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Dominic Payne skates the puck up the ice during game action between Canisius and St. Lawrence at Appleton Arena in Canton, N.Y. on Oct. 6, 2024
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Canisius CAN 0-2-0
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Winner St. Lawrence SLU 2-0-0
Canisius CAN
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St. Lawrence SLU
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
Canisius CAN 2 0 0 2
St. Lawrence SLU 0 4 1 5

Game Recap: Ice Hockey |

Second-Period Surge Sends St. Lawrence Past Hockey

St. Lawrence scored four goals in the second period to erase an early deficit and defeat Canisius, 5-2, in collegiate men's ice hockey action Sunday at Appleton Arena in Canton, N.Y.
 
Drake Burgin, Isaac Tremblay, Gunnar Thoreson and Ty Naaykens all scored during the second-period barrage for the Saints (2-0-0) while Burgin added his second of the contest late in the third to close out the scoring. Mason Kucenski made 26 saves between the pipes for SLU to pick up his second win of the young season.
 
Freshman Dominic Payne and junior Oliver Tarr accounted for the two goals for the Golden Griffins (0-2-0). Sophomore Ethan Robertson made his second start of the weekend and finished with 20 stops.
 
Trailing 2-0 at the start of the second period, Burgin got SLU on the board at the 3:44 mark of the middle frame with a power-play goal before Tremblay tied the game just past the midway point of the second when he deposited a rebound into the Canisius goal for his first collegiate tally.
 
Thoreson put the Saints in front less than four minutes after Tremblay's equalizer, beating Robertson with a wrist shot off the rush to give SLU a 3-2 lead.
 
Naaykens closed out the second-period salvo for the Saints, using a Canisius defenseman as a screen to wire a wrist shot past the glove of Robertson while SLU was shorthanded to double the Saints lead to 4-2 heading into the third.  
 
Burgin closed out the scoring with under two minutes to play in the third period, placing a slap shot over left shoulder of Robertson from the left point to determine the three-goal margin of victory.
 
Earlier in the contest, Payne opened the scoring just 3:34 into the first period, beating Kucenski with a wrist shot from the right face-off circle during a Canisius zone entry.
 
Tarr doubled the Griffs advantage in the final minute of the opening frame as he created a turnover in the St. Lawrence zone before placing a shot under the glove of Kucenski for his first goal of the campaign, setting the stage for the Saints second-period surge.
 
POSTGAME COMMENTS GAME NOTES
• Sunday's contest was the sixth meeting between Canisius and St. Lawrence. The Saints lead the all-time series by a 3-1-2 margin following Sunday's victory.
• The game was the first between the two programs that did not take place during the month of January.
• Canisius outshot St. Lawrence by a 28-25 margin for the contest, highlighted by a 14-6 margin in the first period.
• Canisius was 0-for-5 on the power play while St. Lawrence was 1-for-2 with the man advantage.
• Payne is the first freshman and first defenseman to get on the scoreboard for Canisius this season.  
• Budd recorded second assist of the season with the secondary helper on Payne's opening goal.
• Graduate student Alec Cicero picked up his first point in a Canisius uniform with the primary assist on Payne's first collegiate tally. 
 
UP NEXT
Canisius makes its home debut Oct. 11-12 as it entertains in-state rival RPI in a non-conference series at LECOM Harborcenter. The series opener is slated for a 7 p.m. start while the finale is scheduled for a 5 p.m. puck drop. 
 
Tickets for both games are still available. They can be purchased by calling 716-888-TIXX or by visiting the Tickets page on GoGriffs.com.
 
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