WEST POINT, N.Y. – The RIT Men's Hockey team fell, 3-0, at Army in Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) play, Saturday.
Tiger junior goalkeeper
Jakub Krbecek totaled 34 saves but it was the Black Knights scoring once in each period to complete the weekend sweep after also earning a 2-0 victory in Friday's opener.
HOW IT HAPPENED
- Army opened the scoring at 14:33 of the first after Thomas Neu played a puck from behind the Tiger net to Rhys Wallin in the slot for a shot inside the right post.
- The Black Knights made it a 2-0 game with a power play goal at 9:05 of the second. Nils Forselius took a shot from the left faceoff circle that rebounded to Ben Ivey in the right faceoff circle for a shot past a diving Krbecek.
- Army iced the game at 8:44 of the third after Forselius took a feed in the slot from Ivey and scored inside the right post.
GAME NOTES
- Krbecek registered his 22nd career game with at least 30 saves.
- RIT finished 0-for-2 on the power play while killing two of three Army extra-man attempts.
- Army outshot the Tigers, 37-27.
- RIT was shutout in back-to-back games for only the second time in D1-era history and for the first time in AHA play. The only other time the Tigers were held scoreless twice in-a-row was during last year's Friendship Four in Belfast, falling to Miami (Ohio), 4-0, and Sacred Heart, 3-0 (Nov. 28-29).
WHAT'S NEXT
RIT will play its second-straight AHA road doubleheader next Friday and Saturday (Nov. 6-7) at Bentley. Faceoffs are set for 7:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m., respectively.
