The Binghamton Black Bears (15-2-0) defeated the Twin City Thunderbirds (4-10-0) on Saturday night in Binghamton in the first game of the season between the two finalists from the last two Commissioner's Cup Championship series.

After the Black Bears dominate the first 7 minutes of the period, the Thunderbirds score the games first goal on their 2nd shot of the game, a rebound goal from Don Carter Jr, 8:04 into the 1st period. The Black Bears don't take long to tie the game back up with a CJ Stubbs even strength goal with 9:40 left to go in the period making this a 1-1 game.

With Jesse Anderson in the penalty box for tripping, the Thunderbirds score their 2nd goal of the game off the stick of Jacob Schnapp who cleaned up a rebound in front of Connor McAnanama 2:05 into the middle frame. Just 3 minutes and 15 seconds later the Thunderbirds took a 3-1 lead with a James Farmer-Valente goal. The Black Bears then started a 3 goal scoring fest scoring in just 2 minutes and 6 seconds from Scott Ramaekers, then two power play goals from Austin D'Orazio and Gavin Yates which made this a 4-3 game. The Thunderbirds tied the game up at 4 with a power play goal from Jan Salak 8:57 into the second period.

The Black Bears regain the lead 5:36 into the 3rd period with Jesse Anderson's first goal of the season making this a 5-4 game. The Black Bears defense tightens for the next 14:24 of the period and the Black Bears win their 6th game in a row improving to 15-2.

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The Binghamton Black Bears (14-2-0) defeated the Watertown Wolves (5-7-2) in Watertown on Friday night by the score of 4-1 with a returning Zac Sirota scoring the game winner.

The Black Bears opened the scoring first with a short-handed goal from Austin Thompson with just 8:31 left to go in the period making this a 1-0 game.

The Wolves get their first goal of the game 4:21 into the middle period as Steven Klinck received an east to west pass from Boston Bird to score making this a 1-1 game. The Black Bears get the lead back from the returning Zac Sirota who scored his first goal of the season at the 9:21 mark of the 1st period. With Chris Corgan in the box for High-Sticking Gavin Yates, CJ Stubbs scores his 9th goal of the season, his 5th man-up goal making this a 3-1 game with 7:02 left to go in the second period.

The Black Bears get another goal from the 3rd line as Emerson Emery and Nick Swain work from their own end of the ice into the offensive zone with Swain getting his second goal of the season with 7:11 to go in the game. The Black Bears improve to 14-2-0 with 41 points and win their 5th consecutive game.

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The Binghamton Black Bears (13-2-0) defeated the Danbury Hat Tricks (5-8-2) on Thanksgiving Eve in front of 4,682 fans by the score of 6-3.

The Black Bears while on the man-up advantage score the games first goal at the 5:05 mark of the first period off the stick of CJ Stubbs.

The Hat Tricks tied the game 1:49 into the second period with a Drew Welsch goal making this a 1-1 game early in the 2nd period. Welsch scored his second goal of the game and period just under 5 minutes later giving the Hat Tricks their first lead of the game just 6:36 into the middle period. The Black have defensive turn overs come back as the Hat Tricks capitalize and score their 3rd goal of the period at the 8:16 mark putting the Hat Tricks up, 3-1 off the stick of their captain Jonny Ruiz. The Black Bears were not going down with out a fight as Austin D'Orazio sent a laser shot past Frankie McClendon for the Black Bears 2nd goal of the game with 6:11 to go in the period. D'Orazio was not done in the period as he scored again on the Hat Tricks net-minder from almost the same position on the ice with 1:08 left to go in the period. CJ Stubbs put the Black Bears back on top again with a goal off a rebound shot from D'Orazio just 19 seconds later making this a 4-3 game.

The Black Bears continue what they did in the second period with Stubbs third goal of the game, completing his hat trick at the 3:37 mark of the final period. Austin D'Orazio scored his hat trick 5:35 into the third period on the power play as Trey Deloury was in the box for tripping. The Black Bears win the game, 6-3, the third time they have beaten the Hat Tricks this season by that score.

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The Binghamton Black Bears (12-2-0) defeated the Danbury Hat Tricks (5-7-2) in Danbury on Saturday night by the score of 5-1.

