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RIT RIT 15-12-2, 11-8-2
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Winner Army West Point AWP 11-12-5, 6-11-3
RIT RIT
15-12-2, 11-8-2
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Final
6
Army West Point AWP
11-12-5, 6-11-3
Winner
Score By Periods
Team 1 2 3 F
RIT RIT 0 1 1 2
Army West Point AWP 1 2 3 6

Game Recap: Men's Hockey |

Men's Hockey falls at Army, 6-2

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The RIT Men's Hockey team dropped a 6-2 Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) decision at Army, Friday.

Army scored the lone goal of the first period before out-scoring the Tigers 2-1 in the second and 3-1 in the third en route to the victory. 
 
HOW IT HAPPENED
Following a Tiger hooking penalty, Army's Ben Ivey scored on a shot from the point through a crowded crease at 14:44 of the first.
 
RIT tied the game at 4:44 of the second. Senior defenseman Xavier Lapointe took a feed from junior defenseman Kevin Scott and whipped a wrist shot into the top left corner of the Army goal from the left faceoff circle.
 
Army retook the lead with another power play goal at 7:07 after Billy Batten took a pass outside the left post and slipped a puck across the low slot to Barron Woodring for a finish inside the right post.

The Black Knights took a 3-1 lead at 16:05 after Adam Marshall scored on a shot from the point through traffic.
 
RIT got one back at 7:15 after a shot from the point by senior forward Austin Brimmer rebounded to sophomore Tristan Allen in the left faceoff circle for a goal, far post.
 
Army answered again with another power play goal at 9:52. The Black Knights won an offensive zone faceoff and cycled a puck to Lukas McCloskey and the point, who sent a puck to Marshall in the right faceoff circle for a one-timer inside the near post.
 
Army built a three-goal lead at 13:56 after Ben Ivey scored on a wrist shot in the slot and later tacked on an empty-netter with 2:29 left to complete the victory.
 
GAME NOTES
  • First-year forward Zach Wigle won 16-of-24 faceoffs while logging his team-leading 21st point and 15th assist.
  • Brimmer was credited with his 13th assist this season.
  • RIT out-shot Army, 13-9, in the first period, but the Black Knights came back to finish with a 34-32 advantage.
  • Lapointe notched his first goal of the season, becoming the 18th Tiger to find the net, before Allen netted his first to become the 19th.
  • Senior defenseman Gustav Blom logged his first assist of the season, becoming the 23rd Tiger to score a point this winter.
  • Sophomore goaltender Jakub Krbecek ended the game with 28 saves.
  • Army finished 3-for-4 on the power play while the Tigers were 0-for-3.
WHAT'S NEXT
Army hosts the Tigers for a rematch on Saturday (Feb. 7) at 4:05 p.m.