BUFFALO, N.Y. – D'Arcy Thomas and Joel Sheppard each scored twice as Buffalo State outscored Cortland, 6-5, in a SUNYAC contest. The Bengals are now 1-2-1 overall and Cortland is 2-1. Both teams are 1-1 in league play.

Shareef Labreche and Drew Klin added a goal and an assist each and Nick Petriello assisted on three goals for the hosts. Alan Fritch made 30 saves for the win as Cortland held a 35-23 advantage in shots on goal.

Cortland's goals came off the sticks of five different players. Senior Patrick Palmisano (Ann Arbor, MI/Bay State Breakers) and junior Jarrett Gold (East Setauket/NY Bobcats) led the Red Dragons with one goal and one assist each. Sophomore Ryan Durocher (Canton/Boston Bulldogs), freshman Matt Tardif (Forest Hill, MD/Syracuse Stars) and freshman Chris Kaleta (Angola/Buffalo Jr. Sabres) tallied one goal each.

Junior Dan Jewell (Medford/National Sports Academy) started in goal for the Red Dragons and made five saves in the first period. Sophomore Brittan Kuhlman (Elkhorn, NE/Winnipeg Saints) recorded 12 saves over the final two periods.

Cortland led 1-0 on a Durocher goal, assisted by senior Gerard Heinz (Kings Park/NY Apple Core Jr. A), less than five minutes into the game. Thomas tied the game at the 8:46 mark of the period, but Gold scored shorthanded at 15:08, set up by Palmisano and Tim Lloyd (Oswego/Oswego HS), to give the Red Dragons their last lead of the night.

Klin tied the game at 2-2 with only one second left in the first period, and Sheppard tallied 1:16 into the second period to put the Bengals ahead 3-2. Tardif tied the game on his first collegiate goal 5:39 into the second on a power play. Jake Saville (Bellingham, WA/Marquette Rangers) and Mike Lysyj (Hillsborough, NJ/South Shore Kings) notched assists on the play.

A Thomas power play goal with 7:23 left in the second gave Buffalo State the lead for good. Labreche also scored on a power play chance two minutes into the third period to extend the lead to 5-3.

Cortland converted on an extra-man chance 3:22 later as Palmisano scored his fourth goal of the season, assisted by Justin Porpora (Hauppauge/NY Bobcats) and Gold. The Bengals' lead stayed at one goal for the next nine minutes before Sheppard scored with 5:37 left. Cortland made a final push as Kaleta scored the Red Dragons' third power play goal of the evening with 2:10 remaining. Greg Haney (Marcellus/National Sports Academy) and Sean Streicher (Wildwood Crest, NJ/Marian University) assisted on the goal. The Red Dragons were only able to pull Kuhlman from the net for nine seconds and couldn't net the tying goal.


Buffalo St. 6, Cortland 5

Score by periods:
Cortland 2-1-2 5
Buffalo St. 2-2-2 6

Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists)

Cortland: Patrick Palmisano 1-1, Jarrett Gold 1-1, Ryan Durocher 1-0, Chris Kaleta 1-0, Matt Tardif 1-0, Sean Streicher 0-1, Gerard Heinz 0-1, Tim Lloyd 0-1, Jake Saville 0-1, Mike Lysyj 0-1, Greg Haney 0-1, Justin Porpora 0-1
Buffalo St.: Joel Sheppard 2-0, D'Arcy Thomas 2-0, Shareef Labreche 1-1, Drew Klin 1-1, Nick Petriello 0-3, Sean Murray 0-1, Tyler Soehner 0-1, Shawn Kavanagh 0-1, Ryan Ramage 0-1, Mario Cote 0-1

Saves: Dan Jewell (Cortland) 5 saves (2 GA in 20:00), Brittan Kuhlman (Cortland) 12 saves (4 GA in 39:51), Empty Net for 0:09; Alan Fritch (Buffalo St.) 30 saves (5 GA in 60:00)
Shots on Goal: Cortland 35 (8-16-11), Buffalo St. 23 (7-10-6)
Penalties: Cortland 5-10:00, Buffalo St. 6-12:00
Power Play: Cortland 3-6, Buffalo St. 2-5
Records after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 2-1, 1-1 SUNYAC; Buffalo St. (Bengals) 1-2-1, 1-1 SUNYAC