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AHA Men's Recap: October 11

October 11, 2024 - Holy Cross secured a big win at home vs UConn, thanks to three power play goals on five chances with the man advantage. See below for a full recap of tonight's action around Atlantic Hockey America.

FINAL SCORES/RECAPS
(RV) Sacred Heart 5
Colgate 6
OT
Box Score / Sacred Heart recap
  • Felix Trudeau had a three-point night with two goals and an assist in his Pioneer debut.
  • Aiden VanRooyan and Cole Galata each scored their first collegiate goals for Sacred Heart.
AIC 3
(RV) Ohio State 3 
AIC wins shootout
Box Score / AIC recap
  • 2000th game in program history for AIC.
  • Junior forward Josh Barnes scored two goals in regulation and the deciding tally in the fifth round of the shootout for AIC. 
  • AIC goaltender Chase Clark made 47 saves on 50 shots in 65 minutes between the pipes. He then stopped four of five Buckeye shootout attempts.
RPI 6
Canisius 3
Box Score / Canisius recap
  • Graduate students Kyle Haskins and Alec Cicero and junior Grant Porter scored the three goals for Canisius.
  • Junior Oliver Tarr and sophomore Jack Budd each had two assists on the night for the Golden Griffins.
  • RPI was 1-for-6 on the power play while Canisius was 1-for-4 with the man advantage.
(RV/RV) UConn 3
(RV) Holy Cross 4
Box Score / Holy Cross recap
  • Holy Cross went 3-for-5 on the power play, with Matt DeBoer, Owen Kim, and Liam McLinskey finding the back of the net on the man advantage.
  • Preseason AHA Player of the Year Liam McLinskey scored a goal and dished out an assist for a two-point night. The Pearl River, N.Y. native had 14 multi-point games last season.
  • Senior goaltender Thomas Gale made 34 saves on 37 shots for a save percentage of .919. Gale made 16 saves in the 3rd period. 
Niagara 2
(RV) Clarkson 4
Box Score / Niagara recap
  • Lars Rødne opened the scoring for Niagara late in the 2nd period. It was the 20th goal of his career. Glebs Prohorenkovs picked up his 40th career point with his assist on the Rødne goal.
  • Niagara won the battle on the face-off dot, winning 39-of-71. Sophomore Tyler Wallace won a team-best 16.
(RV/RV) RIT 2
Mercyhurst 4 *
Box Score / RIT recap / Mercyhurst recap
  • Mercyhurst got goals from four different skaters, as Sean James, Barrett Brooks, Ryan Coughlin, and Dominik Bartecko scored for the Lakers.
  • Mercyhurst goaltender Simon Bucheler turned aside 31-of-33 shots to earn the win for the Lakers.
  • RIT got goals from Dimitri Mikrogiannakis and Gustav Blom.
  • RIT out-shot Mercyhurst 33-30.
Ice Breaker Tournament:
Air Force 1
(5/5) Minnesota 7 
Box Score 
  • Sophomore forward Owen Dubois scored his first goal of the season on the power play in the 2nd period for the Falcons.
  • Air Force went 1-for-3 on the power play, while Minnesota went 0-for-2.
  • Air Force won the face-off battle 29-18.
NEXT UP
Saturday, Oct. 12
Army at (10/11) Maine / 2:00 p.m. ET (EXH)
(RV) Holy Cross at (RV/RV) UConn / 3:30 p.m. ET / ESPN+
(RV/RV) RIT at Mercyhurst* / 4:00 p.m. ET / FloHockey 
(RV) Sacred Heart at Colgate / 4:00 p.m. ET / ESPN+
RPI at Canisius / 5:00 p.m. ET / FloHockey
AIC at (RV) Ohio State / 5:00 p.m. ET / BIG+
Air Force at (14/14) UMass / 4:00 p.m. PT / BIG+
Bentley at (RV/RV) New Hampshire / 7:00 p.m. ET / ESPN+
Niagara at (RV/RV) St. Lawrence / 7:00 p.m. ET / ESPN+
USNTDP at Robert Morris / 7:00 p.m. ET (EXH) (#)

EXH - Exhibition game
* - AHA conference game
$ - Ice Breaker Tournament, Las Vegas, Nev.
# - Plymouth, Mich.

About Atlantic Hockey America
Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) embarks on its first season in 2024-25 after the merger between the Atlantic Hockey Association and College Hockey America. The conference fields 11 men’s teams (American International College, Bentley University, Canisius College, The College of Holy Cross, Mercyhurst University, Niagara University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Robert Morris University, Sacred Heart University, the United States Air Force Academy, and the United States Military Academy), and six women’s teams (Lindenwood University, Mercyhurst University, Penn State University, Rochester Institute of Technology, Robert Morris University, and Syracuse University). In 2025-26, Delaware University will join the women’s league. For more information, visit atlantichockeyamerica.com.