Adam Brace (Cobden, Ontario / Canisius College) scored a power-play goal 19 seconds into the third period to give the Colonials a four goal advantage. The Chargers scored three third-period goals to try and rally but Robert Morris held on for the, 4-3, win.

"I was really please with our ability to extend the lead but once we scored our fourth goal we stopped play with urgency and they continued to play with it and made it very close," head men's ice hockey coach Derek Schooley said. "Our penalty kill unit should get a lot of the credit but we should not have put ourselves in that position."

With 2:55 remaining in the third period, Robert Morris earned two minor penalties as Nathan Longpre (Peterborough, Ontario / Mahoning Valley Phantoms) was called for hooking and Brock Meadows (White Rock, B.C. / Salmon Arm Silverbacks) for cross-checking. The Colonials were three-on-five for two minutes but RMU picked up the kill while Brooks Ostergard (Chagrin Falls, Ohio / Bay State Breakers) made four stops during the kill.

Brandon Blandina (Centennial, Colo. / Indiana Ice) scored 1:10 into the first period to give the Colonials an early advantage. Joseph Harcharik (Des Moines, Iowa / North Iowa Outlaws) made it a two goal lead for the Colonials at the 10:39 mark. Ostergard posted 15 first-period saves.

The Colonials lead swelled to three in the second period as Denny Urban (Pittsburgh, Pa. / Ohio Blue Jackets) moved his point streak to three games with his fifth goal of the season.  The Chargers began a rally in the third period scoring three times including twice on the power play to close the gap.  

Robert Morris returns to action tomorrow against Alabama-Huntsville with puck drop scheduled for 8:05 p.m. EST.  

Game Notes

- After allowing just three third period goals in his last 10 games, Robert Morris surrendered three to the Chargers.  Ostergard entered the game with a 0.67 goal-against average in the third period in his last nine games.

- The Colonials streak of consecutive penalty kills reached 23 Friday night before ending in the third period with a goal by Tom Durnie.

- Urban's second period goal moved him to 92 points for his career. Urban ranks as the Colonials all-time leading scorer among defensemen and currently leads the nation in point per game by a defenseman.

- Robert Morris surrendered two third period power-play goals Friday after allowing just two power-play strikes in its first 14 games.

- Ostergard tied a season high in saves posting 36 stops against the Chargers.