Men's Hockey doubled up by Army, 4-2

ROCHESTER, N.Y. – RIT sophomore forward Tyler Fukakusa notched a goal and an assist, but it was visiting Army earning a 4-2 win over the Tigers in Atlantic Hockey America action, Saturday.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• RIT got on the board at 13:39 of the first following a defensive zone faceoff win by Fukakusa. First-year defenseman Tristan Allen pushed a pass to sophomore forward Christian Catalano in the neutral zone, who backhanded a pass to Fukakusa on the right wing blue line. Fukaskusa skated to the top of the faceoff circle and wristed a shot on goal that glanced off a Black Knight defender and through goaltender JJ Cataldo's pads for the lone goal of the opening period.
• Army scored twice during a two-minute stretch of the second to build a 2-1 lead. Vincent Salice dug a puck off the end boards behind the Tiger goal to Barron Woodring in the left faceoff circle. Woodring backhanded a pass to the opposite faceoff circle where Mac Gadowsky one-timed a shot into the top-right corner of the goal at 6:16.
• Same Groebner later skated through the middle of the neutral zone and dropped a pass to Gadowsky along the left half boards. Gadowsky skated over the blue line and sent a long pass behind the Tiger defense that Groebner was able to get a stick on and tip under RIT first-year goaltender Jakub Krbecek's glove at 8:15 of the second.
• RIT retied the game with a power-play goal at 17:49 following an Army slashing penalty. Fukakusa send a pass from the left faceoff circle to Catalano below the goal line. Catalano one-touched a pass to sophomore forward Matthew Wilde in the slot for a one-timer over Cataldo's glove with only 23 seconds elapsed on the extra man.
• Army answered 41 seconds later for a 3-2 lead after two periods. Michael Sacco collected a loose puck in the neutral zone and hustled along the left wing for what turned into a two-on-one break. Sacco crossed a pass through the slot to Gadowsky, who scored on a one-timer from the right faceoff circle past a diving Krbecek.
• Army put the game out of reach 4:13 into the third period despite skating shorthanded following a five-minute contact to the head major in the closing seconds of the second period. Nik Hong won a faceoff to the left of the RIT net to Ben Ivey in the slot. Ivey backhanded a pass back to Hong outside the left post, who scored on a short tip behind Krbecek. 

GAME NOTES

• Both teams finished the game with 34 shots.
• Army ended the night with 28 blocked shots.
• Krbecek totaled 30 saves for his eighth game in as many starts with at least 30 saves. He is only the second RIT netminder to stop at least 30 shots in eight games during their rookie season and first since Mike Rotolo '17 did it over the course of the 2013-14 campaign.
• Army earned the weekend sweep after also winning on Friday, 5-1.
• Fukakusa leads RIT with 11 points on two goals and nine assists.
• Wilde notched his third goal in four games after missing the Tigers' first eight of the season due to injury. 

WHAT'S NEXT
RIT hits the road for a pair of Atlantic Hockey games at Sacred Heart next Friday and Saturday (Nov. 21-22).