East Aurora, NY — The Iroquois/Alden Boys Ice Hockey Team defeated Sweet Home, 8-3, Sunday night at the East Aurora Healthy Zone ice Rink.
The victory came on the same night the Iroquois/Alden Seniors were honored prior to the start of the game.
Congratulations and Best Wishes to those seniors in their future endeavors.
(Iroquois/Alden Hockey Photo)
The NHL’s Columbus Blue Jackets have announced that they have signed Clarkson’s Jr. Captain, Josh Dunne to a two year NHL Entry Level Contract. Josh will report to the teams’ AHL affiliate in Cleveland immediately.
“We are extremely excited for Josh. This is a great opportunity and one that he has worked extremely hard for.” said Clarkson Head Coach, Casey Jones. “As a coach I can tell you that Josh combines everything that you want in a student athlete. He is a complete player, the consummate teammate, and a motivated student in the class room. He was a pleasure to coach.”
Josh will come to Columbus via some familiar names to Clarkson fans, the Blue Jackets General Manager, Jarmo Kekalainen, is a former Golden Knight, that like Dunne also wore #21 and Director of Player Development and GM of the Cleveland Monsters is former Clarkson Forward, Chris Clark. “Josh is a player who we have been watching for a few years now and his character on and off the ice and style of play fit in with the Blue Jacket organization seamlessly” said former Golden Knights Captain, Clark.
Jones felt that their connection helped them understand that Josh was more than just a big power forward, but also a character guy they would want in the locker room and while it’s tough to lose a talent and leader like Josh, its a great step for the 6th player in the last 5 years to sign a NHL deal, “Josh is a program first guy. We talked at length after last season about his development and we have prepared for this scenario. We are excited to watch his progression.”
Dunne left this morning for Cleveland where he will enter the teams COVID safety protocols and hopes to be practicing by mid week, “I am excited to take this next step in my hockey career. I spoke with Mr. Kekalainen and Mr. Clark and I am grateful of the chance they have given me with the Blue Jackets.” said Dunne.
Dunne will join the Monsters that are 4-3-1 in the Central Division. The AHL began play on Feb 5th.
(Clarkson Men’s Hockey Photo)
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ROCHESTER, NY – In the second game in as many days against Stevenson University, the Nazareth College Women’s Hockey team recorded its sixth consecutive shutout victory with a 3-0 win Saturday afternoon at the Bill Gray’s Iceplex.
Junior Abbey Luth scored in the first period for the early Nazareth (6-1-0) lead and in the third period, junior Elie Fallieras scored to give the Golden Flyers a two-goal lead before freshman Emma Hayes capped her big weekend with her third goal in two days for the final score.
Junior Stephanie Kubis had the lone assist on the Luth tally while sophomores Olivia Miller-Johnson and Ally Watrous had assists on the Fallieras goal. Junior Hallie Redders had a nice pass for the assist on the Hays goal in the third period.
Nazareth extended its shutout streak to just over 370 minutes and have killed off 24 straight power play opportunities.
The Nazareth defense continued to sparkle as junior Noelle Giroux made 12 saves and the defense blocked 14 shots in the game.Nazareth continues United Collegiate Hockey Conference (UCHC) action Friday at Lebanon Valley and play the Dutchwomen at home Saturday night.
(Nazareth Women’s Hockey Photo)
ROCHESTER, NY – Freshman Emma Hayes scored a pair of goals and assisted on two other goals to lead the Nazareth College Women’s Hockey team to a 5-0 victory over visiting Stevenson University Friday night at the Bill Gray’s Iceplex.
The game against Stevenson (4-2-0) was added to the schedule when the Nazareth (5-1-0) games against Manhattanville were postponed. Stevenson also had games postponed for the weekend so the two teams agreed to play twice in Rochester. Game two of the series is at 3 p.m. Saturday.
The shutout victory for the Golden Flyers is the fifth consecutive shutout.
Hayes assisted on the first two goals of the game as she set up junior Hailey Redders with the first goal of the game at the 7:51 mark of the opening period. In the second period, Hayes assisted on another goal as sophomore Ally Watrous finished a play that was set up by Hayes and sophomore Makenna Wiljanen.
Less than seven minutes later, Hayes scored her first career goal with an assist from junior Madison Nichols to give Nazareth a 3-0 lead.
