BUFFALO, N.Y.— Vadim Vasjonkin (Tallin, Estonia) and Nikita Kozyrev (Tallin, Estonia) combined for two goals and three assists as Buffalo State scored two second-period goals en route to an upset victory over No. 2-ranked Geneseo in SUNYAC action this evening.
 
THE BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Buffalo State – 4, #2 Geneseo - 2
LOCATION: Ice Arena – Buffalo, N.Y.
RECORDS: Buffalo State (3-2/2-1), #2 Geneseo (5-1-1/3-1-1)
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Buffalo State opened the scoring just 1:27 into the contest as Reid Bibb (Gaithersburg/Gaithersburg) tallied his first goal of the season on a breakaway goal set up by Sam Maddox (St. Louis, MO/Lindburgh).
• Geneseo responded with a goal of their own just under two minutes later but could not break through to claim their first lead as Emil Norrman (Kungsbacka, Sweden/Jensen) tallied 15 first-period saves to backstop the Bengals to a 1-1 score after 20 minutes of action.
• Buffalo State took advantage of a bench-minor penalty by the Knights, to open the second frame, as Vasjonkin netted a power-play goal, just 1:17 into the period, for his third of the season off of assists by Colin O'Connor (Kankakee, IL/Providence Catholic) and Kozyrev.
• The Bengals extended their lead at the midway point of the second period as Zach Remers (Clarence/Clarence) scored his fourth of the season off assists from Kozyrev and Vasjonkin.
• The Knights had multiple chances late in the second frame to chip away at the lead but were denied four times by Norrman as Buffalo State held a 3-1 lead at the final intermission.
• Geneseo outshot the Bengals 13-7 in the third period but only could push one goal past Norrman, at the 10:22 mark, to trim the lead to 3-2.
• The Knights pulled their goal for the final 1:20 of the contest in favor of an extra skater and failed to extend the contest as Buffalo State added an empty-netter by Kozyrev with just 17 seconds left to seal the win.
• Norrman finished with a career-high 39 saves in net for the Bengals.
• Buffalo State held Geneseo to 1 of 7 of power-play chances, while converting 1 of its 3 chances.

 
FOR THE FOES

• David Szmyd and Andrew Romano each scored for the Knights.
• Aaron Mackay finished with 24 saves in net for Geneseo

 
NOTEWORTHY

• Buffalo State snapped Geneseo's 15-game conference unbeaten streak and their six-game unbeaten streak to open the 2019-20 season.
• This is the Bengals first win over the Knights since Dec. 3, 2016

 
UP NEXT
Buffalo State travels to Brockport for another SUNYAC clash tomorrow at 4 p.m.