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Canisius forward Grant Porter is shown skating during game action versus Mercyhurst at LECOM Harborcenter on Dec. 1, 2023
Lindy Feider
3
Mercyhurst MCY 4-7-3, 2-2-3
3
Canisius CAN 4-7-3, 4-3-3
Mercyhurst MCY
4-7-3, 2-2-3
3
Final
3
Canisius CAN
4-7-3, 4-3-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 OT 1 OT 2 F
Mercyhurst MCY 0 1 2 0 0 3
Canisius CAN 0 3 0 0 0 3

Game Recap: Ice Hockey |

Hockey Plays to 3-3 Tie Versus Mercyhurst, Falls in Shootout

Will Margel scored twice in regulation to power a Mercyhurst comeback that saw the Lakers score three unanswered goals to post a 3-3 tie versus Canisius in Atlantic Hockey Association action Friday at LECOM Harborcenter in downtown Buffalo.
 
After a scoreless overtime, Margel tallied the only goal in the best-of-three shootout to secure the extra point for Mercyhurst (7-4-3, 2-2-3 AHA). Owen Say made 35 saves in goal while
Steven Agriogianis accounted for the third goal in regulation for the visitors.
 
Sophomore Grant Porter, freshman Matteo Giampa and senior Cody Schiavon all scored for the Golden Griffins (7-4-3, 4-3-3 AHA). Senior David Fessenden made 25 saves between the pipes for the home team.
 
Trailing 3-0 late in the second period, Margel ignited the Mercyhurst comeback with an even-strength tally with less than two minutes to play in the middle frame, getting behind the Canisius defense before placing a wrist shot over the glove of Fessenden to pull the Lakers within two.
 
Agrionianis made it a one-goal game just 2:36 into the third, depositing Kyler Head's centering feed past the blocker of Fessenden after Head created a turnover below the Canisius goal line.
 
Margel tied the game at 3-3 just past the midway point of the third with his second of the evening, firing a slap shot from the top of the circles during a zone entry that snuck under the glove of Fessenden.  
 
The game would head to overtime and after a scoreless 3-on-3 session, headed to a shootout. In the shootout, Margel was the only skater to find the back of the net, beating Fessenden with a backhanded effort to give the Lakers the extra point.
 
Earlier in the contest, the two teams combined for four goals during the second period after a scoreless first.
 
Porter opened the scoring less than two minutes into the middle frame when he redirected Cooper Haar's shot from the slot to give the Griffs a 1-0 lead. Giampa doubled the Canisius cushion to 2-0 with 12:12 elapsed in the second, firing a wrist shot over the glove of Say while the Griffs were on the power play for his team-leading 10th goal of the season. Schiavon expanded the margin to 3-0 less than two minutes later when his shot from the right point found its way through traffic and over the glove of Say for his second of the season, setting the stage for Mercyhurst's late-game comeback. POSTGAME COMMENTS GAME NOTES
• Canisius out-shot Mercyhurst by a 38-28 margin for the contest, highlighted by a 13-6 advantage in the first period.
• The Griffs were 1-for-1 on the power play while the Lakers were 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
• Canisius scored the first goal of the game for the eighth time in 10 league games this season. It moved to 3-2-3 when doing so.
• The Griffs held a lead heading into the third period for the fourth time this season and saw their record shift 2-0-2 in those contests.
• Canisius played its third overtime contest of the season on Friday. All three games have ended in a tie.
• The Griffs remain winless in the shootout this season as they dropped their third shootout of the season.
• Giampa notched his second power-play goal of the season with his second-period tally on Friday. He is also just the second freshman in the Division I ranks to reach the 10-goal plateau this season, joining Boston College's Ryan Leonard.
• Senior defenseman Jackson Decker recorded his sixth assist of the season with a secondary helper on Porter's second-period tally, moving him into a three-way tie for the team lead in that category.  
• Porter recorded his second goal in as many contests with his even-strength goal on Friday.
• Schiavon is the second Canisius defenseman with multiple goals this season as he recorded his second goal of the season on Friday.
 
UP NEXT
The teams complete their home-and-home series Saturday with a 7 p.m. contest at the Mercyhurst Ice Center in Erie, Pa.
 
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