Nichols scored in the third period to stretch the lead to 4-0 as Redders earned the assist and then Hayes finished the scoring with 4:45 remaining as Nichols and Redders had the helpers.
Nichols and Redders each finished with a goal and two assists.
Junior goalie Adrianna Brehm needed to make just 12 saves for the shutout victory as the Nazareth defense dominated the game with several blocked shots.
PITTSBURGH, PA – Redshirt senior Jack Billings scored twice, including the game-winner in Saturday night’s double-overtime win against Robert Morris to force a decisive game three against the Colonials tomorrow night.
1st Period
• The Purple Eagles scored first as Jack Billings got his first goal of the game midway through the opening period.
• Robert Morris would tie the game in the latter portion of the period, scoring on the power play to even the score, 1-1.
• Ludwig Stenlund scored the Purple Eagles’ second goal of the game, taking a rebound off the end wall and depositing it in the back of the net.
• Both teams registered 11 shots on net in the first stanza.
2nd Period
• Robert Morris got an early power-play opportunity, but Niagara was able to kill the man-up chance to hold onto its 2-1 lead.
• The Colonials tied the game as Nick Prkusic scored from the high slot 6:41 into the second period.
• Niagara would kill another penalty during the period while also failing to capitalize on its power play chance.
• The Purple Eagles had plenty of chances in the second period, generating 11 shots on goal in the frame.
3rd Period
• The Niagara power-play unit got two chances to help the Purple Eagles take the lead in the first half of the period but failed to score on either opportunity.
• For the second night in a row, neither team could win it in regulation.
• Through three periods of play, the Colonials held the advantage in shots 34-29.
• Robert Morris also won 42-of-64 faceoffs through 60-minutes, including 5-of-8 in the third.
First Overtime
• Chad Veltri was busy in the first overtime period as the sophomore made 17 saves to keep Niagara’s season alive.
• The Purple and White put six shots on goal during OT.
• Robert Morris held the advantage in the faceoff circle, winning 14-of-25 draws.
Second Overtime
• It took 7:31 into the second overtime for the Purple Eagles to score the game-winner and force a decisive game three.
• Billings put a prayer of a shot on net that found its way past the Colonial keeper and into the net for the goal.
Game Notes
• Chad Veltri made a career-high 49 saves, surpassing his previous career-high of 43 he set as a freshman.
• Niagara is 3-5 this season in games decided by one goal or less.
• Niagara finished the game 3-for-4 on the penalty kill.
• Billings recorded his first multi-goal game of the season.
• Stenlund scored his seventh goal of the season, giving him 13 points on the year.
• Saturday was the third-longest game in program history. The longest game was a triple-overtime thriller against Holy Cross that lasted 110:40.
Up Next
• Niagara and Robert Morris will play a decisive game three Sunday night at 7 p.m.
• If Niagara wins, it will play host and defending tournament champions AIC.
• If the Colonials win, they will play Army.
(Niagara U. Men’s Hockey Photo)
WEST POINT, N.Y. – In the ninth-longest game in NCAA Ice Hockey history, Colin Bilek scored his 18th of the season in the third overtime to send the Army West Point hockey team to the Atlantic Hockey Semifinals with a 4-3 win over Sacred Heart.
It was also the longest game in Atlantic Hockey history and longest in Army’s history. With the win, the Black Knights now have the longest unbeaten since the 1983-84 season when they won 16 games in a row under head coach Jack Riley. The Black Knights are unbeaten in their last 13 games.
Bilek extended his goal-scoring streak to seven games with the winner and Trevin Kozlowski was a brick wall all night with a career high 42 saves between the pipes.
“We got down two goals, but we had been there before,” head coach Brian Riley said. “We tied it up and then we went down and then Thomas Farrell scored a big goal for us. It was an unbelievable battle and wouldn’t you figure that Colin Bilek scores the winning goal.”
Bilek scored the gamewinner with 6:40 on the clock in the third overtime. He redirected the puck with his skate on a feed by Mitch Machlitt and the puck found its way past John Benson, who played an incredible game for Sacred Heart with 68 saves.
“Everybody wanted to score that one,” Bilek said after his tally in the third overtime. “Luckily it just went off my skate and in, so we are going to take them anyway they come, but kind of happy the game is just over.”
