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Canisius defenseman Cody Schiavon skates with the puck during game action at LECOM Harborcenter on Dec. 30, 2023
Lindy Feider
2
Winner Rensselaer RPI 5-11-1
1
Canisius CAN 5-11-3
Winner
Rensselaer RPI
5-11-1
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Final
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Canisius CAN
5-11-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
Rensselaer RPI 0 2 0 2
Canisius CAN 0 1 0 1

Game Recap: Ice Hockey |

RPI Completes Sweep of Hockey with 2-1 Win

Sutter Muzzatti tallied a goal and an assist while Jack Watson made 27 saves to pace RPI to a 2-1 victory over Canisius in collegiate men's ice hockey action Saturday at LECOM Harborcenter in downtown Buffalo.
 
Muzzatti tallied the opening goal and recorded the secondary assist on Austin Heidemann's game-winning goal to help the Engineers (5-11-1) secure the sweep of the weekend non-conference series.
 
Graduate student Erik Urbank tallied the lone goal for the Golden Griffins (5-11-3). Freshman Ethan Robertson made 29 saves between the pipes for Canisius.
 
After a scoreless first, Muzzatti gave RPI a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal at the 5:17 mark of the second, depositing a loose puck into the Canisius goal from just off the right post for his fifth goal of the season.
 
Urbank answered back for Canisius a little less than three minutes later when he redirected senior Cody Schiavon's shot from the point into the Engineers goal to knot the score at 1-1. Heidemann put RPI back in the lead with 11:55 elapsed in the middle frame, one-timing a feed from John Evans between the legs of Canisius goaltender Ethan Robertson to make it a 2-1 contest.
 
Canisius pushed for the equalizer in the third, outshooting the Engineers by a 12-6 margin during the final 20 minutes, but Watson and the RPI defense kept the Griffs off the board to secure the one-goal victory.
 
POST GAME COMMENTS GAME NOTES
• RPI outshot Canisius by a 31-28 margin for the contest, highlighted by a 17-9 advantage in the second period.
• The Engineers were 1-for-5 on the power play while the Griffs were 0-for-2 with the man advantage.
• Canisius limited its opponent to two goals or fewer for the sixth time this season, moving to 3-2-1 when doing so.
• The Griffs were held to two goals or fewer for the ninth time this season on Saturday. They slipped to 0-8-1 in those contests.
• Urbank's goal was his second of the campaign and his first since opening the scoring at Army on Nov. 17.
• Senior Powell Connor picked up his second point of the season with a secondary assist on Urbank's second-period tally.
• Robertson recorded 25 or more saves in a game for the sixth time in seven career starts after making 29 stops during Saturday's contest.
 
UP NEXT
Canisius continues its seven-game homestand Jan. 5 when it hosts St. Lawrence in a non-conference contest at LECOM Harborcenter. Puck drop between the Griffs and Saints is slated for 7 p.m.
 
Tickets for the game are still available. They can be purchased by calling the Canisius Ticket Office at 716-888-TIXX, visiting the tickets page at GoGriffs.com or at the ticket kiosk at the LECOM Harborcenter on gameday.
 
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