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Atlantic Hockey Showdown: Canisius shuts out Mercyhurst on senior night


Credit USCHO.com
On Thursday, night the Canisius Golden Griffins laid an absolute beat down on the Mercyhurst Lakers, which was also their last home game of the season as well as their senior night. Canisius scored early in the game and never looked back, Sophomore Defenseman Alex Jaeckle scored at 4:17 of the first period. This started off a torrid three goal first period for the Griffins which would eventually chase Lakers goaltender Brandon Wildung from the net going into the second period. Jaeckle’s game winner was his third goal as well as his third game-winning goal of the season. Senior goaltender Charles Williams set school records in wins with 19 and shutouts with 5 and the Griffins extended their unbeaten streak to 15 games, the longest active unbeaten streak in the entire nation. Canisius wraps up the season with a record of 21-11-7 and is guaranteed a first round bye heading into the Atlantic Hockey Tournament. Mercyhurst drops to a record of 15-17-4 and will be back in action for their final home game and senior night this Saturday against Rochester Institute of Technology. The Lakers are most likely going to finish below the fifth seed in the conference and thus must get a win on Saturday to better their chances of a first-round home playoff series.

Live tweets from the game can be seen here

Mercyhurst Lakers post-game write up here
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