Mercyhurst and Army wrap up the fall semester with a head-to-head series. They look to skate into the break after taking advantage of their games in hand.
The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) Men's Hockey team suffered a tough 3-1 loss to the University of Alaska Fairbanks at the Houston Field House Friday night.
Rochester Institute of Technology junior forward
Will Calverley (Scarborough, Ontario) notched three goals to lead the Tigers past visiting Mercyhurst, 6-4, in Atlantic Hockey action, Thursday.
HOW IT HAPPENED
Mercyhurst junior defenseman Michael Bevilacqua scored from a sharp angle from RIT senior goalie
Logan Drackett’s (Calgary, Alberta) glove side with 13:35 on the clock before sophomore forward Jonathan Bendorf finished an odd-man rush with a left-wing shot with 10:51 left in the first period.
Calverley made the Lakers pay for a slashing penalty with 5:51 on the clock, skating into the slot from the left wing to flip a forehand shot into the top-right corner of the Mercyhurst goal.