Men's Hockey loses 3-0 to visiting Holy Cross

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – The RIT Men's Hockey team lost a 3-0 Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) decision to visiting Holy Cross, Saturday.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Holy Cross took a 1-0 lead on a delayed penalty midway through the first. John Gelatt received a pass outside the right post and put a shot off Tiger first-year goaltender Ethan David's pads that rebounded to Will Troutwine for a short finish on the crease.
• The Crusaders took a 2-0 lead at 14:57 of the second after Connor Welsh knocked a puck down in the neutral zone along the right wing boards and pushed a pass forward to Joe Solomine in the Tiger zone. Solomine threw a pass into the low slot onto the tape of Michael Hodge, who dragged the puck to his backhand for a short finish inside the right post.
• Holy Cross tacked on an empty-net goal by Ty Gagno with 1:02 left in regulation to close the weekend sweep. 

GAME NOTES

• Graduate student defenseman Dimitri Mikrogiannakis became the 10th Tiger to play 150 career games – tied for the seventh most in program history.
• David finished with 27 saves - three less than the career-high 30 he made at New Hampshire (Nov. 30) earlier this season.
• Holy Cross finished with a 30-27 shot advantage.
• RIT killed all three Holy Cross power plays, but finished 0-for-4 with the extra man.
• Sophomore forward Tyler Fukakusa won a game-high 16-of-26 faceoffs. 
• RIT wore special pink jerseys on "Pink The Rink" night that are being auctioned off with proceeds benefiting the Breast Cancer Research Foundation.

WHAT'S NEXT
RIT hosts AHA rival AIC twice next weekend, squaring off on Friday and Saturday (Feb. 14-15) at 7:05 p.m. both nights.