CORTLAND, N.Y. - Five different players scored goals as the Buffalo St. men's hockey team defeated Cortland, 5-4, in the season-opener for both teams Friday night at Alumni Arena.
Junior
Nick Zappia (Manlius/Kingston Voyageurs) led the Cortland offense with one goal and two assists. Senior
Adam Bevilacqua (Toronto, ON/St. Norbert) recorded one goal and one assist and sophomore
Jason Kenney (Boston, MA/Elmira College) and freshman
Matt Esposito (Fayetteville/Rochester Stars) each scored his first goal as a Red Dragon.
Senior
A.J. Moyer (Perkasie, PA/Buffalo Jr. Sabres) and sophomores
Ryan Wagner (Buffalo/Aberdeen Wings),
Kyle Herring (Valencia, CA/Rochester Stars) and
Mike Davie (Brooklyn/NY Apple Core) each contributed one assist. Senior goalie
Lyle Rocker (Buffalo/Wisconsin-River Falls) stopped 25 shots.
Senior Billy Strakosch (Middlebury, CT/Hartford Jr. Wolfpack), junior Dan Turgeon (Centennial, CO/Monroe CC), sophomores Ben Kramer (Great Neck/Springfield Jr. Blues) and Ryan Salkeld (Suffolk, VA/Hampton Roads Jr. Whalers) and freshman Adam Rossi (Surrey, BC/Abbotsford Pilots) netted one goal apiece for the Bengals. Five other players each collected one assist. Senior goalie Kevin Carr (Unionville, ON/Atlanta Jr. Knights) registered 29 saves.
Buffalo St. 5, Cortland 4
Buffalo St. 2-1-2 5
Cortland 1-1-2 4
Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists)
Buffalo St.: Dan Turgeon 1-0, Billy Strakosch 1-0, Adam Rossi 1-0, Ryan Salkeld 1-0, Ben Kramer 1-0, Nick Berst 0-1, Sean Hrivnak 0-1, Todd Graham 0-1, Brett Hope 0-1, Taylor Pryce 0-1
Cortland:
Nick Zappia 1-2,
Adam Bevilacqua 1-1,
Matt Esposito 1-0,
Jason Kenney 1-0,
Kyle Herring 0-1,
Ryan Wagner 0-1,
A.J. Moyer 0-1,
Mike Davie 0-1
Saves: Kevin Carr (Buffalo St.) 29 (4 GA in 60:00);
Lyle Rocker (Cortland) 25 (5 GA in 59:01), Empty Net :59
Shots on Goal: Cortland 33 (13-12-8), Buffalo St. 30 (9-10-11)
Penalties: Buffalo St. 9-18:00, Cortland 7-14:00
Power Play: Cortland 2-9, Buffalo St. 1-7
Record after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 0-1, 0-1 SUNYAC; Buffalo St. (Bengals) 1-0, 1-0 SUNYAC
