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Canisius forward Hunter Price is shown skating with the puck during game action versus Ferris State at LECOM Harborcenter on Oct. 2, 2026
Tom Wolf
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Canisius CAN 3-5-1, 0-1-0
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Winner Sacred Heart SHU 5-4-0, 2-1-0
Canisius CAN
3-5-1, 0-1-0
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Final
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Sacred Heart SHU
5-4-0, 2-1-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
Canisius CAN 0 1 1 2
Sacred Heart SHU 1 2 0 3

Game Recap: Ice Hockey |

Hockey Defeated by Sacred Heart in AHA Opener

Sacred Heart used goals from three different players and a 26-save performance from Jack Spicer to post a 3-2 victory over Canisius in Atlantic Hockey America action Friday at Martire Family Arena in Fairfield, Conn.
 
Michael Rubin, Emmanuel Vermette and Aidan VanRooyan all found the back of the net for the Pioneers (5-4-0, 2-1-0 AHA), providing enough support for Spicer, who surrendered just two power-play goals to earn his second win of the season.  
 
Junior Hunter Price tallied a goal and an assist and senior Noah Quinn accounted for the first goal for the Golden Griffins (3-5-1, 0-1-0 AHA). Sophomore FJ Buteau picked up two assists while freshman goaltender Jack Lisson made 14 saves between the pipes for the visitors.
 
Rubin opened the scoring moments after the 17-minute mark of the first period, beating Lisson with a wrist shot to the glove side during a rush opportunity to give the Pioneers the lead.
 
Vermette doubled the SHU advantage at the 6:07 mark of the middle frame when he snuck a wrist shot past the glove of Lisson from the right face-off circle for his second goal of the season.
 
Quinn got the Griffs on the board just past the midway point of the contest with a power-play goal, placing a one-timer past a sprawling Spicer from the left face-off circle to make it a 2-1 contest. VanRooyan restored the Pioneers two-goal cushion with less than three seconds to play in the middle frame, firing a wrist shot past the blocker of Lisson during a 2-on-1 rush to give the home team a 3-1 advantage.
 
Price brought Canisius within one early in the third on the power play when he placed a backhand past Spicer from the slot during a scramble to trim the Griffs deficit to 3-2. That would be as close as the Griffs would get, as Spicer and the Pioneers held on to secure the one-goal victory.  
 
HEAD COACH TREVOR LARGE'S POSTGAME COMMENTS
GAME NOTES
• Canisius outshot Sacred Heart by a 28-17 margin for the contest, highlighted by a 12-4 advantage in the third period.
• The Griffs were 2-for-3 on the power play while the pioneers were 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
• Canisius tallied multiple power-play goals in a game for the second time this season with its two man-advantage goals on Friday.
• Canisius played its fifth game of the season to be decided by one goal. The Griffs moved to 2-3 on the year in one-goal contests.
• Canisius was held to two goals or fewer for the fourth straight game and fifth time this season as slipped to 0-5-0 in those contests.
• Price tallied multiple points in a game for the second time this season and fourth time in his career with his two-point effort.
• Quinn's power-play goal was his second man-advantage tally of the season, giving him the team lead in that category.
• Buteau's two assists increased his team-leading total to six on the season. It also marked the second time this season and fifth time in his career that Buteau has finished with multiple assists in a game.
• Sophomore Joey Henneberry notched his second assist of the season on Price's second-period goal.
 
UP NEXT
The teams complete their two-game series Saturday with a 6 p.m. contest at Martire Family Arena in Fairfield, Conn.
 
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