Kara Goodwin (Avon Lake, OH/Avon Lake) scored with 50 seconds remaining in the third period to force overtime as Buffalo State (3-6-1) rallied to tie Cortland (1-8-1), 1-1 in a non-conference game tonight at the Ice Arena.
The Red Dragons took a 1-0 lead midway through the first period and held the Bengals scoreless until Goodwin scored her third of the season, after Buffalo State pulled its goalie, to tie the game. Courtney Carnes (Winslow, ME/Winslow) picked up an assist.
Buffalo State outshot Cortland, 25-21, and Jordan Lee (Colorado Springs, CO/Widefield) had 20 saves between the pipes.
In the second of the weekend series, Freshman Nikki Kirchberger (Buffalo, NY/W. Seneca West) scored twice to propel Buffalo State (4-6-1) to a 3-2 win over visiting Cortland (1-9-1) in a non-conference game this afternoon at the Ice Arena.
Kirchberger recorded her first of the game late in the first period and added another in the second at the 10:36 mark. Melissa Ash (Binghamton/Chenango Valley) scored just 1:10 later to give the Bengals the 3-0 lead. Cortland scored on the power play with less than a minute remaining in the second and added another early in the third to get to within one, but couldn’t net the equalizer.
Buffalo State outshot the Red Dragons, 23-19 and Jordan Lee (Colorado Springs, CO/Widefield) had 17 saves in the win.
This weekend’s pair of games was the women’s hockey team’s annual “Pink the Rink” initiative. Activities icluded a t-shirt sale, bake sale and clipboard auction, with all proceeds being donated to the Roswell Park Cancer Institute to benefit breast cancer research.
Prior to the Friday night game, the Bengals conducted a ceremonial opening face-off with Jean Galbo, a breast cancer survivor who has been cancer free for the past eight years.
The Bengals will return to action on Jan. 5 when they host Adrian at the Ice Arena at 7 p.m.
