MILFORD, CT (February 8, 2003) - The Sacred Heart men's ice hockey team lost to Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference opponent Canisius, 3-1 at home. Freshman Peter Giatrelis (Hamden, CT) scored the lone Pioneer goal at 15:12 in the second period.

Giatrelis opened the scoring with assists going to senior Les Hrapchak (Wakaw, SK) and sophomore Garrett Larson (Rycroft, AB). Nine seconds later the Griffs tied up the score with a goal by Jeff Street.

Street put the Griffs ahead with a power play tally at 1:57 in the third period, assisted by Todd Bowler and Jon Durno. The Griffs closed out the scoring at 19:48 when Ryan Corcoran tallied an empty net goal.

Sophomore goaltender Kevin LaPointe (Quebec City, QUE) made 34 saves. Canisius goaltender Bryan Worosz earned the win, making 23 saves. Griffin Jeremy Redquest came into the game with 12 seconds left and faced no shots.

The Pioneers return to action February 15th, as they travel to Erie, PA to take on the Lakers of Mercyhurst at 7 pm.

at Milford, CT
                        1       2       3       F
Sacred Heart            0       1       0-      1
Canisius                        0       1       2-      3



Scoring:
SHU - 
Peter Giatrelis (
Les Hrapchak, 
Garrett Larson), 15:12, 2nd
CAN - Jeff Street (Jon Durno, Todd Bowler), 15:21, 2nd
CAN - Street (Bowler, Durno), 1:57, 3rd, PP
CAN - Ryan Corcoran (Josh Zavitz, Bryan Worosz), 19:48, 3rd, EN



Saves:  SHU - 
Kevin LaPointe, 34 saves; CAN - Bryan Worosz, 23 saves, Jeremy Redquest, 0 saves.