BHBS Hockey Recap

BHBS hockey headed into the weekend knowing they needed to get two points to play at home in sectionals, and they were able to earn the first point with a 5-2 win over Shaker/Colonie on Friday night.

Geordan Buffoline scored a goal and had 2 assists, and now has 48 points on the season, first in Section 2. He is tied with Saratoga’s Josh Dagle for first in goals, with 20, and leads in assists, with 28. Tino Benamati scored twice, and is also tied with Dagle and Buffoline for first in goals. Goalie Mark Stocker won his 4th straight start, and now moves to fourth in the Section in save percentage (.900) and third in goals against average (2.64). For Shaker/Colonie, defenseman Zach Turnbull scored twice, and now ranks second among defensemen in the Section in goals, with 14.

The scoring began in the first period, when Tino Benamati put home a wrister from Buffoline to make it 1-0 Spartans. Less than two minutes later, Buffoline scored from a feed by Koszelak to double the lead. 2-0 would hold as the score after 1.

Shaker/Colonie was able to put together more offense in the second after a somewhat lackadaisical first period. After Sam Swingruber scored for BHBS, Zach Turnbull buried a shot from the point to get the Jets on the board, making it 3-1. That would be the score after two.

The Jets made it interesting in the third when Zach Turnbull scored on the powerplay to cut the lead to 3-2 with 5 minutes remaining. But with two minutes remaining, Tino Benamati scored his second of the game, expanding the lead to 4-2. Sam Swingruber sealed the win with an empty net goal from center ice with 33 seconds remaining, ending it 5-2.

For the Spartans, they won their 8th straight game and improve to 14-4-1 (9-3-1 S2), and will next face CBA in the regular season finale on Saturday. For Shaker/Colonie, they finish 4-15-1 (2-9-1 S2) and will play Niskayuna/Schenectady in a play-in game on Monday.

GOALS:

1st Period:

  • 12:40 (BHBS) Tino Benamati (19) ASST: Geordan Buffoline (27)
  • 10:51 (BHBS) Geordan Buffoline (20) ASST: Tino Benamati (18)

2nd Period:

  • 4:01 (BHBS) Sam Swingruber (14) ASST: Tino Benamati (19), Geordan Buffoline (28)
  • 3:36 (S/C): Zach Turnbull (13) ASST: Tyler Wilson (13)

3rd Period:

  • 5:27 (S/C): Zach Turnbull (14) ASST: Jimmy Morrison (19), Mark Egan (13)
  • 3:15 (BHBS) Tino Benamati (20) ASST: Alec Lind (19)
  • 0:33 (BHBS) EN Sam Swingruber (15) ASST: NONE

Dylan McGlynn
February 13, 2016