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Army AWP 0-1-1, 0-1-0
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Winner RIT RIT 1-1-0, 1-0-0
Army AWP
0-1-1, 0-1-0
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Final
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RIT RIT
1-1-0, 1-0-0
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
Army AWP 0 2 0 2
RIT RIT 0 2 1 3

Game Recap: Men's Hockey |

Men's Hockey defeats Army, 3-2, in home-opener

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – RIT junior defenseman Aiden Hansen-Bukata scored what proved to be the third-period, game-winner and added an assist to lead the Tigers to a 3-2 victory over visiting Army, Friday, in Atlantic Hockey action.
 
Senior forward Elijah Gonsalves also had a goal and an assist while sophomore goaltender Tommy Scarfone totaled 32 saves, including 17 in the second period, to preserve the win.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Following a scoreless first period, senior forward Kobe Walker put the Tigers on the board with 12:18 on the second-period clock. Hansen-Bukata slid a pass across the top of the zone to senior defenseman Gianfranco Cassaro, who took a slapshot from the top of the right faceoff circle that rebounded to Walker for a short one-timer inside the left post.
  • RIT took a 2-0 lead with 4:58 left in the period. Junior forward Cody Laskosky intercepted a pass behind the Black Knight net and fed Gonsalves, who roofed a glove-side shot from the slot.  
  • Army answered with a power play goal five minutes later after Brett Abdelnour scored from the slot on a feed from the left corner by Max Itagaki. The Black Knights evened the score 58 seconds later after Joey Baez finished a pass from Abdelnour.
  • RIT notched the game-winner with 5:12 left in regulation. Senior forward Caleb Moretz fed Hansen-Bukata for a long shot from the point that deflected off Army goaltender Gavin Arbric's pads all the way out to the top of the left face-off circle. Hansen-Bukata pounced on the rebound and scored on a wrist shot under the glove of a screened Arbric.   
GAME NOTES
  • Gonsalves notched his first multi-point game since a two-assist showing in a 5-4 win at Princeton (Nov. 26) last season, missing the second half of the season due to injury. 
  • Hansen-Bukata scored the second game-winner of his career and first since scoring 48 seconds into overtime of last season's 6-5 victory at Niagara (Jan. 22).
  • Hansen-Bukata also totaled a team-high three blocked shots.  
  • Moretz logged his 25th career assist. 
  • RIT opened Atlantic Hockey play with a win over Army for the second-straight season. The Tigers defeated the host Black Knights, 4-3, last Oct. 8. RIT is also 10-4-3 all-time in its first AHA game of the season. 
WHAT'S NEXT
RIT hosts Army in a rematch on Saturday (Oct. 8) at 5:05 p.m.