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Ethan Bissinger
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St. Lawrence SLU 5-11-2
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RIT RIT 13-6-1
St. Lawrence SLU
5-11-2
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Final
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RIT RIT
13-6-1
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 OT 1 OT 2 F
St. Lawrence SLU 0 0 1 0 0 1
RIT RIT 0 1 0 0 0 1

Game Recap: Men's Hockey |

No. 18/19 Men's Hockey ties St. Lawrence, 1-1; wins shootout, 1-0

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – RIT junior goaltender Tommy Scarfone made a career-high 46 saves in the No. 18/19 Tigers' 1-1 tie opposite visiting St. Lawrence, Saturday.
 
Graduate student forward Elijah Gonsalves gave the Tigers a 1-0 lead early in the first period, but the Saints scored the equalizer in the opening minute of the third period. Following a scoreless overtime period, RIT won the shootout, 1-0, on a goal by first-year forward Tyler Fukakusa.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
  • Sophomore defenseman Gustav Blom sent a long outlet pass down the left wing to sophomore forward Tyler Mahan, who dropped a pass to Gonsalves in the slot. Gonsalves faked to his backhand and scored inside an open left post at 4:12 of the first.
  • St. Lawrence scored the equalizer off a turnover in the Tiger end. Felikss Gavars intercepted a clearing attempt and took a shot from the slot that was saved by Scarfone, but Tyler Cristall cleaned up the rebound at 54 seconds of the third. 
GAME NOTES
  • Scarfone notched his 30th career game with at least 30 saves and fifth with at least 40 stops. He also eclipsed the 45 saves he made earlier this season in a 4-3 OT setback to visiting New Hampshire (Nov. 25).
  • Scarfone became the third D1-era RIT goaltender to surpass 2,000 career saves with 2,029 to date.
  • RIT completed the non-league portion of its schedule with a 4-3-1 record for the first winning non-conference mark in 18 years as a D1 program.
  • RIT killed all four St. Lawrence penalties, finishing the weekend perfect on the penalty kill after also stopping all six during Friday night's 4-0 shutout versus Clarkson.
  • RIT out-shot St. Lawrence, 20-9, in the first period, but the Saints finished the game with a 47-43 advantage.   
  • RIT tied after leading through two periods for the first time since a 3-3 decision versus Mercyhurst (Oct. 29, 2021) after leading, 2-1.
  • Junior forward Grady Hobbs blocked a career-high three shots.
WHAT'S NEXT
RIT travels to Atlantic Hockey-rival Niagara on Thursday (Jan. 11) for a 7:05 p.m. faceoff before hosting Canisius next Saturday (Jan. 13) for a 7:05 p.m. start.