GENEVA, N.Y.—Hobart College junior attackman Anthony Dattellas opened the 2023 season with a career-high seven goals to lead the Statesmen to a 20-14 win over Canisius in the Poole Family Sports Dome this afternoon. The Statesmen won their season opener for the fifth straight year and improved to 22-1 all-time against the Golden Griffins.
 
"We had some good energy and really good focus early," Head Coach Greg Raymond said. "We got the ball to the right people. We shot the ball well, Anthony shot the ball well and we had some good offensive possessions. We got a little bit complacent and started to get a little bit sloppy towards the end, but at the start, I thought we were very focused on our game plan and executed it well."
 
Hobart had 13 different players record at least one point with Dattellas logging a game-high eight points (7-1). Sophomores Alex Rosa and Will Delano each produced three points. Rosa notched his first collegiate hat trick, which included both of the Statesmen's extra-man goals. Delano had two goals and an assist.
 
Senior goalie Loukas Sotiropoulos stopped nine of Canisius' 13 shots on goal in the first half and finished the game with 13 saves to earn his first Hobart win.
 
FAST START

• Dattellas factored into three of Hobart's first five goals as the Statesmen built a 5-0 lead in the first 10 minutes of the contest.
• Canisius got on the board with less than five minutes to go in the opening frame, but Hobart responded with six straight goals, four by Dattellas, to balloon its advantage to 11-1 just three minutes into the second quarter.
• The Golden Griffins scored a pair of extra-man goals, but their hopes of a resurgence before halftime were quickly dashed.
• Hobart scored three of the final four goals of the first half, taking a 14-4 lead into the break.

 
BACK-AND-FORTH

• The teams traded goals throughout the third quarter and into the fourth before Rosa and junior Zachary Delaney scored in succession to give the Statesmen their largest lead of the game, 19-8, with under nine minutes remaining.
• Canisius ended the game on a 6-1 run against Hobart's reserves.

 
KEY STATS

• The Statesmen outshot the Griffs 68-43, including 19-6 in the first quarter.
• Hobart owned a 24-14 advantage on faceoffs. Senior Adam Shea started the game 7-of-8 at the X, before leaving with an injury. First-year Seamus Schofield took most of the restarts in relief, going 16-of-27.
• Schofield collected a team-high six ground balls to lead the Statesmen to a 40-35 edge in that category.

 
ON THE OTHER SIDE

• Canisius got a team-high four second half goals from Kevin Carney.
• Colin Kelly registered a hat trick.
• Micah Hanson scooped up a game-high 10 ground balls.

 
ON THE HORIZON

• Hobart returns to action Saturday, Feb. 18, when the Statesmen will visit Lehigh for the first time since the teams last squared off as Patriot League rivals in 2004.