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Canisius forward Grant Porter skates with the puck during game action versus RIT at LECOM Harborcenter on Jan. 11, 2025
Lindy Feider
2
RIT RIT 4-17-1, 3-10-1
5
Winner Canisius CAN 7-11-2, 7-5-2
RIT RIT
4-17-1, 3-10-1
2
Final
5
Canisius CAN
7-11-2, 7-5-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
RIT RIT 0 1 1 2
Canisius CAN 1 1 3 5

Game Recap: Ice Hockey |

Strong Third Period Lifts Hockey to Sweep of RIT

Canisius scored three times in the third period pull away and record a 5-2 victory over RIT in Atlantic Hockey America action Saturday at LECOM Harborcenter in downtown Buffalo.
 
Senior Alton McDermott started the third-period barrage with the eventual game-winning goal and added a pair of assists for the Golden Griffins (7-11-2, 7-5-2 AHA), who completed a sweep of the season series against their longtime rivals with Saturday's victory.
 
Juniors Grant Porter, Killian Kiecker-Olson and Oliver Tarr and freshman Carter Patterson also scored for Canisius while graduate defenseman Jackson Decker tallied a pair of assists. Sophomore netminder Ethan Robertson recorded 20 saves in goal to post his sixth victory of the season.
 
Xavier Lapointe and Matthew Wilde accounted for the two goals for the Tigers (4-17-1, 3-10-1 AHA). Ethan David finished with 20 saves between the pipes for RIT.
 
Porter opened the scoring just 3:30 into the contest when his shot from the left face-off circle hit a RIT defender and bounced into the Tigers cage for his fifth goal of the campaign. Kiecker-Olson doubled the Griffs advantage less than five minutes into the second period when he redirected Decker's shot past David to make it a 2-0 contest. Lapointe got RIT on the board at the 15:10 mark of middle frame with a power play tally, firing a loose puck between the legs of Robertson from the middle of the slot to trim the deficit to 2-1.
 
McDermott restored the Griffs two-goal advantage with a power-play goal moments before the five-minute mark of the third, firing a wrist shot past David's blocker for his fifth goal of the season. Tarr provided an insurance marker with less than five minutes to play in regulation, racing into the RIT zone before flipping a backhand over the left shoulder of David to increase the Canisius margin to 4-1. An empty-net tally from Patterson at the 17:14 mark of the third pushed the Griffs margin to 5-1 before a power-play goal from Wilde in the final minute of regulation determined the final three-goal margin. POSTGAME COMMENTS GAME NOTES
• Canisius out-shot RIT by a 25-24 margin for the contest, highlighted by a 9-6 edge in the third period.
• The Griffs were 3-for-5 on the power play while the Tigers were 2-for-5 with the man advantage.
• Canisius improved to 6-1-2 this season when scoring the first goal of the contest.
• The Griffs also moved to 6-0-0 this season when tallying five-or-more goals in a game.
• Canisius improved to 6-0-1 in 2024-25 when leading the game after 40 minutes.
• McDermott tallied multiple points in a game for the second time this season and the fourth time in his career with his two-point performance on Saturday. McDermott also scored his third game-winning goal of the season on Saturday, all of which have come against RIT.
• With his two assists on Saturday, Decker surpassed the 50-assist plateau for his career, becoming just the sixth defenseman in the Division I era of the program to accomplish the feat.
• Decker dished out multiple assists in a game for the first time this season the eighth time in his career with his two-assist performance on Saturday.
• Tarr's third-period goal was his seventh of the season, moving him into the team lead in that category.
• Patterson is the second Canisius freshman to score a goal this season, joining fellow rookie blueliner Dominic Payne.
• Sophomore Matteo Giampa picked up his team-leading 15th assist with the lone helper on Porter's opening goal.
 
UP NEXT
Canisius opens a seven-game road swing Tuesday with an Atlantic Hockey America contest at Robert Morris.
 
Puck drop for the midweek contest between the Griffs and Colonials is slated for 7 p.m. at Clearview Arena in Moon Township, Pa
 
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