| November 29, 2025 | |
| Away | Home |
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| 4 | 5 |
| Twin City | Binghamton |
| Thunderbirds | Black Bears |
| Visions Veterans Memorial Arena | |
| Attendance: 4,067 | |
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| MINI RECAP |
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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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| 3 STARS | ||||
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Austin D'Orazio | 1G, 2A |
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CJ Stubbs | 1G, 2A |
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Scott Ramaekers | 1G, 1A |
| SCORING | ||
| Period 1 | ||
| TCT | Don Carter Jr. | 8:04 |
| James Farmer-Valente, Gus Ford | ||
| BIN | CJ Stubbs | 10:20 |
| Austin Thompson, Ivan Bondarenko | ||
| Period 2 | ||
| TCT | Jacob Schnapp (PP) | 2:05 |
| Jan Salak | ||
| TCT | James Farmer-Valente | 5:20 |
| Jon Buttitta, Cade Hanley | ||
| BIN | Scott Ramaekers | 6:15 |
| Austn D'Orazio, Mac Jansen | ||
| BIN | Austin D'Orazio (PP) | 8:10 |
| Mac Jansen, CJ Stubbs | ||
| BIN | Gavin Yates (PP) | 8:21 |
| CJ Stubbs | ||
| TCT | Jan Salak (PP) | 8:57 |
| Gus Ford, Josh Labelle | ||
| Period 3 | ||
| BIN | Jesse Anderson (PP) | 5:36 |
| Scott Ramaekers, Austin D'Orazio | ||
| PENALTIES | POWER PLAYS | ||||||
| TEAM |
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TEAM |
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TCT |
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| BIN |
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BIN |
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| PENALTIES |
| Period 1 |
| TCT - Timofei Smirnov (Interference) 2 MIN, 15:57 |
| Period 2 |
| BIN - Jesse Anderson (Tripping) 2 MIN, 1:26 TCT - James Farmer-Valente (Holding) 2 MIN, 2:42 TCT - James Farmer-Valente (Tripping) 2 MIN, 6:58 TCT - Cade Hanley (Interference) 2 MIN, 7:36 BIN - Scott Ramaekers (Holding the Stick) 2 MIN, 8:34 TCT - Don Carter Jr. (Holding) 2 MIN, 17:17 |
| Period 3 |
| BIN - Dan Stone (Holding) 2 MIN, 1:03 TCT - Nate Keeley (Slashing) 2 MIN, 4:11 TCT - James Farmer-Valente (Illeagal Equipment) 2 MIN, 9:19 BIN - Mac Jansen (Slashing) 2 MIN, 9:57 BIN - CJ Stubbs (Tripping) 2 MIN, 13:39 |
| Goaltending Stats | |||||
| Goalie | MIN | SA | SV | W\L | |
| TCT | Boris Babik | 58:11 | 40 | 35 | L |
| BIN | Connor McAnanama | 59:53 | 28 | 24 | W |
| Officials | |
| Referees | |
| Al Alagna | Carmine Vetrano |
| Linesmen | |
| Michael Imperio | Anthony Verderese |
| Coaches | |
| BIN | TCT |
| Brant Sherwood | Steve Harrison |
| John Quenneville (A) | Jon Buttitta (P\A) |
| Tyson Kirkby (P\A) | |
| Mason Esworthy (VC) | |
| Game Info | |||
| Game # | Time | Date | Atty |
| 098 | 2:30 | 11/29/2025 | 4,067 |
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