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6
Winner RIT RIT 14-8-1, 10-5-0
3
Robert Morris RMU 6-16-3, 3-10-2
Winner
RIT RIT
14-8-1, 10-5-0
6
Final
3
Robert Morris RMU
6-16-3, 3-10-2
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
RIT RIT 1 3 2 6
Robert Morris RMU 0 2 1 3

Game Recap: Men's Hockey |

No. 20/20 Men's Hockey moves past Robert Morris, 6-3

MOON TOWNSHP, Pa. – RIT junior forward Carter Wilkie scored two goals and added an assist while first-year forward Tyler Fukakusa added a career-high three points on a goal and two assists to lift the No. 20/20 Tigers to a 6-3 Atlantic Hockey victory at Robert Morris, Friday.
 
Fifth-year defenseman Gianfranco Cassaro, sophomore defenseman Xavier Lapointe and sophomore defenseman Gustav Blom also tallied goals as RIT snapped a two-game slide by equaling their highest scoring output of the season.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • The Tigers got things going with a power play goal with 2:41 left in the first. A shot by Wilkie from the left point went wide of the left post, but deflected off the end boards to Cassaro in the right faceoff circle for a one-timer inside the near post.
  • RIT made it a 3-0 game with two goals in the first five minutes of the second. Following a RMU cross checking penalty, Fukakusa won a faceoff in the left circle that cycled through junior forward Tanner Andrew to Lapointe at the right point for a long-range goal through traffic at 1:52. Fukakusa later cleaned up a loose puck in front of the Colonial crease off a shot from the point by senior defenseman Aiden Hansen-Bukata at 4:16.
  • Robert Morris made it a one-goal game with a pair of goals in a six-minute stretch later in the second. George Krotiris scored on a short rebound off RIT junior goaltender Tommy Scarfone's pads inside the right post at 12:56 before Cameron Garvey scored on a rebound over a diving Scarfone at 18:55.
  • The Tigers scored with 33.3 left in the period to retake a 4-2 lead after Fukakusa dropped a pass to Blom for a blast from the top of the right faceoff circle.  
  • Robert Morris once again pulled back within one at 10:08 of the third, but Wilkie answered less than a minute later after stealing a puck in the left faceoff circle of the Colonial zone and picking the top corner, far-post, at 11:05. Wilkie scored on an identical shot four minutes later, this time off a feed by senior forward Cody Laskosky, to put the game out of reach.   
GAME NOTES
  • Scarfone won his 43rd-career game in a Tiger sweater, tying Logan Drackett '21 for the most wins in D1-era history. Credited with 38 saves for his 31st career game with better than 30 saves, he also became the third D1-era Tiger to surpass 2,100 career saves with 2,115 to date.
  • Appearing in his 100th career game in a Tiger sweater, Wilkie became the 20th player in program history (D1-era) to eclipse the 90-point plateau, moving into a tie for 18th place with Will Calverley '22 on the all-time scoring list with 91 career points. He now leads the Tigers with 21 points (10G/11A).
  • Cassaro also notched his 10th goal of the season – tied with Wilkie for the team-lead – becoming the first D1-era Tiger defenseman to log multiple double-digit goal seasons after scoring a program-record 14 last winter.
  • Cassaro also netted his team-best fifth power play goal.
  • RIT tied a season-high with three power-play goals on five attempts, while killing five of the Colonials' six extra-man opportunities.
  • Hansen-Bukata returned from a three-game injury absence to log two assists, increasing his team-leading season total to 14.
  • RIT put a season-high 56 shots on goal, eclipsing the 54 they took in the 4-1 victory over visiting Robert Morris (Dec. 1). 
  • The Tigers improved to 3-0 versus Robert Morris this season, scoring the most goals since defeating the visiting Colonials, 6-2 (Dec.2), at the Gene Polisseni Center. 
WHAT'S NEXT
Robert Morris hosts the Tigers in a rematch on Saturday (Jan. 20) slated for 6:05 p.m. faceoff.