Watertown, NY.- The sixth meeting between the two teams this season and the second time in Watertown, this time on Friday the 13th. The Black Bears winning 4 out of 5 of the previous contests. 
It wouldn’t take long for the visitors to strike first. Just 2:41 into the opening frame, Nikita Ivashkin lit the lamp assisted by Josh Newberg making it 1-0 Black Bears. 2 minutes and 59 seconds later Tyler Gjurich would extend Binghamton’s lead 2-0 on a blast from the left faceoff circle, assisted by Gavin Yates.
At the 11:28 mark, the Wolves had their best chance of the period when Elijah Wilson was awarded a penalty shot after being hauled down on the way to the goal, But Wilson was denied by Black Bears starter Jeremie Forget, who was able to get his skate in front of the shot.  The scoring spree continued for the Black Bears when Gavin Yates received a crossing pass from Cameron Yarwood and Tyson Kirkby at 15:09, and was able to tip it over the shoulder of Wolves starter Travis Smith. That would bring gthe end of tghe night for Smith as Greg Hussey would come in for relief. Nikita Ivashkin added his second goal of the night at the19:24 mark giving the Black Bears a 4-0 lead to take to the locker room after 20 minutes of play.
7:20 into period number two the Black Bears continued to pour in the goals when Mac Lewis dented the back of the net, assisted by Cameron Yarwood and Tyler Gjurich. Recently added to the roster for Binghamton, Chad Lopez scored his first goal as as a Black Bear at 13:50 extending the lead for the visitors to 6-0. Watertown ended up out shooting Binghamton 11 to 9, but were unable to convert in the period.
The Wolves were able to finally break the ice at 7:53 of the third when Jackson Bond sniped home a shot from the left side, assisted by Elijah Wilson and John Amanatidis making the score 6-1. At 10:24 of the third, the Wolves were able to cut further into the Black Bears lead on a Chase DiBari power play goal with Elijah Wilson and Brendan Hussey getting credited with assist. With the score now 6-2, Binghamton would fight off a series of Watertown rushes into the offensive end to hold on for the win.
Watertown ends up outshooting Binghamton 40 to 34 for the game. The Black Bears went 2 for 5 on power play opportunities, with the Wolves going 1 for 9.
Both teams travel to Binghamton for the second tilt of the weekend on Saturday Night.
by Jeff Barrett
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