Army West Point Athletics
Saturday, November 7
West Point, N.Y.
7:05 PM
Army West Point
0-5-2, 0-4-2AHA
2
vs
2
RIT
3-4-2, 3-0-1AHA
1
2
3
OT 1
F
RIT
2
0
0
0
2
Army West Point
0
2
0
0
2
Hockey Comes Back to Tie RIT, 2-2
November 07, 2015 | Hockey
WEST POINT, N.Y. – The Army West Point hockey team erased a two-goal deficit in the first period to finish in a 2-2 tie against RIT in an Atlantic Hockey Association game on Saturday night at Tate Rink.
Army moves to 0-5-2 overall and 0-4-2 in the league after the draw, while RIT goes to 3-4-2 and 3-0-1.
"Anytime you lose a game on a Friday night, you are always thankful to get back at it," said head coach Brian Riley. "We were certainly excited for our opportunity to come back tonight. We knew it was going to be a huge challenge because RIT is a good team. I am really pleased with how our guys responded, especially after the first period. I give the guys all the credit in the world. They came together and figured out a way to do this.
"We expect effort from our guys every game so I wasn't surprised, but to be down two goals to a very good team, it could have gone two ways. I am really pleased for the way our guys rallied around each other and obviously Parker made some huge saves. There were a lot of good things, but still more to work on."
Army had its first power play opportunity of the contest just 1:22 into the opening period after an RIT skater was called for hooking. The Black Knights registered four shots on the man advantage, with two of attempts being saved by Tiger goalkeeper Mike Rotolo. Rotolo totaled 31 stops on the night.
RIT netted consecutive goals 12 seconds apart, with both tallies coming off the stick of Myles Powell. Powell netted the first on assists from Greg Amlong and Alexander Kuqali while the Tigers had an extra skater due to a delayed penalty on Army.
Powell scored the second goal on the ensuing power play with 10:19 left in the period on assists from Mark Goldberg and Amlong to extend RIT's advantage to 2-0.
Army took advantage of its second power play of the game 3:22 into the second stanza, as C.J. Reuschlein tallied his first of the year on an assist from Tyler Pham to cut the Black Knights' deficit to a goal.
Trevor Fidler fired a shot on the near side that Rotolo stopped with his blocker, but drew a slashing penalty in the process to send Army back on the power play with 10:25 remaining in the middle period. The Black Knights power-play unit manufactured three shots, but was unable to solve Rotolo and the Tiger defense as the score remained 2-1, in favor of the visitors.
Army netminder Parker Gahagen settled in after allowing the two first-period goals, as the junior came up with 14 saves and held the Tigers scoreless in the second frame before finishing the game with 37 saves.
The Black Knights knotted the contest up at 2-2 on a power-play goal from Mike Preston with 5:02 remaining. Fidler sent a lead pass ahead to Joe Kozlak, who sent a shot on goal that was saved before Preston batted the puck out of midair and into the back of the net.
The action went back and forth for the first portion of the third period before an Army slashing penalty with 7:10 remaining titled the offensive chances in favor of RIT. The Tigers registered four shots on the power play, but Gahagen turned away two of the shots and forward Shane Hearn blocked away another. Kozlak stole the puck in Army's defensive zone before making his way down the rink and killing off close to 20 seconds before firing a shot on net that was saved to all but end RIT's man advantage.
Kozlak and Hearn recorded shots on net that were saved with under five ticks remaining in regulation before RIT was called for a roughing penalty with 0.4 seconds left in the period.
Kozlak had two more shots on the ensuing power play to start the overtime period before the Tigers were whistled for a second penalty to give the Black Knights a 5-on-3 advantage for 13 seconds, beginning with 3:12 left in overtime. RIT successful killed off both penalties before drawing a holding call against the Black Knights with 59.6 seconds on the clock. RIT fired two shots on the power play, but neither made it to Gahagen as the game ended in a tie.
The Black Knights are back on the ice Tuesday when they travel to Hartford, Conn., to face Connecticut at 7:05 p.m.
