Revolving Door Slammed Shut

Watertown, NY- The Binghamton Black Bears defeated the Watertown Wolves 9-1 on Saturday night.  Kyle Stephan had four points, Zac Sirota had a pair of goals and Connor McAnanama stopped 36 shots in his return for the Black Bears. 

The Wolves got little going offensively on Saturday.  Darion Benchich scored the only goal for Watertown at the 2:23 mark of the first period.  It was a shorthanded goal and gave the home team their only lead of the night at 1-0. 

The Black Bears tied the game three minutes later off the stick of Ivan Bondarenko.  After Bondarenko’s 93^rd point of the year, came two more goals from Mac Jansen and Zac Sirota.  The Black Bears had 18 shots on goal in the first period and led 3-1 after the frame. 

Things slowed down a bit in the second period in terms of scoring.  Gehrett Sargis and Emerson Emery both scored at even strength, pushing the Black Bears lead to 5-1.

The Black Bears saved their best for the last period.  Binghamton added four more goals in the final frame.  Sirota grabbed his second of the night and then the power play came to life.  Nick Swain, Kyle Stephan and Scott Ramaekers all tallied special team’s goals, as the Black Bears continued to put the pedal to the metal. 

Connor McAnanama appeared in a game for the Black Bears for the first time since January 2.  After an early goal from the Wolves, C-Mac shut the door the rest of the way, finishing the night with 36 saves in net.  Binghamton wins 9-1 on Saturday, finishing the season series with Watertown, going 16-0-1 against the Wolves.