Army got to that position thanks to Farrell’s goal in third period to tie the score at 3-3. With 7:39 left in regulation with Farrell firing the puck into the back of the net from the slot. Machlitt avoided a sprawling defender and put the puck on a silver platter for Farrell and he beat Benson to tie the game at 3-3 to force overtime.
The Pioneers took their first lead of the series late in the first period with Braedan Tuck chipping the puck over a sprawling Kozlowski on the power play. Sacred Heart took the 2-0 advantage on the power play again early in the second period with Austin Magera finding the back of the net from the slot on a feed from Marc Johnstone.
The Black Knights got one back on the power play as well with Eric Butte redirecting a shot in front of Benson to cut the Pioneers lead to 2-1. Daniel Haider worked the puck off the boards and slid it over to Lincoln Hatten at the point and he put the puck on net for Butte to tip in.
Army knotted the score with 3:27 remaining in the second with a strong goal from Mason Krueger on the break. Bilek fed him the puck after crossing the blueline and right before he was about to be checked, Krueger pushed the wrister past Benson to tie the game at 2-2.
Patrick Dawson put the Pioneers back on top less than two minutes later with a perfect shot off the post and in to give the visitors the 3-2 lead into the second intermission.
Army outshot Sacred Heart, 38-16, in the three overtimes and had the lone power play chance.
The Black Knights will await their opponent for the semifinals as Niagara forced a game three against Robert Morris, which will be played on Sunday evening.
HIGHLIGHTS AND NOTES:
(Army West Point Hockey Photo)
By Warren Kozireski (WNY Hockey and NY Hockey OnLine) —
For the sixth time in the past nine years, Canisius has advanced to their conference’s final four with a convincing 6-2 victory over third-seed RIT and a sweep of their best-of-three series.The Golden Griffins followed their season-long pattern of falling behind early (outscored this season by eight goals in the first and outscoring their opponents by 19 goals the rest of the game) though they did jump out to a 1-0 lead on a Max Kouznetsov tally off a great feed from senior captain Grant Meyer at 2:51 of the first period.
“I really didn’t see anything,” Meyer said about his pass. “It was more instinct and kind of a blind pass. I wouldn’t recommend it.”
The Tigers tallied two goals on the power play later in the first as seniors Jake Hamacher and Dan Willett scored at 10:46 and 14:51 respectively for a 2-1 advantage.
“I don’t what it has been—the first five or ten minutes have been rough this year, but we have a saying of being in the present,” Meyer said. “We just need to figure out how to have a better first five minutes next game.”
But it was all Canisius the rest of the game with two goals in the second period to take the lead and three more in the third—two on an empty-net.First-Team All-Conference West Pod forward Keaton Mastrodonato tied the game 2-2 just as a Golden Griffins penalty expired as he raced down the right wing and beat the RIT goaltender high glove side at 3:39 of the second.Senior captain Grant Meyer then netted a power play marker with assists from Lee Lapid and Mastrodonato at 14:09 to put the Griffs up 3-2 after two periods.
The back-breaker came shorthanded with 4:49 remaining as Simon Gravel fed Lapid to give the Griffs a two-goal cushion prior to empty-net tallies by Mitchell Martan and Ryan Miotto.Sophomore goaltender Jacob Barcewski made 29 saves in net.
“Defense did a really nice job in the first period especially blocking shots and clearing the rebound,” Barcewski said.
Canisius awaits the results of other semi-final series before finding out their opponent in the semi-finals. The lower seed in the West plays the higher seed in the East (AIC) and vice-versa next weekend in single elimination.
NIAGARA UNIV., NY – Freshman defenseman Josef Mysak was named to the Atlantic Hockey Association West Pod All-Rookie team as announced by the league office Thursday afternoon.
Mysak has played in 13 games this season, recording two goals, one assist, and three points.
Both tallies came on Jan. 3 in the Purple Eagles 7-2 win over Air Force. His assist came on a Niagara power-play against Mercyhurst in a 3-3 tie with the Lakers.
The blue liner has also made six blocks on the season, setting a season-high two against Robert Morris on Dec. 31 and again versus Air force on Jan. 4.
By Janet D Schultz, NYHOL
Photos by Janet D Schultz©2021
The last full week of the 2020-21 regular season is in the books, with a couple make-up games being played Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. HEWS was out for 10 days on protocol and now will play Monsignor Martin, CASH and Kenmore/Grand Island to complete their regular season play.
