Senior Sean Weaver recorded 31 saves as Canisius rallied from a 1-0 deficit to defeat visiting Iona 3-1 Saturday evening at the Buffalo State Sports Arena, completing a weekend sweep of the Gaels.<\/p>\n
“This was a great four points for us this weekend,” said Canisius head coach Brian Cavanaugh. “Iona is a quality opponent every time we take the ice against them and we needed to play a perfect game to pick up the win. We were 0-4-2 in our last six games against Iona, so these two wins help get that monkey off our back.”<\/p>\n
Iona (6-7-1, 5-4-1 MAAC) jumped to the 1-0 lead for the second consecutive night as senior defenseman Nathan Lutz scored a power-play goal with 4:20 left in the opening period, powering a slapshot from the right faceoff circle that clipped Weaver’s glove before finding the back of the net.<\/p>\n
But Canisius (8-6-2, 7-3-2 MAAC) responded just as it had the night before, taking the lead in the second session with a pair of power-play goals.<\/p>\n
Sophomore Rob Martin knotted the game at 1-1 with his team-high 10th goal of the season, grabbing his own rebound from in front of the net and sliding the puck past Iona goalie Scott Galenza just 3:20 into the period.<\/p>\n
The Blue and Gold took the lead on another power-play goal, this time by freshman Mark Persick at the 15:04 mark. Senior Brad Kenny slipped a pass from inside the blue line and Persick blasted a slapshot from the left point that tagged the upper left corner of the net for the 2-1 Canisius lead.<\/p>\n
Kenny added an empty-net goal for the second straight night with 10 seconds remaining in the final period to seal the victory for the Griffs.<\/p>\n
Weaver starred in net for Canisius, making several spectacular saves for his sixth win of the season, while Galenza stopped 25 shots in the Iona loss.<\/p>\n
“Sean played an outstanding pair of games for us this weekend,” said Cavanaugh. “The whole team is coming into mid-season mode with our systems working and the special teams working hard every second they are out there.”<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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