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Canisius defenseman Robert Kincaid is shown in game action versus Sacred Heart at LECOM Harborcenter on Dec. 7, 2024
Lindy Feider
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Sacred Heart SHU 9-7-3, 8-5-2
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Canisius CAN 5-9-2, 5-3-2
Sacred Heart SHU
9-7-3, 8-5-2
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Final
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Canisius CAN
5-9-2, 5-3-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 OT 1 OT 2 F
Sacred Heart SHU 1 2 0 0 0 3
Canisius CAN 1 1 1 0 0 3

Game Recap: Ice Hockey |

Hockey Rallies to Post Tie Against Sacred Heart

Junior defenseman Robert Kincaid recorded a goal and an assist to guide Canisius in a 3-3 tie against Sacred Heart in Atlantic Hockey America action Saturday at LECOM Harborcenter in downtown Buffalo.
 
Junior Oliver Tarr and sophomore Matteo Giampa also scored for the Golden Griffins (5-9-2, 5-3-2 AHA). Freshman Petter Wickström Stumer made 27 saves in goal for Canisius in his second career start.
 
Luke Amell, Cole Galata and Jake Hewitt all scored for the Pioneers (9-7-2, 8-5-1 AHA), who picked up the extra point by winning the best-of-three shootout, 3-2. Cullen DeYoung finished with 29 saves in goal for the visitors.
 
The teams traded tallies during a 53-second span late in the first period to open the scoring. Tarr began the sequence at the 17:35 mark of the opening frame, sliding the puck past DeYoung while on the rush for his fourth of the campaign.
  Amell answered back for SHU moments later when his centering feed deflected off a Canisius player and into the cage for his first collegiate marker.
 
Galata staked the Pioneers to a 2-1 lead less than four minutes into the second period as he beat Wickström Stumer with a shot over the glove from close range after Joughlin created a turnover deep in the Griffs zone.
 
Hewitt pushed the SHU advantage to two just before the eight-minute mark of the second, wiring a wrist shot over the glove of Wickström Stumer from the top of the left face-off circle after the Pioneers won the offensive zone faceoff.
 
Kincaid pulled Canisius within one with a shorthanded tally at the 11:29 mark of the second, snapping a wrist shot under the glove of DeYoung while on the rush to make it a 3-2 contest heading into the third. Giampa brought the Griffs level just before the midway point of the third period when he deposited a rebound off the pads of DeYoung into the Pioneer goal to knot the score at 3-3. The game headed into overtime and after neither team was able to score during the 3-on-3 overtime session, moved to a shootout. Both teams converted on their first two shootout attempts before Felix Trudeau scored in the third round after the Griffs were unsuccessful on their third attempt, giving the Pioneers the extra point in the standings.  
 
POSTGAME COMMENTS GAME NOTES
• Canisius outshot Sacred Heart by a 32-30 margin for the contest with a slim 19-17 edge over the final two periods regulation after both teams put 11 shots on goal in the opening frame.
• Canisius scored the first goal of the game for the seventh time this season and moved to 4-1-2 when doing so.
• Both teams were 0-for-3 on the power play for the contest. There were a total of three too many men on the ice calls in the game.
• Kincaid tallied multiple points in a game for the first time in his career with his two-point performance on Saturday. The points were also the first two of the season for the junior defenseman.
• The tally by Kincaid was the Griffs' third shorthanded marker of the season.
• Giampa notched his team-leading sixth goal of the season with his third-period tally.
• Tarr and freshman Dominic Payne both recorded the first shootout goals of their respective careers.
 
UP NEXT
Canisius closes out the fall semester Dec. 14-15 with a two-game Atlantic Hockey America series against Robert Morris at LECOM Harborcenter.
 
Game one between the Griffs and Colonials is scheduled for a 1 p.m. start while the finale is slated for a 4 p.m. puck drop.
 
Tickets for the game are still available. They can be purchased by visiting the tickets page on GoGriffs.com, calling 716-888-TIXX or by visiting the ticket kiosk at LECOM Harborcenter on gameday.
 
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