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The ýCgnacdan0Qhalmpion, Tueoday, March 14, 20016 , A17 Giffin's stellar season cornes to a humblinçj end We, but goattndût picasea with rookie campaign at Canisius College By Steve LeBlanc CANADIAN CHAMPION STAFF Dan Giffin set yet another goaltending record for Canisius College Saturday night, but would have gladly traded it in to prolong bis freshman season just one more gamne. Milton's NCAA Divtsion 1 puckstop- per made 38 saves against the Mercyhurst Lakers in Atlantic Hockey quarterfinal action, the most for a post-season game in Canisius hockey history.e Unfortunately that didn't even corne close to equaltng victoryý as 1r the offensively- stacked Lakers Dan Giffin amassed four third-peniod goals - the last into, an empty net - to topple the Golden Grilins 7-2. "Yeah that was a tougb one olnighu," said Giffin, who tut-ns 22 tomorrow and now plays alongside former Milton Merchant David Ovcjak wvith Canistus. "Mercyhurst bas a lot of firepower and they just kept coming." WVhile still smarting fromn the week- end defeat, Canisius' rookie cager bas an awful lot to feel good about this sea- son. The Golden Gniffins may have only finished seventh in the conference and been a meager 10-23-2 overaîl, but any success they did have was due largely teo Giffin. Building on a rock-solid junior career, he secured Atlantic Hockey Rookie of the Week honours a whop- ping six times - uwice as much as any other Canisius fneshmen ever bas. Particularly impressive after Christmas - following an early-season stretch that included a concussion and irregular work between the pipes - Giffin had a i 2-game spant that saw him register a goals-against average of 1.68 and .952 save percentage. That stretch included hack-to-back perfect games against Army and Connecticut to become the only Golden Griffin to earn consecutive shutouts. And last month bc'd tic the sebool record for overaîl shutouts at three wvth a whitewash of American International. "At certain points in t-be season even Bsieswtot ad e tsnsi ie saves," remarked the former lier 2jr. A goalie - wbo hackstopped the 2003/04 Oakville Blades to a Western Conference championship. "I've got a great (goaltending) instructor here in Chris Bernard and have Iearned. so much this season in terms of move- ment and posit-ioning skills." On most nighss Giffin put those les- sons into full effect, keeping the Golden Griffins in a number of games over more talented opponents and fin- ishing top three in the conference for hoth goals-against average (2.73) and save percentage (.920). 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