The Black Bears score the games first goal of the game, as Gavin Yates scores his 6th league leading power play goal at the 11:29 mark of the 1st period. A tic-tac-toe play with Dan Stone and Mac Jansen allows Jansen to score his 14th goal of the season with 5:56 left to go in the period.

Austin Thompson who was speared earlier in the period, scores the Black Bears 3rd goal of the game with 2:04 left to go in the period. The Black Bears score with 7:02 left to go in the 2nd period to give the Black Bears a 4-0 lead off the stick of Dan Wieber, scoring his first goal of the season.

The Hat Tricks get on the score-sheet after a Drew Welsch goal with 9:49 left to go in the final period. Austin Thompson scored his 11th goal of the season with 8:15 left to go in the game giving the Black Bears their 4 goal lead back.

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The Binghamton Black Bears (11-2-0) defeated the Danbury Hat Tricks (5-6-2) on Friday night off the back of a Mac Jansen Hat Trick at the Visions Veterans Memorial Arena.

The Black Bears take a 1-0 lead in the game after an Ivan Bondarenko goal beats the Hat Tricks net-minder Sebastain Resar just 1:35 into the opening period. The Hat Tricks tie the game up 5:11 into the period with a goal from Trine Universities, Drew Welsch, a puck the just got past the pads of Connor McAnanama.

In a very similar fashion, 1:48 into the middle period, the Black Bears get a goal off the stick of Mac Jansen to make this a 2-1 Black Bears lead. With Vadim Frolov in the penalty box for slashing, the Black Bears score their 3rd goal of the game, an Austin D'Orazio power play goal, scoring at the 7:05 mark of the middle period. After a failed challenge by the Hat Tricks, the Black Bears were back on the power play getting a pretty in front of the net man-up goal by Mac Jansen. The Hat Tricks get one goal back, scoring their 2nd goal of the game off the stick of Austan Bellefeuille who scored his goal with 10:25 left to go in the period. The Hat Tricks scored their 2nd goal of the period off the stick of Alexander Legkov, on a delayed penalty that was going to be assessed on Dan Wieber with 4:58 to go in the period.

Mac Jansen completes the hat trick with his 15:46 goal of the 3rd period after a long stretch pass from Camron Cervone. To top off the scoring, Nick Swain scored the Black Bears 6th goal and his first of the season with only 3:31 left to go as the Black finished off the Black Bears 6-3 winning their 11 game of the season.

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The Binghamton Black Bears (10-2-0) defeated the Athens Rock Lobsters (9-1-0) Saturday night in Binghamton 7-1 improving to 10-2-0.

Ivan Bondarenko scored the Black Bears first goal after a costly turnover in the neutral zone as Bondarenko stole a pass and sent a slap shot passed the Rock Lobsters McPhail to put the Black Bears up 1-0. The Rock Lobsters tied the game up 1 minute and 15 seconds later with a goal from Matthew Garcia.

The Black Bears took a 2-1 lead with a power play goal from the blue-line as Austin D'Orazio scored at the 1:11 mark of the period. With Carter Shinkaruk in the box for tripping, Mac Jansen gave the Black Bears a 2 goal lead at the 13:12 mark of the period making this a 3-1 game.

Austin Thompson scored the Black Bears 4th goal of the game in the third period at the 2:10 mark making this a 4-1 game. A little more then 3 minutes later, Scott Ramaekers scored 5:23 into the final period adding to the Black Bears lead. Mac Jansen scored his second goal of the game making this a 6-1 game with 8:08 left to go in the third period. After a Michael Greco roughing penalty, CJ Stubbs scored the Black Bears seventh goal, the Black Bears 3rd power play goal ending this game with a 7-1 victory for the home team in front of 4,589 fans.

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The Binghamton Black Bears (9-2-0) lost to the Athens Rock Lobsters (9-0-0) at home in front of a sell-out crowd by the score of 5-3.

The Rock Lobsters get on the score-board first after a disastrous turnover for the Black Bears in their own zone which led to Kayson Gallant scoring at the 15:04 mark of the 1st period.

The Rock Lobsters added to their lead with another Kayson Gallant goal just 2:06 into the middle period making this a 2-0 lead for the team from the deep south. With just 3 seconds left in the period, the Rock Lobsters take a 3-0 lead off the stick of Eric Neilley.

