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Canisius goaltender Petter Wickstrom Stumer is shown during game action versus RIT at LECOM Harborcenter on Dec. 6, 2025
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4
Winner Canisius CU 9-9-2
3
Lindenwood LU 9-9-0
Winner
Canisius CU
9-9-2
4
Final
3
Lindenwood LU
9-9-0
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
Canisius CU 2 1 1 4
Lindenwood LU 1 0 2 3

Game Recap: Ice Hockey |

Wickström Stumer Sets Saves Record in Victory at Lindenwood

Sophomore goaltender Petter Wickström Stumer posted a school and Atlantic Hockey America record 72 saves to help guide Canisius to a 4-3 victory over Lindenwood in collegiate men's ice hockey action Saturday at the Centene Community Ice Center in Maryland Heights, Mo.
 
Graduate student Alton McDermott and junior Rhys Chiddenton tallied two goals each for the Golden Griffins (9-9-2), who earned a split of the weekend non-conference series with Saturday's victory. Senior Oliver Tarr dished out a career-best three assists in as he played in his 100th career contest.  
 
Oliver Houde, Drew Kuzma and Giovanni Morneau accounted for the three goals for the Lions (9-9-0), who held a 75-26 shot advantage for the contest. Liam Beerman finished with 22 saves between the pipes for the home team.  
 
McDermott opened the scoring less than three minutes into the contest when he tapped home a rebound off the end boards on a point shot from sophomore Carter Patterson for his first goal of the season. Chiddenton doubled the Canisius advantage moments before the 13-minute mark of the opening frame when he deposited senior Oliver Tarr's backdoor feed past a sprawling Beerman to make it a 2-0 contest. Houde got Lindenwood on the board with a power-play goal in the final minute of the first, beating Wickström Stumer with a rebound to trim the Canisius advantage to one.
 
Chiddenton restored the Griffs two-goal cushion at the 2:22 mark of the second period with his second goal of the contest, pushing home a loose puck after his initial attempt from close range was turned aside by Beerman. McDermott notched his second of the game at the 6:39 mark of the third, beating Beerman to the glove side from the right face-off circle. Lindenwood scored twice in a 31-second span to pull within one. Kuzma began the sequence at the 11:31 mark of the third, beating Wickström Stumer to the blocker side while on the rush before Morneau struck on the next shift when he put home a centering feed from Nolan Seed to trim the deficit to 4-3.
 
The Lions pushed for the equalizer, but Wickström Stumer and the Canisius defense kept them off the board the rest of the way to secure the one-goal victory.
 
HEAD COACH TREVOR LARGE'S POSTGAME COMMENTS GAME NOTES
• Wickström Stumer's 72 saves shattered the previous school mark of 61, held by Andrew Loewen and Daniel Urbani.
• Wickström Stumer's performance also marked the most saves in a game by a Division I goaltender since the 2024-15 season.
• Lindenwood was 1-for-6 on the power play while Canisius was 0-for-1 with the man advantage.
• Canisius played its third one-goal game of the season and moved to 2-1 in those contests.
• The Griffs also moved to a perfect 6-0-0 in 2025-26 when scoring four-or-more goals in a game.
• Chiddenton tallied multiple goals in a game for the first time in his career with his two-goal performance on Saturday. The effort also marked the second time this season and fifth time in his career he has recorded multiple points in a game.
• Tarr dished out multiple assists in a game for the second time his career with his three-assist effort on Saturday. He also finished with multiple points in a game for the second time this season and sixth time in his career.
• Sophomore Ryan Gillespie picked up his first collegiate point with the secondary assist on McDermott's first-period goal.
• McDermott notched his first goal of the season after returning to the lineup following an 18-game absence due to injury.
 
UP NEXT
Canisius returns its focus to Atlantic Hockey America play Jan. 16 as it opens a home-and-home series against longtime rival RIT with a 7 p.m. contest 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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