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Canisius forward Keaton Mastrodonato skates up the ice with Holy Cross' Charlie Spence during game action at LECOM Harborcenter
Lindy Feider
3
Winner Holy Cross HCC 2-7-0, 2-4-0
1
Canisius CAN 2-8-0, 0-3-0
Winner
Holy Cross HCC
2-7-0, 2-4-0
3
Final
1
Canisius CAN
2-8-0, 0-3-0
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
Holy Cross HCC 2 0 1 3
Canisius CAN 1 0 0 1

Game Recap: Ice Hockey |

Hockey Starts Homestand with Loss to Holy Cross

Holy Cross scored three unanswered goals to erase an early 1-0 deficit and defeat Canisius, 3-1, in Atlantic Hockey Association action Friday at LECOM Harborcenter in downtown Buffalo.
 
Jake Ricketts, Liam McLinksey and Tyler Ghirardosi scored for the Crusaders (2-7-0, 2-3-0 AHA). Thomas Gale stopped 23 of the 24 shots he faced, including a penalty-shot attempt by the Golden Griffins in the second period, to earn his first win of the season.
 
Senior Ryan Miotto accounted for the lone goal for Canisius (2-8-0, 0-3-0 AHA). Senior Jacob Barczewski recorded 34 saves in goal.
 
Miotto gave the Griffs a 1-0 lead 6:43 into the contest with a power-play goal, depositing senior Keaton Mastrodonato's cross-ice feed past a diving Gale for his third of the campaign.
 
Holy Cross struck twice in the final three minutes of the first to take a 2-1 lead. Ricketts began the sequence at the 17:13 mark of the opening frame as he jammed home a loose puck after Alec Cicero's initial attempt was turned aside by Barczewski.
 
McLinsky put the Crusaders in front less than two minutes later, finishing off Lucas Thorne's backdoor feed during a 5-on-3 opportunity for his fifth of the campaign.
 
Ghirardosi extended the Holy Cross advantage to 3-1 near the midway point of the third period, putting home a loose puck from in front of the Canisius goal after a shot-pass by Jonathan Balah from the point off the end boards went uncovered.
 
Head Coach Trevor Large's Post Game Comments Game Notes
• Friday's game was the first between Canisius and Holy Cross at LECOM Harborcenter since December 2019.
• The loss by Canisius halted the Griffs' five-game unbeaten streak against the Crusaders (4-0-1).
• Holy Cross out-shot Canisius, 37-24, for the contest, highlighted by a 21-8 advantage in the first period.
• The Crusaders were 1-for-5 on the power play while Canisius was 1-for-2 with the man advantage.
• Miotto scored his second power-play goal of the season with his first-period tally.
• Canisius scored the first goal of the game for the fourth time this season with Miotto's first-period tally. The Griffs are now 2-2-0 this season when getting on the scoreboard first.
• Senior Markus Boguslavsky attempted the Griffs' penalty shot in the second period after he was tripped on the break while Canisius was shorthanded. It was the Griffs first penalty-shot attempt since Dylan McLaughlin had an unsuccessful try against Air Force on Oct. 28, 2017.
• Mastrodonato recorded his team-leading fifth assist of the season on Miotto's first-period goal. Four of his five assists this season have come while the Griffs were on the power play.
• Barczewski made 30 or more saves in a game for the second time this season and the first since a 40-save effort in the season opener at Penn State on Oct. 7.
 
Up Next
The teams complete their two-game series Saturday with a 4 p.m. contest at LECOM Harborcenter. Tickets for the game are still available. They can be purchased by visiting the tickets page on GoGriffs.com or at LECOM Harborcenter on gamedays.
 
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