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Daniel DiGrande celebrating his second goal with C-Block in Canisius' 5-2 win over Niagara on Jan. 27, 2023 at LECOM Harborcenter.
Ken Morey
2
Niagara NIA 12-11-2, 6-9-2
5
Winner Canisius CAN 8-12-3, 6-6-3
Niagara NIA
12-11-2, 6-9-2
2
Final
5
Canisius CAN
8-12-3, 6-6-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
Niagara NIA 1 0 1 2
Canisius CAN 1 1 3 5

Game Recap: Ice Hockey |

DiGrande, McDermott Pace Hockey in Victory Versus Niagara

Senior Daniel DiGrande and sophomore Alton McDermott tallied two goals each to lead Canisius to a 5-2 victory over Niagara in Atlantic Hockey Association action Friday at LECOM Harborcenter in downtown Buffalo.
 
Junior Randy Hernandez accounted for the fifth goal for the Golden Griffins (8-12-3, 6-6-3 AHA), who extended their unbeaten streak to four games with Friday's victory (3-0-1). Senior goaltender Jacob Barczewski recorded 37 saves between the pipes for Canisius to earn his seventh victory of the season.   
 
Carter Randklev scored both goals for the Purple Eagles (12-11-3, 6-9-2 AHA) while Chad Veltri made 20 saves in goal for the visitors.
 
McDermott staked the Griffs to a 1-0 lead less than four minutes into the contest, wiring a wrist shot past the glove of Veltri that rang off both posts before settling into the cage to give Canisius the early advantage. Randklev brought Niagara level a little more than four minutes later, firing a wrist shot over the right pad of Barczewski while on the rush to tie the game at 1-1.
 
DiGrande restored Canisius' lead at the 2:13 mark of the second period when he put graduate student Erik Urbank's centering feed under the glove of Veltri to make a 2-1 contest. The Griffs would maintain their one-goal lead until midway through the third period, when the teams combined for four goals during a frantic 1:58 span.
 
DiGrande began the sequence with a power-play goal at the 10:57 mark of the third, beating Veltri with a wrist shot to the blocker side for his ninth goal of the campaign. Randklev responded for the Purple Eagles just 61 seconds later, chipping a pass from Glebs Prohorenkov over the glove of Barczewski from close range to pull Niagara back within one.
 
Canisius put the game out of reach moments later, however, striking twice in a 33-second span to build a three-goal cushion.
 
Hernandez made it a 4-2 game only 24 seconds after Randklev's second of the contest, putting home a cross-ice feed from graduate student Nick Bowman for his fourth of the season. McDermott capped the barrage with his second of the game at the 12:55 mark of the frame, redirecting senior Markus Boguslavsky's pass into the Niagara goal for his sixth goal of the season.
  Canisius Post Game Comments Game Notes
• Friday's game served as the 66th meeting between Canisius and Niagara. The Griffs moved to 31-29-6 all time versus their "Battle of the Bridge" rival with Friday's victory.
• Niagara held a 39-25 shot advantage over Canisius in the contest, highlighted by a 15-6 edge during the second period.
• Canisius was 1-for-3 on the power play while Niagara was 0-for-5 with the man advantage. The Griffs killed off a pair of 5-on-3 situations during the contest.
• Canisius tallied five goals in a game for the third time in four contests as they moved to 5-2-0 when scoring four or more goals in a game this season.
• The Griffs held their opponent to two goals or fewer for the third straight contest as they improved to 6-2-3 this season when limiting their opponent to two goals or fewer.
• McDermott tallied multiple goals in a game for the first time in his career with his two-goal effort on Friday. McDermott has now scored four goals in the last four games for Canisius.
• Boguslavsky tallied two assists as he finished with two points in a game for the second time this season.
•DiGrande tallied multiple goals in a game for the second time this season with his two-goal effort on Friday.
• Barczewski made 30 or more saves for the second straight game and sixth time this season with his 37-save effort on Friday.
• Hernandez picked up 11th point in eight career games against Niagara with his third-period tally on Friday (3g, 8a).  
 
Up Next
The teams complete their weekend series Saturday with a 7 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 the LECOM Harborcenter ticket kiosk.
 
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