BUFFALO, N.Y. – Canisius held the Colgate offense in check Saturday afternoon and scored an 8-6 nonconference victory over the No. 19 Raiders.
 
Senior goalkeeper Brad Nordstrom was the hero for the Golden Griffins. A graduate transfer from Fairfield, Nordstrom posted a season-high 16 saves to deny the Raiders time and again.
 
Six different Colgate scorers found the net but the Raiders could muster only single goals in the final three periods. Colgate led 4-2 late in the second quarter before allowing two goals in the last two minutes of the half to swing the momentum.
 
Colgate goal scorers were, in order, Mike Hawkins, Brian Minicus and James Caddigan in the first quarter; Duncan Hoskinson in the second; Nicky Petkevich in the third and then Matt Donovan with 7:17 left in the fourth to give the Raiders hope for a late rally.
 
But it wasn't to be and Canisius posted its first victory over Colgate in 15 meetings.
 
Sam Cleveland had a pair of assists for Colgate, giving him eight for the season and 71 for his career. That ties him for fifth on the all-time Raider chart.
 
Bottom Line
• Canisius 8, No. 19 Colgate 6
 
Won-Lost Records
• Colgate is now 3-3.
• Canisius improved to 4-3.
 
Raider Facts & Figures
• The Petkevich goal was his 14th. He maintains his team lead in that category.
• The Raiders were perfect on their only man-up chance, Minicus scoring in the first to make it 2-2. It was his second extra-man goal of the season, tying Cleveland for team honors.
• Colgate matched its season high with 43 shots, of which 22 were on the mark.
• On defense, Nick Salameda caused two turnovers and picked up a career-high five ground balls.
• First-year Sean Collins saw his second game action of the season, playing the final quarter in goal and making two saves with one goal allowed.

From the Source
• Colgate head coach Matt Karweck: (On the game) "My initial feelings about the game were that we got dominated in the ground ball battle, didn't shoot well and made critical errors in the clearing game.
 
"However, I was wrong. We dominated that game in so many ways. We guarded them really well, we rode the ball really well, we actually moved the ball and got great opportunities. I'm proud of our guys in the execution of the game plan. We need to shoot more against live goalies.
 
"My hat is off to the Canisius staff and how they prepared their goalie. He had a phenomenal day with 16 saves, and we missed the goal a bunch as well. The good news is we have a game against a very good Hobart team coming on Tuesday. We win and learn, and we lose and learn."

Gate Grab Bag
• Attendance at the Demske Sports Complex was 235.
 
Up Next
• Colgate stays out of conference play but has a quick turnaround with a Tuesday visit from Hobart.
• The Statesmen are 5-1 after Saturday's 13-7 home victory against Wagner.
• Faceoff from Crown Field is 4 p.m.