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Canisius defenseman David Melaragni is shown in game action versus Sacred Heart at Total Mortgage Arena on Oct. 28, 2022
Canisius University Athletics
3
Canisius CAN 2-6-0, 0-2-0
6
Winner Sacred Heart SHU 4-2-0, 4-1-0
Canisius CAN
2-6-0, 0-2-0
3
Final
6
Sacred Heart SHU
4-2-0, 4-1-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
Canisius CAN 1 0 2 3
Sacred Heart SHU 3 2 1 6

Game Recap: Ice Hockey |

Hockey Defeated by Sacred Heart in AHA Opener

Sacred Heart recorded four unanswered goals to break open a 1-1 contest and defeat Canisius, 6-3, in Atlantic Hockey Association action Friday Total Mortgage Arena in Bridgeport, Conn.
 
Blake Humphrey scored twice while Marcus Joughin, Kevin Lombardi, Ryan Steele and Aidan Connolly all added individual tallies for the Pioneers (4-2-0, 4-1-0 AHA) in their 2022-23 home debut. Luke Lush made 25 saves in goal for SHU to earn his third win of the season.
 
Graduate student Nick Bowman and seniors Ryan Miotto and David Melaragni accounted for the three goals for the Golden Griffins (2-6-0, 0-1-0 AHA). Miotto also added an assist on Bowman's tally for a two-point evening.  
 
Sacred Heart took a 1-0 lead just 4:31 into the contest as Joughin slid Neil Shea's centering feed between the legs of Canisius netminder Jacob Barczewski for the game's opening tally.
 
Miotto brought the Griffs level with 13:50 elapsed in the opening frame when he deposited a loose puck into the Sacred Heart cage from the middle of the slot for his second goal of the season.
 
The Pioneers took control of the game moments later, using a pair of tallies just 18 seconds apart to build a 3-1 edge. Lombardi began the sequence at the 14:48 mark of the first as he chipped a shot over the left shoulder of Barczewski from close range before Humphrey struck on the next shift, rifling home a pass from Lombardi for his third of the campaign.
 
SHU added to its lead with a pair of goals in the second period. Steele made it a 4-1 contest near the midway point of the frame as a shot from Austin Magera deflected off of him into the Canisius goal while Connolly got the scoreboard with less than two minutes to play in the stanza as he scored on a diving effort from the bottom of the left face-off circle.
 
Bowman made it a 5-2 game early in the third period with a power-play goal as he beat Lush with a wrist shot to the glove side for his fifth goal of the season.
 
Humphrey netted his second of the contest with a power-play goal at the 12:31 mark of the third, wiring a one-timer past the glove of Canisius backup netminder John Hawthorne to make it a 6-2 contest.
 
Melaragni closed out the scoring at the 13:36 mark of the third period, firing a wrist shot over the glove of Lush for his first of the season.
 
Barczewski got the start in goal for the Griffs and played two periods, making 18 saves. Senior John Hawthorne replaced Barczewski at the start of the third and stopped eight shots.
  
Head Coach Trevor Large's Post Game Comments
 
Game Notes
• Friday's loss snapped a seven-game unbeaten streak for Canisius against Sacred Heart, dating back to the 2017 season (5-0-2).
• Sacred Heart held a 32-28 shot advantage for the contest, highlighted by a 13-8 edge in the second period.
•  Canisius was 1-for-4 on the power play while Sacred Heart was 1-for-1 with the man advantage.
• Canisius was held to two goals or fewer for the second straight contest and the fourth time this season.
• Bowman tied senior Daniel DiGrande for the team lead with his fifth goal of the season. The marker was also his second power-play goal of the campaign.
• Miotto registered multiple points in a game for the seventh time in his career with a goal and an assist on Friday.
• Graduate Student Erik Urbank picked up his first point as a Griff, recording the secondary assist on Melaragni's third-period goal.
 
Up Next
The teams complete their two-game series Saturday with a 4 p.m. contest at Total Mortgage Arena.
 
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