Men's Ice Hockey Falls to Canisius 5-2

Saturday, January 18

Bridgeport, Conn.

1:05 PM

Sacred Heart

14-8-2, 13-6-1

Canisius

6-12-4, 5-7-4

Team	1	2	3	F
Canisius	3	1	1	5
Sacred Heart	1	1	0	2

1/18/2020 12:00:00 AM | Men's Ice Hockey

Box Score

BRIDGPEORT, Conn.- The Sacred Heart University Men's Ice Hockey team fell to Canisius this afternoon by a final score of 5-2. The Pioneers will return to action on Saturday Jan. 25 when they face Yale at the SNY CT Festival at 7:30 p.m. at Webster Bank Arena.

First Period

The Pioneers outshot the Golden Griffs in the opening period 13-10.
It would be Canisius that struck first in the period as a goal by Keaton Mastrodonato off an assist by Matt Stief 1:27 into the period put Canisius ahead 1-0 early.
Then less than two minutes later Mastrodonato scored again this time on a short-handed goal 3:00 into the period to put the Canisius in a 2-0 lead.
SHU answered by four minutes later at 7:42 into the period though as senior Austin McIlmurray cashed in his ninth power-play goal of the season off a pair of assists by senior Mike Lee and first-year Braeden Tuck to put SHU within one goal of Canisius with the score now 2-1.
Then right before the midway point in the period Canisius answered back with a goal by Matt Long at 9:37 into the period to give Canisius a 3-1 lead heading into the second period.

Second Period

The Pioneers had an aggressive offensive attack in the second period firing off 12 shots on goal while holding Canisius to just four.
SHU tightend the Canisius lead to 3-2 as a goal by Jason Cotton just 2:44 into the period off a pair of assists by junior Michael Gilroy and fellow junior Alex Bates.
But Canisius answered back as a goal 15:25 into the period as Ryan Miotto found the back of the net off an assist by Mitchell Martan to give the Golden Griffins a 4-2 lead.

Third Period

The Pioneers still held the shots on goal edge in the third period as they fired off 10 shots on goal while holding Canisius to just four.
Neither side would be able to find the back of the net for the first half of the period then at 12:01 into the third Nick Hutchison tallied the teams fifth goal of the game off a pair of assists by Lee Lapid and Matt Stief to give Canisius a 5-2 lead.
The three goal edge was too much for the Pioneers while even on the power-play twice in the period the Pioneers were unable to cash in on the man advantage going 0-2 in the third thus resulting in a 5-2 loss for the Pioneers.

Notes

SHU drops to 14-8-2 overall and 13-6-1 in conference play.
SHU fired off 35 shots on goal in the game while Canisius tallied 18.
SHU went 1-7 on the power-play while the Golden Griffins went 1-3.
Jason Cotton tallied his 15^th goal of the year and senior Austin McIlmurray scored his 14^th.