Sophore Nick Zappia pulled Cortland to within 2-1 with a power-play goal with 10 seconds left in the first period
BUFFALO, N.Y. – Eight different players scored goals as the Buffalo St. men's hockey team defeated Cortland, 8-1, Saturday night in SUNYAC action. The Red Dragons fell to 7-13-3 overall and 3-9-2 in the conference with the loss, while the Bengals improved to 11-11-2 and 6-8-1.
Sophomore
Nick Zappia (Manlius/Kingston Voyageurs) scored Cortland's goal with junior
Adam Bevilacqua (Toronto, ON/St. Norbert) and sophomore
Tyler Virgoe (Aurora, ON/Couchiching Tigers) assisting on the score. Junior
Lyle Rocker (Buffalo/Wisconsin-River Falls) made 28 saves in the first two periods before giving way to junior
Geoff Sadjadi (Faribault, MN/St. Thomas), who stopped seven shots in the third period.
Trevor McKinney, Matt Bessing, Taylor McGraw and Shane Avery paced Buffalo St. with one goal and one assist each. Kyle Whipple, Ryan Selkeld, Todd Graham and Elijah Cohen netted one goal apiece. Mike Zannella recorded three assists, Nick Melligan picked up two assists and four other players contributed one assist each. Kevin Carr stopped 18 shots in 51 minutes, 58 seconds, and Peter Dudek turned aside the three shots he faced over the final 8:02.
Scoring by periods
Cortland 1-0-0 1
Buffalo St. 2-3-3 8
Scoring summary (goals-assists)
Cortland:
Nick Zappia 1-0,
Adam Bevilacqua 0-1,
Tyler Virgoe 0-1
Buffalo St.: Trevor McKinney 1-1, Matt Bessing 1-1, Taylor McGraw 1-1, Shane Avery 1-1, Kyle Whipple 1-0, Ryan Salkeld 1-0, Todd Graham 1-0, Elijah Cohen 1-0, Mike Zannella 0-3, Nick Melligan 0-2, Mac Balson 0-1, Jason Cleaver 0-1, Ben Kramer 0-1, Brett Hope 0-1
Saves:
Lyle Rocker (Cortland) 28 saves (5 GA in 40:00),
Geoff Sadjadi (Cortland) 7 saves (3 GA in 20:00); Kevin Carr (Buffalo St.) 18 saves (1 GA in 51:58), Peter Dudek (Buffalo St.) 3 saves (0 GA in 8:02)
Shots on Goal: Buffalo St. 43 (15-18-10), Cortland 22 (10-7-5)
Penalties: Cortland 11-41:00, Buffalo St. 9-26:00
Power Play: Buffalo St. 3-7, Cortland 1-5
Records after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 7-13-3, 3-9-2 SUNYAC; Buffalo St. (Bengals) 11-11-2, 6-8-1 SUNYAC
