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Winner RIT RIT 3-2-0, 2-1-0
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Holy Cross HCR 4-1-1, 1-1-1
Winner
RIT RIT
3-2-0, 2-1-0
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Final
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Holy Cross HCR
4-1-1, 1-1-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 OT 1 F
RIT RIT 0 1 1 1 3
Holy Cross HCR 0 0 2 0 2

Game Recap: Men's Hockey |

Men's Hockey earns 3-2 OT victory at Holy Cross

WORCESTER, Mass. – RIT junior forward Tanner Andrew scored the overtime game-winning goal off an assist from senior defenseman Aiden Hansen-Bukata in a 3-2 victory at Holy Cross, Friday, in Atlantic Hockey action.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • After a scoreless first period, RIT junior forward Carter Wilkie found the net with 9:56 left in the second. After an extended scrum on the end boards behind the Crusader goal, senior forward Cody Laskosky tipped a puck out of a crowd around the left post to the slot where Wilkie tipped a shot past Holy Cross goaltender Jason Grande inside the right post.
  • Holy Cross evened the score with a power play tally by Jack Ricketts with 14:10 remaining in the third period and appeared to have taken a 2-1 lead with 11:42 on the clock. However, the goal was taken off the board after a review of an open-ice hit with 13:02 on the clock was determined to be a five-minute major on the Crusaders.
  • Holy Cross took the lead with 9:33 left in regulation after scoring shorthanded during the ensuing five minute penalty, converting a 3-on-1 break with 1:27 left in the penalty.
  • RIT tied the score with 5:19 remaining in the third period. Junior forward Grady Hobbs fought a puck off the right boards in the Holy Cross zone and found sophomore defenseman Xavier Lapointe at the top of the slot. Lapointe took a wrist shot that rebounded off Grande's pads to sophomore forward Simon Isabelle in front for a short tap-in inside the right post.
  • Scarfone came up with five saves in overtime, including a sliding stop during a 2-on-1 opportunity in the opening minute.
  • Grande later made a diving save on a shot by Andrew with 1:38 on the clock before Holy Cross nearly won the game on the ensuing counter attack. Scarfone made one last save that rebounded to his right where Hansen-Bukata jumped on the loose puck and headed the other way. Hansen-Bukata dropped a backhanded pass through a defender to a trailing Andrew for the deciding tally with 1:20 on the clock.   
GAME NOTES
  • Andrew notched his first goal of the season and fifth career game-winner.
  • Wilkie has tallied at least one point in all five games this season, including a team-high four goals.
  • Laskosky scored a point in his fourth-consecutive game.
  • Isabelle notched his first goal of the season and fourth in a Tiger uniform.
  • RIT held a 28-13 shot advantage through two periods en route to a 42-29 edge for the game.
  • The Tigers allowed only their second power play goal of the season, not conceding an extra-man tally for 15-straight kills before the Crusaders' third-period PPG. RIT has now killed 18-of-20 power plays this season.  
  • Scarfone finished the night with 28 saves and moved past Jared DeMichiel '10 for sixth on RIT's Division I-era list with 1,598 career stops to date. 
  • Hansen-Bukata scored his 50th career point in his 100th career appearance. 
  • Fifth-year forward Caleb Moretz played his 125th career game
WHAT'S NEXT
RIT takes on the Crusaders in a rematch on Saturday (Oct. 28th) at 7:05 p.m. in Worcester.