PURPLE EAGLES HOCKEY
GAMES 16	Niagara Purple Eagles (3-9-3, 2-8-3 AHA) vs. Canisius Golden Griffins (7-4-0, 7-4-0 AHA)
DATE | TIME	Friday, Jan. 26 – 7:30 PM | Saturday, Jan. 27 – 7 PM
LOCATION	Dwyer Arena | HarborCenter
GAME NOTES	Niagara | Canisius
SERIES	Canisius leads, 26-27-6
STREAK	Niagara, W1
BROADCAST	FloHockey
AUDIO	Tune-In – Frank Gallo
LIVE STATS	PurpleEagles.com GoGriffs.com
TWITTER	@NiagaraMHKY
INSTAGRAM	@NiagaraMHKY

  • The Purple Eagles and Golden Griffins will meet for the 56th and 57th time this weekend.
• Niagara enters the weekend coming off a series split with Mercyhurst, defeating the Lakers 2-1 Saturday evening at Dwyer Arena following a 1-0 loss Friday night.
• The Purple Eagles are 26-27-6 against Canisius, including a 12-10-4 record at Dwyer Arena. On the road, Niagara is 11-15-2 against the Blue and Gold.
• Niagara averages 3.1 goals per game against Canisius.
• Under head coach Jason Lammers the Purple and White average 3.0 goals per game against its rival while posting a 5-6-2 record in 13 games.
• Canisius enters the weekend with a 7-4-0 Atlantic Hockey record after splitting its road series with Air Force last weekend.
• The Griffs are led by sophomore Keaton Mastrodonato, who has eight goals, five assists, and 13 points.
  • The Purple Eagles picked up a series split with Mercyhurst this past weekend. Niagara salvaged the series with a 2-1 win at home on Saturday after getting shutout Friday night on the road.
• Three Purple Eagle skaters have 10 or more points this season. Walker Sommer leads the team with 12 points (5G, 7A), followed by Ryan Nuamovski (3G, 8A) and Ludwig Stenlund (5G, 5A) with 11 and 10 points, respectively.
• Christian Gorscak is second in all of Atlantic Hockey with two (1G, 1A) short-handed points. Gorscak and Ryan Cox are two of 16 Atlantic Hockey players to score a short-handed goal.
• Jared Brandt ranks eighth in defenseman scoring in the conference with nine points. Brandt added to that total in the win over Mercyhurst with an assist on the Stenlund goal.
• Croix Evingson (7 points) and Chris Harpur (6 points) also find themselves inside the top-20 in defensman scoring.
• Harpur recorded two assists in the win over Mercyhurst, which gives him six on the season, fourth best on the team.
• Chad Veltri earned his first win between the pipes this season as the sophomore made 25 stops on 26 shots faced Saturday night.
• Ryan Cox leads the team with 128 faceoff wins this season.