Army West Point Athletics
Army West Point
6-18-2, 6-14-2AHC
RIT
10-12-4, 9-7-4AHC
Hockey Splits Weekend at RIT
January 31, 2015 | Hockey
ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The Army hockey team headed into the third period down a goal at 2-1 and RIT pulled away with two tallies in the final frame to earn the 4-1 win on Saturday night at the Polisseni Center.
Army (6-18-2, 6-13-2 AHA) got its lone goal from C.J. Reuschlein, which was his sixth of the year. Tyler Pham and Conor Andrle were given assists on the goal. For Pham it was his 22nd point of the season and 14th helper, while Andrle added his 10th assist. Cole Bruns got the start for the second-straight night and made 30 saves.
RIT (10-12-4, 9-7-4 AHA) responded after Army's 4-2 win last night with Matt Garbowsky tallying three points on a goal and an assist. He scored the first two goals of the game with the first coming on the power play. Brad McGowan added two points on a goal and a helper, while Tyler Skirving netted a power play goal. Mike Rotolo made the start in net for the Tigers after coming in last night in the second period. He made 22 stops for his fifth win of the year.
RIT took the lead with 12:20 left in the first period with Garbowsky scoring his 18th of the season and it came on the power play. He snuck behind the Army defense on the man advantage and was in all alone on Bruns. The rookie netminder made the first stop, but Garbowsky chipped the puck over his right pad on the rebound for the 1-0 advantage.
The Tigers extended their lead to 2-0 with 9:44 left in the middle frame as Garbowsky tallied his second of the night. RIT had a lengthy offensive possession and Garbowsky took the puck off the side boards on the right side and fired a shot past Bruns on the glove side for the two-goal advantage. It was his 19th tally of the season.
Army got one back on the power play with Reuschlein scoring his sixth of the season to cut the lead to 2-1 with 4:09 remaining in the second. Pham did great job drawing both defensemen on the rush up ice. He lost control of the puck and Reuschlein was following the play and swooped in to put it past Rotolo for the power play tally.
Skirving gave the Tigers their two-goal lead back with 12:28 left in the game with RIT's second power play goal of the night. The Tigers moved the puck around the perimeter and then Skirving snuck behind the Army defense and tapped home a pass from Caleb Cameron and the home team led 3-1. Less than two minutes later Brad McGowan gave the Tigers their largest lead at 4-1 with 10:41 remaining with a shot that crossed up Bruns from the left side to close out the scoring.
The Tigers used the power play to their advantage with two goals on two chances, while Army had eight opportunities with the extra man and couldn't convert.
Army is off next weekend and returns to action at Canisius on Feb. 13-14 on the road.
Ice Shavings: This was the 22nd meeting between RIT and Army since 2006 ... this was the third game during a five-game road swing for Army ... the Black Knights have played in Rochester for two-straight seasons ... RIT leads the all-time series 14-3-5 ... Bruns made back-to-back starts on a league weekend for the first time since the series at Niagara on Nov. 21-22 ... Reuschlein scored his 3rd goal since the start of 2015 and his sixth point ... Pham has now tallied points in eight of his last 10 games ... Andrle reached double digits in assists with his 10th of the season.
