Strong Second Period Pushes RIT Past Army

Friday, October 27

West Point, NY

7:05 PM

Army West Point

3-2-0, 3-2-0AHA

RIT

1-2-1, 1-0-0AHA

RIT

Army

Strong Second Period Pushes RIT Past Army

October 27, 2017 | Hockey

Box Score

WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point hockey team fell to RIT Friday night. The Black Knights came out to a 2-0 start after the first period before four goals by the Tigers in the second fueled RIT to win 5-4.

ARMY HIGHLIGHTS AND GAME NOTES

Dominic Franco continued his streak and has recorded a point in Army's last three contests.
He also recorded an assist on the night for his sixth of the season.
Also scoring for the Black Knights was Tipper Higgins, Michael Wilson and Tyler Pham.
The line of Franco, Pham and Wilson have now produced a combined 22 points on the season.
Wilson also notched an assist in the game along with Brendan Soucie, John Zimmerman, Ian Mansfield and Mason Krueger.
Cole Bruns made 24 saves in the game for the Black Knights. Army outshot RIT 30-29.

HOW IT HAPPENED
PERIOD ONE (2-0 ARMY)

Army started strong against the Tigers scoring seven minutes into the game.
Pham brought the puck up into the zone and dumped it to Wilson low. Wilson then had a perfect drop pass which Pham connected with and drove home.
With just two minutes left in the frame, Franco picked the puck from the Tigers' blueline and passed it up to Wilson who went top shelf.
Bruns made a quick save on a fast release shot by RIT to finish the period with Army ahead 2-0.

PERIOD TWO (4-2 RIT)

The Tigers had quite the showing in the second period netting four goals.
RIT scored its first two two minutes apart to tie the game at 2-2 with 14:19 left in the stanza.
The Tigers kept the pedal to the floor as they netted two more in the period one being a power play goal.
Army went on the man advantage with 2:47 left, but had limited opportunities.

PERIOD THREE (5-4 RIT)

The Black Knights fought back to start off the third with a goal 3:18 in. After quick movement from Mansfield and Krueger, the puck was loose in front and Higgins came in to score to make it a one goal game.
RIT answered back five minutes later with a goal of their own. Bruns made two initial saves, but continuous shooting by the Tigers enabled the goal to pad their lead 5-3.
Army kept its hopes alive when Franco scored with 00:26.8 remaining in the game to bring it within one again.
Zimmerman swung the puck around to Soucie who fired it into the middle. The puck bounced off Franco into the back of the net to score.

TURNING POINT