BINGHAMTON HOCKEY HEADLINES

BLACK BEARS TAKE TWO MORE POINTS AFTER 5-4 SHOOT OUT WIN

The Binghamton Black Bears (23-4-1) defeated the Motor City Rockers (11-14-2) in the shoot out, 5-4 to end the first have of the season. The Black Bears CJ Stubbs got tagged with a roughing call at the 4:10 mark of the 1st period leading to a Mathias Tellstrom power play goal just 25 seconds later giving the Rockers a 1-0 lead. With Theodore Rowell in the penalty box and the Black Bears on the power play, Eli Rivers was able to score a short-handed goal to put the Rockers up 2-0. However on the same power play, Tyson Kirkby scored the Black Bears first goal of the game at the 2:23 mark of the 2nd period. While Sotirios Karageorgos was in the box for Tripping, the Black Bears got their 2nd power play goal of the game when Gavin Yates sent a pass over to an open CJ Stubbs who scored a goal in each of his last 4 games. Scoring in his 2nd straight game, defenseman Jesse Anderson scored the Black Bears 3rd goal 51 seconds into the 3rd period giving the Black Bears their 1st lead of the game. The Rockers tie the game at 3 goals after a 2 on 1 play led to a Tim Delaney tally at the 7:53 mark of the 3rd period. Late in the period, Chris Mott gave the Black Bears their 2nd lead of the game off a beautiful snipe from the first year rookie with 4:23 left to go in the period. In the overtime period, the Black Bears started on the power play and had a lot of chances but Ricardo Gonzalez was good and it would take the shoot out. The Black Bears got two shoot out goals from Scott Ramaekers and CJ Stubbs while Nolan Egbert only saw two shooters and stopped them both for the 5-4 victory. You can see the BinghamtonHockey.net boxscore here.

BINGHAMTON BLACK BEARS VS CAROLINA THUNDERBIRDS IN FINALS

The Binghamton Black Bears will square off against the Carolina Thunderbirds in their first trip to the Commissioner's Cup Finals in franchise history. The Black Bears defeated the Wolves in the first round, 2-0 and the Motor City Rockers in the 2nd round, 2-0. The Thunderbirds defeated the Port Huron Prowlers 2 games to 1 in the 1st round and then defeated the Columbus River Dragons, 2-1 in the 2nd round to make it to the Finals. The two teams met in the regular season 4 times and the Black Bears were 2-1-1 in those 4 games. Game 1 - 5/3/24 - Binghamton (5) at Carolina (3): Boxscore - Article Game 2 - 5/4/24 - Binghamton (4) at Carolina (3): Boxscore - Article Game 3 - 5/10/24 - Carolina (3) at Binghamton (4): Boxscore - Article Black Bears sweep the series 3-0 and win the 2023-24 Commissioner's Cup.

LEAGUE AWARDS FOR BLACK BEARS

The Federal Prospects Hockey League announced this week that Black Bears net-minder, Connor McAnanama and Captain Tyson Kirkby be have been named to the Empire Division All-Star Team for 2023-24. It was also announced that rookies Dan Stone and Connor Smith have been named to the Empire Division Rookie All-Sta Team. In addition, Brooks Hill has been named Broadcaster of the Year for the 23-24 season. Congraduations to all four players and to Brooks Hill in these achievements this season.

THE POWER PLAY POST - SEASON 14

The Power Play Post Show, hosted by Bob Howard is back and is in it's 13th season. The 14th season has already great guests like Blake Tosto, Cameron Clark, Chris Mott, Brooks Hill and we will have many more guests from the Binghamton Black Bears as well as guests from around the FPHL. You can subscribe to our the Podcast through Spotify or Apple Podcasts.

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