TEMPE, Ariz. – RIT sophomore forward Carter Wilkie totaled a goal and two assists to lead the No. 19/20 Tigers to a 5-1 victory at Arizona State, Friday night.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• RIT opened the scoring with 1:58 left in the first period. Wilkie stole a puck in the Sun Devil zone and put a shot on net from the right faceoff circle, before first-year forward Tyler Mahan tucked home a short rebound.
• The Tigers kicked of a three-goal second period with a power play goal with 18:18 on the clock. Sophomore forward Tanner Andrew took a drop pass from senior forward Caleb Moretz at the left point and scored on a rising wrist shot inside the face-off circle.
• Just over four minutes later, senior forward Elijah Gonsalves made a nice diving play to keep possession in the Arizona State zone and eventually got the puck back at the left point, sending a cross-ice pass to Moretz for a near-post one-timer from low in the right faceoff circle.
• RIT built a 4-0 lead with 8:08 left in the period. Graduate student defenseman Spencer Berry threw a puck on net from the point that rebounded off the ASU goaltender's pads but into the goal off the skate of first-year forward Simon Isabelle, who had his back to the goal on the crease.
• In the third period, the Sun Devils scored on an odd-man rush with under nine minutes on the clock. However, the goal was taken off the board upon review of an earlier play at the other end that happened with 8:17 on the clock in which a Wilkie shot attempt just outside the left post was ruled a good goal, yielding a 5-0 Tiger lead.
• Arizona State later avoided the shutout with a power play goal with 1:35 remaining in regulation.    

GAME NOTES

• RIT sophomore goaltender Tommy Scarfone totaled 24 saves, stopping 15 shots during the second period including eight while ASU was on the power play, to improve to 15-4-1 this season.
• Mahan scored his team-leading 11th goal of the season. He has totaled a team-high nine points on six goals and three assists over the Tigers' last eight games.
• Wilkie put together his fourth game of the season with at least three points and leads RIT with 26 points, including a team-high 16 assists and 10 goals.
• Moretz has scored at least a point in four-straight games, totaling three goals and three assists during the span.
• Hobbs scored his seventh goal of the season while Andrew and Isabelle each netted their fifth.
• RIT earned its first ever win over Arizona State, falling in six previous meetings.
• RIT is 12-1-0 when holding opponents under three goals and is undefeated in five games when scoring at least five goals.
• Tiger head coach Wayne Wilson broke a tie for 41st place in NCAA men's ice hockey history with his 425th career victory while also coaching his 799th career game. 

WHAT'S NEXT
RIT looks to complete a two-game sweep of Arizona State, playing a rematch on Saturday (Jan. 21) at 6:05 p.m. EST.