BOSTON – Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) men’s teams faced opponents from four other conferences and an independent Friday night, posting a 3-2-0 out-of-conference record behind wins from Canisius, Niagara and Sacred Heart.
SCOREBOARD
Canisius 4, Clarkson 3 OT
Sacred Heart 5, Ohio State 3
Niagara 3, #18/19 Bowling Green 2 OT
#4/4 North Dakota 5, Bentley 0
Lindenwood 7, Air Force 4
Recaps available below
CANISIUS 4, CLARKSON 3 OT
Box Score
Potsdam, N.Y. – Rhys Chiddenton’s (Campbellville, Ont.) unassisted overtime snipe – his third point of the game – lifted Canisius to a 4-3 overtime victory in a back-and-forth game at Clarkson Friday night.
Hunter Price (Calgary, Alta.) started the scoring just 25 seconds into the game, sparking a first period that saw each team score twice.
Noah Quinn (Nelson, B.C.) had the second Canisius goal on an assist from Price, after Quinn had assisted on the opening tally.
After a scoreless second period, Joey Henneberry (Halifax, N.S.) gave the Golden Griffins a lead in the third with his first goal for Canisius. Clarkson tied the score with just 4:45 remaining on the power play, the Golden Knights’ second goal of the night with a man advantage.
Chiddenton’s winner came just 1:41 into overtime.
|
Scoring |
Shots |
Pen/Min |
PP |
New Record (Conf.) |
| Canisius |
2-0-1-1–4 |
26 |
4/8 |
0/5 |
3-1-1 (0-0-0) |
| Clarkson |
2-0-1-0–3 |
31 |
6/12 |
2/3 |
1-2-0 (0-0-0) |
SACRED HEART 5, OHIO STATE 3
Box Score |
Game Highlights
Fairfield, Conn. – Sacred Heart built a 3-0 lead and held off a late Ohio State charge to win a second consecutive home game against a Big Ten opponent, 5-3 at Martire Family Ice Arena Friday night.
Aiden VanRooyan (Dakota Dunes, S.D.) and
Gavin Bryant (Ingersoll, Ont.) each had a goal and an assist to lead the Pioneers offensively, while
Ajeet Gundarah (Richmond, B.C.) made 28 saves in goal.
Evan Jardine scored twice for the Buckeyes to cut the lead to 3-2 entering the third period, but Sacred Heart scored its second power-play goal of the game to regain a two-goal cushion. Ohio State cut the lead to one again before the Pioneers sealed the win with an empty netter.
|
Scoring |
Shots |
Pen/Min |
PP |
New Record (Conf.) |
| Ohio State |
0-2-1–3 |
31 |
5/10 |
1/4 |
1-2-0 (0-0-0) |
| Sacred Heart |
1-2-2–5 |
22 |
4/8 |
2/5 |
2-1-0 (0-0-0) |
NIAGARA 3, #18/19 BOWLING GREEN 2 OT
Box Score
Bowling Green, Ohio – Niagara erased Bowling Green leads of 1-0 and 2-1 in the first and second periods, respectively, before Hunter Wallace (Oak Lake, Man.) scored the game-winning goal in the final 30 seconds of overtime for a 3-2 Purple Eagle win.
Playing their fourth straight road game, the Purple Eagles bounced back from a pair of goals by BGSU’s Tyler Hotson, the first on a penalty shot and the second less than two minutes into the second period. Two defensemen – junior Ray Murakami (Tomakomai, Japan) and freshman
Josh Van Mulligen (Medicine Hat, Alta.) – provided the Niagara goals in regulation.
Sophomore Tomas Anderson (Stillwater, Minn.) earned his first win of the season and fifth of his career in goal.
|
Scoring |
Shots |
Pen/Min |
PP |
New Record (Conf.) |
| Niagara |
1-1-0-1–3 |
29 |
6/12 |
0/4 |
2-3-0 (1-1-0) |
| Bowling Green |
1-1-0-0–2 |
25 |
6/12 |
0/3 |
2-3-0 (0-0-0) |
#4/4 NORTH DAKOTA 5, BENTLEY 0
Box Score
Grand Forks, N.D. – The nation’s fourth-ranked team was too much for Bentley Friday night, as North Dakota outshot the Falcons, 44-14, and posted a 5-0 shutout at Engelstad Arena.
Five Fighting Hawks scored, led offensively by Connor Davis, Jack Kernan, Cole Reschny and Cody Croal with a goal and an assist apiece. North Dakota’s Caleb Heil earned the shutout with 14 saves while sophomore Lukas Swedin (Stockholm, Sweden) stopped 39 shots for Bentley.
|
Scoring |
Shots |
Pen/Min |
PP |
New Record (Conf.) |
| Bentley |
0-0-0–0 |
14 |
4/8 |
0/1 |
1-2-0 (0-0-0) |
| North Dakota |
1-2-2–5 |
44 |
1/2 |
2/4 |
3-0-0 (0-0-0) |
LINDENWOOD 7, AIR FORCE 4
Box Score
USAFA, Colo. – Two-goal games from both Brady Arneson (Red Wing, Minn.) and
Brendan Gibbons (Wakefield, R.I.) weren’t enough for Air Force to hold off Lindenwood, which earned a split on the road with a 7-4 victory over the Falcons.
Each team had two-goal leads in the first two periods, with Arneson scoring the first two goals for Air Force and Lindenwood responding with four in a row – three on the power play and one at four-on-four. Gibbons responded with his pair in the last five minutes of the second, sending the teams into the final period tied, 4-4.
Lindenwood had all three third period goals, including a pair from Andrew LeBlanc, to salvage the split.
|
Scoring |
Shots |
Pen/Min |
PP |
New Record (Conf.) |
| Lindenwood |
2-2-3–7 |
41 |
4/8 |
3/7 |
3-3-0 |
| Air Force |
2-2-0–4 |
33 |
8/27 |
1/3 |
2-2-0 (0-0-0) |
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Saturday, October 17
Canisius at Clarkson, 4:30 p.m. ET
Niagara at #18/19 Bowling Green, 6:07 p.m. ET
Army West Point at Holy Cross, 7 p.m. ET
Miami at Robert Morris, 7 p.m. ET
Ohio State at Sacred Heart, 7 p.m. ET
#3/3 Michigan State at RIT, 7:05 p.m. ET
Bentley at #4/4 North Dakota, 6:07 p.m. CT
Sunday, October 18
Army West Point at Holy Cross, 4 p.m. ET
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