BROCKPORT, N.Y.— After spotting host Brockport a 2-0 lead, Buffalo State roared back with the next six goals, including two each by Taylor Pryce (Newmarket, ON/Cardinal Carter), Zach Nieminen (Ajax, ON/Notre Dame CSS) and Ryan Salkeld (Virginia Beach, VA/Churchland), en route to a 7-3 victory tonight in a SUNYAC game.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Buffalo State – 7, Brockport – 3
LOCATION: Tuttle North Arena – Brockport, N.Y.
RECORDS: Buffalo State (13-6-4/9-4-1), Brockport (10-10-3/5-6-3)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Pryce and Nieminen finished with four points each, both scoring twice and assisting on two others.
Mac Wood (Simcoe, ON/SCS) also scored for Buffalo State, and Jonathan Hall (Greenfield, IN/Connections Academy) had a pair of assists.
Brockport jumped out to a 2-0 lead 11 minutes into the game, but Buffalo State took control from there.
Salkeld put the Bengals on the board and Pryce evened the score with just 44 seconds left in the opening period.
The Bengals blew the game open early in the second period, scoring three goals in a span of just 1:10.
Nieminen tallied his first of the game at the 1:33 mark, then Salkeld scored his second of the game and 13th of the season 59 seconds later, and Pryce netted his second of the game and 13th of the year just 11 seconds after that.
Nieminen’s sixth of the year pushed the score to 6-2 before the second intermission.
Brockport scored midway through the third, but Wood’s eighth of the year completed the scoring.
The Bengals dominated shots by a 46-27 margin. Buffalo State was 1 for 1 on the power play, and Brockport finished 1 for 2.
Mike DeLaVergne (Pawling, NY/Pawling) finished with 24 saves for the Bengals.
FOR THE FOES
Jesse Facchini, Jake Taylor and Aidan Verbeke scored for Brockport.
Jared Lockhurst allowed two goals on 24 shots in the first period, before giving way for Cole Burack had gave up five goals on 22 shots over the final 40 minutes.
NOTEWORTHY
Buffalo State matched a school record for wins in a season with 13 set in 2011-12 and 2012-13.
UP NEXT
Buffalo State will host Oswego next Friday at 7p.m.
