February 26, 2025

Buffalo State Men's Hockey Holds Off Canton To Advance To SUNYAC Semifinals

Canton

9-16-1

Buffalo State

16-10-0

Final

Canton 9-16-1

Buffalo State 16-10-0

Buffalo Sports Information Department

BUFFALO, NY – The Buffalo State men's hockey team held off the SUNY Canton Roos in the SUNYAC Quarterfinals tonight with a final scored of 6-4 at the Ice Arena.

GAME BASICS
FINAL SCORE: Buffalo State – 6, Canton – 4
LOCATION: Ice Arena – Buffalo, NY
RECORDS: Buffalo State: 16-10-0 (9-5-0 SUNYAC), Canton: 9-16-1 (6-8-0 SUNYAC)

INSIDE THE BENGAL BOX SCORE

Austin Micale (Hamilton, NJ/Nashville Spartans) paced the Bengals with a pair of goals and an assist.
Vadim Kiriakov (Tyumen, Russia/Altay Ust-Kamenogorsk) added a goal and two assists.
Tyler Penree (New Hartford, NY/Vermont Lumberjacks), Tommy Chunchukov (Hendersonville, TN/Yorkton Terriers), and Sutton Murray (Rochester Hills, MI/Pembroke Lumber Kings) all scored for the Bengals.
Jason Kwestel (Rockaway, NJ/Valley Wildcats) and Michael Marquez (Upland, CA/Yarmouth Mariners) each tallied a pair of assists.
Marcus Cumberworth (Surrey, BC/Olds Grizzlys) made 26 saves in goal in the win.

HOW IT HAPPENED

Buffalo State got the scoring started less than three minutes into the action as Murray slapped in the puck from the air right in front of the net.
Kiriakov scored shortly after before Micale netted his first goal on an empty net opportunity to give the Bengals a 3-0 lead after the first period.
Canton came back in the second with a pair of goals to cut the Bengal lead to just one.
Penree found the back of the net for a second straight game to give the Bengals some cushion heading into the final 20 minutes of action.
Micale and Chunchukov each scored early in the third period to give Buffalo State a 6-2 lead.
After a misconduct on each side, Canton would take advantage with an extra attacker and score a pair of goals to make the game 6-4.
Buffalo State was able to hold off Canton to advance to the SUNYAC Semifinals for the second time in three seasons.

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