{"id":96965,"date":"2010-11-29T11:53:06","date_gmt":"2010-11-29T17:53:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/atlantic-hockey-blog\/?p=138"},"modified":"2010-11-29T11:53:06","modified_gmt":"2010-11-29T17:53:06","slug":"atlantic-hockey-weekend-wrap-up-112910","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.uscho.com\/2010\/11\/29\/atlantic-hockey-weekend-wrap-up-112910\/","title":{"rendered":"Atlantic Hockey weekend wrap-up 11\/29\/10"},"content":{"rendered":"
There was only one team that managed perfection last weekend in Atlantic Hockey. American International pulled off a sweep at Mercyhurst to move into the thick of things in the standings. Just three points separates the 5th through 12th place teams at this point.<\/p>\n
The Yellow Jackets scored four goals in the third period on Friday to get a 5-3 come-from-behind<\/a> win over the Lakers on Friday, and then goalie Ben Meisner shut down Mercyhurst on Saturday, stopping all 35 shots he faced in a 3-0 shutout<\/a>. AIC was outshot 35-15 in the contest.<\/p>\n RIT was able to pick up three points at home against Sacred Heart, thanks to a comeback on Saturday that saw the Tigers score twice in the final 1:28 to earn a 3-3 tie<\/a>. The Tigers defeated the Pioneers 6-1<\/a> on Friday.<\/p>\n The other two AHA series resulted in splits, with Niagara and Army trading wins on Friday <\/a>and Saturday<\/a>, respectively, and Bentley and Canisius playing a pair of 3-2 games, with the Falcons coming out on top Saturday<\/a> and the Golden Griffins getting an overtime victory<\/a> on Sunday.<\/p>\n Probably the most entertaining game involving an AHA team was Connecticut’s wild 6-5 loss to Rensselaer <\/a>in the first round of the RPI Holiday Tournament on Friday. The game included three lead changes, eight goals in the third period, and a gutsy 35 save performance by UConn goalie Garrett Bartus. The Huskies fell to Alamaba-Huntsville 6-2 <\/a>in the consolation game.<\/p>\n Finially, Air Force defeated Clarkson 2-1<\/a> in the Denver cup, but fell to the host Pioneers 3-1<\/a> on Saturday, and Providence held off Holy Cross<\/a>.<\/p>\n I went 7-5-1 to improve on the season to 39-30-6 (.560). My guest analyst Dave Morgan went 5-7-1, but did say he thought RIT and Sacred Heart would probably tie, which they did. He also correctly picked a Canisius-Bentley split, but just on the wrong nights. Still, I’ll take the much needed win and improve to 2-4 against my guests so far this season.<\/p>\nHow’d I do?<\/h4>\n