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Canisius forward Rhys Chiddenton celebrates after scoring a goal against St. Lawrence at LECOM Harborcenter on Oct. 5, 2025
Anthony Militello
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St. Lawrence SLU 0-2-0
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Winner Canisius CAN 2-0-0
St. Lawrence SLU
0-2-0
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Final
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Canisius CAN
2-0-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
St. Lawrence SLU 0 1 1 2
Canisius CAN 1 1 2 4

Game Recap: Ice Hockey |

Hockey Skates Past St. Lawrence Sunday

Graduate goaltender Chase Clark recorded 34 saves to propel Canisius to a 4-2 victory over St. Lawrence in collegiate men's ice hockey action Sunday at LECOM Harborcenter in downtown Buffalo.
 
Seniors Stefano Bottini and Grant Porter and juniors Rhys Chiddenton and Trey Funk accounted for the four goals for the Golden Griffins (2-0-0), who opened a season at 2-0-0 for the first time since the 1998-99 campaign.
 
Sam LeDrew and Tyler Cristall notched the two goals for the visiting Saints (0-2-0). Colin Winn finished with 31 saves in his collegiate debut.
 
Chiddenton opened the scoring at the 6:19 mark of the first period, beating Winn with a wrist shot under the glove while on the rush for his first goal in a Canisius uniform. Bottini doubled the Griffs advantage less than four minutes into the second period as he snuck a shot past Winn from below the left face-off circle to make it a 2-0 contest. LeDrew cut the Canisius advantage in half at the 12:40 mark of the middle frame, beating Clark to the left side from the middle of the slot for his first collegiate tally.
 
Funk restored the Griffs two-goal cushion with a power-play marker just before the nine-minute mark of the third, finishing off a tic-tac-toe passing sequence with a shot under the blocker of Winn to make it a 3-1 contest. The teams traded goals in the final two minutes of regulation. Porter notched his second empty-net goal of the weekend with 1:08 remaining to extend the Canisius lead to 4-1 while Cristall beat Clark on the rush with 10 seconds to play to determine the final margin.
 
POSTGAME COMMENTS
  GAME NOTES
• Sunday's game served as the seventh meeting between the two programs. The Griffs are now 2-3-2 against the Saints following Sunday's victory.
• Canisius improved to 72-12-3 under head coach Trevor Large when scoring four-or-more goals in a game.
• The Griffs also moved to 86-38-12 under Large when scoring the first goal of the game.
• Freshman Brice Cooke recorded his first collegiate point with the lone assist on Chiddenton's first-period goal.
• Freshman Carter Anderson posted his first collegiate point with the secondary helper on Funk's third-period marker.
• Funk scored the fifth power-play goal of his career and notched the first game-winning goal of his collegiate career with his third-period tally.
• Porter tallied goals in consecutive games for the second time in his career.
• Senior Hunter Andrew tallied points in consecutive games for the first time in his collegiate career as he recorded the lone assist on Bottini's second-period goal.
 
UP NEXT
Canisius completes their season-opening homestand next weekend as it hosts LIU in a non-conference series.
 
Both games of the Oct. 10-11 series between the Griffs and Sharks are scheduled for 7 p.m. starts at LECOM Harborcenter.
 
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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