Penn State freshman Brandon Biro began the night's scoring with a goal at 11:54 of the first period to give the Nittany Lions the 1-0 advantage.

Penn State would add to its first period lead with only four seconds remaining in the period, with a goal from sophomore Vince Pedrie to give the Nittany Lions a 2-0 lead at the end of one.

At 17:07 of the second period of play, Chase Berger increased the Penn State lead to 3-0. Canisius would hold off the Nittany Lions for the remainder of the second, before Canisius sophomore Dylan McLaughlin netted his second goal of the season at 1:13.

During the third period of play, the score would remain 3-1 until a late goal at 2:08 by freshman Denis Smirnov would give the Nittany Lions the 4-1 victory. The Blue and Gold would not give in during the final period of play, tying the the Nittany Lions in shots 11-11.

Freshman goaltender Daniel Urbani stopped 61 shots, including 29 in the first period, moving his record to 0-2-0 on the year. 

Head Coach Dave Smith's Postgame Comments
"Penn state played with a ferocious pace that we took a long time to adapt to. Their power play capitalized on some big errors by us and we took too many penalties in the first period to find early success.
Through all of it our guys battled and we were on the power play in the third period with a good chance to make it a one goal game late."

Game Notes
• The Blue and Gold were outshot by Penn State 65-22.
• Urbani's 61 saves tie a school record for saves in a game set by Andrew Loewen in 2006-07.
• Sophomore Cody Boyd was credited with his first assist of the year, playing in his second game of the season.
• With the loss, the Griffs move to 0-2-2 all-time against Penn State.

Up Next 

The Griffs will once again take on Penn State tomorrow evening at 7:05 p.m.