No. 9 Buffalo St. 3, Lebanon Valley 2

LVC Starters
Nolan (D), Hovanec (LW), Hepler (RW), Karas (C), Straub (D), Eisenhower (G)

BSC Starters
Power (D), Wood (RW), Colley (C), Berst (D), Kelly (LW), DeLaVergne (G)

How It Happened
No. 9 Buffalo St. broke a scoreless tie 5:01 into the third period and eventually held on for the 3-2 win over Lebanon Valley on Friday night in non-conference men's ice hockey action. The Dutchmen slipped to 3-12-2, while Buffalo St. improved to 12-3-1.

With the score tied at 1-1 in the third period, the Bengals' Anthony Passero was able to find the back of the net 5:01 into the period to give Buffalo St. a 2-1 advantage. In the closing minutes of the period, LVC elected to pull goalie Joel Eisenhower for an extra skater with the ensuing faceoff happening in Buffalo St.'s zone. The Bengals, however, won the faceoff and Taylor Pryce was able to skate down and put home the empty-netter, giving Buffalo St. a 3-1 lead with just over a minute left.

The Dutchmen made the final 30 seconds quite interesting, as Bryan Hovanec was able to beat the Bengals' Mike DeLaVergne with 26 seconds remaining to make it a one-score game at 3-2, but the Bengals held off the Dutchmen in the final seconds to secure the narrow victory.

Buffalo St. scored the game's first goal, a power-play tally, with just over two minutes remaining in the first, but LVC struck by and tied the game 5:45 into the second period when Jake Thomas scored a power-play goal from PJ Hefferin and Hovanec.

Inside the Numbers
 - Eisenhower was terrific, stopping a career-high 54 shots and keeping the Dutchmen within striking distance for the game's entirety.
 - Hovanec finished with four shots on goal and Brad Nolan, Jared Karas, and Brett Johnson each registered three.
 - For the Bengals, Brody Power and Zach Nieminen notched six shots on net, while four players ended up with five shots.
 - Buffalo St. held the edge in faceoff wins at 48-26.
Who's Next?
These two teams face off again tomorrow right here inside Hersheypark Arena at 5 p.m.