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Canisius forward Matteo Giampa is shown skating with the puck in game action between Canisius and Michigan State at LECOM Harborcenter on Oct. 25, 2024
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Winner Canisius CAN 4-8-0, 4-2-0
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Mercyhurst MER 2-13-0, 2-9-0
Winner
Canisius CAN
4-8-0, 4-2-0
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Final
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Mercyhurst MER
2-13-0, 2-9-0
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
Canisius CAN 0 1 2 3
Mercyhurst MER 1 0 1 2

Game Recap: Ice Hockey |

Giampa’s Final-Minute Goal Lifts Hockey Past Mercyhurst

Sophomore Matteo Giampa scored with 50 seconds to play in the third period to break a 2-2 tie and lift Canisius to a 3-2 victory over Mercyhurst in Atlantic Hockey America action Friday at the Mercyhurst Ice Center in Erie, Pa.
 
Giampa and graduate student Mikey Colella both tallied a goal and an assist while senior Matt Vermaeten notched the opening goal for the Golden Griffins (4-8-0, 4-2-0 AHA). Sophomore Ethan Robertson recorded 30 saves between the pipes for Canisius to earn his fourth victory of the season.
 
Dustin Gergach and Brendan Lamb accounted for the two goals for the Lakers (2-11-0, 2-9-0 AHA). Carter McPhail finished 32 saves in goal for Mercyhurst.
 
With the score tied in the final minute of regulation, Giampa put the Griffs in front for the first time all evening as he redirected freshman Carter Patterson's point shot between the legs of McPhail from the middle of the slot for his fourth goal of the season.
 
Earlier in the contest, Geregach opened the scoring in the final seconds of the first period, beating Robertson to the blocker side for his fifth goal of the season.
 
Vermaeten brought the Griffs level at the 16:55 mark of the second period, jamming home a loose puck during a goalmouth scramble for his third goal of the campaign.
 
Lamb put Mercyhurst back in front less than two minutes into the third period, stuffing a rebound under the left pad of Robertson to give the Lakers a 2-1 lead.
 
Colella tied the game for the second time just before the eight-minute mark of the third when he outraced McPhail to a loose puck in the Mercyhurst zone and slid it into the Lakers cage to knot the score at 2-2, setting the stage for Giampa's late-game heroics.  
 
POSTGAME COMMENTS GAME NOTES
• Canisius outshot Mercyhurst by a 35-32 margin for the contest, highlighted by a 13-6 edge in the second period.
• Both teams were 0-for-1 with the man advantage as there were just two minor penalties called, both in the first period.
• Canisius held its opponent to two goals or less for the fifth straight contest and the seventh time this season. The Griffs improved to 4-3-0 on the season when doing so.
• Colella tallied multiple points in a game for the first time in a Canisius uniform with his two-point effort on Friday.
• Giampa recorded multiple points in a game for the fourth time this season and the 14th time in his career with his two-point performance on Friday.
• Giampa's game-winning goal was the first this season and the third of his career.
• Giampa has recorded 12 points (3g, 9a) in his first five games against the Lakers.
• Robertson picked up the first point of his collegiate career with the secondary assist on Colella's third-period goal.
 
UP NEXT
The two teams complete their two-game series Saturday with a 5 p.m. contest at the Mercyhurst Ice Center.
 
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