RIT hockey wins seventh straight game
Junior center Andrew Favot scored on a two-man advantage with 6:41 remaining tonight, lifting RIT past Sacred Heart 3-2 before 1,459 fans at Ritter Arena.
It marked the 10th consecutive game in which Favot has recorded at least a point, one off his own school mark. RIT has won seven straight following an 0-5 start.
RIT scored the first goal of the game on a power play at the 10:59 mark of the second period. Chris Haltigin’s shot was blocked by goalie Olivier St. Onge and bounced back to RIT left wing Tyler Mazzei. He passed to freshman Chris Tanev, whose shot glanced off a defenseman’s skate and into the net.
Sacred Heart tied it two minutes later on an unassisted goal from Matt Gordon, who poked in his own rebound past Jared DeMichiel.
Tyler Brenner pushed RIT in front 4:31 into the third period, taking a pass from left wing Scott Knowles in front of the net and firing a shot past St. Onge. But again, Sacred Heart quickly responded as freshman Kyle Verbeek scored from outside the right circle at the 13:14 mark.
RIT began a 52-second two-man advantage at the 7:08 mark, but Favot needed just 27 seconds to break the tie. He took the pass from Cameron Burt and poked it past St. Onge.
Sacred Heart (3-5-2, 2-3-1) was on the power play for the game’s final 1:38 but couldn’t score.
