BINGHAMTON HOCKEY HEADLINES

BLACK BEARS SWEEP WOLVES, MOVE TO 2ND ROUND

The Binghamton Black Bears (2-0) defeated the Watertown Wolves (0-2) in the Visions Veterand Memorial Arena to close out the Quaterfinals series with a 7-2 win. Revenge is best served by scoring a goal said Connor Smith, who scored a goal 4:30 into the first period after he was hit by Tate Leeson yesterday that the Black Bears thought Leeson should have included a suspension. Dakota Bohn scored the 2nd goal of the game short-handed as he and Kyle Stephan were in deep while Jesse Anderson was in the penalty box for roughing. Just as the Anderson penalty ended, Ross Bartlett scored for the Wolves at the 7:21 mark cutting the Black Bears lead in half at 2-1. With the Wolves Ivan Sergeev in the penalty box for roughing, Donald Olivieri scored a power play goal, the Black Bears 3rd goal of the period for the home team. Connor Smith with 1:16 left to go in the 1st period scored his 2nd of the game putting the Black Bears up by 3 goals at 4-1. The Black Bears scored early in the 2nd period just 2:38 in as Jesse Anderson got his first playoff goal of the season and gave the Black Bears a 5-1 lead. Tate Leeson got on the scoresheet 13:13 into the 2nd period as he sent a shot through the five hole of Connor McAnanama to make this a 5-2 game. Gavin Yates scored with 2:08 left to go in the period putting the Black Bears up 6-2. The Don of Binghamton, Donald Olivieri scored the Black Bears 7th goal of the game and 2nd on the power play just 3:21 into the third period with Watertown's Ross Bartlett in the penalty box at the 2:15 mark. The Black Bears now await their 2nd round opponent, either the Danbury Hat Tricks or the Motor City Rockers, game 3 of that series will be played tomorrow in Fraser, MI. You can see the BinghamtonHockey.net boxscore here.

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.

BINGHAMTON TO FACE-OFF AGAINST THE WOLVES IN THE FIRST ROUND

The Binghamton Black Bears will meet their first round opponents from last year, this season in the 1st round, the FPHL Quarterfinals, the Watertown Wolves. The Black Bears ended the regular season against the Wolves 10-3-0 (Home 7-0, Away 3-3) The first game of the series will be in Watertown, NY on Friday, April 19th, game 2 will be in Binghamton on April 20th, a 7 PM start while a game 3 if needed will be on Sunday in Bingamton with a 6 PM puck drop. Game 1 - Binghamton (4) at Watertown (2): Boxscore - Article Game 2 - Watertown (2) at Binghamton (7): Boxscore - Article Black Bears win series and move on to the 2nd round.

THE POWER PLAY POST - SEASON 13

The Power Play Post Show, hosted by Bob Howard is back and is in it's 13th season. The 13th season has already great guests like Brenden Stanko, JT Walters, Tyson Kirkby, Gary Ryan 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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