RedHawks Explode in Final Period For 6-4 Win

Friday, October 3

Oxford, Ohio

7:05 p.m.

Miami University

1-0-0

Ferris State

0-1-0

Ferris St.

Miami (OH)

Photo by: Lexie Cunningham

RedHawks Explode in Final Period For 6-4 Win

10/3/2025 10:47:00 PM | Hockey

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OXFORD, Ohio– The Miami University hockey team exploded for four goals in the final 15 minutes and rallied for a 6-4 victory over Ferris State in the 2025-26 season opener Friday night.

Matteo Giampa scored two goals, including the game-winner, to lead the RedHawks (1-0-0) offensively, while Matteo Drobac stopped 32 shots from the Bulldogs (0-1-0).
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HOW IT HAPPENED

7:30 1st (Miami 1-0) | The RedHawks got on the board with a power-play goal in the opening period. After Ryan Smith's shot was deflected in the center of the offensive zone, Casper Nassen lunged to knock it free to Michael Quinn at the left point. Quinn skated in and fired to put the home team on top with the first goal of the season.
10:24 1st (Ferris State 1-1) | The Bulldogs equalized near the midway point of the stanza on a power play of their own. Chris Lie sent a pass over to Connor McGrath on his right, and Josh Zary was in the right place to tip home a rebound after McGrath's attempt in close.
13:17 1st (Ferris State 2-1) | FSU went on top less than three minutes later, as Riley Wallack won an offensive-zone faceoff to Xavier Jean-Louis, who promptly connected from deep to make it 2-1 in favor of the visitors.
14:32 1st (Miami 2-2) | Miami re-tied the score only 75 seconds later, as Vladislav Lukashevich sprung Giampa with a long pass up the left boards to get Giampa behind the FSU defense. The junior winger did the rest, beating Ferris State's Noah Rupprecht for the RedHawks' second goal. Lukashevich's assist came all the way from behind his own net after Ilia Morozov dropped the puck off there for his teammate.
7:42 2nd (Ferris State 3-2) | After a strong start to the second period by Miami with several high-quality scoring chances in the Ferris State zone, it was the Bulldogs who grabbed the first goal of the frame. Jean-Louis skated the puck along the boards and sent a pass to Jack Mesic at the point. Mesic's shot was then tipped home by McGrath in front to put FSU up 3-2.
5:43 3rd (Miami 3-3) | Nassen let loose with one of his patented one-timers only seconds after a power play expired in the third period to pull Miami level at 3-3. Lukashevich initially retrieved the puck and Doug Grimes relayed it from one faceoff circle to another to set up Nassen's blast. 33-19-71.
9:12 3rd (Miami 4-3) | The Red and White went back on top a few minutes later, when Justin Stupka knocked home a rebound of a Grimes shot. Michael Phelan fired from the top of the zone to get things started, and Grimes tracked down the loose puck off the end boards to send it back toward the net and tee up Stupka's go-ahead score.
16:23 3rd (Miami 5-3) | Giampa scored what would prove to be the game-winner on the power play with 3:37 remaining in the contest. Ryder Thompson sent a pass to Kocha Delic on his right, and after Delic's shot attempt bounced off a defender near the goal, the ensuing scramble in front of the net led to Giampa's heroics.
16:59 (Ferris State 5-4) | The Bulldogs wouldn't go away, scoring 36 seconds later to trim the margin to a single goal again. Emerson Goode lit the lamp, capitalizing on assists from Tanner Rowe and Lie.
18:44 3rd (Miami 6-4) | With Miami clinging to a late lead and the FSU net empty, a hustle play proved to be the difference. Ethan Hay won a race near the boards and flipped a pass toward the center of the rink, where an all-out dive from Maximilion Helgeson knocked the puck ahead for Bradley Walker to bat in a crucial insurance goal and account for the 6-4 final.

NOTES

The RedHawks scored six goals in a game for the first time since Dec. 12, 2021 (a 7-4 win at Mercyhurst) and compiled four goals in a period for the first time since Feb. 15, 2025.
Nassen recorded his second career multi-point game (Oct. 5, 2024, also vs. Ferris State).
Giampa scored twice in a game for the first time since Oct. 31, 2024 with Canisius and became the first RedHawk to do so since Jan. 24, 2025 (Ryan Sullivan).
Quinn led the RedHawks with a career-high six shots on goal.
Grimes produced the first multi-point game of his college career in his 40th appearance.
Lukashevich also collected the first multi-point game of his collegiate career (in his 30th game).
The RedHawks out-shot the visitors 41-36 and eclipsed the 40-shot mark for the first time since Nov. 24, 2023.
10 RedHawks played in the first NCAA game of their careers.
Miami blocked 17 shots, led by five from freshman Ryder Thompson.
14 of the 19 skaters in uniform for the Red and White recorded at least one point in the game.
The RedHawks won when trailing after the second period for the first time since Oct. 27, 2023.
Giampa, Nassen and Quinn were named the Three Stars of the Game.