Cody Wydo got the record and he and his underachieving linemates found redemption, but not before a well-timed "intervention."

That was the word Robert Morris head coach Derek Schooley referenced to characterize a meeting of the minds that occurred in between games of the Colonials' 5-3, 9-4 sweep of American International last weekend.

"We sat down as a line to air things out, almost have an intervention, per se," Schooley explained of a get together that included assistant coaches Matt Nicholson, Kody Van Rentergem and the threesome of Wydo, RMU's senior captain, senior center Scott Jacklin and junior right wing Zac Lynch.

"I think we got a lot on the table."

There was a great deal to address.

The Colonials' top line had entered the AIC series having produced three goals and four points over the previous seven games (two of the goals had been empty-net efforts by Lynch).

Robert Morris, not surprisingly, had scored just 11 goals as a team and had gone 2-4-1 over that seven-game span.

Jacklin and Lynch each scored a goal and added an assist in the opener against AIC, and Wydo also contributed a helper.

But perceived issues with "chemistry" and "communication" lingered.

It wasn't the breakout game the coaches had been hoping for.

They had contemplated breaking up the big line in an effort to jump-start some much-needed production prior to the two games against AIC and were still considering such alternatives midway through the series against the Yellow Jackets.

Last Saturday night was approached as put-up-or-break-up time for the Wydo-Jacklin-Lynch line.

The summit meeting last Saturday morning was part wake-up call and part warning.

The players were reminded of their expected place on the team in terms of productivity and impact.

They were informed they had been outscored 13-9 by the David Friedmann-Brady Ferguson-Daniel Leavens line over the last eight games, a credit to the Ferguson line but at the same time a clear indication the Jacklin line wasn't holding up its end.

They were encouraged to talk among themselves about what they needed to change and how they needed to change it, and to take any perceived criticisms as constructive rather than personally.

And they were implored to support the puck and one another through the tough times rather than succumb to individualistic attempts to break through that would only compound their frustration. 

Each player spoke about what they needed to do to be better individually and collectively in the meeting.

"For us to be successful as a team we need to do a little bit more as far as providing offense," Jacklin observed between games. "It's frustrating when you're not scoring.

"We definitely need to shoot more."

Through 27 minutes in the second game against AIC not much had changed; the Colonials trailed, 1-0.

But when Lynch connected on the power play at 7:25 of the second period, it was as if a switch had been flipped.

Lynch was shooting the puck, abandoning what had been a pass-first mentality.

Jacklin was flying, complementing his skill set with relentlessness at both ends.

And Wydo was Wydo again, erupting for three third-period goals, his first, second and third goals since Dec. 13 against Mercyhurst.

In the end, RMU's most significant contributors were almost unstoppable again, exploding for a combined 14 points in a nine-goal eruption that allowed everyone to once and for all exhale.

"Hats off to them for responding to the challenge," Schooley said.

Lynch (2g, 2a) had four of the line's 14 points.

Wydo (3g, 2a) and Jacklin (1g, 4a) each tied the program record for points in a game.

And Wydo's hat-trick capper at 15:02 of the third moved him past Nathan Longpre and into sole possession of first place on RMU's all-time scoring list with 139 career points.

"We needed something like that to get our guys going again," Schooley said. "That was a good step in the right direction."

At 15-5-4 overall and first in Atlantic Hockey at 12-3-3 (27 points) the Colonials next head to fifth-place Holy Cross (8-10-5, 7-5-5, 19 points). It's the beginning of a stretch that includes seven road games among the regular season's final 10.

A two-game set at always-challenging Air Force follows the Holy Cross series, so there remains much work to be done.

But after what transpired last weekend, confidence and optimism have been restored.

And subsequent interventions, for the time being at least, appear unnecessary.

"This is going to be a challenge for us," Schooley said. "I think our guys are ready to go to Holy Cross." 

A longtime member of the WDVE Morning Show and a college hockey aficianado, Mike Prisuta also previously served as a reporter for the Beaver County Times and as a columnist for the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review. The Michigan State University graduate got his start in the profession covering the Spartan hockey program.

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