BUFFALO, N.Y. – Paul Meyer (Edina, Minnesota) and Trevor Cosgrove (Exeter, New Hampshire) each scored their first career goals Saturday night as the Colgate men's ice hockey team tied the Canisius Golden Griffins, 3-3, in overtime at HarborCenter.
 
Meyer and Cosgrove each scored their goals in Colgate's dominant third period, outscoring Canisius 3-1 in the middle frame. Sophomore Bobby McMann (Wainwright, Alberta) also scored for the Raiders to complete that third period attack.
 
The second period got off to a ferocious start as Canisius' Jesse Pereira kicked off the scoring just 1:10 into the period with a power-play goal to take a 1-0 lead.
 
Canisius' lead was very short-lived as McMann evened up the game 18 seconds later.  Nick Austin (St. Louis Park, Minnesota) worked the puck to McMann who skated around the goal and shuffled the puck into the net.
 
The game was tied for the next 14 minutes until Meyer found the back of the net for the first time to give the Raiders a 2-1 lead off a feed from Tyler Jeanson (Carman, Manitoba) who also picked up his first career assist.
 
Colgate doubled its lead less than a minute later when Cosgrove got his first career goal off a feed from Jared Cockrell (Readfield, Maine) as the Raiders claimed a 3-1 lead with 3:37 to go in the second period.
 
Canisius stormed back in the third period as they netted another power-play goal just 34 seconds into the frame to cut Colgate's lead to one. The Golden Griffins managed to tie the game with 59.6 seconds left. Initially the referees signaled no goal on the ice, resulting in continued play that led to a Colgate empty-net goal. But after a review, Canisius was credited with the game-tying goal where the team's ultimately tied, 3-3.
 
BOTTOM LINE
Colgate 3, Canisius 3 (OT)
 
WIN/LOSS RECORDS
The Raiders move to 2-2-2 after four weekends of play this season while the Golden Griffins move to 1-1-1.
 
KEY RAIDER INFO
-Meyer and Cosgrove give Colgate its second time this season of two players netting their first career goal
-Meyer's first goal also serves as his first career point
-Cosgrove tallied his second career point with the second period goal
-Through six games, six different players have four or more points
-McMann picked up his second goal of the season, fourth point overall and has now scored in back-to-back games
-Austin tallied an assist for his team-leading fifth point of the year
-Colton Point (North Bay, Ontario) tallied 32 saves in the tie for the Raiders as he remains unbeaten with a 2-0-2 record
-Point has seven career games with 30 or more saves and three such games this season
-McKechney tallied his fourth assist of the season to tie Willie Brooks (Locust, New Jersey) and John Snodgrass (Eagan, Minnesota) for the team lead
-Snodgrass' assist moves him one assist shy of 20 in his career
-Cockrell picked up his first assist of the season to give him four points after scoring three goals in the Raiders' first two games of the season.
 
FACTS AND FIGURES
-Colgate outshot Canisius 40-35 in the game, owning a 14-6 edge in the first period
-The Raiders went 0 for 3 on their three power plays while the Golden Griffins were 2 for 6
-Faceoffs were even at 37 wins each despite McKechney's game-high 12 wins
 
UP NEXT
The Raiders host the Arizona State Sun Devils next weekend for a pair of games coinciding with the Family Weekend. Friday night's game is set for 7 p.m. and Saturday's puck drop is at 4 p.m.