No. 19 Penn State jumped out to a 3-0 second period lead against the Canisius college hockey program, holding off a Griffs comeback effort, for a 4-1 final from Pegula Ice Arena in State College,Pa. With the loss, the Golden Griffins moved their record to 2-4-1 overall, while the Nittany Lions hold a record of 4-1-1 overall.
Penn State freshman Brandon Biro began the night’s scoring with a goal at 11:54 of the first period to give the Nittany Lions the 1-0 advantage.
Penn State would add to its first period lead with only four seconds remaining in the period, with a goal from sophomore Vince Pedrie to give the Nittany Lions a 2-0 lead at the end of one.
At 17:07 of the second period of play, Chase Berger increased the Penn State lead to 3-0. Canisius would hold off the Nittany Lions for the remainder of the second, before Canisius sophomore Dylan McLaughlin netted his second goal of the season at 1:13.
During the third period of play, the score would remain 3-1 until a late goal at 2:08 by freshman Denis Smirnov would give the Nittany Lions the 4-1 victory. The Blue and Gold would not give in during the final period of play, tying the the Nittany Lions in shots 11-11.
Freshman goaltender Daniel Urbani stopped 61 shots, including 29 in the first period, moving his record to 0-2-0 on the year.
Game Notes
• The Blue and Gold were outshot by Penn State 65-22.
• Urbani’s 61 saves tie a school record for saves in a game set by Andrew Loewen in 2006-07.
• Sophomore Cody Boyd was credited with his first assist of the year, playing in his second game of the season.
• With the loss, the Griffs move to 0-2-2 all-time against Penn State.
Up Next
The Griffs will once again take on Penn State tomorrow evening at 7:05 p.m.
