MORRISVILLE, N.Y.—Buffalo State finished off the home-and-home series sweep over host Morrisville State tonight, claiming a 5-1 victory tonight in a SUNYAC contest.
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Buffalo State – 5, Morrisville State – 1
LOCATION: Ice Plex – Morrisville, N.Y.
RECORDS: Buffalo State (12-6-4/7-4-1), Morrisville State (5-15-2/1-12-1)
HOW IT HAPPENED
Jake Rosen (Williamsville, NY/Williamsville North) and Taylor Pryce (Newmarket, ON/Cardinal Carter) had a goal and an assist apiece for to lead the Bengals’ attack.
Ryan Hunter (Mississauga, ON/Lorne Park), Cory Gurski (Hilton, NY/Hilton) and Ryan Salkeld (Virginia Beach, VA/Churchland) also scored for Buffalo State.
Todd Graham (Melbourne, Australia) added three assists, and Zach Nieminen (Ajax, ON/Notre Dame CSS) had a pair of helpers.
Hunter opened the scoring with his first goal as a Bengal midway through the first period, and Gurski pushed the lead to 2-0 later in the first with his third goal in the last four games and fifth of the season.
Rosen netted his sixth of the year early in the middle frame, before the Mustangs finally broke through with a power-play tally to cut the deficit to 3-1 before the final stanza.
Salkeld and Pryce each netted their 11th goals of the season to put the game out of reach in the third period.
Buffalo State dominated Morrisville, outshooting the Mustangs, 42-23.
Mike DeLaVergne (Pawling, NY/Pawling) finished with 22 saves for the Bengals.
FOR THE FOES
Joe Santino scored the lone goal for Morrisville.
Steven Dombrosky finished with 37 stops.
UP NEXT
Buffalo State will next host Geneseo on Friday at 7 p.m.