Those games are Sunday, March 14 at 7:30 p.m. at North Buffalo vs Monsignor Martin; Monday, arch 15, 4:40 p.m., Northtowns vs CASH and Tuesday, March 16, 7:50 p.m. at Lincoln vs KGI.
In regular season play this past week Monsignor Martin defeated Niagara County 6-1; CASH beat KGI 2-0, Williamsville over FLOP 3-0; FLOP over LID 2-1 and Williamsville over CASH 5-0.
There were also two non-league games with CASH defeating LID 3-2 and Monsignor Martin defeating KGI 8-1.
The standings, without the HEWS regular season stats place Williamsville in first place with 18 points, followed by Monsignor Martin with 15. CASH and Niagara County each have 12 for a tied third place. They are followed by LID, FLOP, HEWS and KGI.
Congratulations go to Danielle Cottrell, FLOP, who notched her first varsity goal against LID. Danielle is an 8th grade Forward.
Also Morganne Dee has hit the #14 spot in the All-Time WNYGVIH Scoring list with 96 points in 101 varsity games.
Let’s take a look at this weeks games.
NYHOL took to Northtowns for the KGI vs CASH game with CASH’s Hannah Barret securing the shutout. There was no scoring in the first period and at 9:52 of the second Sister Sara (Barrett) scored, assisted by Lilli Adimey. They ended the first 1-0 and then Adimey scored the lone goal in the third to end the game. CASH’s Hannah Barrett stopped all 19 shots and in goal for KGI was Carolyn Bourgeault, who faced 24 shots.
Over at Hyde Park Monsignor Martin’s Lara Beecher started the game with two goals in the first period, one a short-handed goal. She received some assistance in the second when Mia Provenzo added a powerplay goal; answered back by NiCo’s Skylar Berube, assisted by Maddie Mallone and Natalie O’Brien. That turned out to be the only goal for NiCo. Monsignor Martin dropped in three in the third with goals by Beecher, a hattrick, Cam Brownschidle and Mia Boyd.The “B Line” made their mark that evening. Assists came from Beecher, Brownschidle, Mia Provenzo. There were no goaltending stats listed.
On Senior Night Williamsville shut-out FLOP 3-0 with Williamsville’s Vanessa Willick, Aizah-Rose Thompson and Ellie Schau scoring. Elizabeth Timby stopped all 12 SOG and FLOP’s McCarthy faced 41 SOG. Adding points through assists for Williamsville were Molly Martin, Kiersten Smith, Thompson, Eliabeth Jackson , with Willick getting the game-winner. In goal Williamsville’s Sydney Olschewske took the win stoppping 5/5 and Timby stopped 12/12. Kerrigan McCarthy stopped 38 of 41 for FLOP.
FLOP took a 2-1 win over LID with scoring coming from Danielle Cottrell, her first-ever varsity goal, assisted by Taylor Loretto and Maura Langdon; and Kathleen Dougherty putting the puck in assisted by Lilly Kushner. Goaltender Kerrigan McCarthy took the win stopping 20 of 21 SOG. For LID it was Sydney Radecki scoring, assisted by Morganne Dee with Dylan Gorski topping 24 of 26 SOG.
Williamsville continued its winning streak with a 5-0 shutout off CASH on Thursday night. Ellie Schau had the game-winner, assisted by Molly Martin. Then it was a pair of goals by Thompson, one unassisted followed by a goal by Willick and another by Schau. Additional assists came from Willick and Thompson with Timby taking the win with a 18/18 SOG/SAVE record. In goal for CASH Kylie Paige stopped 29 of 34.
In the non-league game on Thursday, MM beat KGI with scoring coming from Monsignor Martin’s Kasprzak, unassisted in the first followed by an unassisted goal by Alexa Groh, which turned out to be the game winner; then a goal by Boyd, assisted by Beecher, and a final first period goal by Beecher, unassisted. In the second KGI answered back with McKenna Horne scoring, assisted by Carissa Buyea and Savannah Samplinski. that would be KGI’s only goal of the evening with MM adding one more in the second, by Grace Russo, unassisted.
MM came out for more in the third with three more goals including the first one, unassisted, by Carys Popat, then Haylee Luderman dropped in two, assisted by Beecher, Groh and Kasprzak.
KGI split goaltending duties with Samantha Horne (9/10); Jordan Hofschneider (7/8) and Allison Hill 95/8). Alena Desiderio was in for MM and stopped 9/10 for the win.
