Griff's Fall To Waterloo in Season Opening Exhibition Contest

Griff's Fall To Waterloo in Season Opening Exhibition

Waterloo built a three-goal lead through two periods and held off the Canisius
College hockey team Wednesday night to defeat the Golden Griffins 4-2 in an
exhibition contest at the Buffalo State Sports Arena.

The Warriors opened the scoring 4:29 into the contest when Joel Olszowka corralled
the loose puck, skated toward the net and beat Canisius starting goaltender Bryce
Luker (Rigaud, Quebec) underneath his glove for the 1-0 lead. Waterloo added another
power-play goal at 10:19 of the second period when Shane Hart sent a touch pass
through the crease to David Edgeworth who scored in the bottom right corner to put
the Warriors up two.

Down 3-0 going into the third period, the Griffs could never get closer than two
goals. Freshman Carl Hudson (Smooth Rock Falls, Ont.) made the score 3-1 as he slid
into the slot and beat Waterloo goaltender Jimmy Bernier on the high glove side. The
Warriors added another goal to make it 4-1 before freshman Josh Heidinger (Buffalo,
N.Y) picked up a rebound off a shot by Michael Cohen (Williamsville, N.Y.) and
scored with 7:19 remaining.

Cohen and junior defenseman Kyle Bushee (Otsego, Mich.) led all players with two
assists apiece.

"We had some good individuals do some good things. As five-man units and in the
team game, we're not as good as we will be," Canisius coach Dave Smith said.
"Our freshmen who played in their first collegiate hockey game played well, and
our goaltenders also played well.

"We need more desperation in all three zones to find the success we're looking
for."

Canisius opens its regular-season schedule Saturday afternoon against Robert Morris.
Game time between the Griffs and Colonials at the Buffalo State Sports Arena is set
for 4 p.m.