"The Rematch" - Buffalo and Central Florida Meet Again

Feasterville, PA - Buffalo and Central Florida met once before this season in what was a highly anticipated game. When the schedule was released for the tournament and the rematch was schedule, the excitment around the country was high. However, Buffalo claimed the rematch with an easy 9-1 victory.

Tyler Walser (Williamsville, NY) got things started for Buffalo when he connected on the power play off a feed from Bob Felber (Depew, NY) to take a 1-0 lead. Moments later it was Walser's turn to play playmaker as he set up Alex Durinka (Williamsville, NY) for the tally with the man advantage. Joe Malinowski (Buffalo, NY) didn't want to be let out of the early scoring and took a feed from Walser and beat the goalie on the breakaway for a 3-0 lead just under five minutes into the game.

 

Bob Felber and Tyler Walser continued their domination of the game with two more goal with the man advantage as they used their size and strength to draw two more penalties on the Golden Knights of Central Florida. Buffalo took advantage of all the penalties that UCF took and went 4/4 on the PP in the period. The lone bright spot of the first period for UCF was a Brandon Reich (Coral Springs, FL) goal on the man advantage late in the period off a feed from the slick Connor Cafferty (Coral Springs, FL).

 

Bob Felber struck again for Buffalo early in the second period off a lucky bounce to chase the UCF starter Daniel Moon (Oviedo, FL). Moon made only five saves on eleven shots against a sharp shooting team in Buffalo. Kenny Heim (Sunrise, FL) came in a played strong for the Golden Knights, helping them kill off their first penalty of the game with three strong saves just moments after entering the game. 

 

Joe Malinowski finally solved the new keeper after taking a Brandon Gasiewicz (Hamburg, NY) feed and looking off Walser on the left wing and firing a blazing wrist shot over Heim. Tlyer Walser added another goal for Buffalo with no time left in the second period. With time winding down, Walser picked up the puck at the blue line with his back to net before spinning and firing a hard low shot through the pads of Heim as time expired for an 8-1 lead after two periods.

Buffalo was able to extend the lead to eight goals just under two minutes into the final period when Bob Felber scored his third goal of the game to complete the hat trick. Felber now has five goals in three games, while teamate Tyler Walser leads all scorers with 17 points.

 

Buffalo finishes the round robin as the winner of Pool F with a perfect 3-0 record. Mizzou will claim second place in the pool with a 2-1 record after winning 11-6 against North Texas this morning. Central Florida shockingly falls to third place in the pool with a 1-2 record and North Texas rounds out the group at 0-3.

 

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