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Erin Percy
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Union (NY) UNI 2-3-1
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Winner RIT RIT 3-1-0
Union (NY) UNI
2-3-1
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Final
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RIT RIT
3-1-0
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Union (NY) UNI 0 3 2 5
RIT RIT 2 4 2 8

Game Recap: Men's Hockey |

Men's Hockey earns 8-5 Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend victory over Union

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – RIT first-year forward Tyler Mahan scored three goals – all his first in a Tiger uniform – in Saturday's 8-5 victory over Union in the 15th-annual Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend game, played at the Blue Cross Arena in downtown Rochester.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Mahan opened the scoring with 10:17 left in the first period off a turnover at the top of the Dutchmen zone before sophomore forward Grady Hobbs made it a 2-0 game off a feed from junior defenseman Aiden Hansen-Bukata with 5:30 on the clock.
  • Sophomore forward Carter Wilkie scored a power-play goal 50 seconds into the second to kick off a seven-goal period, followed by Mahan's second of the game 1:20 later for a 4-0 RIT lead.
  • Union got on the board with two goals in 32 seconds for a 4-2 score with 14:47 on the clock.
  • Senior defenseman Gianfranco Cassaro scored on a blast from the right face-off circle with 6:07 left in the period before first-year forward Simon Isabelle tallied his first collegiate goal on a short finish off a great feed by junior forward Cody Laskosky 27 seconds later for a 6-2 lead. The Dutchmen got one back on the power play with 2:57 left to make it a 6-3 game into the third period.
  • Union pulled back within two, 6-4, with 13:40 left in regulation, but was held scoreless the rest of the way.
  • Mahan completed the hat-trick with an empty-net tally with 3:34 left in regulation before senior forward Caleb Moretz closed the night with a tally with 1:49 left in regulation. 
GAME NOTES
  • Mahan logged the first RIT hat-trick since Will Calverley scored three goals in a 6-4 victory over visiting Mercyhurst on Jan. 28, 2021. He also registered the first three-goal performance by an RIT first-year player since Andrew Rinaldi netted three in a 7-4 win over visiting Holy Cross on Nov. 1, 2019.
  • RIT earned its first Division I era victory over Union after going 0-7-1 in the teams' first eight meetings, including a 4-3 setback in Schenectady to open the season two weeks ago (Oct. 1).
  • Tiger sophomore goaltender Tommy Scarfone was credited with 27 saves to earn his second victory of the season.
  • RIT owns a 14-9-4 record at Blue Cross Arena during the Division 1 era. The Tigers are also 6-5-4 during the Brick City game, including a 4-0-3 record in its last seven trips downtown.
  • RIT converted two of four power-play attempts while killing four of five Dutchmen extra-man opportunities.
  • Hansen-Bukata finished with a career-high three points – all assists. The reigning Atlantic Hockey Defensive Player of the Week currently leads the Tigers with six points after notching a game-winning goal and two assists in last weekend's conference sweep of Army.
  • Nicholson finished with two assists for his fourth-career multi-point game and first since a two-assist outing in a 5-1 win over visiting Sacred Heart on Feb. 1, 2022.
  • Gonsalves totaled two assists for his second multi-point game of the season after also logging a goal and an assist in the 3-2 win over Army last Friday (Oct. 7).
  • Cassaro notched his second goal in as many games after also scoring in last Saturday's 4-1 win over Army (Oct. 8).
  • RIT scored the most goals since earning an 8-5 victory over No. 9 Clarkson at the GPC on Nov. 27, 2020.
BRICK CITY 2023
RIT will host Notre Dame on Saturday, Oct. 14 in the 16th-Annual Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend Game next season. Stay tuned in the coming months for more information about the game, including tickets. 

WHAT'S NEXT
RIT heads to Air Force for a pair of Atlantic Hockey games this Thursday and Friday (Oct. 20-21) set to face off a 9:05 p.m. EST both nights.