Rochester Institute of Technology scored four goals in the second period to erase a 1-0 deficit and defeat American International 5-1 on Saturday.<\/p>\n
RIT swept the two-game series to advance to the Atlantic Hockey semifinals on Friday.<\/p>\n
[photoshelter-gallery g_id=’G0000MGvvEIaHxTQ’ g_name=’20110312-AIC-RIT-Phillips’ f_show_caption=’t’ f_show_slidenum=’t’ img_title=’casc’ pho_credit=’iptc’ f_link=’t’ f_bbar=’t’ fsvis=’f’ width=’500′ height=’375′ bgcolor=’#AAAAAA’ bgtrans=’t’ btype=’old’ bcolor=’#CCCCCC’ crop=’f’ trans=’xfade’ tbs=’4000′ f_ap=’t’ linkdest=’c’ f_fullscreen=’f’ f_constrain=’f’ twoup=’f’ f_topbar=’f’ f_bbarbig=” f_htmllinks=’f’ f_enable_embed_btn=’f’ f_show_watermark=’f’ f_send_to_friend_btn=’f’ f_smooth=’f’ f_mtrx=’f’ f_up=’f’ target=’_self’ wmds=’llQ6QNgpeC.p1Ucz7U.Z92hbGBaQ0PaP_5W.fbhMrKN22T4hYx1F8dQc4BG4VNal_R3uZQ–‘ ]”We played a workmanlike game,” said RIT coach Wayne Wilson. “It’s getting tougher and tougher to get [to the finals]. The league is as tough as it’s ever been.”<\/p>\n
RIT had four power-play opportunities in the first period but didn’t could the puck past AIC goaltender Ben Meisner, who finished with 46 saves.<\/p>\n
“We get our jump from the power play, and I was happy with the chances we had,” said Wilson. “We weren’t too concerned being down one to nothing.”<\/p>\n
AIC got its only goal of the game and of the weekend in the first period. The Yellow Jackets converted a short-handed chance when Neilsson Arcibal intercepted a pass, and using a teammate as a decoy, broke down the wing and put a backhand by RIT goaltender Shane Madolora.<\/p>\n
A wild second period saw RIT outshoot AIC 23-19 and score four times. Adam Mitchell got the Tigers on the board when he took a feed from Taylor McReynolds and put the puck just inside the post at 6:11 of the period.<\/p>\n
Sean Murphy gave the Tigers the lead under two minutes later. Cameron Burt’s shot from the high slot deflected off a defender and Murphy swatted the puck out of the air and into the net.<\/p>\n
Andrew Favot got his 15th of the season at 11:43 and linemate Tyler Brenner scored his 26th at 19:09 on the power play to close out the second period. It was Brenner’s 55th career goal, breaking RIT’s Division I era record.<\/p>\n
After an uneventful third period, the Tigers closed out the scoring with an empty-net, short-handed goal by Scott Knowles. Just before the goal, Favot was assessed a game disqualification for a major cross-checking penalty.<\/p>\n
RIT outshot AIC 51-34 for the game. The Tigers improved to 18-10-4 while AIC ended its season 8-24-1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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