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Winner Canisius CAN 6-12-2, 4-6-2
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Army West Point AWP 7-12-3, 6-7-1
Winner
Canisius CAN
6-12-2, 4-6-2
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Final
4
Army West Point AWP
7-12-3, 6-7-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 OT 1 F
Canisius CAN 0 4 0 1 5
Army West Point AWP 1 0 3 0 4

Game Recap: Ice Hockey |

Hockey Defeats Army in Overtime to Cap Wild Affair

Graduate student Nick Bowman scored in the final minute of overtime to lift Canisius to a 5-4 victory over Army in Atlantic Hockey Association action Saturday at Tate Rink in West Point, N.Y.
 
Bowman's overtime marker capped a wild affair that saw the Golden Griffins (6-12-2, 4-6-2 AHA) use second-period goals from juniors Randy Hernandez and Max Kouznetsov, graduate student Erik Urbank and sophomore Alton McDermott to build a 4-1 cushion, only to have the Black Knights (7-12-3, 6-7-1 AHA) storm back with three goals in the third period to force overtime.
 
Thomas Farrell started the Army comeback less than two minutes into the third as he wired a wrist shot over the right shoulder of Canisius goaltender Jacob Barczewski from the top of the point during a five-minute power play for the Black Knights to trim the deficit to 4-2.
 
The Black Knights pulled within one with 3:02 remaining in regulation when Michael Sacco chipped a shot over an outstretched Barczewski during a 4-on-2 break to pull Army within one.
 
Joey Baez completed the comeback and forced overtime with 1:04 remaining in regulation, collecting a loose puck below the dots and firing a wrist shot inside the right post to knot the game at 4-4.
 
In overtime, Bowman spoiled the Army comeback bid and sent the Griffs home victorious with 26 seconds remaining in the extra session, snapping a wrist shot past the glove of Army netminder Gavin Abric from the middle of the slot during a power-play opportunity for his team-leading seventh goal of the season. Trailing 1-0 after Army's Ricky Lyle opened the scoring with this third goal of the weekend midway through the first period, Hernandez brought the Griffs level just 1:22 into the middle frame with a power-play goal, finishing off a zone entry with a wrist shot past the glove of Abric.  Canisius took a 2-1 lead a little more than four minutes later as Kouznetsov darted into the Black Knights zone before sliding a shot under the right pad of Abric for his fourth goal of the season. Urbank increased the Griffs advantage to 3-1 just before the midway point of the period, deflecting senior Hudson Lambert's point shot into the Army goal for his first tally in a Canisius uniform. McDermott closed out the second-period barrage with less than two minutes to play in the frame, playing a puck from below the goal line towards the Army goal that deflected off of Abric and into the net to make it a 4-1 contest, setting the stage for the Black Knights comeback in the third. Barczewski made a season-high 42 saves between the pipes for Canisius. Abric finished with 19 stops between the pipes for Army.
 
Head Coach Trevor Large's Post Game Comments
  Game Notes
• Saturday's contest was the ninth game in the last 17 meetings between Canisius and Army to be decided by a single goal.
• Canisius picked up its fourth overtime victory against Army as it improved to 4-1-6 all-time in overtime games against the Black Knights.
• Canisius improved to 2-0-2 this season in overtime games, having won its second straight overtime contest (Dec. 2 at RIT).
• Canisius improved to 3-2 this season when scoring four or more goals in a game.
• The four goals scored by the Griffs are the most in a single period for Canisius this season.
• Army outshot Canisius, 46-24, for the contest, highlighted by an 22-5 edge in the third period and overtime.
• Canisius was 2-for-4 on the power play while Army was 1-for-7 with the man advantage.
• Bowman's overtime goal was his team-leading seventh of the season and his second game-winning goal of the season (Oct. 14 at Ferris State).
• Senior Brenden Datema recorded multiple assists in a game for the second time this season as he dished out two assists on Saturday.
• Urbank's goal was his second career goal and his first since Nov. 26, 2021 against Providence.
• Decker recorded multiple assists for the second time this season and fourth time in his career with his two-assist effort on Saturday.
• Barczewski finished with 40 or more saves in a game for the second time this season and seventh time in his career with his 42-save performance on Saturday.
• Hernandez recorded multiple points in a game for the third time this season as he finished the game with a goal and an assist.
 
Up Next
Canisius completes its road swing Jan. 20-21 with an Atlantic Hockey Association series at Bentley. The series opener is slated for a 7 p.m. puck drop while the finale is scheduled for the following day at 4 p.m.
 
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