AMHERST, N.Y. — Luke White scored two power-play goals in the first period, and Canisius University beat West Virginia University 4-2 on Saturday at Northtown Center at Amherst. The win gave the Golden Griffins a split of the weekend set after West Virginia won 3-1 in the same building Friday night.
White came into the game without a goal in three games, though he had two assists. He opened the scoring on the power play with 10:54 left in the first, assisted by London Goodwin and Braylen Tuff. He added a second power-play goal with nine seconds left in the period, set up by Tuff and Kasey Kohler, to make it 2-0.
Jagger North added the game-winning goal with 17:13 left in the second, scoring at even strength off assists from Caleb Okulewicz and Kohler. Tuff then made it 4-0 with 4:56 remaining in the period, assisted by Joey Wisniewski and Joshua Okulewicz. Tuff finished with a goal and two assists after entering the night with four points in three games. Kohler also had two assists.
West Virginia scored twice to cut the lead in half. Zach Vitlip scored with 40 seconds left in the second, with assists from Alec Pool and Nevin Daviault. William Mclaughlin made it 4-2 with 13:08 left in the third, assisted by Jacob Webb. Xavier Lapierre made 28 saves on 30 shots for Canisius. Wyatt Sloetjes stopped 36 of 40 shots for West Virginia, and Canisius outshot the Mountaineers 40-30.
Canisius improved to 3-1-0, and West Virginia fell to 1-1-0. Both teams will try to build on the weekend split in their next games.
