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Canisius forward Kash Rasmussen is shown in game action versus Mercyhurst at the Mercyhurst Ice Center in Erie, Pa.
Jarrett Abelson
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Canisius CAN 14-12-2, 9-9-2
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Winner Robert Morris RMU 9-16-3, 9-9-2
Canisius CAN
14-12-2, 9-9-2
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Final
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Robert Morris RMU
9-16-3, 9-9-2
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
Canisius CAN 3 1 0 4
Robert Morris RMU 2 2 2 6

Game Recap: Ice Hockey |

Robert Morris Outlasts Hockey to Complete Sweep

Trent Wilson scored two goals, including the game winner early in the third, to propel Robert Morris to a 6-4 victory over Canisius in Atlantic Hockey America action Saturday at Clearview Arena in Moon Township, Pa.
 
Bruce McDonald tallied a goal and an assist while Dominic Elliott, Connor Gourley and Cameron Garvey chipped in individual tallies for the Colonials (9-16-3, 9-9-2 AHA). Lucas Massie turned aside 35 shots in goal for the home team, who earned a sweep of the weekend series with Saturday's victory.
 
Sophomore Hunter Price scored twice for the Golden Griffins (14-12-2, 9-9-2 AHA). Senior Kash Rasmussen and junior Walter Zacher accounted for the other two Canisius goals. Sophomore Petter Wickström Stumer made 23 saves between the pipes for the Griffs as he made his fourth straight start.
 
Wilson scored the game-winning goal just 41 seconds into the third period, breaking a 4-4 tie when he collected a bouncing puck off the end boards during 4-on-4 play and beat Wickström Stumer for the go-ahead goal.
 
The Colonials kept the Griffs from getting any closer, putting the game away in the final minute of regulation as Garvey recorded an empty-net tally to secure the two-goal victory.
 
Earlier in the contest, Hunter Price scored twice for the Golden Griffins (14-12-2, 9-9-2 AHA). Senior Kash Rasmussen and junior Walter Zacher accounted for the other two Canisius tallies. Sophomore Petter Wickström Stumer finished with 23 saves between the pipes for the visitors.
 
Price struck twice in the opening 12 minutes of the contest to give the Griffs an early 2-0 lead. He found the back of the net on the opening shift of the game when he batted home his own rebound while falling during a rush opportunity just 23 seconds into the contest before getting his second with 11:26 elapsed in the frame when his knocked home a loose puck after his pass was knocked down by an RMU defender. The Colonials answered back, scoring twice in a little more than a minute span to knot the score at 2-2. Gourley got RMU on the board with 16:24 gone in the frame with a wrist shot over the glove of Wickström Stumer before Elliott tied the game just 68 seconds later when his shot from the right point beat Wickström Stumer to the blocker side.
 
Zacher capped the first period barrage just 19 seconds after Elliott's equalizer, working his way into the RMU zone before placing a wrist shot under the right arm of Massie to restore the Canisius advantage, 3-2.   Wilson brought the Colonials level just past the six-minute mark of the second, wiring a wrist shot over the right shoulder of Wickström Stumer before McDonald gave RMU its first lead of the contest with 16:07 played in the middle frame as he finished off a 3-on-2 rush by beating a diving Wickström Stumer for his fourth goal of the season.
 
Rasmussen responded for the Griffs just 65 seconds after McDonald's go-ahead goal, jamming home a rebound to send the game to the third period tied at 4-4. POSTGAME COMMENTS


GAME NOTES
• Canisius outshot Robert Morris by a 39-29 margin, highlighted by a 17-6 edge in the second period.
• Neither team scored on the power play as the Griffs were 0-for-1 while the Colonials were 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
• Canisius suffered its first loss of the season when scoring four-or-more goals in a game with Saturday's setback (11-1-0).
• Wickström Stumer stopped a penalty shot from Robert Morris' Bruce McDonald in the second period. It represented the first penalty shot attempt by a Canisius opponent since RIT's Tanner Andrew missed an attempt on Feb. 24, 2024.
• Price scored multiple goals in a game for the first time in his career with his two-goal effort on Saturday. He also notched multiple points in a game for the second time this season (Jan. 23 at Mercyhurst)
• Freshman Carter Anderson posted multiple assists in a game for the first time in his career with his two-assist effort on Saturday. It also marked the second time this season he has notched two-or-more points in a game (Nov. 21 vs Mercyhurst)
• Zacher notched his 15th goal of the season with his first period tally, matching his career high for goals set last season while at Robert Morris
 
UP NEXT
Canisius returns home Feb. 13-14 to host Holy Cross for a two-game Atlantic Hockey America series at LECOM Harborcenter in downtown Buffalo.
 
Game one of the series between the Griffs and Crusaders is slated for 7 p.m. while the finale is scheduled for a 4 p.m. start on Saturday.
 
Tickets for both games 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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