ROCHESTER, N.Y. – RIT graduate-student forward Elijah Gonsalves scored two goals and added an assist as the No. 19 Tigers came back for a 4-2 victory over visiting Niagara in Atlantic Hockey action, Saturday.
 
Niagara led, 2-0, after two periods, but RIT finished the game with four unanswered goals in the third to complete the comeback. First-year forward Christian Catalano and senior defenseman Aiden Hansen-Bukata tallied goals during the run.
 
HOW IT HAPPENED

• Niagara got on the board early in the second following a scoreless first. Olivier Gauthier skated down the left wing on a 2-on-1 break and snapped a wrist shot over junior goaltender Tommy Scarfone's shoulder, near post, at 2:15.
• The Purple Eagles took a 2-0 lead at 13:47 after Lane Brockhoff send a long pass out of the left corner to Lars Rodney at the opposite blue line. Rodne skated in alone on Scarfone and scored off a short fake, stick side.
• RIT got on the board at 5:02 of the third. Junior forward Carter Wilkie took a feed from senior forward Cody Laskosky behind the Niagara goal and threw a puck at the left post that went under Niagara goaltender Jarrett Fiske's pads. The puck squirted into the crease where Gonsalves tipped a shot back under Fiske.
• Catalano tied the game at 9:18 after stealing a puck in the right corner and scoring from a tight angle through a small window behind Fiske.
• Just over a minute later, Gonsalves dug a puck off the boards in the Niagara zone back to right point where Hansen-Bukata scored from long range.
• Gonsalves took a pass from Wilkie in the neutral zone and scored into an empty net with 42.3 seconds remaining to complete the comeback.     

GAME NOTES

• RIT was previously 0-4-0 this season when trailing after two periods and 0-5-0 when trailing by more than two goals.
• RIT put together a four-goal period for the second time this season – also scoring four times in the second period of 5-2 win over visiting Mercyhurst (Nov. 10).
• RIT won for the first time after trailing after two periods since coming back from a 3-2 deficit to beat Mercyhurst, 4-3, in last year's Atlantic Hockey Tournament Quarterfinals (Mar. 4).
• Gonsalves tied Cassaro for the team lead with his 12th goal of the season while moving into a tie for 20th in D1-era history with his 90th career point.
• Wilkie moved into a tie for 16th in D1-era program history with his 97th career point.
• Laskosky totaled two assists and moved into the team scoring lead with 28 points on 11 goals and 17 assists and is tied for 28th in D1-era program history with 71 career points.
• Scarfone finished the night with 20 saves, becoming the Tigers' third D1-era goaltender to eclipse the 2,200 save plateau with 2,211 to date. He also improved to 16-7-2 this winter. 

WHAT'S NEXT
RIT hits the road for a pair of Atlantic Hockey contests at Mercyhurst next Friday and Saturday (Feb. 9-10) scheduled for 7:05 p.m. and 4:05 p.m. faceoffs.