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Senior forward Max Kouznetsov battles for the puck with Holy Cross' Mack Oliphant during game action at LECOM Harborcenter on Nov. 4, 2023
Lindy Feider
3
Holy Cross HCC 4-3-2, 1-3-2
3
Canisius CAN 1-4-1, 1-0-1
Holy Cross HCC
4-3-2, 1-3-2
3
Final
3
Canisius CAN
1-4-1, 1-0-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 OT 1 OT 2 F
Holy Cross HCC 0 3 0 0 0 3
Canisius CAN 0 2 1 0 0 3

Game Recap: Ice Hockey |

Hockey Plays to 3-3 Draw Against Holy Cross, Falls in Shootout

Senior defenseman Hudson Lambert scored a power-play goal midway through the third period to force overtime as Canisius and Holy Cross played to a 3-3 tie in Atlantic Hockey Association action Saturday at LECOM Harborcenter in Buffalo, N.Y.

Senior Max Kouznetsov accounted for the other two goals for the Golden Griffins (1-4-1, 1-0-1 AHA) while senior Griffin Loughran and freshman Matteo Giampa both racked up three assists each in the contest.
 
Alec Cicero, Matt Shatsky and Jack Ricketts scored for the Crusaders (4-3-2, 1-3-2 AHA), who picked up the extra point as it won the best-of-three shootout, 2-0.
 
Following a scoreless first, the teams combined for a total of five goals during a frenetic second period, highlighted by a four-goal outburst that occurred over a 3:10 span.
 
Kouznetsov opened the scoring at the 3:10 mark of the middle frame, redirecting Giampa's centering feed into the Holy Cross goal to give the Griffs the lead. Holy Cross answered back, tallying two goals in a 1:40 span during the later stages of the second period to take the lead. Cicero got the Crusaders on the board with 13:02 elapsed in the frame, sliding a rebound past Canisius keeper David Fessenden during 4-on-4 play to tie the game.
 
Shatsky pushed Holy Cross in front exactly 100 seconds later, wiring a shot from the top of the point over the right shoulder of Fessenden to put the Crusaders in front, 2-1.  
 
Kouznetsov netted his second of the period just 31 seconds after Shatsky's tally to bring the Griffs level, jamming home a feed from Giampa for his second of the period to make it a 2-2 contest. Ricketts capped the second-period salvo at the 16:12 mark, getting behind the Canisius defense before lifting the puck over the right shoulder of Fessenden from close range to give the Crusaders a 3-2 lead heading into the third period.
 
Lambert tied the game for the third time with his man-advantage tally at the 11:15 mark of the third, collecting Loughran's feed in the right face-off circle and firing a shot past the glove of Holy Cross netminder Thomas Gale to tie the game at 3-3. The game would head to overtime and then a shootout, where Lucas Thorne and Matt Guerra were successful in their shootout attempts while Loughran and sophomore Killian Kiecker-Olson were unsuccessful in theirs, giving the Crusaders the extra point.
 
Fessenden made 32 saves in goal for Canisius while Gale stopped 27 shots between the pipes for Holy Cross.
 
POSTGAME COMMENTS GAME NOTES
• Saturday's contest was the 13th in the 79-game series between Canisius and Holy Cross to end in a tie.
• Saturday's game also marked the 10th time that Canisius has gone to a shootout since the league adopted the format in 2019-20. The Griffs are now 3-7 in the shootout.
• Holy Cross out-shot Canisius, 35-30, for the game, highlighted by a 15-8 edge in the first period.
• Canisius was 1-for-2 on the power play while Holy Cross was 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
• Loughran extended his point-scoring streak to three games with his three-point contest on Saturday as he now has racked up eight points in his last three games (3g, 5a).
• Giampa also extended his point-scoring streak to three games with his three-point performance on Saturday. Giampa has registered a team-high nine points in that stretch (3g, 6a).
• Kouznetsov tallied multiple goals in a game for the fourth time in his career with his two-goal performance on Saturday. His last two-goal game came versus Niagara March 11, 2023.
 • Fessenden made 30 or more saves in a game for the third time this season and the 16th time in his career.
• Lambert's third-period goal was the fourth of his career and his first on the power play.
• Canisius honored its 2023 Atlantic Hockey Championship-winning team by unveiling its championship banner in a pregame ceremony on Saturday.
 
UP NEXT
Canisius begins a four-game road swing Nov. 10-11 with an Atlantic Hockey Association series at Sacred Heart. Puck drop for both games of the series between the Griffs and Pioneers is slated for 7 p.m. at Martire Family Arena in Bridgeport, Conn.
 
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