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Canisius defenseman Brenden Datema skates with the puck during game action against SLU at the LECOM Harborcenter on Jan. 5, 2024
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Winner Canisius CAN 10-17-4, 9-10-4
3
Robert Morris RMU 10-20-3, 7-14-2
Winner
Canisius CAN
10-17-4, 9-10-4
5
Final
3
Robert Morris RMU
10-20-3, 7-14-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
Canisius CAN 3 1 1 5
Robert Morris RMU 1 1 1 3

Game Recap: Ice Hockey |

Quick Start Sparks Hockey to Victory at Robert Morris

Canisius took advantage of goals from five different players and 36 saves from senior David Fessenden to record a 5-3 victory over Robert Morris in Atlantic Hockey Association action Friday at Clearview Arena in Moon Township, Pa.
 
Seniors Kyle Haskins and Brenden Datema, sophomore Oliver Tarr and freshmen Trey Funk and Matteo Giampa all scored goals for the Golden Griffins (10-17-4, 9-10-4 AHA). Senior Griffin Loughran dished out a pair of assists while Haskins, Giampa and Tarr all added single helpers to finish with two-point nights.
 
Jackson Reineke, Rylee St. Onge and Cameron Garvey all scored for the Colonials (10-20-3, 7-14-2 AHA). Francis Boisvert recorded 24 saves between the pipes for the home team.
 
Canisius scored three times in the opening 13 minutes of the contest to jump out to a 3-0 lead. Funk got the Griffs on the board at the 5:49 mark of the first when he tapped home is own rebound while on the rush for his fifth goal of the season. Giampa doubled the Canisius cushion less than two minutes later, finishing off a 2-on-1 rush with Loughran by roofing the puck over an outstretched Boisvert for his team-leading 17th goal of the season. Haskins capped Canisius' early barrage just before the 13-minute mark, depositing a loose puck under the blocker of Boisvert from the bottom of the slot for his third of the season. Reineke got the Colonials on the board with a power-play goal less than two minutes after Haskins marker, sneaking the puck past Fessenden and inside the right post just off the goal line to trim the Canisius advantage to 3-1.
 
Datema restored the Griffs three-goal margin with 6:42 elapsed in the middle period, working his way from the left point into the slot before firing a shot over the glove of Boisvert to make it a 4-1 game. St. Onge pulled the Colonials within two with less than four minutes to play in the middle frame, depositing a goalmouth feed from Reineke into the Canisius goal to cut the RMU deficit to 4-2.
 
Tarr provided the Griffs with their third three-goal lead of the contest early in the third period when he put home a loose puck after his pass attempt was knocked down by a RMU defender. Garvey gave the Colonials life in the 8:03 mark of the third, putting a backhanded effort over the glove of Fessenden from close range to pull RMU within two, 5-3.
 
That would be as close as RMU would get, as Fessenden and Canisius held them the Colonials the scoreboard the rest of the way to secure the two-goal victory.
 
POSTGAME COMMENTS GAME NOTES
• Friday's game served as Canisius' first contest against RMU at Clearview Arena since Nov. 28, 2020. The Griffs improved to 4-12-1 in the venue with Friday's victory.
• Canisius scored four or more goals in a game for the eighth time this season and improved to 7-1-0 when doing so.  
• The Griffs tallied the first goal of the game for the 15th time this season and moved to 7-4-4 when doing so.  
• Canisius held a lead heading into the third period of a game for the eighth time this season and improved to 6-0-2 when doing so.
• RMU outshot Canisius by a 39-29 margin for the contest, highlighted by a 15-6 advantage in the second period.
• Both teams were 2-of-3 on the power play as Canisius scored multiple power-play goals in a game for the fourth time this season.
• Giampa registered multiple points in a game for the 10th time this season as he recorded a goal and an assist on Friday.
• Loughran recorded multiple points in a game for the fourth time this season and the 22nd time in his career with his two-assist effort on Friday. He now sits four points away from reaching the 100-point milestone for his career.  
• Tarr and Haskins both recorded multiple points in a game for the second time this season as both players finished with a goal and an assist on Friday.
• Datema's second-period goal was his first of the campaign, becoming the seventh different Canisius defenseman to score a goal this season.
• Funk opened the scoring for the second straight contest and third time this season as he registered goals in consecutive games for the first time in his career. Funk notched the first goal of the game in Canisius' matchup with Niagara on Jan. 20.   
• Fessenden recorded 30-or-more saves in a game for the seventh time this season as he finished with 36 saves.
• Fessenden picked up his second assist in as many contests as he recorded the secondary helper on Tarr's third-period goal.  
 
UP NEXT
The teams complete their two-game series Saturday with a 5 p.m. contest at Clearview Arena.
 
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