DANBURY HAT TRICKS at BINGHAMTON BLACK BEARS
Bohn PPG Lifts BB to Victory
by Brooks Hill
Binghamton, NY - The Binghamton Black Bears defeated the Danbury Hat Tricks for the sixth time this season, by the final score of 4-3. Dakota Bohn was the only player to score in the third period and was the only power play goal of the night for Binghamton.
Danbury came into the game energized since they had played the night before in Watertown. That translated into the first period as the Hat Tricks were the first team to score. Danbury made quick work of their opening power play at the 8:27 mark. Just a minute later, the Black Bears would answer. Dan Stone tallied his eighth goal of the season, tying the game 1-1. That’s where the teams headed into the locker room.
Binghamton began the second on the power play but failed to convert. Not only that, but Danbury was also able to score shorthanded, giving the visitors the lead again. The Hat Tricks managed to grab an insurance goal, other one shorthanded, and before the 10-minute media timeout, Danbury was up 3-1. Special teams were being dominated by Danbury.
The Black Bears found some life thanks to CJ Stubbs, deflecting a puck out of mid-air pass the netminder. Three minutes later, Dan Wieber fired a shot that deflected off the pants of Scott Ramaekers to tie the game at 3-3.
From that point forward, Binghamton controlled the tempo and dominated the puck possession. In the third, Binghamton received an early power play, their fifth of the night. This time Dakota Bohn called his own number and went the entire length of the ice unassisted and scored. That proved to be the difference as no one else was able to score. Rookie goaltender, CJ Hapward, won his FPHL debut, stopping 22 shots and the Black Bears earned their 41st win of the season.
Hat Tricks Surrender Three Straight Goals, Lose 4-3 in Binghamton
by Wyatt Kopelman
Binghamton, NY - Binghamton's Dakota Bohn notched the game-winning goal early in the third period on the power play, part of three unanswered for the Black Bears, in a 4-3 finish from Visions Veterans Memorial Arena on Friday.
On Dylan Hullaby’s hooking minor, the sixth power play opportunity for the Black Bears in the game, Bohn went coast-to-coast, bursting into the offensive zone and ripping one home to the top left corner for the lead. Binghamton has won 20 of its last 21 contests and ended Danbury’s three-game road win streak.
The Black Bears rallied from a 3-1 deficit, finishing the second with momentum. CJ Stubbs scored at 13:18 and Scott Ramaekers redirected Dan Wieber’s shot at 16:49 to tie the game at three. Ramaekers scored his fifth goal in five games.
Time for a Hat Tricks comeback in the third dwindled, but not without scoring chances in the offensive zone. With 2:10 remaining, Jacob Ratcliffe attempted to score the equalizer on a rebound in the slot, but the play was blown dead. Chase Harwell centered from the goal line for Jonny Ruiz, whose shot in front was saved with nine seconds left.
Tied at one at the first intermission, Danbury stormed in front with back-to-back shorthanded goals to begin the second. Gleb Bandurkin scored two-on-one in the low slot just 55 seconds into the middle frame and co-head coach Jonny Ruiz added another that hung in the air at the goal line, and the Hat Tricks went ahead, 3-1, at 7:47. Ruiz netted his team-high fifth shorty of the season and the 16th of his career.
Connor Woolley cashed in on Zac Sirota’s tripping minor, Danbury’s first power play opportunity of the game, on Vadim Frolov’s cross-ice pass to give the Hat Tricks a 1-0 lead at 8:27. But Daniel Stone slipped one home through traffic 1:02 later.
Danbury killed five of six penalties, its lone blemish Bohn’s goal in the third.
Conor McCollum stopped 43 shots but dropped to 19-11-6. The Hat Tricks moved to 3-1-2 when tied after two periods.
Up next, the Hat Tricks finish their three-game road trip with a rescheduled matchup against HC Venom on Wednesday. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m.
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