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Erik Urbank battles with a Miami (Ohio) player during game action at Steve
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Canisius CAN 0-2-0
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Winner Miami (OH) MIA 3-1-0
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Game Recap: Ice Hockey |

Hockey Defeated by Miami (Ohio) in Series Finale

Miami (Ohio) used goals from four different players to post a 4-1 victory over Canisius in collegiate men's ice hockey action Saturday at the Steve "Coach" Cady Arena in Oxford, Ohio.
 
Ryan Sullivan, Raimonds Vitolins, John Waldron and Matthew Barbolini all scored for the the Redhawks (3-1-0), who out-shot Canisius by a 39-18 margin for the contest.
 
Senior Max Kouznetsov tallied the lone goal for the Golden Griffins (0-2-0), finding the back of the net with a power-play tally in the second period.
 
Sullivan opened the scoring at the 16:05 mark of the first period when he fired a shot from the left point that found its way through traffic and over the right shoulder of Canisius senior netminder David Fessenden.
 
Miami doubled its margin to 2-0 in the dying seconds of the opening frame. Barbolini began the sequence, creating a turnover deep in the Canisius zone and taking the puck behind the net before finding a streaking Vitolins, who rifled a shot under the blocker of Fessenden with just over two seconds showing on the clock.
 
Waldron stretched the Redhawks advantage to 3-0 just before the eight-minute mark of the second period with a power-play tally, sneaking a wrist shot past the right pad of Fessenden from the top of the slot
 
Kouznetsov got Canisius on the board with 8:28 elapsed in the second period with a power-play tally, beating Miami goaltender Logan Neaton with a shot to the glove side from the bottom of the right faceoff circle while the Griffs were on the power play to trim the deficit to 3-1.
 
Barbolini put the game out of reach with just under five minutes remaining in the third period when his shot on the rush ricochet off the end boards and bounced off of Fessenden's skate and into the Canisius goal, giving the home team a three-goal edge.
 
Nelson finished the contest with 17 saves while Fessenden turned aside 35 shots between the pipes for the Golden Griffins.
 
HEAD COACH TREVOR LARGE'S POSTGAME COMMENTS GAME NOTES
• Miami was 1-for-5 on the power play while Canisius was 1-for-3 with the man advantage on Saturday.
• Canisius was held below 20 shots on goal for the first time since being limited to 15 shots at Holy Cross on Jan. 15, 2022.
• Fessenden recorded 30 or more saves in a game for the first time in a Canisius uniform and the 13th time in his career with his xx-save performance on Saturday.
• Kouznetsov's power-play goal in the second period was the 11th man-advantage tally of his career.
• Senior defenseman Jackson Decker extended his point-scoring streak to a career-long four games dating to the end of 2022-23 season with an assist on Kouznetsov's second-period tally  
• Senior Randy Hernandez recorded a point for the second consecutive contest as he picked up an assist on Kouznetsov's second-period tally.
 
UP NEXT
Canisius travels to East Lansing, Mich., for a non-conference series against nationally-ranked Michigan State. Puck drop for both games of the Oct. 19-20 series are set for 7 p.m. at the Munn Ice Arena.
 
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