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Cody Schiavon celebrates with Keaton Mastrondonato and Max Kouznetsov while Jackson Decker skates in after the Griffs scored during game action at the Mercyhurst Ice Center on Feb. 10, 2023
Lindy Feider
4
Winner Canisius CC 10-14-3, 8-8-3
3
Mercyhurst MU 8-18-3, 7-11-3
Winner
Canisius CC
10-14-3, 8-8-3
4
Final
3
Mercyhurst MU
8-18-3, 7-11-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
Canisius CC 2 1 1 4
Mercyhurst MU 0 0 3 3

Game Recap: Ice Hockey |

McDermott’s Last-Second Goal Lifts Hockey Past Mercyhurst

Sophomore forward Alton McDermott scored with 7.5 seconds remaining in regulation to break a 3-3 tie and lift Canisius to a 4-3 victory over Mercyhurst in Atlantic Hockey Association action Friday at the Mercyhurst Ice Center in Erie, Pa.
 
Seniors Hudson Lambert and Keaton Mastrodonato and freshman Oliver Tarr also scored for the Golden Griffins (10-14-3, 8-8-3 AHA). Senior goaltender Jacob Barczewski made 26 saves in goal for the Blue and Gold to earn his ninth win of the season.
 
Dustin Geregach scored twice and Eric Esposito notched a goal and two assists for the Lakers (8-18-3, 7-11-3 AHA). Tyler Harmon made 17 stops between the pipes for Mercyhurst.
 
Tied in the final seconds of regulation, Canisius created a turnover in the neutral zone that senior Markus Boguslavsky collected at the Mercyhurst blueline and played to a streaking McDermott on the right side, where he collected the pass and took a couple of strides before firing the puck towards the goal. McDermott's initial attempt went wide of the cage, but bounced off the end wall and back out in front, here he collected the rebound and fired the puck that squeaked past Harmon to give the Griffs the one-goal victory.
 
The last-second goal by McDermott capped a wild third period that saw the Lakers score three times in the opening 11:32 of the frame to erase a three-goal deficit.  
 
Esposito got Mercyhurst on the board less than minute into the third, depositing Steven Agriogianis' goalmouth feed to make it a 3-1 contest.
 
Geregach pulled the Lakers level with a pair of tallies a little more than three minutes apart midway through the period. His first goal came at the 8:15 mark of the third when his shot from the right point found its way through traffic and past the glove of Barczewski to make it a 3-2 contest.
 
Geregach struck again to tie the game at 11:32 of the third, finishing off a 2-on-1 rush by flipping the puck over an outstretched Barczewski to knot the score at 3-3, setting the stage for McDermott's late-game heroics.
 
Earlier in the contest, Tarr opened the scoring at the 15:55 mark of the first period with a power-play goal, jamming home a loose puck from just off the left post for his first collegiate tally.
 
Lambert doubled the Griffs advantage to 2-0 less than two minutes after Tarr's opening salvo, firing a wrist shot from the right point that dipped on its way to the cage before finding its way between the legs of Harmon for his first of the campaign.
 
Mastrodonato stretched Canisius' advantage to 3-0 at the 6:08 mark of the second, deflecting junior Cody Schiavon's point shot between the legs of Harmon for his eighth goal of the season.  

Head Coach Trevor Large's Post Game Comments Game Notes
• Friday's contest served as the 105th all-time meeting between Canisius and Mercyhurst. The Griffs moved to 8-5-1 in their last 14 contests against the Lakers with Friday's victory.
• Mercyhurst outshot Canisius by a 29-21 margin for the contest, highlighted by a 19-11 edge over the final two periods.
• Canisius was 1-for-2 on the power play while Mercyhurst was 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
• Canisius improved to 7-0-0 this season when holding a lead after two periods. The Griffs also moved to 7-4-0 in 2022-23 when scoring first.
• Canisius tallied multiple goals in the first period for the fifth time this season and for the first time since notching a pair of tallies in the opening frame on Jan. 20 at Bentley.
• Tarr is the third member of the freshman class to score a goal this season, joining fellow newcomers Hunter Andrew and Stefano Bottini.
• Melaragni tallied his ninth point in the last eight games with the primary helper on Lambert's first period tally (1g, 8a).
• With a goal and an assist on Friday, Mastrodonato has now recorded 15 points (10g, 5a) in 13 career games against the Lakers.
• McDermott's game-winning goal was his second of the season (Nov. 11 vs AIC).
• Schiavon picked up a point with an assist in his first game since Nov. 12 against AIC.
• Graduate student Erik Urbank picked up his fifth point in the last eight games with an assist on Lambert's first-period goal (5a).
 
Up Next
The teams complete their two-game league series Saturday with a 4 p.m. contest at the Mercyhurst Ice Center.
 
For complete coverage of the Canisius hockey team, please follow the Griffs on social media at @GriffsHockey on Twitter and Instagram.
 
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