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Canisius defenseman Jason Gallucci celebrates after scoring his first collegiate goal in game action versus Robert Morris at LECOM Harborcenter on Feb. 21, 2026
Lindy Feider
0
Robert Morris RMU 11-18-3, 11-11-2
7
Winner Canisius CAN 16-14-2, 11-11-2
Robert Morris RMU
11-18-3, 11-11-2
0
Final
7
Canisius CAN
16-14-2, 11-11-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
Robert Morris RMU 0 0 0 0
Canisius CAN 5 0 2 7

Game Recap: Ice Hockey |

First-Period Barrage Sparks Hockey Past Robert Morris

Canisius scored five goals in the first period to cruise to a 7-0 victory over Robert Morris in Atlantic Hockey America action Saturday at LECOM Harborcenter in downtown Buffalo.
 
Sophomore Jason Gallucci, freshman FJ Buteau, senior Robert Kincaid and juniors Trey Funk and Walter Zacher all scored during the opening-period salvo for the Golden Griffins (16-14-2, 11-11-2 AHA). Zacher added a second tally and sophomore Hunter Price notched his seventh goal of the season in the third to close out the scoring.
 
Sophomore goaltender Petter Wickström Stumer has plenty of support but did not need it as he stopped all 26 shots he faced to earn his first collegiate shutout.
 
Gallucci opened the scoring with a power-play goal just 77 seconds into the contest when he beat Colonials (11-18-3, 11-11-2 AHA) starting goaltender Lucas Massie with a shot from the top of the point for his first collegiate tally. Buteau doubled the Griffs advantage to 2-0 before the game was six minutes old when his shot from the left point beat Massie to the blocker side. Kincaid stretched the Canisius cushion to 3-0 moments before the midway point of the opening frame, one-timing a feed from senior Grant Porter over the left shoulder of Massie for his fourth of the campaign. RMU made a goaltender change and put in Croix Kochendorfer in search of a momentum change, but Funk struck just 39 seconds after Kincaid's goal as he jammed home a loose puck to make it a 4-0 contest. Zacher capped the first-period barrage with less than four minutes to play in the first, beating Kochendorfer with a wrist shot to the blocker side from the bottom of the right face-off circle. After a scoreless second, Zacher struck for his second goal of the contest less than two minutes into the third when he redirected sophomore Carter Patterson's shot past the glove of Kochendorfer to make it a 6-0 contest. Price closed out the scoring with 3:50 elapsed in the third, putting home his own rebound to determine the final margin. POSTGAME COMMENTS GAME NOTES
• Canisius outshot Robert Morris by a 33-26 margin for the contest, highlighted by a 15-6 advantage in the first period.
• The Griffs were 1-for-3 on the power play while the Colonials did not have a power play as Canisius was not whistled for a penalty during the contest.
• Canisius scored seven goals in a game for the first time since tallying seven goals in a 7-6 victory at Holy Cross on Oct. 13, 2018.
• The Griffs scored four-or-more goals in a game for the 14th time this season and improved to 13-1-0 when doing so.
• Canisius improved to 12-2-0 this season when leading after 40 minutes.
• The Griffs moved to 13-5-0 in 2025-26 when scoring the first goal of the game.
• Zacher tallied three-or-more points in a game for the third time this season as he finished with two goals and an assist. Zacher noticed multiple goals in a game for the fourth time this season with his two-goal effort on Saturday.
• Senior Grant Porter dished out multiple assists in a game for the fifth time this season with his two-assist effort on Saturday.
• Senior Killian Kiecker-Olson finished with multiple points in a game for the eighth time this season as he dished out two assists on Saturday.
• Senior Oliver Tarr notched multiple assists in a game for the second time this season as he finished with two assists on Saturday.
 
UP NEXT
Canisius closes out the regular season Feb. 27-28 with a home-and-home series against Battle of the Bridge rival Niagara.
 
The series opens at Dwyer Arena in Lewiston before shifting to LECOM Harborcenter for the series finale.
 
The regular-season finale serves as the program's senior night, with the program honoring its senior and graduate student-athletes in a pregame ceremony.
 
Tickets for the regular-season 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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