Black Bears wrap up road schedule in Danbury

Danbury, CT- The Binghamton Black Bears defeated the Danbury Hat Tricks 4-3 on Friday night.  The Black Bears won their final road game of the regular season and Ivan Bondarenko grabbed two more points with a goal and an assist.  

Binghamton started the scoring early in the first period.  Jacob Shankar tipped-in a shot from Dan Wieber just over three minutes into the contest.  The Black Bears had the only power play of the period, but were unable to convert.  Nick Swain was able to add another 5-on-5 goal at the 17:23 mark, giving Binghamton a 2-0 lead going into the locker room. 

The second period started much like the first.  At 3:30 Ivan Bondarenko scored his 20th goal of the season, pushing the lead up to 3-0.  Once Binghamton took their second penalty of the period, the Hat Tricks were able to capitalize.  Genero Frondoto scored on the power play at 16:15 to cut the lead to two, but the Black Bears answered right back.  Zac Sirota scored 21 seconds later, reinstating the three-goal lead for the Black Bears.  It was 4-1 after two periods.  

All the offense in the third came from the home team.  Danbury scored twice in the first three minutes, and before the first media break, the lead had dwindled to 4-3.  Luckily for the Black Bears, the defense stepped up in the final 15 minutes of the game, allowing CJ Hapward to secure his first victory of the season.  Binghamton wins the final game of the year at the Danbury Ice Arena 4-3.