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Winner Canisius CAN 9-14-3, 7-8-3
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RIT RIT 19-8-1, 15-4-1
Winner
Canisius CAN
9-14-3, 7-8-3
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Final
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RIT RIT
19-8-1, 15-4-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 OT 1 F
Canisius CAN 1 1 0 1 3
RIT RIT 2 0 0 0 2

Game Recap: Men's Hockey |

No. 18 Men's Hockey falls to Canisius in OT, 3-2

BUFFALO, N.Y. – RIT grad student forward Kobe Walker and senior forward Calvon Boots each scored a goal, but it was visiting Canisius earning a 3-2 OT win in Atlantic Hockey play, Saturday.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • RIT got on the board at the 3:10 mark of the first. Canisius took a shot on the RIT net that ricocheted off the end boards out to junior defenseman Aiden Hansen-Bukata on the right half boards. Hansen-Bukata flipped an outlet pass to a streaking Boots in the neutral zone, who beat Golden Griffins goaltender Jacob Barczewski with a wrist shot from the right faceoff circle, far post.
  • Canisius answered with 14:34 on the clock after J.D. Pogue cleaned up a short deflection off an RIT defenseman in front on a power-play shot from the point by David Melaragni.
  • RIT retook the lead with 1:53 left in the period. Senior defenseman Gianfranco Cassaro wristed a shot from the right point that deflected off Barczewski's pads to the left faceoff circle. First-year forward Evan Miller jumped on the loose puck and spun toward the endline to slip a pass through a crowd on the crease to Walker for a dunk inside the right post.
  • Canisius tied the game with the lone goal of the second period. Hudson Lambert skated behind the Tiger net and fed David Melaragni at the top of the zone, who scored on a long shot past a screened Scarfone with 3:38 on the clock.
  • The teams played a scoreless third period, but RIT was whistled for boarding as the horn sounded and started overtime a man down. The Tigers fought off the Canisius man advantage, but went back on the penalty kill 49 seconds later after a hooking penalty. Canisius cycled the puck around to Ryan Miotto, who scored on a slap shot from the left faceoff circle with 1:21 remaining.   
GAME NOTES
  • Sophomore goaltender Tommy Scarfone finished with 29 saves.
  • Senior defenseman Ryan Nicholson finished with a game-high five blocked shots.
  • Hansen-Bukata logged his team-leading 21st assist of the season.
  • Boots scored a goal for the third time in his last five outings.
  • RIT had a goal disallowed with 3:27 remaining in the second period due to goaltender interference.
  • The road team won all four of this season's meetings between RIT and Canisius. RIT earned a 10-4 victory on Dec. 3 and last night, 3-2, in Buffalo while the Golden Griffins also earned a 2-1 OT win in Rochester on Dec. 2 
PLAYOFF UPDATE
Following all the night's action around Atlantic Hockey, first-place RIT is assured of finishing no lower than third in the conference standings. The top-four seeds will each host a best-of-three quarterfinal series March 3-5 with final seeds still to be determined.  
 
WHAT'S NEXT
RIT plays at Niagara this Thursday and Saturday (Feb. 9 & 11) in its final two road games of the regular season. Faceoff both nights is scheduled for 7:05 p.m.