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Winner RIT RIT 14-6-0, 12-2-0
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Bentley BEN 5-15-0, 2-10-0
Winner
RIT RIT
14-6-0, 12-2-0
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Final
1
Bentley BEN
5-15-0, 2-10-0
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
RIT RIT 2 1 0 3
Bentley BEN 0 0 1 1

Game Recap: Men's Hockey |

Men's Hockey defeats Bentley, 3-1, to complete Atlantic Hockey sweep

WALTHAM, Mass. – RIT senior forward Caleb Moretz and graduate student defenseman Matt Kellenberger each had a goal and an assist to lead the Tigers in a 3-1 win at Bentley, Friday, in Atlantic Hockey action.
 
Paired with a 3-0 shutout of the Falcons on Friday, RIT maintained first-place in the Atlantic Hockey standings with a six-point weekend.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • RIT scored twice in a 51-second span for a 2-0 first-period lead with 2:54 on the clock. Moretz took a cross-ice feed in the neutral zone and sped down the right half boards to roof a far-post shot from the faceoff dot with 3:45 remaining. Kellenberger then took a shot from the top of the Falcon zone that bounced off the end boards directly to the front of the left post where Bentley goaltender Connor Hasley unknowingly kicked the puck into the net off the back of his pads.   
  • The Tigers took a 3-0 lead with 12:50 left in the second period. First-year forward Tyler Mahan skated the puck down the left wings boards during a 2-on-1 break and fired a puck to the far post that deflected off Hasley's pads and into the goal off senior forward Elijah Gonsalves.
  • Bentley notched a power-play goal 2:16 into the third period, but RIT sophomore goaltender Tommy held the Falcons at bay the rest of the game to complete the victory. 
GAME NOTES
  • Scarfone finished with 29 saves for the second-straight night, only allowing one goal on 59 total shots during the two-game set to improve to a league-best 13-4-0 this season.
  • Mahan extended his team-best five-game scoring streak with two assists, totaling seven points during the stretch.
  • Junior defenseman Dimitri Mikrogiannakis tied a career-high with a team-best four blocked shots.
  • Kellenberger logged his first multi-point game in an RIT sweater and also blocked two shots.
  • Moretz' tally was a power play goal as the Tigers finished 1-for-6 with an extra man, while killing seven of eight Bentley power plays.
  • RIT improved to 10-2-0 this season when scoring first and 10-1-0 when allowing fewer than three goals. 
  • Head Coach Wayne Wilson moved into a tie for 42nd place in NCAA men's hockey history with his 423rd victory. 
WHAT'S NEXT
RIT host Atlantic Hockey rival Mercyhurst next Friday and Saturday (Jan. 13-14) at 7:05 p.m. and 5:05 p.m., respectively.