made 16 stops in the losing effort.
UP NEXT
Buffalo State is right back at it tomorrow, as it hosts Potsdam at 7 p.m. at the Buffalo State Ice Arena
