The
Binghamton Black Bears (3-2) lost game 3 to the Danbury Hat Tricks (4-1)
and were eliminated from the Commissioner's Cup Playoffs by the score of
3-1 Monday night in Danbury, CT. The Hat Tricks will move on to the
finals to face off against the Carolina Thunderbirds in a best of five
game series. Binghamton's lone goal was from Jestin Somero in the 1st
period, to give the Black Bears an early 1st period lead in the game.
However, the Hat Tricks Michael Marchesan scored at the 9:40 mark of the
1st period to tie the game up at 1 goal a piece. After a scoreless 2nd
period, Brendan Dowler put the Hat Tricks up by 1 goal 8:42 in the 3rd
period. Tobias Odjick scored an empty netter to put the game out of hand
and ended the Black Bears 2022-23 season. The Black Bears best player in
the post-season, Talor Joseph was again very good in this game saving 20
of 22 shots and overall ended the season with a 1.83 Goals Against
Average and a 94% save percentage. You can check out the Binghamton Hockey.net boxscore by clicking
here.
BLACK BEARS MAKE THE 2ND ROUND OF PLAYOFFS
The
Binghamton Black Bears and the Danbury Hat Tricks will face off in the
FPHL's Commissioner's Cup 2nd rounf of the playoffs starting this Friday
in Binghamton, NY with the faceoff scheduled for a 7:00 PM. The two teams
met 6 times in the regular season with the Black Bears only winning 2 of
the games and the Hat Tricks taking 4 of the games. BinghamtonHockey.net will have boxscores and audio game recaps
shortly after each game. Game 1 - @ Binghamton 6-1 Win |
Game 2 - @ Danbury 5-2 Loss | Game 3 - @ Danbury 3-1 Loss Series vs. Watertown - Binghamton Wins
Series 2-0 Game 1 - @ Watertown - 6-2 Win | Game 2
- @ Binghamton - 6-1 Win (Gjurich Photo by: Candi Churchill)
2022-2023 BLACK BEARS YEAR IN REVIEW
BINGHAMTON,
NY – The Binghamton Black Bears 2022-2023 was an improvement for their
first in every way on the ice compared to the inaugural season. In the
Black Bears first season, they played in an 8 team FPHL leagues vs. this
season where they played in the 5 team Empire Division. In season 1, the
Black bears finished with 32 wins, 25 losses and 2 overtime losses in a
59 game season. They finished with 94 points and a .531 winning
percentage. This season the FPHL saw all 10 teams play 56 games compared
to the very unbalanced amount of games of last season. The Black Bears
improved their wins this season from 32 last season to 36, in less games
played of 56. With that, the Black Bears only lost 15 games in
regulation and 2 in overtime, finishing with 110 points and a .655
winning percentage. Read more
here.
THE POWER PLAY POST SHOW RETURNS FOR SEASON 12
After
7 years not on the air, the Power Play Post Show, hosted by Bob Howard
has returned to the Pod Casting world. Season 12 has already begun and
has seen interviews with Geno DeAngelo, formely of the Binghamton Black
Bears as well as Rob Lippolis from the ECHL's Adirondack Thunder. More
guest are coming soon and we will be rebuilding the PPPShow.net page
here on BinghamtonHockey.net. However you can subscribe to our the
Podcast through
Spotify
or
Apple Podcasts.