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Canisius forward Hunter Price and Ferris State's Nathan Leek battle for the puck during game action at LECOM Harborcenter on Oct. 3, 2026
Lindy Feider
5
Ferris St. FER 0-1-1
5
Canisius CAN 1-0-1
Ferris St. FER
0-1-1
5
Final
5
Canisius CAN
1-0-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 OT 1 OT 2 F
Ferris St. FER 0 5 0 0 0 5
Canisius CAN 0 3 2 0 0 5

Game Recap: Ice Hockey |

Hockey Earns Tie, Shootout Win to Finish Ferris State Series

Canisius scored twice in a 53-second span early in the third period to erase a two-goal deficit and earn a 5-5 tie against Ferris State in collegiate men's hockey action Saturday at LECOM Harborcenter.
 
Seniors Walter Zacher and Jimmy Goffredo and sophomore FJ Buteau each finished with a goal and an assist for the Golden Griffins (1-0-1), who won the best-of-three shootout, 2-1.
 
Junior Hunter Price and sophomore L-P Fontaine accounted for the other two tallies for Canisius while senior Ethan Wolthers finished with a pair of helpers.
 
Brian Morse notched a goal and an assist for the Bulldogs (0-1-1). Zach Bade, Justin Stupka, Hudson Darby and Owen Mehlenbacher registered the other four Ferris State goals.
 
Trailing 5-3 at the start of the third period, Price brought the Griffs within one just 2:26 into the final frame when he beat Bulldog netminder Alan Lendak over the left shoulder from the right face-off dot. Buteau tied the game on the next shift, one-timing a feed from sophomore Kyan Haldenby past a sprawling Lendak to knot the score at 5-5. The game went to overtime and after a scoreless 3-on-3 session, proceeded to a shootout.
 
In the shootout, the Griffs scored on both of their opportunities from Fontaine and senior Noah Quinn, while Canisius freshman netminder Jack Lisson stopped two of three shootout attempts from Ferris State to secure the win.
 
Earlier in the contest, the teams played a scoreless first before erupting for a combined eight goals during the second period.
 
Canisius took a 3-1 lead in the opening half of the middle frame as Zacher, Goffredo and Fontaine all scored to give the Griffs the lead. Ferris State responded, rattling off four unanswered goals over an 8:10 stretch, capped by a shorthanded goal from Stupka, to grab a 5-3 lead after 40 minutes and set the scene for the Griffs' response in the third.
 
Sophomore Kolby Hay got the start in goal for Canisius and made 19 saves in the first two periods before being replaced by Lisson, who stopped all nine shots he faced, at the start of the third period.
 
Lundak posted 30 saves between the pipes for Ferris State.
 
POSTGAME COMMENTS

GAME NOTES
• Saturday's game marked the first tie in 10 meetings between the two programs. The Griffs now leads the series, 5-4-1.
• Canisius outshot Ferris State by a 35-32 margin for the contest, highlighted by a 14-6 advantage in the third.
• Neither team converted on the power play as Canisius was 0-for-5 while Ferris State was 0-for-4 with the man advantage.
• Canisius tallied four-or-more goals in a game for the second time in as many contests as it improved to 87-13-4 under head coach Trevor Large when doing so.
• Zacher tallied multiple points in a game for the 18th time in her collegiate career with his two-point performance on Saturday.
• Goffredo posted multiple points in a game for the second straight contest as he also scored in back-to-back games for the first time in his collegiate career.
• Buteau tallied multiple points in a game for the fourth time in his career with his two-point performance.
• Wolthers dished out multiple assists in the game for the second time in his collegiate career and the first time notching a pair of helpers at Bowling Green back on Oct. 14, 2022.
• Freshman Ben Brunelle picked up his first collegiate point with an assist on Zacher's second-period tally.
 
UP NEXT
Canisius opens a 10-game road swing Oct. 9-10 with a non-conference series at LIU.
 
Both games of the series are slated for 7:30 p.m. starts at Northwell Health Ice Center in East Rockwell, N.Y.
 
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