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Canisius goaltender Petter Wickstrom Stumer plays the puck while Mercyhurst's Riley Fitzgerald looks on during game action at the Mercyhurst Ice Center on Nov. 23, 2024
Lindy Feider
3
Canisius CAN 4-8-1, 4-2-1
3
Mercyhurst MER 2-13-1, 2-9-1
Canisius CAN
4-8-1, 4-2-1
3
Final
3
Mercyhurst MER
2-13-1, 2-9-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 OT 1 OT 2 F
Canisius CAN 2 1 0 0 0 3
Mercyhurst MER 0 2 1 0 0 3

Game Recap: Ice Hockey |

Hockey Plays to 3-3 Draw at Mercyhurst

Canisius used goals from three different players to record a 3-3 tie versus Mercyhurst in Atlantic Hockey America action Saturday at the Mercyhurst Ice Center in Erie, Pa.
 
Sophomores Matteo Giampa, Trey Funk and Jackson Nieuwendyk scored the three Golden Griffins (4-8-1, 4-2-1 AHA) goals. Freshman Petter Wickström Stumer made 17 saves between the pipes for Canisius.
 
Tyler DesRochers, Tyler Nasca and Dustin Geregach all found the back of the net for the Lakers (2-13-1, 2-9-1 AHA), who picked up the extra point as it won the best-of-three shootout, 2-0. Carter McPhail finished with 31 saves in goal for Mercyhurst.
 
Giampa opened the scoring just 5:56 into the contest, burying a rebound from the bottom of the left face-off circle for his second goal of the weekend.
 
Funk doubled the Canisius cushion with a power-play goal at the 16:33 mark of the first, sliding home a rebound from the end boards after junior Oliver Tarr's initial attempt went wide.
 
DesRochers got Mercyhurst on the board less than two minutes into the second period when his slap shot from the left point found its way through traffic and past the glove of Wickström Stumer for his third of the campaign.
 
Nieuwendyk restored the Griffs' two-goal lead at the 6:46 mark of the second period with a shorthanded tally, converting on a breakaway opportunity to put Canisius up, 3-1.
 
Nasca pulled the Lakers within one for a second time in the middle frame, firing a shot past the glove of Wickström Stumer from the slot to trim the Griffs advantage to 3-2 heading into the third.
 
Geregach brought Mercyhurst level with less than four minutes to play in the third, wiring a wrist shot past the blocker of Wickström Stumer while on the rush to knot the score at 3-3.
 
After neither team was able to find the back of the net during the 3-on-3 overtime session, the game went to a shootout. Mercyhurst converted on each of its first two opportunities in the shootout while Canisius was unsuccessful in both of its tries, giving the Lakers the extra point.
 
POSTGAME COMMENTS GAME NOTES
• Canisius outshot Mercyhurst by a 34-22 margin for the contest, highlighted by a 15-6 advantage in third period.
• Canisius was 1-for-2 on the power play while Mercyhurst was 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
• Giampa notched his team-leading fifth goal of the season with his first-period tally. He has recorded points in each of the Griffs last three games.
• Niewendyk's shorthanded goal was the second of his career and the second of the season for Canisius. Nieuwendyk also recorded his first point of the season with the shorthanded tally.
• Funk picked up his second power-play goal of the season with his goal in the first period.
• Graduate defenseman Luke Farthing notched his first point of the season with the lone assist on Giampa's first-period goal.
 
UP NEXT
Canisius closes out its five-game road swing Dec. 3 with an Atlantic Hockey America contest at RIT.
 
Puck drop for the contest between the Griffs and Tigers is slated for 7 p.m. at the Gene Polisseni Center in Rochester, N.Y.
 
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