BOX SCORE

Buffalo, NY – Junior Victoria McGarrity tied the game early in the third period and sophomore Kareena Barrett scored the game winner late, helping the SUNY Canton women's hockey team defeat Buffalo State 3-2 in a Northeast Women's Hockey League (NEWHL) game on Friday night.

THE BASICS

• Result: SUNY Canton 3, Buffalo State 2
• Location: Ice Arena – Buffalo, NY 
• Records: SUNY Canton (11-1-1, 5-1-0) | Buffalo State (4-9-0, 0-8-0)

HOW IT HAPPENED

• Junior Hannah Clement opened the scoring at 1:42 of first period, scoring her fifth of the year on a goal that was assisted by junior Kamryn Barnes and sophomore Sandrene Garofalo
• Buffalo State's Angelina Cruzal tied the game at 4:03 of second period and Bethany Horvatits scored a power play goal at 17:42 of period to put the Bengals on top 2-1.
• McGarrity buried a cross-crease feed from junior Iida Laitinen just two minutes into the third period to tie that game a 2-2.  Freshman Jayme McIlveen also earned an assist on the play.
• As time wound down, the puck careened from a scrum in front of the net to freshman Asha Hanson whose shot from the point was saved by Bengal goaltender Jessica Auge.  The rebound bounced directly to Barrett who blasted a shot past Auge at 17:00 of the third period.

INSIDE THE NUMBERS

• The win is the ninth straight for the Roos and comes on the heels of being ranked 15^th nationally in the DIII Hockey News Poll.
• Barnes, who is a mid-semester transfer from SUNY Oswego earned her first point as a Roo by assisting on the first goal.
• Barrett's game winner was her first goal of the season and the second of her career.
• The Roos dominated at the face off dot going 33-14 on the draws.  SUNY Canton finished 0/1 on the power play while Buffalo State was 1/3.
• Freshman Claire Noftell finished with 10 saves for the win while her counterpart Auge made 24 saves for the Bengals.

WHAT'S NEXT?

SUNY Canton continues their weekend road trip, traveling up to Oswego State for an NEWHL game on January 7, 2023 at 3:00 p.m.