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| February 23, 2024 | |
| Away | Home |
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| 3 | 6 |
| Watertown | Binghamton |
| Wolves | Black Bears |
| Visions Veterans Memerial Arena | |
| Attendance: 4,893 | |
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| MINI RECAP |
| The Binghamton Black Bears (26-5-6) defeated the Watertown Wolves (12-23-4) at the Visions Veterans Memorial Arena by the score of 6-3 in front of a sold out crowd. The Black Bears opened the scoring with a strong shift but the opening starters but as they went off the ice, the 2nd line came on and quickly Connor Smith scored just 1:06 into the game. The Wolves would not be left out of the quick start as Marc Bottero scored 2:21 into the period to tie the game at 1 goal apiece. The same line for the Wolves put the team up 2-1 with a goal from Joshua Tomasi who was assisted by Marc Bottero just 1:09 after the 1st goal by Bottero. A rookie, playing in his first game as a Black Bear, Stephen Gerbis scored to tie the game early in the 1st period just 2:45 in. With Bottero in the penalty box for hooking, Andrew Logar scored a power play goal putting the Black Bears back up 3-2 with 4:28 left to go in the 2nd period. Trevor Lord scored 39 seconds into the 3rd period to tie this game up at 3 goals. The Black Bears Captain, Tyson Kirkby answered the Lord goal with one of his own 3:47 into the 3rd period to put his team back up by 1 goal, 4-3. Austin Thompson scored a pair of goals 17 seconds apart to give the Black Bears a 6-3 lead with 6 minutes and 2 seconds left. The Black Bears win the game and lower their magic # for the playoffs from 13 to 7. |
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| 3 STARS | |||
| 1 | BIN | Austin Thompson | 2G |
| 2 | BIN | Tyson Kirkby | 1G 1A |
| 3 | BIN | Stepehen Gerbis | 1G |
| SCORING | ||
| Period 1 | ||
| BIN | Connor Smith | 1:06 |
| Unassisted | ||
| WAT | Marc Bottero | 2:21 |
| Joshua Tomasi, Trevor Lord | ||
| WAT | Joshua Tomasi | 3:30 |
| Marc Bottero | ||
| Period 2 | ||
| BIN | Stephen Gerbis | 2:45 |
| Andrew Uturo, Daniel Stone | ||
| BIN | Andrew Logar (PP) | 15:32 |
| Dakota Bohn, Jesse Anderson | ||
| Period 3 | ||
| WAT | Trover Lord | 0:39 |
| Carter Thornton | ||
| BIN | Tyson Kirkby | 3:47 |
| Donald Olivieri | ||
| BIN | Austin Thompson | 13:41 |
| Tyson Kirkby, Dan Wieber | ||
| BIN | Austin Thompson | 13:58 |
| Connor Smith | ||
| PENALTIES | POWER PLAYS | ||||||
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| PENALTIES |
| Period 1 |
| WAT - Joshua Tomasi (Roughing) 2 MIN, 6:12 WAT - Joshua Tomasi (Instigator) 2 MIN, 6:12 WAT - Joshua Tomasi (Fighting) 5 MAJ, 6:12 WAT - Joshua Tomasi (Fighting after Original Altercation) 10 GM, 6:12 BIN - Donald Olivieri (Roughing) 2 MIN, 6:12 BIN - Jake Shultz (Fighting) 5 MAJ, 6:12 BIN - Jake Shultz (Fighting after Original Altercation) 10 GM, 6:12 BIN - Austin Thompson (Slashing) 2 MIN, 8:19 BIN - Donald Olivieri (Hooking) 2 MIN, 17:14 |
| Period 2 |
| WAT - Marc Bottero (Hooking) 2 MIN, 15:03 |
| Period 3 |
| WAT - Trevor Lord (High-sticking) 4 MIN, 8:06 WAT - Carter Thornton (Cross-checking) 2 MIN, 15:35 BIN - Jesse Anderson (Embellishment) 2 MIN, 15:35 WAT - Carter Thornton (Fighting) 5 MAJ, 17:43 BIN - Jesse Anderson (Fighting) 5 MAJ, 17:43 BIN - Jesse Anderson (Equipment Violation) 10 MS, 17:43 |
| Goaltending Stats | |||||
| Goalie | MIN | SA | SV | W\L | |
| WAT | Elio Bouchard | 59:44 | 40 | 34 | L |
| BIN | Nolan Egbert | 60:00 | 28 | 25 | W |
| Officials | |
| Referees | |
| Chris Rousseau | Andrew Sullivan |
| Linesmen | |
| Michael Imperio | Justin Kovalsky |
| Coaches | |
| BIN | WAT |
| Brant Sherwood | Brian Verbeek |
| Tom Reynolds (A) | |
| Tyson Kirkby (P\A) | |
| JT Walters (P\A) | |
| Game Info | |||
| Game # | Time | Date | Atty |
| 204 | 2:39 | 2/23/20244 | 4,893 |