Nick DeMarchi

Box Score

Niagara NIA 19-18-3

Canisius CAN 19-18-3

Niagara NIA

19-18-3

Final

Mar. 12, 2023

Canisius CAN

19-18-3

Score By Periods
Team	1	2	3	F
Niagara NIA	1	1	0	2
Canisius CAN	1	1	2	4

Game Recap: Men's Ice Hockey | 3/12/2023 9:53:00 PM

Purple Eagles Fall In AHA Semifinals

Buffalo, N.Y.—The Niagara hockey team fell to Canisius in the third game of the Atlantic Hockey Semifinals on Sunday night. The Purple Eagles fell 4-2 to the Griffs.
Game Recap
First Period

The Purple Eagles opened the scoring just 4:08 into the game as Glebs Prohorenkovs scored his 12^th goal of the season. Casey Carreau played the puck behind the net to Albin Nilsson who threw a quick pass to Prohorenkovs in front of the net, Prohorenkovs one-timed it into the net for the first goal of the game.
The Griffs got on the board at the 15:16 mark of the first period and the teams went to the locker room tied at one.
The Purple Eagles outshot the Griffs 10-6 in the first period while Niagara blocked five shots.

Second Period

Canisius took the lead just under four minutes into the second period.
At the 18:25 mark of the frame, the Griffs took a hooking penalty to give Niagara their third power play of the game. At the 19:09 mark of the period, Albin Nilsson took a one timer from the right circle and scored his 10^th goal of the season. Ryan Naumovski and Casey Carreau picked up their 17^th and 21^st assists of the season.
Niagara blocked another five shots in the period, Canisius outshot Niagara 13-10 in the second period.

Third Period

The Griffs scored the eventual game winning goal at the 4:39 mark of the third period and added an insurance goal on the power play at the 10:33 mark.
The Purple Eagles generated nine shots in the period but could not convert.

Niagara Notes

Chad Veltri made 26 saves in his 99^th career game as a Purple Eagle.
Ryan Cox skated in 152nd career game as a Purple Eagle, he finishes his career with the second most games played in program history.
Nilsson tallied a goal and an assist and notched career points 50 and 51 in the game.
Jordan Wishman had a blocked shot in his 129^th career game and final game as a Purple Eagle.
The Purple Eagles finished the season with a 19-18-3 record, it is the programs first winning season since the 2012-13 season. It is the 14^th winning season in program history.