"Purps Take Game 1”

[jhart]

Two missed empties but NU wins 2-1.

[le]

Cmon man beat them

[le]

Nice . Huge win on the road in Buffalo. One more W and NU will advance to the finals . Wow. Thanks Jim !

[jhart]

Coach just confirmed the team will get on the bikes for a few minutes each to regenerate their bodies for tomorrow.
Thanks to all that helped buy the bikes!

[le]

Good news Jim!

Holy Cross and ROT are in OT ! 0-0 .

[phillyeagle]

The Harbor Center sure has done wonders for the Canisius program. Stats show 540 in attendance for aConference playoff game.

[le]

. Stats show 540 in attendance for aConference

These playoff figures are perplexing because CC had larger crowds during the regular season at the HC. I don’t get it.

[le]

Holy Cross defeated ROT in OT . Holy Cross and NU are one game away from advancing to the AHA Championship game.

[soccereagle81]

I have flo hockey and watched NU game following hoops. Good NU win. Canisuis plays classic slap stick hockey. Feel great about NU chances versus Canisuis and Cinderella HC. Lets close Canisuis saturday night!

[le]

Slap stick Hockey? John translation please ? ... Hey, if #6NU and #7HC advance to the championship, we get home ice because we are the 6th seed...I believe the weather was bad last night depressing attendance at the HC.

AHA RECAP:

Niagara 2 at Canisius 1

The Niagara hockey team headed south on a wintery day in WNY to face longtime rival Canisius in the first game of a best of three Atlantic Hockey Semifinal series. The Purple Eagles took game one 2-1 on Friday night...Niagara graduate student Ryan Cox buried the game’s first goal on the power-play in the Purple Eagles’ 2-1 victory over Canisius to take game one … Netminder Chad Veltri denied 28-of-29 shots faced … Senior Casey Carreau found the back of the net for the 10th time this season … Cox, freshman Glebs Prohorenkovs and senior Jason Pineo combined for 31 faceoff wins …

NIAGARA NOTES:

The Purple Eagles are now one win away from advancing to the AHA Finals for the first time since the 2018-19 season.
Niagara blocked 16 shots in the game with Jordan Wishman having a game high four blocks. Lane Brockhoff was second on the team with three blocks.
The Purple Eagles went 34-30 in the faceoff circle with Jason Pineo leading the way with a 11-5 record. Prohorenkovs and Ryan Cox both won 10 draws.
Niagara senior Brandon Stanley skated in his 100th game as a Purple Eagle.
Tonight was Niagara's tenth win this season when they outshot their opponents and their 12th win when they score on the power play.
Niagara is now 17-1-2 this season when they lead after two periods of play and are now 10-4-1 when leading after 20 minutes.
The all-time series with Canisius is now tied with both teams having 31 wins and six ties.

The Purple Eagles and Griffs square off tomorrow at 7:30 PM at LECOM Harborcenter in game two of the series.

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