This is part of a series in which we regularly look back at key points in local sports history.
Best AHL action in downtown Binghamton
In a packed Broome County Veterans Memorial Arena with 4,685 seats, the Binghamton Senators took a 3-2 lead over Bridgeport for a 3-0 victory in the AHL’s Eastern Conference semifinals.
Josh Langfeld, Chris Barra and Chris Kelly each scored, the latter two scoring 2:27 apart in the third period, and Ray Emery made 26 saves. Langfeld’s goal ended a power play drought in which he went hitless in 23 games.
The B-Sens defeated Bridgeport in Game 6 with a 2-1 win, with great backstopping from Emery and goals from Langfeld and Kelly. This was the team’s first win in six games in Bridgeport that season.
In the final two games of the series, Emery stopped 60 of the Sound Tigers’ 61 shots.
“He’s a top young goalie,” B-Sens coach John Paddock said. “In the minor leagues, the only player as good as ours is that guy across the hall (Rick DiPietro). Emery was a big difference.”
UE’s young big man wins another title
Arthur Jones, a Union Endicott High School graduate who played eight seasons as an NFL defensive lineman, won a Super Bowl with the Baltimore Ravens in 2013 and has 275 wins in the New York State Junior (17-18) Wrestling Championships. listed. He defeated Justin Tugas in the final to win the pound title.
The deciding pin against the opponent he defeated in the state high school tournament finals in March of that year was Jones’ fifth in as many matches played that weekend at Broome Community College’s Ice Center. Jones is the older brother of UFC star Jon Jones and recent NFL star Chandler Jones.
