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Canisius forward Killian Kiecker-Olson stands in front of Air Force goaltender Dominik Wasik during game action at LECOM Harborcenter on Nov 29, 2025
Lindy Feider
3
Air Force AIR 8-6-2, 5-4-1
3
Canisius CAN 7-7-2, 3-5-2
Air Force AIR
8-6-2, 5-4-1
3
Final
3
Canisius CAN
7-7-2, 3-5-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 OT 1 OT 2 F
Air Force AIR 1 1 1 0 0 3
Canisius CAN 2 0 1 0 0 3

Game Recap: Ice Hockey |

Hockey Records Tie with Air Force, Posts Shootout Victory

Senior Killian Kiecker-Olson scored twice in regulation and added a goal in the shootout to pace Canisius in a 3-3 tie and shootout victory versus Air Force in Atlantic Hockey America action Saturday at LECOM Harborcenter in downtown Buffalo.
 
Junior Rhys Chiddenton recorded the first goal for the Golden Griffins (7-7-2, 3-5-2 AHA), who picked up the extra point as they won the best-of-three shootout, 2-1. Senior Chase Clark got the start in goal and finished with 20 saves.
 
Chris Hedden notched two goals for the Falcons (8-6-2, 5-4-1 AHA) while Will Dawson registered the first goal for the visitors. Dominik Wasik made 29 stops between the pipes.
 
Dawson opened the scoring just before the six-minute mark of the first with a power-play goal as he beat Clark on a wraparound attempt.
 
Chiddenton brought the Griffs level with 13:30 elapsed in the opening frame when he beat Wasik to the blocker side on the rush for his fourth goal of the season. Kiecker-Olson gave Canisius the lead a little more than three minutes after Chiddenton's equalizer when he scored on a shorthanded breakaway to make it a 2-1 contest. Hedden tied the game with his first of the afternoon moments before the five-minute mark of the second period, firing a wrist through traffic from the point that eluded Clark and knotted the score at 2-2.
 
The teams traded goals late in the third period to force overtime as Kiecker-Olson gave the Griffs a 3-2 lead with an unassisted effort at 16:21 mark of the third before Hedden answered back for Air Force with an extra attacker goal with less than two minutes to play to tie the game at 3-3. After neither team was able to find the back of the net during 3-on-3 overtime, the game headed to a shootout, where Kiecker-Olson and fellow senior Grant Porter both converted their opportunities while Clark stopped two of three attempts from the Falcons to earn the extra point. POSTGAME COMMENTS GAME NOTES
• Canisius outshot Air Force by a 32-23 margin for the contest, highlighted by a combined 13-5 edge in the second period and overtime.
• The Falcons were 2-for-5 on the power play while the Griffs were 0-for-5 with the man advantage.
• The first period power play goal by Air Force snapped a streak of 22 consecutive kills by the Canisius penalty kill unit, dating back to the end of the series opener at Sacred Heart on Nov. 14.
• Canisius won consecutive shootouts for the first time since the shootout format was adopted by the NCAA prior to the start of the 2019-20 campaign. The Griffs improved to 2-0 in shootouts this season with Saturday's victory.  
• Kiecker-Olson notched his first career shorthanded goal as he also scored the first shorthanded goal for the Griffs this season.
• Kiecker-Olson also notched his second consecutive multiple-point performance and his first ever multiple goal game with his two-goal effort on Saturday.
• Porter notched his team-leading ninth assist of the season with the secondary helper on Chiddenton's first-period goal.
• Sophomore Hunter Price extended his point-scoring streak to four games with the primary assist on Chiddenton's first-period goal.
• Senior forward Kash Rasmussen played in his 100th career collegiate contest during Saturday's game.
• With his two saves on three shootout attempts on Saturday, Clark is now a combined 14-of-18 in shootout attempts during against his collegiate career (.780).  
 
UP NEXT
Canisius closes out the fall semester Dec. 5-6 with a home-and-home series against regional rival RIT.
 
The two-game set begins at the Gene Polisseni Center in Rochester before the series shifts to LECOM Harborcenter for the finale. Start time for both games is slated for 7 p.m.
 
Tickets for the series finale 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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