Friday, November 4, 2011

Potsdam Women Beat Buffalo State

Potsdam Senior captain Annmarie Lewis (Newmarket, Ontario/Aurora
Panthers) scored twice to lead the SUNY Potsdam women’s hockey team (1-1,
1-1 ECAC West) to a 3-2 road victory at Buffalo State (1-2, 0-1) on Friday
night
. Bears senior captain Caitlin Manahan (St. Alban’s, Vt./Elmira
College) scored Potsdam’s other goal and junior goaltender Jen Conophy
(Glenmont, N.Y./Albany Ice Cats) turned aside 23 shots for the win.

The Bears jumped on the Bengals right out of the gate as sophomore forward
Jenn Crawford (Burlington, Ontario/Stony Creek Sabres) set up Lewis just
4:58 into the opening period. Buffalo State answered on its first power
play of the contest at the 12-minute mark. Christine Williams evened the
score on assists from Brianna Murphy and Lauren Mallo. With 56 seconds
remaining in the first period, Manahan scored an unassisted goal to give
the Bears the lead for good.

Potsdam’s defense was very sharp in the second period, holding the Bengals
to just four shots and killing off two power plays. At the 2:28 mark,
Lewis scored the eventual game-winner with an assist from freshman forward
Izzy Fayerman (Calgary, Alberta/The Edge). The Bears carried the 3-1
advantage into the second intermission.

Buffalo State turned up the pressure in the final stanza, outshooting
Potsdam 9-6 thanks in part to two power plays. With just over four minutes
remaining, Bengal Rio Flynn struck on the man-advantage to cut the lead to
3-2. Murphy and Courtney Carnes assisted on the goal. Buffalo State pulled
goalie Jordan Lee twice in the closing minutes, but was unable to find the
equalizer with the extra attacker.

Lee finished with 20 saves for the Bengals. Potsdam was 0-3 on the power
play and Buffalo State finished 2-5.

“I’m obviously very happy with the outcome,” said Bears Head Coach Jay
Green. “It was a good night in terms of effort and execution. Annmarie
Lewis had an exceptional game and (junior forward) Katie Komsa (Sault Ste.
Marie, Ont./Sault Ste. Marie AA Midget) played very well too.”

The Bears and Bengals square off again tomorrow afternoon at 2 p.m. in
Buffalo.

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