told me what to expect<\/a> from his team’s upcoming series with Air Force: “We’re not expecting to start the third period down by any more than a goal or up by any more than a goal,” he said.<\/p>\nThat turned out to be exactly what happened.<\/p>\n
On Friday, the Falcons had a 3-2 lead going into the final period in Colorado Springs. RIT was able to tie the score on a goal from Erik Brown, but AFA’s Erik Baskin got the game-winner, on the power play, with 8:37 left in regulation to give the Falcons a 4-3 win.<\/p>\n
“Air Force out-worked us, especially over the final two periods,” said Wilson after the game. “They won a lot of the one-on-one battles, competed much harder than us and that was the difference, as the better team won tonight.”<\/p>\n
“I really liked our compete level,: said Air Force coach Frank Serratore. “We have to out-work them because we can’t out-experience them. We weathered the storm in the first period as they had some shots. They are a good team. There is a reason they were 5-1 in the league.”<\/p>\n
Saturday was the same story with a different result. This time it was the Tigers who entered the third period with a one-goal lead (2-1). This time it was Air Force that answered (on a goal from Jordan Himley), and this time it was RIT that got a late power play goal to win it. Ryan Kruper’s second of the season with 5:01 to play was the difference in a 3-2 RIT win.<\/p>\n
“I thought we responded well after last night, said Wilson. “We were a lot sharper and played with more focus and intensity for a full 60 minutes.”<\/p>\n
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Unanswered<\/h4>\n
They say that good teams score in bunches, and that was the case for Canisius in its sweep of Bentley.<\/p>\n
On Friday, the Golden Griffins blew a 1-1 game wide open with four second period goals, and added one in the third for a 5-1 win.<\/p>\n
The following afternoon, Canisius erased a 2-0 Bentley lead with a pair of goals in the second period and three more in the third, all unanswered, to cruise to a 5-2 comeback win.<\/p>\n
Senior Ryan Schmelzer had a pair of goals, both in the third period.<\/p>\n
“Ryan’s finishing ability is high end,” said Canisius coach Trevor Large after the game. “With his speed and effort, he’s getting scoring chances and it’s not surprising that when he gets a chance to score, he’s finishing them.”<\/p>\n
Canisius is now unbeaten in its last ten games vs. Bentley (8-0-2). The teams meet again at the end of January.<\/p>\n
<\/p>\n
Back on track<\/h4>\n
Robert Morris has had its share of ups and downs so far this season, but is headed in the right direction after a 3-1 and 4-0 sweep of American International. It’s the first time this season the Colonials have come away with four points on a weekend.<\/p>\n
RMU goaltender Francis Marotte stopped 49 of 50 shots on the weekend, including all 19 in Saturday’s shutout, his second of the season and fourth of his career.<\/p>\n
Spencer Dorowicz had three goals, including a pair on Friday.<\/p>\n
Robert Morris looks to keep things going at Bentley next weekend, while AIC will regroup and prepare for a home series against Niagara.<\/p>\n
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Eight isn’t enough<\/h4>\n
Did this weekend’s Atlantic Hockey schedule seem a bit light? Just eight teams saw action in four weekend series. That’s the fewest number of teams and games since the second weekend of the season.<\/p>\n
But there’s three games on Tuesday, including a league matchup between Army West Point and Sacred Heart, which was idle this past weekend.<\/p>\n
Also idle was Niagara, which travels to Cornell on Tuesday.<\/p>\n
Mercyhust has been off since Nov. 11. Up next for the Lakers is a weekend series at Wisconsin.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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