BOSTON – A sixth straight win for Army West Point and one-goal conference wins for Bentley and Sacred Heart highlighted Friday night’s Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) men’s action.
SCOREBOARD
Bentley 4, RIT 3 OT
Sacred Heart 3, Canisius 2
#15/14 Merrimack 6, Holy Cross 2
Robert Morris 5, Long Island 2
#19/RV Army West Point 4, Air Force 1
Recaps available below
BENTLEY 4, RIT 3 OT
Box Score
Waltham, Mass. – Bentley freshman Saxton Tess (Chicago, Ill.) scored his first collegiate goal 1:58 into overtime, lifting the Falcons to a 4-3 win over RIT in the first game of their series.
Bentley overcame an RIT comeback that included a hat trick from the Tigers’ Matthew Wilde (Mississauga, Ont.), who scored two of the goals on the power play and two in the third period, including the game-tying goal with just 30 seconds remaining in regulation.
Bentley got multiple-point games from Tess (one goal, one assist), James Duerr (Chicago, Ill.; one goal, one assist) and
Alec Leonard (Toronto, Ont.; two assists).
Lukas Swedin (Stockholm, Sweden) stopped 29 shots for the win in net.
|
Scoring |
Shots |
Pen/Min |
PP |
New Record (Conf.) |
| RIT |
1-0-2-0–3 |
32 |
5/18 |
2/4 |
2-7-1 (1-4-0) |
| Bentley |
1-2-0-1–4 |
26 |
6/20 |
1/3 |
5-4-0 (4-1-0) |
SACRED HEART 3, CANISIUS 2
Box Score
Fairfield, Conn. – Sacred Heart got goals from two defensemen and a freshman, while goaltender Jack Spicer (Rockville, Md.) stopped 26 shots for his second win in a row, 3-2 against Canisius Friday night.
Pioneer defensemen Michael Rubin (Blauvelt, N.Y.) and
Aiden VanRooyan (Dakota Dunes, S.D.) scored goals, as did rookie
Emmanuel Vermette (Quebec City, Que.).
Canisius converted on two power-play opportunities and held a 28-17 shots advantage – despite managing just one shot in the first period. The Golden Griffins fell short in their first AHA game of the season.
|
Scoring |
Shots |
Pen/Min |
PP |
New Record (Conf.) |
| Canisius |
0-1-1–2 |
28 |
2/4 |
2/3 |
3-5-1 (0-1-0) |
| Sacred Heart |
1-2-0–3 |
17 |
3/6 |
0/2 |
5-4-0 (2-1-0) |
#15/14 MERRIMACK 6, HOLY CROSS 2
Box Score
North Andover, Mass. – Merrimack scored twice in the final minute of the first period to erase a 1-0 Holy Cross lead and didn’t look back from there, defeating the Crusaders 6-2 Friday at Lawler Arena.
Holy Cross got a last-second goal of its own in the second period, on the power play from Will Elias (Weston, Mass.). Merrimack’s power play converted on 3-of-8 opportunities, including two Nick Pierre goals in the third period.
Holy Cross returns home Saturday and will face another Hockey East opponent, Northeastern.
|
Scoring |
Shots |
Pen/Min |
PP |
New Record (Conf.) |
| Holy Cross |
1-1-0–2 |
29 |
10/31 |
1/7 |
4-7-0 (2-4-0) |
| Merrimack |
2-1-3–6 |
38 |
11/30 |
3/8 |
6-1-2 (1-0-2) |
ROBERT MORRIS 5, LONG ISLAND 2
Box Score |
Game Highlights
East Meadow, N.Y. – Robert Morris built a 3-0 lead in the second period and answered every Long Island response, capturing a 5-2 road win in the first game of their series Friday night.
Five Colonials scored goals, starting with Braden Rourke (Des Moines, Iowa) and
Michael Felsing (Pittsburgh, Pa.) just 28 seconds apart in the first two minutes of the second period. Freshman
Brennan Faulkner (London, Ont.) scored next, and his first collegiate goal would stand up as the game-winner.
Charlie Schenkel (Toronto, Ont.) turned aside 37 shots to earn his second straight win as the Sharks held a 39-30 shot advantage in the game.
|
Scoring |
Shots |
Pen/Min |
PP |
New Record (Conf.) |
| Robert Morris |
0-3-2–5 |
30 |
3/6 |
0/3 |
3-7-0 (1-3-0) |
| Long Island |
0-1-1–2 |
39 |
4/8 |
0/2 |
2-8-0 (N/A) |
#19/RV ARMY WEST POINT 4, AIR FORCE 1
Box Score |
Game Highlights
USAFA, Colo. – Army West Point scored three times in the first period and the Black Knights’ AHA-leading power play stayed hot, leading to a 4-1 victory Friday night in the first game of the rivalry series with Air Force. Army improves to 5-0-0 in AHA play and has won six in a row overall.
Nils Forselius (Guilford, Conn.),
Jack Ivey (San Diego, Calif.) and
Nik Hong (Minneapolis, Minn.) scored the first-period goals, with Ivey’s coming on the power play.
Noah Mertz (Coventry, R.I.) would add a second-period power-play goal, making the Black Knights 2-for-3 on the man advantage for the night.
Army held a 33-18 shot advantage and got 17 saves from national co-Goaltender of the Month for October JJ Cataldo (Stuart, Fla.).
|
Scoring |
Shots |
Pen/Min |
PP |
New Record (Conf.) |
| Army West Point |
3-1-0–4 |
33 |
4/8 |
2/3 |
6-1-0 (5-0-0) |
| Air Force |
0-1-0–1 |
18 |
4/8 |
0/3 |
3-6-0 (1-2-0) |
UPCOMING SCHEDULE
Saturday, November 7
RIT at Bentley, 6 p.m. ET
Canisius at Sacred Heart, 6 p.m. ET
Northeastern at Holy Cross, 7 p.m. ET
Army West Point at Air Force, 5:05 p.m. MT
Robert Morris at Long Island, 7:30 p.m. ET
Thursday, November 12
Bentley at Air Force, 7:05 p.m. MT
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