BUFFALO, N.Y.— Mac Wood (Simcoe, ON/SCS) netted a hat trick and Buffalo State scored three third-period goals to pull away for a 6-3 victory over visiting Cortland in a SUNYAC game tonight at the Ice Arena.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Buffalo State – 6, Cortland – 3
LOCATION: Ice Arena – Buffalo, N.Y.
RECORDS: Buffalo State (3-2-1/1-1-1), Cortland (3-4/1-3)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Andrew Logar (Niagara Falls, NY/Niagara-Wheatfield), Andrew Husted (Niagara Falls, NY/Grand Island) and Vadim Vasjonkin (Tallinn, Estonia) also scored for the Bengals.
Cody Symonds (Woodbridge, ON/Emily Carr), Michael Anthony Guerrera (Montreal, QC/OHA), Jon Colley (Stouffville, ON/Stouffville District) and Zach Remers (Clarence, NY/Canisius) all added two assists apiece.
Logar opened the scoring with his second goal of the season just 4:49 into the contest, deflecting a point shot by Symonds that bounced past the Cortland goalie.
Cortland evened the score late in the first period.
Wood netted his first of the game early in the second period on the power play with a one-time blast from the point under the cross bar, but Cortland responded quickly to even the score again less than a minute later.
The Red Dragons scored again just 1:24 later to take their first lead of the game.
Wood pulled Buffalo State back even at 3-3 midway through period and the score remained tied into the second intermission.
Husted forced a turnover in the Cortland zone and wristed a shot into the back of the net for his first collegiate goal just 1:33 into the third period.
Wood completed his hat trick deflecting another Symonds point shot home midway through the period, and then Vasjonkin tallied his first of the season on a slick breakaway just over a minute later to complete the scoring.
Buffalo State finished with a 27-23 advantage in shots, outshooting Cortland 21-12 over the final 40 minutes.
Connor Minch (Manchester, NH/Manchester Central) finished with 20 saves in the win.
FOR THE FOES
Mike Crowley had a goal and an assist for Cortland, and Tom Ritchie and Sean Perichak also scored.
UP NEXT
Buffalo State will host Oswego tomorrow at 7 p.m.
