| BLACK BEARS SWEEP WOLVES AFTER A 4-0 WIN IN BINGHAMTON |
 The Binghamton
Black Bears (2-0) defeated the Watertown Wolves
(0-2) by the score of 4-0 advancing to the Empire Division
semi-finals. With Domenic Della Civita in the box for
holding, the Black Bears scored the first goal of the game a man up as
CJ Stubbs gave the home team a 1-0 lead 2:20 into the
middle period. After a face-off win, a pass to the point and a shot that
came in, Blake Tosto scored the Black Bears second goal
of the period at the 7:59 mark. The Black Bears scored their third
unanswered goal at the 14:23 mark of the third period from the Captain
Tyson Kirkby making it a 3-0 game. With Watertown's
net-minder, Breandan Colgan for the extra attacker, Donald
Olivieri scored an empty netter with 16 seconds left to go in
the game making this a 4-0 game and a 2 game sweep of the Wolves. You can see the BinghamtonHockey.net
boxscore
here. |
| BINGHAMTON BLACK BEARS FINISH FIRST HALF OF SEASON ATOP |
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The
Binghamton Black Bears in the 2024-25 season have now played 28 games, which is exactly half of the season. They are 23-4-1 with 65 points, which ranks them first in the league and in the Empire Division. They are 19 points ahead of the
Watertown Wolves who have played 2 less games, even if
the Wolves gain all 6 points in those games in hand, the difference is
13 points. I think the Black Bears are having a great season. This is
the second full season for Head Coach Brant Sherwood, who when he took
over the reigns of the franchise on December 29, 2022 after Gary Gill
took a leave of absence, had to make some hard decisions before a
winning culture was able to start forming. It took some time, releasing
or trading fan favorites or local players and to hearing “Fire Sherwood”
to what the franchise has became over the last season and a half, “The
Model” in the FPHL. To compare the first 28 games this season to last years start, the numbers are certainly impressive and surprising to a degree as well. In 2023-24, the first 28 games had some over-time challenges and maybe specialty teams challenges that were corrected but were evident, and the wins were there. The first half of last season saw the Black Bears win 19 games, have only 3 regulation losses but 6 losses in overtime or the shoot-out. Remember last year, C-Mac was snake bitten in the shoot-out and we didn’t know what we had at that point. A team that was going to get to the playoffs, but not disappoint. Last season’s start saw 130 goals scored and 84 goals allowed, 46 goal differential, that’s not that bad. |
| MCANANAMA NAMED GOALIE OF THE MONTH FOR DECEMBER |
 The
FPHL named Binghamton Black Bears net-minder Connor McAnanama as Goalie of the Month for Decemeber.
In December, C-Mac went 5-0-0 through five games, had 1 shut out on 12/28/2024 vs. the Danbury Hat Tricks. During the the 5 games Connor had a 1.43 Goals Against Average and .944 save %. |
| THE POWER PLAY POST - SEASON 14 |
 The Power Play Post Show, hosted by Bob Howard
is back and is in it's 14th 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
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