The Binghamton Black
Bears (3-0) defeated the Carolina Thunderbirds
(0-3) in front of 5,013 fans by the score of 5-2 to win the city of
Binghamton's third championship in 52 years. Gus Ford
scored the games first goal at the 10:37 mark of the 1st period
after getting his shot past Connor McAnanama's
blocker side and the post giving the Thunderbirds a 1-0 lead. Early
into the 2nd period the Black Bears responded quickly with a
CJ Stubbs goal to tie up the game at 1 goal a piece just 30
seconds into the middle period. With Petr Panacek
in the the box for high-sticking the Black Bears take a 2-1 lead
with an Austin Thompson power play goal at the 4:32
mark of the period. With Nick Swain then in the
penalty box serving a Gavin Yates match penalty for kneeing, the
Thunderbirds tie the game back up at 2-2 with a power play goal from
Roman Kraemer. The Black Bears then again took the
lead with a goal from Zac Sirota at the 15:13 mark
of the period. The Black Bears scored their 4th goal of the game off
of Black Tosto's stick and a Cameron Clark rebound
to make this a 4-2 game with 11:05 left to go. Giving the Black
Bears a 3 goal cushion at the end of the game in the 3rd,
Tyson Kirkby scored his 5th goal in the playoffs. The Black
Bears win the game 5-2, they win the series 3-0 and go back to back
winning their 2nd Commissioner's Cup Championship.
GOALS
TEAM
1
2
3
OT
T
CAR
1
1
0
0
2
BIN
0
3
2
0
5
SHOTS ON GOAL
TEAM
1
2
3
OT
T
CAR
11
12
14
0
37
BIN
11
13
7
0
31
3 STARS
1
BIN
Tyson Kirkby
1G, 2A
2
BIN
Zac Sirota
1G
3
BIN
Connor McAnanama
35 SVS
SCORING
Period 1
CAR
Gus Ford
10:37
Roman Kraemer, James
Farmer-Valente
Period 2
BIN
CJ Stubbs
0:38
Tyson Kirkby
BIN
Austin Thompson (PP)
4:32
Tyson Kirkby, Connor
McAnanama
CAR
Roman Kremer (PP)
7:33
Zach White
BIN
Zac Sirota
15:13
Scott Ramaekers, Blake Tosto
Period 3
BIN
Blake Tosto
8:55
Cameron Clark, Scott
Ramaekers
BIN
Tyson Kirkby
16:09
Unassisted
PENALTIES
POWER PLAYS
TEAM
INF
MIN
TEAM
PPG
ATT
CAR
2
4
CAR
1
2
BIN
2
10
BIN
1
2
PENALTIES
Period 1
No Penalties
Period 2
CAR - Petr Panacek
(High-Sticking) 2 MIN, 3:58 BIN - Gavin Yates (Kneeing) 5 MAJ, 6:40
(Servered by Nick Swain) BIN - Gavin Yates (Kneeing) 5 MATCH, 6:40
CAR - Jordan Gagnon (Cross-Checking) 2 MIN, 11:39
