Matt Weinstein

mweinstein@gannett.com | @SteinTime44

Binghamton wraps up the preseason in France on Sunday vs. Syracuse

B-Sens finished 2-for-4 on the power play

Goalie Chris Driedger earned the victory for Binghamton

The Grenoble Burner Wolves proved to be a pesky opponent but the Binghamton Senators fought off a late rally and held on for a 6-4 victory on Saturday at the South Pole in Grenoble, France.

Forwards Ryan Dzingel and Shane Prince each scored twice to lead the B-Sens, who will attempt to finish the preseason undefeated on Sunday afternoon in its France finale against Syracuse in Lyon. The game begins at 11 a.m. local time and will be broadcast live on Oldies 96.9-FM.

Grenoble, which plays in France's top league, features four players with American Hockey League experience and one with National Hockey League experience (Eric Chouinard).

Binghamton, which was allowed to dress all 20 skaters under French rules, also got goals from forward Darren Kramer and defenseman Patrick Mullen.

Dzingel scored Binghamton's first two goals with linemates Cole Schneider and Alex Guptill also picking up assists.

After Mitja Sivic cut the lead to 2-1 early in the second period, Prince and Mullen each notched goals to give Binghamton a 4-1 lead. Mullen's was a power-play goal.

The Burner Wolves cut the lead to 4-2 in the closing minutes of the second period but Kramer boosted the lead back to three goals to open the third.

Grenoble kept pressuring and eventually cut the lead to 5-4 with 11:22 remaining on goals by Toby LaFrance and Felix Small.

Prince iced the game with a power-play goal late in the third. Binghamton finished 2-for-4 on the power play.

Chris Driedger started for Binghamton in net and played well enough to earn the victory. Shot totals were not released.