BLACK BEARS TAKE ALL THREE WEEKEND GAMES, EARN 9-PTS
The
Binghamton Black Bears (30-14-4) exploded for 7 goals in a 7-4 win over
the Watertown Wolves (17-26-3) Sunday afternoon at the Visions Veterans
Memorial Arena, earning their 30th win of the season. Donald Olivieri
and Austin Thompson both scored 2 goals for the Black Bears, who also
saw goals from Tyler Gjurich, Gavin Yates and newcomer Andrew Logar, who
scored his first goal of his professional career. Ten players for the
Black Bears scored at least 1 point, while Chad Lopez assisted on two
goals. Riley McVeigh earned his 13th win of the season leading all Black
Bears goaltenders this season in wins. The Black Bears will travel to
the Motor City to faceoff for the last team this season the Rockers on
Friday and Saturday night. You can check out the Binghamton Hockey.net boxscore by clicking
here.
BLACK BEARS IN THE MIDST OF A 5 GAME LOSING STREAK
The
Binghamton Black Bears are in the worst losing streak of their season
after the last loss to the the Columbus River Dragons on Friday by the
score of 3-2 in OT. In the 5 game losing streak the team has lost 4 of
the 5 games by only 1 goal, lost in overtime twice. Binghamton's losing
streak started with 3 losses to the Carolina Thunderbirds, all 3 games
ended with the score of 4-3, with the middle game going to OT. The team
then traveled to Mississippi where they lost to the Sea Wolves 6-4 in a
mid-week affair. The Black Bears have already clinched a spot in the
Commissioner’s Cup playoff but have been riddled with injured,
suspensions and call-ups. One of the big returns will be the return of
Tyler Gjurich. Gjurich has 24 goals, 30 assists on the season and will
be a warm welcome back on the 18th of March.
BLACK BEARS SECONDARY SCORING FROM A FEW KEY PLAYERS
The
team this season has received secondary scoring from a couple standouts
that have shown a lot of promise this season. In his 2nd season, Tyson
Kirkby has scored 23 goals, 26 assists for 49 points and has been good
on the power play with 6 tallies. Austin Thompson has also impressed
this season with 18 goals, 21 assists for 39 points and 7 of those 18
goals scored with the man advantage. Players Chad Lopez, Gavin Yates and
Bret Parker have added a combined 36 goals this season.
CAMERON YARWOOD 1 GOAL AWAY FROM 50 IN THE FPHL
Cameron
Yarwood is an important part of the Binghamton Black Bears defensive
corps. The 28 year old veteran has played left wing and defensive
through his career and in his first year with the Black Bears last
season even scored a "Michigan" style goal making highlights on ESPN.
Yarwood has played for six different teams in the FPHL, playing for the
Berlin River Drivers, Huntsville Havoc, Port Huron Prowlers, Elmira
Enforcers and the Binghamton Black Bears. To this date he has scored 49
goals and is one goal away from 50.