Ice Shavings: Gahagen moves to 0-2-2 on the season after the tie … Army moves to 3-15-6 in its all-time series against RIT.
Army moves to 0-5-2 overall and 0-4-2 in the league after the draw, while RIT goes to 3-4-2 and 3-0-1.
"Anytime you lose a game on a Friday night, you are always thankful to get back at it," said head coach Brian Riley. "We were certainly excited for our opportunity to come back tonight. We knew it was going to be a huge challenge because RIT is a good team. I am really pleased with how our guys responded, especially after the first period. I give the guys all the credit in the world. They came together and figured out a way to do this.
"We expect effort from our guys every game so I wasn't surprised, but to be down two goals to a very good team, it could have gone two ways. I am really pleased for the way our guys rallied around each other and obviously Parker made some huge saves. There were a lot of good things, but still more to work on."
Army had its first power play opportunity of the contest just 1:22 into the opening period after an RIT skater was called for hooking. The Black Knights registered four shots on the man advantage, with two of attempts being saved by Tiger goalkeeper Mike Rotolo. Rotolo totaled 31 stops on the night.
RIT netted consecutive goals 12 seconds apart, with both tallies coming off the stick of Myles Powell. Powell netted the first on assists from Greg Amlong and Alexander Kuqali while the Tigers had an extra skater due to a delayed penalty on Army.
Powell scored the second goal on the ensuing power play with 10:19 left in the period on assists from Mark Goldberg and Amlong to extend RIT's advantage to 2-0.
Army took advantage of its second power play of the game 3:22 into the second stanza, as C.J. Reuschlein tallied his first of the year on an assist from Tyler Pham to cut the Black Knights' deficit to a goal.
Trevor Fidler fired a shot on the near side that Rotolo stopped with his blocker, but drew a slashing penalty in the process to send Army back on the power play with 10:25 remaining in the middle period. The Black Knights power-play unit manufactured three shots, but was unable to solve Rotolo and the Tiger defense as the score remained 2-1, in favor of the visitors.
Army netminder Parker Gahagen settled in after allowing the two first-period goals, as the junior came up with 14 saves and held the Tigers scoreless in the second frame before finishing the game with 37 saves.
The Black Knights knotted the contest up at 2-2 on a power-play goal from Mike Preston with 5:02 remaining. Fidler sent a lead pass ahead to Joe Kozlak, who sent a shot on goal that was saved before Preston batted the puck out of midair and into the back of the net.
The action went back and forth for the first portion of the third period before an Army slashing penalty with 7:10 remaining titled the offensive chances in favor of RIT. The Tigers registered four shots on the power play, but Gahagen turned away two of the shots and forward Shane Hearn blocked away another. Kozlak stole the puck in Army's defensive zone before making his way down the rink and killing off close to 20 seconds before firing a shot on net that was saved to all but end RIT's man advantage.
Kozlak and Hearn recorded shots on net that were saved with under five ticks remaining in regulation before RIT was called for a roughing penalty with 0.4 seconds left in the period.
Kozlak had two more shots on the ensuing power play to start the overtime period before the Tigers were whistled for a second penalty to give the Black Knights a 5-on-3 advantage for 13 seconds, beginning with 3:12 left in overtime. RIT successful killed off both penalties before drawing a holding call against the Black Knights with 59.6 seconds on the clock. RIT fired two shots on the power play, but neither made it to Gahagen as the game ended in a tie.
The Black Knights are back on the ice Tuesday when they travel to Hartford, Conn., to face Connecticut at 7:05 p.m.
Ice Shavings: Gahagen moves to 0-2-2 on the season after the tie … Army moves to 3-15-6 in its all-time series against RIT.
Team Stats
RIT
ARMY
Shots
39
33
PPG
2
2
SHG
0
0
Penalties
7
9
Penalty Mins
14
29
Faceoffs Won
46
33
Game Leaders
+/-
0
Goals
1
Sh
5
A
0
+/-
0
Goals
1
Sh
4
A
0
+/-
0
Goals
0
Sh
4
A
1
+/-
0
Goals
0
Sh
2
A
1
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