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Canisius forward Kyle Haskins is shown skating during game action versus RPI at LECOM Harborcenter on Oct. 11, 2024
Lindy Feider
6
Winner Rensselaer RPI 2-0-0
3
Canisius CAN 0-3-0
Winner
Rensselaer RPI
2-0-0
6
Final
3
Canisius CAN
0-3-0
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
Rensselaer RPI 1 3 2 6
Canisius CAN 1 1 1 3

Game Recap: Ice Hockey |

Hockey Falls to RPI in Home Opener

RPI used goals from six different players to defeat Canisius, 6-3, in collegiate men's ice hockey action Friday at LECOM Harborcenter in downtown Buffalo.
 
Jack Angew, Tyler Hotson, Elliot McDermott, John Beaton Rainers Rullers and Jagger Tapper all scored for the Engineers (1-0-0). McDermott and Tapper also recorded assists to finish with two-point nights.
 
Graduate students Kyle Haskins and Alec Cicero and junior Grant Porter accounted for the three goals for the Golden Griffins (0-3-0). Junior Oliver Tarr and sophomore Jack Budd finished with two assists each.
 
Agnew opened the scoring just past the midway point of the first period when his slapshot from the right point found its way past Canisius goaltender Ethan Robertson.
 
Haskins tied the game at 1-1 less than five minutes later, deflecting Tarr's point shot past Engineers netminder Jack Watson for his first of the campaign. Cicero gave Canisius its only lead of the game 1:40 into the second period, putting home Tarr's cross-ice feed to stake the Griffs to a 2-1 advantage.   RPI retook the lead during the middle stages of the second as it scored twice in a 17-second span. Hotson tied the game with a 4-on-3 power-play goal at the 9:46 mark of the second before Elliott McDermott put the Engineers back in front on the next shift, beating Robertson to the blocker side from the middle of the slot for his first of the season.
 
Beaton doubled the RPI advantage in the final five minutes of the second, scoring on the rush to make it a 4-2 contest heading into the third.
 
Rullers expanded the Engineers cushion to three just before the midway point of the third, finishing off an odd-mash rush for his first collegiate tally.
 
The teams traded goals in the final minute. Tapper notched an empty-net goal for RPI while Porter countered with a power-play tally to determine the final three-goal margin.   Watson made 28 saves in goal for RPI. Robertson got the start for Canisius and made 12 saves over the first two periods before being replaced by freshman Ben Bonisteel at the start of the third. Bonisteel recorded 11 saves in his collegiate debut.
 
POSTGAME COMMENTS GAME NOTES
• Friday's game served as the eighth meeting between Canisius and RPI. The Engineers improved to 6-2-0 in the series with the victory.
• Canisius outshot RPI by a 31-29 margin for the contest. The Griffs held a 14-6 edge in the first period while the Engineers enjoyed a 23-17 advantage during the last two periods.
• RPI was 1-for-6 on the power play while Canisius was 1-for-4 with the man advantage.
• Tarr recorded multiple assists in a game for the first time in his career as he finished with two assists on Friday.
• Cicero recorded his first goal in a Canisius uniform with his second-period tally.
• Budd extended his season-opening point streak to a career-best three games with his two-assist effort on Friday. His two assists also marked the second time in his career that he has recorded multiple helpers in a game.
• Bonisteel and fellow freshman Hunter Price both made their collegiate debuts on Friday.
 
UP NEXT
The teams complete their weekend series Saturday with a 5 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 by visiting the ticket kiosk at LECOM Harborcenter.
 
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