BUFFALO, N.Y. – The Buffalo St. men's hockey team scored the last three goals of the game to earn a 4-2 win versus Cortland Saturday night in SUNYAC play. The Red Dragons dropped to 6-4-1 overall and 5-3 in the conference. The Bengals improved to 7-6 and 4-4.
Junior
John Kuhl (Essex Fells, NJ/Boston Jr. Rangers) and sophomore
Anthony Bernardo (Hauppauge/P.A.L. Junior Islanders) scored Cortland's goals. Sophomore
Andrew Clifford (Gloversville/New Hampshire Avalanche) and freshman
Nicholas Serio (Bayville/P.A.L. Junior Islanders) each registered assists. Senior goalie
Luca Durante (Brampton, ON/Aurora Tigers) turned aside 30 shots.
Nick Stuckless led the Bengals with a pair of goals. Joe Glamos tallied a goal and an assist, Nikita Kozyrev netted a goal, Chris Blanco picked up two assists and three others each contributed an assist. Goalie Emil Norrman made 25 saves.
After a scoreless first period, Bernardo put the Red Dragons ahead just 1:23 into the second period. Norrman came out of his net to play a rink-long pass by Cortland, shot the puck into Bernardo who scored into the empty net for his fourth goal of the season. Stuckless tied the game at 4:55 of the period with a short-handed goal before Kuhl made it a 2-1 Cortland lead with a shot from the left point through a screen at 16:45.
Stuckless tied the game at 4:33 of the third period when he converted from the slot after Buffalo St. forced a turnover in Cortland's defensive zone. Glamos scored what proved to be the game winner with a short-handed goal after he broke up a pass near the Bengals' blue line and slipped a shot under Durante on a breakaway. With time winding down, Cortland pulled Durante for an extra skater, but Kozyrev sealed the win with an empty-net goal with four seconds remaining for the 4-2 final.
Buffalo St. 4, Cortland 2
Score by periods:
Cortland 0-2-0 2
Buffalo St. 0-1-3 4
Scoring Summary (Goals-Assists)
Cortland:
Anthony Bernardo 1-0,
John Kuhl 1-0,
Andrew Clifford 0-1,
Nicholas Serio 0-1
Buffalo St.: Nick Stuckless 2-0, Joe Glamos 1-1, Nikita Kozyrev 1-0, Chris Blanco 0-2, Kerry Krusel 0-1, Aidan Lavalley 0-1, Ethan Eliopulos 0-1
Saves:
Luca Durante (Cortland) 30 saves (3 GA in 59:11), Empty Net :49; Emil Norrman (Buffalo St.) 25 saves (2 GA in 60:00)
Shots on Goal: Buffalo St. 34 (5-18-11), Cortland 27 (10-11-6)
Penalties: Cortland 5-18:00, Buffalo St. 2-4:00
Power Play: Buffalo St. 0-4, Cortland 0-2
Records after game: Cortland (Red Dragons) 6-4-1, 5-3 SUNYAC, Buffalo St. (Bengals) 7-6, 4-4 SUNYAC