PRINCETON, N.J. – RIT senior forward
Jake Hamacher scored the game-winning goal 35 seconds into overtime in Saturday's 1-0 victory at Princeton. Head Coach
Wayne Wilson earned his 400th career win.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- RIT received a power-play opportunity with one minute remaining in regulation after Princeton's Ian Murphy was whistled for a holding penalty. After a scoreless final minute, RIT started overtime with a 4-on-3 advantage. Cycling the puck around the point, junior forward Caleb Moretz dropped a pass to senior defenseman Dan Willett in the left face-off circle. Willett slid a puck to Hamacher at the point for a one-timer which eluded a crowd in front of the crease and deflected in off the bottom of the right post 35 seconds into extra time.
GAME NOTES
- Freshman goaltender Tommy Scarfone totaled 21 saves to preserve the shutout and his first win in an RIT sweater.
- Hamacher also scored the first goal and added an assist in RIT's 5-4 victory over Princeton on Friday. He has scored a goal in three-straight games and four in RIT's last six outings.
- RIT has totaled 10 power-play goals in its last eight games.
- RIT played its fifth overtime game of the season while winning its third. RIT earned a 3-2 OT victory at then No. 13 Notre Dame (Oct. 2) before defeating host AIC, 3-2, in OT (Nov. 7). RIT tied host Army, 2-2, before falling, 1-0, in a shootout (Oct. 9) and tied visiting Mercyhurst, 3-3, before winning the shootout, 2-0 (Oct. 29).
- RIT recorded its first shutout since blanking host Air Force, 1-0, on Oct. 25, 2019. Hamacher scored what proved to be the game-winning goal with 5:41 left in the second period off an assist from Moretz.
- RIT swept the weekend series with Princeton in the first ever meetings between the programs in men's ice hockey.
- RIT is 4-2-0 in non-league games this season.
ABOUT WILSON
- Wilson became the 49th NCAA Men's Hockey coach with 400 wins, compiling a 400-279-75 record (.580 W%) the last 23 seasons.
- Wilson is the only coach to be named D1 and D3 National Coach of the Year
- He is 16th among active coaches in career victories
WHAT'S NEXT
RIT is off for the next 12 days before hosting Atlantic Hockey rival Army on Saturday and Sunday (Dec. 11-12) in its only games of the month. Face-off is set for 5:05 p.m. at the Gene Polisseni Center both nights.