Luke Croucher scores the Rock Lobsters 4th goal of the game, scoring at the 4:37 mark of the 4rd period. The Black Bears get on the board with Ivan Bondarenko's 5th goal of the season at the 5:55 mark of the period breaking up Carter McPhail bid at a shut-out. The Rock Lobster make this a 5-1 lead after a short-handed empty-net goal for Michael Greco with 3:38 left to go in the game. The Black Bears get their 2nd goal of the game on the power play from Gavin Yates with 2:52 to go. Then the Black Bears get another goal, their 3rd from Dan Stone just 33 seconds after the the Yates goal but it wasn't enough and the Rock Lobsters take game 1 this weekend, 5-3.

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The Binghamton Black Bears (9-1-0) defeated the Indiana Sentinels (0-9-1) on Military Appreciation Night at the Arena in front of a sell-out crowd by the score of 6-1.

The Black Bears start the scoring early again with Zachary Desmarais's first goal of the season, scoring the games first tally at the 3:01 mark of the game. CJ Stubbs scores the Black Bears second goal of the game with just 34 seconds left to go in the period.

The Sentinels score in the 2nd period at the 6:41 mark of the middle period as Bohdan Zinchenko skated in through the neutral zone and then untouched into the offensive and beat McAnanama with a good snipe. The Black Bears take their two goal lead back off the stick of Austin D'Orazio scoring his first professional goal at the 12:29 mark on the period.

Gavin Yates after a fight in the 2nd period, scored the Black Bears fourth goal of the game at the 9:28 mark of the final period making this a 4-1 game. Mac Jansen made this a 5-1 game with 8:29 left to go in the period scoring his 8th of the season. To top off the scoring in the game, Gavin Yates scored his 2nd goal of the game and of the third period to put this game out of reach at 6-1 on the power play with 7:36 left to go in game.

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The Binghamton Black Bears (8-1-0) defeated the Indiana Sentinels (0-8-1) at the Visions Veterans Memorial Arena on Friday night by the score of 4-1.

With Loik Plouffe in the penalty box for cross-checking, the Black Bears get the 1-0 lead when Ivan Bondarenko scores the first goal of the game with 3:49 left to go in the first period. Just 6:46 into the second period the Black Bears took a 2-0 lead with CJ Stubbs third goal of the season.

The Sentinels scored their first goal of the game in the 3rd period after a turn over in front of the Black Bears net-minder, Wyatt Friedlander off the stick of Ethan Esposito making this a 2-1 game. The Black Bears get a goal at the 10:10 mark by # 10, Emerson Emery making this a 3-1 game. Mac Jansen scored his seventh goal of the season, an empty net short handed tally with 1:05 left to go in the period, as the Black Bears won 4-1 over the Sentinels.

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The Binghamton Black Bears netminder Connor McAnanama has played in 15 playoffs game in his pro-career, which is 6th all-time in Binghamton hockey history. Even though C-Mac has only played in 15 playoff games it still ranks him, 6th just Ken Holland (36), Peter Sidorkiewicz (28), the late Ray Emery (22), Robin Lehner (19) and Mark "Trees" LaForest (19). With his 909 minutes played, that also put him 6th behind the same fore-mentioned net-minders. When it comes to wins, Ken Holland is 1st all time with 16 wins, then C-Mac and Robin Lehner both have 14 wins tied for second. You can give the nod to C-Mac for having done it in only 15 games vs. Robin's 19 games.

Connor's ranks #1 in Save % with .947, only Jamie Ram matched his but it was only 1 game in a relief effort. Only 3 players have a sub 2 Goals Against Average, again Jamie Ram with 1.76, Taylor Joseph a 1.83 with the Black Bears in their 2nd season and then 1.65 for Connor McAnanama who has played more games and has the best overall GAA of the 38 net-minders who have laced up the skates to defend the pipes for a Binghamton team in the last 52 years. Lastly Connor and Robin are #1 and #2 in shutouts in the playoffs with 4 for C-Mac and 3 for Lehner, cementing that if you have great goal-tending and team defense, winning championships are a destiny.

In only 15 games played, C-Mac's performance has changed the landscape of Binghamton Hockey history, and if a three-peat were to happen, his #'s will likely only get better.

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