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Griffin Loughran (left) and Johnny Wiscoe are shown standing during game action at LECOM Harborcenter on Feb. 6, 2024
Lindy Feider
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Winner Niagara NIA 11-14-2, 9-8-2
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Canisius CAN 9-16-3, 8-9-3
Winner
Niagara NIA
11-14-2, 9-8-2
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Final
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Canisius CAN
9-16-3, 8-9-3
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 OT 1 F
Niagara NIA 1 1 0 1 3
Canisius CAN 0 1 1 0 2

Game Recap: Ice Hockey |

Hockey Falls in Overtime Versus Niagara

Josef Mysak scored 23 seconds into overtime to give Niagara a 3-2 victory over Canisius in Atlantic Hockey Association action Tuesday at LECOM Harborcenter in downtown Buffalo.
 
Johnny Wiscoe and Luke Mylmok also scored for the Purple Eagles (11-14-2, 9-8-2 AHA). Mitchel Day recorded a career-high 38 saves between the pipes for the visitors to earn the win.
 
Sophomore Robert Kincaid and senior Randy Hernandez accounted for the two goals for the Golden Griffins (9-16-3, 8-9-3 AHA). Freshman netminder Ethan Robertson finished the evening with 34 saves.
 
Mysak scored the game-winning goal on the first shift of overtime as he put home a loose puck from just off the right post after Carter Randklev's initial attempt from the left side went wide and ricocheted off the end boards to an unmarked Mysak.
 
Earlier in the contest, Wescoe gave the visitors a 1-0 lead with a power-play goal at the 9:39 mark of the first period, beating Robertson with wrist shot over the glove from the middle of the slot for his fourth of the campaign. 
 
Mylmok doubled the Purple Eagles advantage to 2-0 just before the four-minute mark of the second, tapping in Wallace's centering feed for his seventh of the campaign.
 
Kincaid got the Griffs on the board with 14:25 elapsed in the middle frame, beating Day with a wrist shot from the right face-off circle for his second goal of the campaign to make it a 2-1 contest. Hernandez brought the Griffs level with a power-play tally at the 6:17 mark of the third, one-timing a feed from senior David Melaragni past an outstretched Day from the bottom of the left face-off circle for his eighth of the campaign to tie the game at 2-2, setting the stage for Mysak's overtime heroics.   POSTGAME COMMENTS GAME NOTES
• Canisius outshot Niagara by a 40-37 margin for the contest, highlighted by a 29-21 edge over the final two periods of regulation.
• The Griffs were 1-of-3 on the power play on Tuesday while Niagara was 1-for-4 with the man advantage.
• Canisius played its fifth overtime contest of the season on Tuesday and moved to 1-1-3 in those contests.
• The Griffs slipped to 2-6 in games decided by a single goal this season. Canisius also moved to 0-11-1 when tallying two goals or fewer in a game in 2023-24.
• Melaragni recorded multiple assists in a game for the first time this season and the fourth time in his career as he dished out two helpers on Tuesday.
• With his two assists on Tuesday, Melaragni became just the fifth defenseman in the Division I era of the program to record 50 assists in his career.
• Hernandez's power-play goal was his team-leading fourth of the season.
• Robertson recorded 30 or more saves in a game for the fifth time this season with his 34-save performance on Tuesday.
• Senior Max Kouznetsov tallied his team-leading 13th assist of the season with a secondary helper on Hernandez's third-period tally.
 
UP NEXT
Canisius hosts Atlantic Hockey Association rival Bentley in a two-game Atlantic Hockey Association series Feb. 9-10. Game one of the series is slated for a 7 p.m. puck drop while Saturday's contest will be a 6 p.m. matchup.  
 
Tickets for both games 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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