Box Score Sacred Heart received two goals from Jake Bongo and a 34-save effort from Jack Spicer to record a 5-2 victory over Canisius in Atlantic Hockey America action Saturday at Martire Family Arena in Fairfield, Conn.
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Cole Galata, Vitaly Levyy, Mirko Buttazzoni, Jake Bongo and Gavin Bryant all recorded goals for the Pioneers (6-4-1, 3-1-0 AHA). Spicer limited the opponent to two goals for the third straight contest to earn the victory between the pipes.
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Sophomores FJ Buteau and L-P Fontaine scored the two goals for the Golden Griffins (3-6-1, 0-2-0 AHA). Freshman Jack Lisson got the start and made 16 saves before being replaced in the third by sophomore Kolby Hay, who finished with three stops.
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Galata opened the scoring with a power-play goal less than seven minutes into the contest, sliding a shot underneath the pads of Lisson from the top of the slot. Â
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Levyy doubled the Pioneers advantage just before the midway point of the contest, firing a shot from the middle of the slot that rang off the right post and into the Canisius net from the middle of the slot to make it a 2-0 lead.
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The teams combined for three goals in the opening four plus minutes of the third as Buttazzoni made it a 3-0 game just 76 seconds into the final frame when his shot from the right side bounced off a Canisius defender and into the goal.
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Buteau got the Griffs on the board a little less than a minute last when his shot from the point found way through traffic and past the glove of Spicer to make it a 3-1 game.
Bongo capped the third-period barrage with 4:11 elapsed in the third when he put home a rebound to restore Sacred Heart's three-goal cushion.
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Fontaine made it a two-goal game with less than four minutes to play when he jammed home a loose puck from the top of the goal crease for his third goal of the season.
Bongo closed out the scoring with an empty-net goal with 18 seconds to play to determine the three-goal margin of victory. Â
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HEAD COACH TREVOR LARGE'S POSTGAME COMMENTS
GAME NOTES
• Canisius outshot Sacred Heart by a 36-24 margin for the contest, highlighted by a 16-6 advantage in the third period.
• The Pioneers were 1-for-4 on the power play while the Griffs were 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
• Canisius was held to two goals or fewer for the fifth straight game and sixth time this season and moved to 0-6-0 when that occurs.
• Fontaine tallied multiple points in a game for the first time this season and the fifth time in his career with his two-point performance on Saturday.
• Fontaine's third-period tally was his third of the season, moving him into a three-way tie for the team lead in that category.
• Wolthers dished out multiple assists in a game for the second time this season and third time in his career as he finished Saturday's game with a pair of helpers.
• Henneberry extended his point-scoring streak to three games with an assist on Fontaine's third-period tally.
• Buteau's third-period goal extended his team-leading point total to eight (2g-6a).
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UP NEXT
Canisius continues its 10-game road swing Nov. 14 when it travels to longtime foe RIT for an Atlantic Hockey America contest.
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Puck drop for the matchup between the Griffs and Tigers is slated for 5 p.m. at the Gene Polisseni Center in Rochester, N.Y.
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