Ferris State Completes Weekend Sweep In Anchorage Behind Two Third-Period Goals From Buzzeo

Big Rapids, Mich. - The Ferris State University men's ice hockey team wrapped up an extended 15-day road trip by completing a two-game sweep of Alaska Anchorage on Friday (Jan. 9) night with a 3-2 victory at Sullivan Arena in Anchorage.

FSU completed its four-game trip to Alaska with its eighth-straight win over the Seawolves to improve to 11-11-1 overall this year and 8-6-0 in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA).

Following a scoreless opening period of action, the host Seawolves got on the board first 2:57 into the middle frame when Scott Allen registered his fifth goal of the year off assists from Brett Cameron and Blake Tatchell, who notched their eighth and 10th helpers of the season, respectively.

Ferris State though came back to tie the contest at a goal apiece after two periods when junior forward Matt Robertson scored his sixth goal of the season and picked up his team-leading 21st point of the year with a marker that came with only seven seconds remaining in the period at 19:53 of the second.

The Bulldogs then came out in the third period and received a pair of goals from senior forward Justin Buzzeo to take a 3-1 edge. Buzzeo's first came at 12:55 of the final frame assisted by junior defenseman Simon Denis and sophomore forward Jared VanWormer. The assist was Denis' seventh of the season while VanWormer notched his fifth helper this campaign.

Buzzeo then scored the eventual game-winner at 16:01 for his sixth goal this season. Sophomore defenseman Ryan Lowney earned his ninth assist on the game-winning goal while senior defenseman Jason Binkley picked up his eighth overall.

The Seawolvs cut the margin back to a single goal at 17:44 when Allen tallied his second goal of the night and sixth of the year with a power-play lamplighter assisted by Jarret Brown and Tatchell. The assist was Brown's fourth with Tatchell tallying his second of the evening and 11th overall of the campaign.

However, Alaska Anchorage could get no closer as FSU preserved the win over the final two minutes of action with senior goaltender and 2015 Hobey Baker Award nominee CJ Motte in net. He finished with 14 total saves and made four apiece in the final two periods after posting six in the opening frame to improve to 11-11-1 in net. It was his 59th career victory.

On the Seawolves' side, Michael Matyas made 22 saves in taking the loss. He had seven in the opening period followed by nine in the second and six in the third.

Ferris State posted a 25-16 edge in total shots for the evening, including a game-high 10 in the second period. FSU also had seven shots on goal in the opening 20 minutes of action with eigth over the final frame. Meanwhile, Anchorage totaled six shots in period one with five apiece in the last two periods of action.

FSU was called for five penalties totaling 10 minutes in the box, which led to a two-of-four showing on the power play for the Seawolves. On the opposite side, Alaska Anchorage was called for four infractions netting eight minutes, but FSU was unable to convert on three tries with the man advantage.

The Bulldog victory came before a crowd of 1,944 fans at Sullivan Arena as Alaska Anchorage dropped to 5-11-4 overall and 2-10-2 in the WCHA.

Ferris State finally returns home and will host league leader and nationally-ranked Minnesota State on Friday and Saturday, Jan. 16-17, at the Ewigleben Ice Arena in Big Rapids. Action gets underway both nights at 7:07 p.m. (ET) and tickets are on sale now and can be purchased online at StarTickets.com or by calling 1-800-585-3737. For more ticket information, please visit FerrisStateBulldogs.com or call 231-591-2888.

Bulldog Bites: The Bulldogs captured four of a possible four points in the sweep of Anchorage and now sit alone in fourth place in the WCHA standings with 16 total points on the year .... The victory wrapped up a 15-day trip that began with an appearance in the Great Lakes Invitational and also included a two-game weekend series' in Fairbanks against the Alaska Nanooks .... FSU moved to 8-1-1 all-time against the Seawolves and has not lost to UAA in a regulation game in nearly 28 years ...... The Bulldogs' victory was their fourth against Alaska Anchorage this season as FSU swept the four-game regular season series ..... Freshman forward Andrew Dorantes paced FSU with a contest-high five total shots in the game ....... Motte is now only four wins away from matching school-record holder Mike Brown's all-time mark of 63 career victories.