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| Commissioner's Cup | ||
| Finals Game 1 | ||
| May 2, 2025 | ||
| Away | Home | |
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| Binghamton | Carolina | |
| Black Bears | Thunderbirds | |
| Winston Salem Fairgrounds Arena | ||
| Attendance: 2,762 | ||
| Binghamton Takes Game One | ||
| MINI RECAP |
| The Binghamton Black Bears (1-0) defeated the Carolina Thunderbirds (0-1) by the score of 4-1 in game 1 of the Commissioner's Cup playoffs. Kyle Stephan scores his first goal of the post-season getting the Black Bears a 1 goal lead early scoring 3:33 into the 1st period. Tradining places, Stephan then got the puck to Gavin Yates who scored the Black Bears second goal of the game just under 3 minutes later. The Thunderbirds then scored their first goal of the Finals 8:34 into the period with Zach White's 3rd goal of the playoffs, making this a 2-1 Binghamton lead. After another turn over for the Thunderbirds in their own zone, Blake Tosto makes them pay with his second goal of the playoffs 5:36 into the middle period making this a 3-1 game. The Thunderbirds again turnover the in their own zone, this time allowing the puck onto the stick of Tyson Kirkby who scores his 3rd goal of the playoffs with 3:15 left to go in the period. The Black Bears take game 1 down in Winston-Salem by the score of 4-1, game 2 is Saturday night at 6 PM. |
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| 3 STARS | |||
| 1 | BIN | Connor McAnanama | 34 SVS |
| 2 | BIN | Gavin Yates | 1G, 1A |
| 3 | BIN | Kyle Stephan | 1G, 1A |
| SCORING | ||
| Period 1 | ||
| BIN | Kyle Stephan | 3:33 |
| Gavin Yates | ||
| BIN | Gavin Yates | 6:19 |
| Kyle Stephan | ||
| CAR | Zach White | 8:34 |
| Gus Ford, Jon Buttitta | ||
| Period 2 | ||
| BIN | Blake Tosto | 5:36 |
| Unassisted | ||
| Period 3 | ||
| BIN | Tyson Kirkby | 16:45 |
| Unassisted | ||
| PENALTIES | POWER PLAYS | ||||||
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| PENALTIES |
| Period 1 |
| No Penalties |
| Period 2 |
| BIN - Jesse Anderson (Delay of Game) 2 MIN, 19:33 |
| Period 3 |
| No Penalties |
| Goaltending Stats | |||||
| Goalie | MIN | SA | SV | W\L | |
| BIN | Connor McAnanama | 60:00 | 35 | 34 | W |
| CAR | Mario Cavaliere | 60:00 | 36 | 32 | L |
| Officials | |
| Referees | |
| Drew Wilkalis | Bryan Thurnauer |
| Linesmen | |
| Jonathan Sitarsku | Justin Crawford |
| Coaches | |
| BIN | CAR |
| Brant Sherwood | Steve Harrison |
| Tyson Kirkby (P\A) | Damien Poole (A) |
| Jared Levine (GC) | Jon Buttitta (P\A) |
| Mason Esworthy | |
| Game Info | |||
| Game # | Time | Date | Atty |
| G1 | 2:22 | 5/2/2025 | 2,762 |
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