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Canisius defenseman Cody Schiavon skates towards the puck while Cameron Garvey gives chase in game action Nov. 21 at LECOM Harborcenter
Lindy Feider
1
Robert Morris RMU 2-7-3, 1-5-2
5
Winner Canisius CAN 3-7-1, 3-3-1
Robert Morris RMU
2-7-3, 1-5-2
1
Final
5
Canisius CAN
3-7-1, 3-3-1
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
Robert Morris RMU 0 0 1 1
Canisius CAN 1 2 2 5

Game Recap: Ice Hockey |

Hockey Opens Homestand Tuesday with 5-1 Triumph over Robert Morris

Freshman forward Matteo Giampa scored twice and senior goaltender David Fessenden recorded 29 saves to pace Canisius in a 5-1 victory over Robert Morris in Atlantic Hockey Association action Tuesday at LECOM Harborcenter in downtown Buffalo.
 
Junior Matt Vermaeten and seniors Cody Schiavon and David Melaragni also scored for the Golden Griffins (3-7-1, 3-3-1 AHA), who opened a four-game homestand with Tuesday's victory.
 
McKay Hayes accounted for the lone goal for the visiting Colonials (2-7-3, 1-5-2 AHA).
 
Vermaeten opened the scoring for the second consecutive contest as he backhanded a shot past the left leg of RMU netminder Chad Veltri late in the first period to extend his goal-scoring streak to three games and give the Griffs the lead. Giampa expanded the Canisius cushion to 3-0 with a pair of tallies a little more than five minutes apart in the second period. His first came on the power play with 7:12 elapsed in the middle frame as he beat Veltri with a wrist shot to the glove side from the top of the slot to put the Griffs in front, 2-0. Giampa notched his second of the game at the 12:27 mark as he buried a rebound on a shot from fellow freshman Jack Budd to give the Griffs a three-goal cushion. Hayes got the Colonials on the board with a power-play tally just before the five-minute mark of the third, beating Fessenden from the right face-off circle to pull RMU within two.
 
Schiavon restored the Griffs three-goal cushion less than two minutes later, one-timing sophomore Oliver Tarr's cross-ice feed past an outstretched Veltri to make it a 4-1 contest. Melaragni closed out the scoring at the 10:19 mark of the third, sneaking behind the RMU defense before beating Veltri five-hole to determine the final margin of victory. POSTGAME COMMENTS GAME NOTES
• Tuesday's game between Canisius and Robert Morris was the first between the two programs in nearly three years. The two teams last met for an Atlantic Hockey Association series Nov. 27-28, 2021 at Clearview Arena in Moon Township, Pa.
• Canisius out-shot Robert Morris, 40-30, for the contest, highlighted by a 16-6 advantage in the first period.
• The Griffs were 1-for-4 on the power play on Tuesday while RMU was 1-for-3 with the man advantage.
• Canisius scored five or more goals in a game for the third time this season and improved to 3-0-0 in those games.
• The Griffs tallied the first goal of the game for the sixth time in seven league games in 2023-24 and improved to 3-2-1 this season when opening the scoring.
• Giampa tallied multiple goals in a game for the third time this season with his two-goal performance on Tuesday.
• Melaragni tallied multiple points in a game for the first time this season and the fifth time in his career as he finished Tuesday with a goal and an assist.
• Budd recorded the first two points of his collegiate career as he finished with a pair of assists on Tuesday.
• Senior defenseman Jackson Decker notched a pair of assists on Tuesday, giving him his fifth multiple-assist performance of his collegiate career.
• Melaragni and Schiavon both recorded their first goals of the season while senior forward Cooper Haar picked up his first assist of the campaign.
 
UP NEXT
Canisius continues its four-game homestand Friday-Saturday as it welcomes Air Force to LECOM Harborcenter for an Atlantic Hockey Association series. Puck drop for both games of the two-game set between the Griffs and Falcons is slated for 1 p.m.
 
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