Wednesday: Penfield Wins

April 19, 2006 - Penfield traveled to Binghamton (Section 4)and won a close one with a score by Kelly McKenna.
    
 Kelly McKenna scored the winning goal with 2:14 in the fourth quarter with an assist from Mike Arvan to break an 8-8 tie at Binghamton. Kevin Roe won the ensuing face off and Penfield controlled the ball in the final minutes to secure the win.
  
Binghamton enjoyed a 6-3 lead at halftime and was up 7-6 going into the fourth quarter before Penfield’s Connor Rice scored back to back goals to give Penfield an 8-7 lead at the 5:56 mark of the final period. Binghamton bounced back and tied the game up with 5:35 left before McKenna scored the game winner.
  
Scorers for Penfield were Mike Arvan (5), Rice (2g-1a), McKenna while Dave Malone and Kevin Green each had two goals. Dan Huntington and Mike Cummins each had a an assist.
   
Brian Dell had 12 saves for the visiting Patriots. Kelly McKenna won 7 of 12 face odds, Mike Cummins added 2 of 5 and Kevin Roe went 2 for 3. Alex Nowak led the team in ground balls with seven.
  
Binghamton was lead by Cody Barnes with 2g and Rutgers bound, Hunter Burnard also added 2g in his first game since an injury earlier in the season. John Cortina who represented the Central Region at the Empire State Games had 10 saves for the Binghamton (7-2).