Saturday, February 5
Buffalo, NY
5:00 pm MT
Air Force Academy
11-13-2, 9-9-2
3
at
2
Canisius College
13-11-3, 10-8-2
1
2
3
OT 1
F
Air Force
1
1
0
1
3
Canisius
0
1
1
0
2
Air Force beats Canisius in OT, 3-2
2/5/2022 9:38:00 PM | Men's Ice Hockey
BUFFALO, N.Y. –Alex Schilling made 39 saves and Will Gavin netted the game-winner in overtime for a 3-2 win over Canisius in an Atlantic Hockey Association game Saturday, Feb. 5, at the HarborCenter in Buffalo, N.Y. Air Force earned two points in the game and won the season series with the Griffs, taking seven of the 12 points.
Air Force (11-13-2, 9-9-2 AHA) drew first blood as Will Gavin scored at 11:38 of the first period. Parker Brown won a puck in the corner and Clayton Cosentino sent one through the slot that was redirected by Gavin.
Canisius (13-11-3, 10-8-2 AHA) tied the game midway through the second period on the rush as David Melaragni scored from Keaton Mastrodonato at 11:22. The Falcons regained the lead late in the second as freshman Andrew DeCarlo scored his second of the season. Nate Horn's shot was saved and, as the puck popped up into the air, DeCarlo batted it in with 46 seconds left in the period.
The Griffs tied the game late in the third as Simon Gravel scored on the rush at 16:08. Canisius outshot Air Force, 20-2, in the third period, but the game headed into overtime as Schilling made 19 saves in the period.
Air Force had seven shots in the 3-on-3 overtime and Gavin scored his fourth game-winner of the season, and his second in overtime, from Mitchell Digby. Digby gave Gavin the puck in the slot Gavin buried his team-leading 13th goal of the season with eight seconds left in overtime.
"Give Canisius a lot of credit. They played so hard all weekend," head coach Frank Serratore said. "Alex Schilling played as good as he has all season. There were times when the game got really chaotic and he found a way to get it done. I'm really proud of the guys and of our senior captain (Schilling). We needed to get points tonight and we did. In overtime, the right guy had the puck on his stick and Will Gavin doesn't miss very many of those."
Canisius outshot Air Force, 41-22, in the game. Air Force was 0-for-2 on the power play and killed all the Griff advantages. Jacob Barczewski made 19 saves.
Air Force returns home for a two-game series against Holy Cross, Feb. 11-12, at the Cadet Ice Arena.
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Air Force (11-13-2, 9-9-2 AHA) drew first blood as Will Gavin scored at 11:38 of the first period. Parker Brown won a puck in the corner and Clayton Cosentino sent one through the slot that was redirected by Gavin.
Canisius (13-11-3, 10-8-2 AHA) tied the game midway through the second period on the rush as David Melaragni scored from Keaton Mastrodonato at 11:22. The Falcons regained the lead late in the second as freshman Andrew DeCarlo scored his second of the season. Nate Horn's shot was saved and, as the puck popped up into the air, DeCarlo batted it in with 46 seconds left in the period.
The Griffs tied the game late in the third as Simon Gravel scored on the rush at 16:08. Canisius outshot Air Force, 20-2, in the third period, but the game headed into overtime as Schilling made 19 saves in the period.
Air Force had seven shots in the 3-on-3 overtime and Gavin scored his fourth game-winner of the season, and his second in overtime, from Mitchell Digby. Digby gave Gavin the puck in the slot Gavin buried his team-leading 13th goal of the season with eight seconds left in overtime.
"Give Canisius a lot of credit. They played so hard all weekend," head coach Frank Serratore said. "Alex Schilling played as good as he has all season. There were times when the game got really chaotic and he found a way to get it done. I'm really proud of the guys and of our senior captain (Schilling). We needed to get points tonight and we did. In overtime, the right guy had the puck on his stick and Will Gavin doesn't miss very many of those."
Canisius outshot Air Force, 41-22, in the game. Air Force was 0-for-2 on the power play and killed all the Griff advantages. Jacob Barczewski made 19 saves.
Air Force returns home for a two-game series against Holy Cross, Feb. 11-12, at the Cadet Ice Arena.
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Team Stats
AFA
CAN
Shots
22
41
PPG
0
0
SHG
0
0
Penalties
3
2
Penalty Mins
6
4
Faceoffs Won
28
34
Game Leaders
+/-
2
Goals
2
Sh
3
A
0
+/-
0
Goals
1
Sh
2
A
0
+/-
0
Goals
0
Sh
5
A
1
+/-
1
Goals
0
Sh
2
A
1
Players Mentioned
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