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Canisius forward Daniel DiGrande skates with the puck in the offensive zone during the Griffs' matchup with Ferris State at LECOM Harborcenter on Oct. 30, 2021
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Winner Canisius CAN 1-2-0
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Ferris St. FSU 1-3-1
Winner
Canisius CAN
1-2-0
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Final
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Ferris St. FSU
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
Canisius CAN 2 1 2 5
Ferris St. FSU 1 1 1 3

Game Recap: Ice Hockey |

DiGrande’s Hat Trick Lifts Hockey Past Ferris State

Senior Daniel DiGrande recorded a hat trick to pace Canisius in a 5-3 victory over Ferris State in collegiate men's hockey action Friday at Ewigleben Ice Arena in Big Rapids, Mich.
 
DiGrande also picked up an assist to finish with a four-point night while graduate students J.D. Pogue and Nick Bowman accounted for the other Golden Griffins (1-2-0) tallies. Senior goaltender Jacob Barczewski made 28 saves between the pipes for Canisius.
 
Stepan Pokorny, Luke Farthing and Jason Brancheau tallied the three goals for the Bulldogs (1-3-1). Logan Stein finished with 22 saves in goal for Ferris State.
 
Pogue staked the Griffs to a 1-0 lead near the midway mark of the first period with a shorthanded goal, creating a turnover at the top of the defensive zone and racing to the other end on a breakaway before beating Stein on the backhand for his first of the season.
   
The teams traded goals just 28 seconds apart later in the frame. DiGrande began the sequence seconds before the 15-minute mark of the first, firing home a rebound off the end wall to give the Griffs a 2-0 cushion only to see Pokorny respond for Ferris State on the following shift, jamming home a loose puck from just in front of the Canisius crease to make it a one-goal game.
 
DiGrande struck for his second of the contest nearly six minutes into the second period when he collected the puck in the right face-off circle and fired a shot off the crossbar and in to restore Canisius' two-goal advantage, 3-1.
  Farthing again made it a one-goal game with 15:13 elapsed in the second period as he deposited Jason's Brancheau's centering feed between the legs of Canisius goaltender Jacob Barczewski during 4-on-4 play to trim the Canisius advantage.
 
Bowman gave the Griffs their third two-goal lead of the game less than 90 seconds into the third period, finishing off a 2-on-1 rush with a shot over the left shoulder of Stein to push the Griffs margin to 4-2. Ferris State pulled within one for the third time in the contest with less than three minutes remaining when Brancheau put Bradley Marek's pass past Barczewski to pull within one, 4-3.
 
DiGrande closed out the scoring with 1:37 to play as he hit the empty net from center ice to complete the hat trick and seal the Griffs' two-goal victory.
 
Head Coach Trevor Large's Post Game Comments
"Great effort win tonight. There were some moments in the game where our guys really stepped up. We were able to celebrate some of them, but (Jacob) Barczewski the last 10 minutes was unbelievable. He put on a display late to keep us in the lead. It was a big block by (Alton) McDermott that ended up with a big-time goal by (Nick) Bowman on a 2-on-1 where McDermott had to go off the ice because that one hurt, but those matter in a huge way. We had some great penalty kills; we were we were able to be up in a third period and we were able to show how disciplined we can be. We also able to show how predictable we could be for each other. All-in-all, everybody played well and had moments of high effort, so it was great win for the Griffs.
 
"It's our it's our team learning. It's only the third game three of the regular season. All over college hockey early on, everybody's seeing it. It's been a little scrambly early in games. Teams are trying to figure out how they want to play, let alone how they want to play against an opponent. There was a little bit of that tonight. What helped us the most was we were able to get some things going and all of a sudden, you start to feel a little more comfortable. You start to feel like it's going to go your way. Obviously, we score two early goals. Those are always good things. So, it wasn't anything in particular that we focused on. It was just our ability to get to our game faster."
 
Game Notes
• Friday's contest served as the seventh meeting between Canisius and Ferris State. The Griffs now leads the all-time series, 4-3.
• Canisius head coach Trevor Large made his coaching return to his alma mater on Friday. Large played four seasons at Ferris State (2000-04) under current Ferris State head coach Bob Daniels.
• Ferris State out-shot Canisius by a 31-27 margin for the contest, highlighted by a 14-8 edge in the third period.
• The shorthanded goal was the third of Pogue's career and his first since he scored a shorthanded tally at Penn State on Oct. 8, 2021.
• DiGrande recorded multiple goals in a game for the second time in his collegiate career with his hat trick on Friday (Nov. 6, 2021 at Bentley).
• DiGrande became just the 16th player in the Division I era of the program to record a hat trick and the first since Dylan Mclaughlin netted three goals in a 7-3 win at Mercyhurst on Nov. 11, 2017.
• Senior Brenden Datema recorded multiple points in a game for the first time in his collegiate career as he finished with two assists on Friday.
• Bowman recorded multiple points in a game for the second straight contest as he finished with a goal and an assist on Friday. He also scored the first game-winning goal of his collegiate career with his third-period tally.
 
Up Next
The teams complete their two-game series Saturday with a 7 p.m. contest at Ewigleben Ice Arena.
 
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