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Canisius forward Hunter Andrew is shown shooting the puck during game action against Robert Morris at LECOM Harborcneter on Dec. 14, 2024
Lucas Dembski
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Canisius CAN 7-13-2
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Winner Penn State PSU 10-10-2
Canisius CAN
7-13-2
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Final
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Penn State PSU
10-10-2
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
Canisius CAN 0 1 1 2
Penn State PSU 3 0 0 3

Game Recap: Ice Hockey |

Hockey Battles to Final Whistle in Setback at Penn State

Penn State scored three times in the first period and held off a late Canisius rally to post a 3-2 victory in collegiate men's ice hockey action Saturday at the Pegula Ice Arena in University Park, Pa.
 
Keaton Peters, Ben Schoen and Matt DiMarsico all found the back of the net during the opening-period salvo for the Nittany Lions (10-10-2), who completed a sweep of the non-conference series with Saturday's victory. Arsenii Sergeev got the start between the pipes for PSU and finished with 28 saves.
 
Junior Hunter Andrew and graduate student Alec Cicero accounted for the two goals for the Golden Griffins (7-13-2). Freshman Petter Wickström Stumer made a career-high 43 stops in goal for Canisius.

Peters opened the scoring just 6:03 into the contest, putting a wrist shot under the left arm of Wickström Stumer to give PSU the early lead.
 
Schoen increased the Nittany Lions advantage to 2-0 with a power-play tally just before the midway point of the frame, putting a loose puck into the Canisius cage during a goalmouth scramble for his fourth goal of the campaign.
 
DiMarsico capped the first-period barrage at the 13:57 mark, redirecting Wiebusch's centering feed past the blocker of Wickström Stumer while on the rush to increase the PSU cushion to 3-0.
 
Andrew got the Griffs on the board with the only goal of the second period, burying senior Alton McDermott's feed under the blocker of Sergeev from the middle of the slot to trim the Canisius deficit to 3-1.
 
Cicero got the Griffs within one with under three minutes to play in the third, stuffing home a loose puck for his third of the season to make it a one-goal game.
 
Canisius pushed for the equalizer, pulling the goaltender for the extra attacker moments after Cicero's tally, but it was unable to pull even before the final buzzer, allowing the Nittany Lions escape with the one-goal victory.  
 
POSTGAME COMMENTS GAME NOTES
• Penn State outshot Canisius by a 46-30 margin for the contest, highlighted by a 24-6 advantage in the first period. The Griffs held a 24-22 edge during the final two periods.
• Canisius was 0-for-3 on the power play while Penn State was 1-for-2 with the man advantage.  
• Canisius played its third one-goal game of the season and moved to 1-2 in those contests with Saturday's setback.
• Andrew's tally was his second of the season and the third of his collegiate career.
• Wickström Stumer posted 40-or-more saves in a game for the second time this season with his career-high 43 saves. Both of his 40-save performances have come against schools from the Big Ten (42 vs Michigan State on Oct. 25).
• Graduate student Luke Farthing picked up his second assist of the season with his second helper on Andrew's second-period tally.
• McDermott's assist was his third of the season and the third in as many contests for the senior forward.
• Graduate student Cole Kodsi recorded his fourth assist of the campaign with the lone helper on Cicero's third-period goal.
 
UP NEXT
Canisius continues its seven-game road swing Tuesday at it travels to Robert Morris for an Atlantic Hockey America contest.
 
Puck drop for the matchup between the Griffs and Colonials is scheduled for 7 p.m. at Clearview Arena in Moon Township, Pa.
 
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