This week HEWS returns to the ice with three regular games before WNYGVIH hits the Northtown Arena for a three-game playoff series on Thursday, March 18. It will be Seed 7 vs Seed 2 at 4:30 p.m.; Seed 6 vs Seed 3 at 6 p.m. and Seed 5 vs Seed 4 at 7:30 p.m. The number one seeded team has the bye.
Semi-finals, which will be #4 vs #1 at 3 p.m. and #3 vs #2 at 4:30 p.m. at Northtown on March 23 and the finals at Cornerstone Arena, Lockport on March 25 at 7 p.m.
GALLERY I–KENMORE/GRAND ISLAND VS MONSIGNOR MARTIN MARCH 11, 2021
GALLERY II KENMORE/GRAND ISLAND VS CASH MARCH 8, 2021
GALLERY III FLOP VS WILLIAMSVILLE MARCH 9, 2021
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Rochester’s home game on Saturday with Utica to be played a later date
(Rochester, NY) … The American Hockey League announced that Saturday’s game between the Rochester Americans and Utica Comets has been postponed out of an abundance of caution in regard to league COVID-19 protocols.
PITTSBURGH, PA – The Colonials took game one of the Atlantic Hockey quarterfinal series against Niagara by a final score of 3-2. Darcy Walsh scored the game-winner for Robert Morris.
1st Period
• Eric Cooley scored the game’s opening goal. Ryan Naumovski and Jack Zielinski were credited with the assists on the play.
• After 20-minutes of action, shots on goal were even at 10, while the Colonials held a slight edge in faceoffs, 14-13.
• The Purple Eagles blocked six shots in the frame.
2nd Period
• Robert Morris wasted no time to start the second as Aidan Spellacy scored the power-play goal 11-seconds into the period.
• The Colonials took a one-goal lead 9:27 into the second with a goal in front from Jordan Timmons.
• Niagara got its first power-play opportunity moments after RMU took the lead, but the Purple and White failed to tie the game with the man advantage.
• Justin Kendall would even the score with a power-play tally with under five minutes remaining in the stanza. Kendall took the pass from Cooley for the one-timer.
• The period came to a close with Niagara registering seven shots on net.
• Through two periods of action, Chad Veltri had 23 saves on 25 shots faced.
3rd Period
• Niagara and Robert Morris traded chances throughout the third period. At the media timeout (13:19), the Purple Eagles were out-shooting RMU, 12-9.
• After 60-minutes of action, Niagara and Robert Morris were all knotted up at 2-2.
• The Purple Eagles finished the stanza with six shots on goal, compared to five for the Colonials.
• RMU finished regulation with an advantage in shots on goal (31-22), faceoffs (41-31), while blocked shots were even (17-17).
Overtime
• Robert Morris’ Darcy Walsh scored the game-winning goal 4:42 into the extra period.
• Niagara challenged the goal, but the call on the ice would stand as called.
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Game Notes
• Cooley finished the game with one goal, one assist, and two points. The senior now has four goals, three assists, and seven points in 2020-21.
• All three of Kendall’s goals this season have come against Robert Morris.
• Friday night was the sixth game to go to extra time for Niagara this season.
• Niagara falls to 2-4 all-time against RMU in the Atlantic Hockey playoffs.
• Ryan Cox was awarded the secondary assist on Kendall’s goal.
• Veltri made 33 saves, the most for the sophomore since the season-opener at RIT on Dec. 5.
Up Next
• Niagara will look to stave off elimination tomorrow night in game two of its Atlantic Hockey quarterfinal series with Robert Morris. Puck drop is scheduled for 7 p.m. from Clearview Arena in Pittsburgh, Pa.
Canisius scored four goals in the second period to break open a close contest and record a 5-2 victory over RIT in game one of their 2021 Atlantic Hockey Tournament quarterfinal round series Friday at LECOM Harborcenter in downtown Buffalo.
Freshman Cooper Haar, sophomore David Melaragni, junior J.D. Pogue and senior Austin Alger all found the back of the net during the middle frame for the Golden Griffins (9-5-0), who took a 1-0 lead in the best-of-three series with Friday’s victory. Sophomore Ryan Miotto opened the scoring with a first-period tally and added an assist for a two-point evening.
Sophomore goaltender Jacob Barczewski matched his season high with 35 saves between the pipes for Canisius as the Tigers (9-8-2) held a 37-23 shot advantage for the contest.
