Not many teams in any sport, at any level, can boast of a spotless record all-time. For one night, at least, Robert Morris can.<\/p>\n
Jeff Gilbert scored two goals, including the game-winner at the 7:08 mark of the third period, to lead Robert Morris to a 3-1 victory over host Canisius at the Buffalo State Sports Arena Friday night.<\/p>\n
The win is RMU’s first victory in hockey as a NCAA Division I member and improves the Colonials to 1-0-0. Canisius falls to 0-2-1.<\/p>\n
Canisius opened the scoring on the power play, midway through the first period on senior captain Fred Coccimiglio’s first goal of the season, at 10:23. Coccimiglio grabbed a loose puck of a rebound and beat Robert Morris netminder Christian Boucher. Fellow senior Ryan Corcoran and freshman Mike Ruberto assisted.<\/p>\n
But Robert Morris rattled off three unanswered goals to overpower the Griffs and take home the victory in the first game in program history.<\/p>\n
Bill Menozzi started the scoring for RMU, knotting the game at 1 at the 3:03 mark of the second period. Menozzi beat Canisius senior goalie Bryan Worosz between the pads from the faceoff circle for the first goal in the Colonials’ history.<\/p>\n
Gilbert followed with the eventual game-winner 7:08 into the final period on the power play, then sealed the win for Robert Morris with an empty-netter with two seconds remaining.<\/p>\n
Joe Federoff finished with two assists for the Colonials.<\/p>\n
Worosz tallied 27 saves for Canisius, while Boucher posted 29 for Robert Morris. Canisius went 1-for-9 on the power play, while the Colonials were 1-for-11. The teams were tied in shots on goal with 30 apiece.<\/p>\n
Canisius travels to Robert Morris Saturday for the back end of the home-and-home series.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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