Black Bears Improve to 5-0-0

Watertown, NY- The Binghamton Black Bears defeated the Watertown Wolves 5-4 on Friday night.  Binghamton picks up their third victory of the season series and improves to 5-0-0 on the season. 

Binghamton came out of the gates on fire and determined to have a hot start.  The Black Bears scored a minute into the game thanks to Scott Ramaekers tallying his second of the year.  Just 70 seconds later, Jacob Shankar was able to score his first professional goal putting Binghamton up by a pair.  They weren’t done there either; Ivan Bonderanko and Gavin Yates on the power play, were able to chase the Watertown goalie from the game, making it 4-0.  The Wolves put a stop to the Binghamton run with their only goal of the frame.  Before the teams headed to the rooms, Emerson Emery scored his first of the year, giving the Black Bears a 5-1 advantage. 

The script flipped in the second as the Wolves turned up the pressure.  Watertown scored 14 seconds into the frame and tallied a pair of goals at 8:11 and 9:00 of the period.  What was a four-goal lead had diminished to a single-goal affair.  Binghamton still held a 5-4 lead going into the second intermission. 

10 different penalties were issued in the third, primarily to the Wolves.  Watertown was unable to sustain offensive pressure and find the equalizer.  Binghamton made the plays in the third when they needed too, and despite not scoring in the second and third, win the game 5-4. 

Binghamton improves to 5-0-0 and sits at the top of the Empire Division with 14 points.      

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