ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The No. 20 RIT men's hockey team lost a 2-0 decision to visiting Mercyhurst in Atlantic Hockey action, Saturday, snapping a five-game win streak.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• RIT out-shot Mercyhurst, 51-14, including 21 shots in the second period, but couldn't solve Laker goaltender Simon Bucheler, who notched a shutout in his second career start. He also made 15 saves and allowed one goal in 32:39 of work off the bench in Friday night's 5-2 Tiger victory.
• Mercyhurst scored with 7:45 left in the first period after Micky Burns slipped a short pass in the low slot to Boris Skalos in front of the left post for a short finish behind Scarfone.
• The Lakers notched a power play goal with 12:29 left in the third after Keanan Stewart cleaned up a rebound off a shot in the slot by Adrien Bisson. 

GAME NOTES

• The Tigers were shutout for the first time since a 1-0 loss to Holy Cross in last year's Atlantic Hockey Semifinals (Mar.10).
• RIT finished 0-for-4 on the power play, including a one-minute, 48-second 5-on-3 attempt with five minutes left in the second period.  
• The Tigers killed seven-of-eight Laker power plays.
• RIT took the most shots since totaling 52 in a 5-3 victory over Mercyhurst in the opening game of last year's Atlantic Hockey quarterfinal series (Mar. 3).
• RIT allowed the fewest shot since holding Sacred Heart to 15 shots in a 5-1 win on Feb. 1, 2022 in a game played at Army.
• Tiger goaltender Tommy Scarfone totaled 12 saves, surpassing Shane Madolora '12 for fourth place in program history (D1 era) with 1,733 career saves to date. 

WHAT'S NEXT
RIT is off until for two weeks until hosting New Hampshire for a non-conference doubleheader on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 24-25, at 7:05 p.m. and 5:05 p.m., respectively.