Neither the team's primary starter, Jacob Barczewski, nor the backup, John Hawthorne played particularly well but they were not receiving much help from the defense.

The Griffins did not seem to shake out of their funk until November when they swept a series from defending league champion American International.

Due to the closure of the Buffalo airport, caused by heavy snowfall, the series with Air Force on December 30–31 was postponed.

After another split with RIT, Canisius went 6–2 over the final four weeks to reach 4th in the Atlantic Hockey standings, earning themselves a home site for the quarterfinals.

Canisius was badly outshot and wasted a masterful performance in goal when Barczewski stopped the first 34 chances that came his way.

Barczewski again allowed nothing past him in regulation and, since he got some goal support this time, helped finish off Army with his second shutout of the season.

[3] With Barczewski remaining a rock in goal, the offense returned for the rest of the series and the trio of Keaton Mastrodonato, Ryan Miotto and David Melaragni combined for 10 points to lead Canisius to their second title game in three seasons.

Only Holy Cross stood in the way of the Griffins second trip to the NCAA tournament and the team could not have asked for a better performance by the defense.

A second-period goal from Nick Bowman was all the offense the team needed and two empty-net marker sealed the game, sending the Golden Griffins to the tournament.