Bantam Bisons best Knights, 5-4

The Buffalo Bisons Bantam Minors defeated the Amherst Knights, 5-4, on Sunday at the Pepsi Center. Bisons goalie Jimmy Basil stopped 16 shots.

Lucas Buscemi (Sam Romano, David Arthur) of the Bisons scored first with a wrist shot from the right slot.

In the second, Buscemi (Romano, Arthur) scored and Craig Knowlton (JC Grabenstatter) tallied for a 3-2 lead entering the third.

Buffalo's James Brand caused a turnover at the blue line, and the puck found Marc Bezbatchenko, and he scored unassisted. Late in the third, Bezbatchenko stole the puck and scored an empty-net goal while the Bisons were shorthanded.