With the score tied at 1-1 at the start of the second, Haar gave the Griffs a 2-1 lead less than four minutes into the middle frame, beating RIT goaltender Ian Andriano with a wrist shot to the blocker side from the middle of the slot for his first collegiate tally.
Melaragni expanded the Canisius advantage to 3-1 at the 8:39 mark of the second, depositing a centering feed from junior Mitchell Martan over the glove of Andriano for his second of the season.
Pogue stretched the margin to 4-1 with a shorthanded tally just past the midway point of the period, beating Andriano with a wrist shot to the blocker side from the right faceoff circle for his fourth goal of the campaign.
Willett brought the Tigers within two just moments after Pogue’s shorthanded strike, firing a slap shot from the top of the point that beat Barczewski to the blocker side for a power-play goal to make it a 4-2 contest.
Alger answered back for Canisius on the following shift, collecting a feed from junior Lee Lapid and wiring a shot over the glove of RIT netminder Logan Drackett, who had replaced Andriano in goal moments earlier
Earlier in the contest, Miotto opened the scoring at the 13:32 mark of the first period, beating Andriano with a wrist shot to the blocker side on a centering feed from fellow sophomore Keaton Mastrodonato.
Will Calverley brought RIT level less than two minutes later, answering for the visitors by placing a cross-ice feed from Kobe Walker under the crossbar to knot the score at 1-1, setting the stage for the Griffs second-period outburst.
Head Coach Trevor Large‘s Postgame Comments
“Come playoff time, the goal is to win hockey games. We knew it was going be a good hockey game and it really was tonight; two good teams go into battle. Like I said earlier, playoff time is time to win. So, we take the win, we get ready and prepared as we start to out-recover our opponent in order to be fully dialed in come puck drop tomorrow at seven.
“If you look at RIT’s games in the past, they do come out strong. That’s something that we knew. It didn’t back us down, but they had a little bit of the play early in the game.
With Barzo (Jacob Barczewski) in goal, we got full faith in him to come up with saves that we need. I know what he would say was tonight he didn’t have to make huge saves, although they out-shot us tonight, we were able to keep them to the outside and were able to limit second and third-chance opportunities for them. So, I’d say a lot of volume for Barzo tonight, but in terms of quality, I was happy with how we defended even though maybe the start of our game was not our best.
“We listen to the players. We’re already talking with them about why they felt we won the game. Our staff will do the same. Talk with each other about why did we win the game tonight and what are the things that we can carry over to get the same result and what are the things that we need to improve on for tomorrow. So, we’re always going to listen. We’re going to challenge everything that we’re doing every moment of every day so that we can make the proper changes. Obviously, the goal is the same outcome as tonight. We know it’s going to be a tough game. We’re excited for the opportunity to live in the moment tomorrow.”
Game Notes
• Canisius picked up its first postseason victory against RIT with Friday’s victory. The contest was just the third postseason matchup between the schools and the first since the 2015 AHA Tournament semifinals.
• Canisius improved to 5-1-0 at LECOM Harborcenter this season with Friday’s victory.
• The Griffs improved to 6-1-0 this season when scoring first. Canisius also moved to 9-2-0 in 2020-21 when scoring three or more goals in a game.
• The Griffs improved to a perfect 7-0-0 this season when leading a game after 40 minutes.
• Haar became the fifth different Canisius freshman to score a goal this season with his second-period tally.
• All four of Pogue’s goals this season have come against the Tigers. His goal was also the third shorthanded tally of the season for the Griffs.
• Miotto tallied multiple points in a game for the second time this season and the third time in his career with his two-point effort on Friday.
• Alger notched multiple points in a game for the first time this season and the 14th time in his career with a goal and an assist on Friday.
• Martan picked up his 10th point in 10 career games against RIT with an assist on Friday (2g, 8a).
• Canisius improved to 5-0-0 this season and 15-3-3 since the start of the 2019-20 campaign when junior Lee Lapid records a point.
• Barczewski made 30 or more saves in a game for the sixth time this season with his 35-save effort on Friday. He improved to 4-2-0 in such games with the victory.
Up Next
• The teams are scheduled to play game two of their best-of-three series Saturday at LECOM Harborcenter. Puck drop is set for 7:05 p.m.
(Canisius Hockey Photo)
