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Canisius forward Max Kouznetsov watches his shot go into the goal during game action against St. Lawrence at LECOM Harborcenter on Jan. 5, 2024
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St. Lawrence SLU 5-11-1
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Winner Canisius CAN 6-11-3
St. Lawrence SLU
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Final
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Canisius CAN
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Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
St. Lawrence SLU 0 1 0 1
Canisius CAN 0 1 4 5

Game Recap: Ice Hockey |

Four-Goal Third Sparks Hockey to Victory Versus St. Lawrence

Canisius scored four goals in the third period to break a 1-1 tie and defeat St. Lawrence, 5-1, in men's collegiate ice hockey action Friday at LECOM Harborcenter in downtown Buffalo.
 
Senior captain Max Kouznetsov tallied the eventual game-winning goal to open the third-period barrage for the Golden Griffins (6-11-3) while freshman Matteo Giampa, sophomore Robert Kincaid and junior Matt Vermaeten added insurance markers to seal the victory.
 
Senior Cody Schiavon recorded the opening goal for Canisius while freshman goaltender Ethan Robertson made 28 saves to earn the victory between the pipes for the Blue and Gold.
 
Mason Waite tallied the lone goal for the visiting Saints (5-11-1) while Ben Kraws finished with 37 stops in goal for SLU.
 
Tied 1-1 at the start of the third period, Kouznetsov gave Canisius the lead at the 6:10 mark of the frame, depositing a rebound off a shot from graduate student Erik Urbank over the blocker of Kraws for his fifth goal of the season. Giampa provided some breathing room during 4-on-4 action with under three minutes to play in regulation, creating a turnover deep the SLU zone before firing a wrist shot over the glove of Kraws for his team-leading 13th goal of the campaign to expand the Canisius lead to 3-1. Kincaid and Vermaeten capped the Canisius' third-period salvo with a pair of empty-net tallies just over a minute apart to determine the four-goal margin of victory. Earlier in the contest, Waite staked SLU to a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal 6:19 into the second period, sneaking a shot under the right arm of Robertson from the right face-off circle for his second of the campaign.
 
Schiavon brought the Griffs level with less than two minutes to play in the middle period, placing sophomore Killian Kiecker-Olson's centering feed over the glove of Kraws from the middle of the slot for his third of the campaign, setting the stage for Canisius' third-period outburst. POST GAME COMMENTS GAME NOTES
• Canisius picked up its first win in five tries against St. Lawrence on Friday as the teams met for the first time since the 2018-19 season.
• The Griffs outshot the Saints, 42-29 for the contest, highlighted by an 16-8 advantage in the third period.
• Canisius was 0-for-3 on the power play on Friday while St. Lawrence with 1-for-5 with the man advantage.
• Canisius scored five-or-more goals in a game for the fourth time this season and improved to 4-0-0 in those games. The Griffs also held their opponent to two goals or fewer for the seventh time in 2023-24, moving to 4-2-1 in those contests.
• Kouznetsov tallied his first game-winning goal of the season and the fourth of his career with his third-period tally on Friday.
• Kincaid recorded the first goal of his collegiate career with his empty-net tally in the third period on Friday.
• Urbank recorded multiple assists in a game for the first time in his career as he finished with two helpers on Friday. It also marked the second time this season and the fifth time in his career that Urbank has recorded two-or-more points in a contest.
• Sophomore Stefano Bottini returned to the lineup for the first time in 12 games and notched multiple points in a game for the first time in his collegiate career with two assists.
• Vermaeten's third-period goal was his third shorthanded tally of the season, moving into a tie with Denver's Carter King for the national lead in that category.  Vermaeten also became one of just seven players in the Division I era of the program to record three shorthanded goals in a single season.
 
UP NEXT
The Canisius hockey team closes out the non-conference portion of its 2023-24 schedule Saturday with a 7 p.m. contest against ECAC Hockey foe Clarkson at LECOM Harborcenter.
 
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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