Casey Laflamme was the last-minute hero for Fairfield Friday, scoring the game-tying goal with eight seconds left in regulation as the Stags and the Canisius Golden Griffs skated to a 4-4 tie at the Buffalo State Sports Arena in Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference action.<\/p>\n
The Griffs are now 4-3-2 overall and 3-2-2 in the MAAC, while Fairfield is 2-8-1 and 1-5-1 in MAAC play.<\/p>\n
Fairfield jumped to a 1-0 lead in the first period on a goal by Rae Metz 3:24 into the game. The Griffs would knot the game on the power play at the 5:06 mark as Fred Coccimiglio scored his sixth of the year to even the score at 1-1. The goal was Coccimiglio’s team-high fourth power-play goal. <\/p>\n
Canisius grabbed the 2-1 lead 4:20 into the second period on a power-play goal by Brad Kenny.<\/p>\n
The Stags rallied with a pair of goals to close the second period with a 3-2 advantage. Blaise Silka evened the game at 2-2 with a goal at the 9:15 mark and Nick Stead gave the Stags the 3-2 lead with 4:25 remaining in the period.<\/p>\n
Canisius tied the game again just 4:30 into the final period as Mark Persick scored his first collegiate goal. Coccimiglio scored his second of the game at the 10:56 mark to give the Griffs the 4-3 lead, setting up Laflamme power-play heroics.<\/p>\n
Each team managed two shots in the overtime period, but to no avail.<\/p>\n
Sean Weaver stopped 22 shots for the Griffs, while Fairfield’s Craig Schnappinger turned away 19 shots for the Stags.<\/p>\n
Canisius and Fairfield meet again on Saturday evening.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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