Pittsburgh, Pa. - Robert Morris University men's hockey dominated the third period of play but ultimately fell short to Army West Point 2-1 Saturday night at 84 Lumber Arena. Ben Robillard found the back of the net for the Colonials with a power play goal in the third period but the Colonials couldn't tie up Army's two second period tallies.

THE BULLET
RMU's overall record is 2-3-1, holding the same record in Atlantic Hockey conference play. Army advanced its record to 3-2-1, 3-1-0 in league play.

Ben Robillard's third period power play goal continued RMU's power play streak. RMU has scored a power play goal in every game this season.

RMU outshot Army West Point 36-17.

Brady Ferguson continued to show dominance in the circle with 19 faceoff wins and 8 losses. Ferguson also led the team in shots with six followed by Timmy Moore's five.

Black Knights goaltender Parker Gahagen turned away 35 of 36 shots.

PERIOD-BY-PERIOD RECAP
FIRST

The penalty kill went 3-0 in the period with two blocked shots by Matthew Graham and one each from Rob Mann, Eric Israel and Alex Bontje.

The game was nearly after one. Both teams won nine faceoffs, took three penalties and blocked five shots.

SECOND

Zach Evancho of the Black Knights scored power-play goal 1:13 into the period to give Army the first lead of the game. The power-play goal was assisted by Ryan Nick and Tyler Pham.

Army capitalizes on their scoring momentum with another goal just over a minute later by Brendan Soucie and assists from Trevor Fidler and  Zach Evancho. This is Soucie's second goal of the two-game series against the Colonials and third of the season.

The Colonials get two huge shorthanded opportunities from Timmy Moore and Spencer Dorowicz but are stopped by Black Knights goalie Parker Gahagen with under six minutes to play in the second.

THIRD

Colonials freshman goaltender Francis Marotte makes a big shorthanded stop on Army's Brendan Soucie three minutes into the third.

Luke Lynch is helped off the ice by medical staff seven minutes into the period after taking a hard hit from Army's Mike Preston. Preston was assesed a five-minute major penalty and a game misconduct. The Colonials weren't able to cash in on the power play. 

Ben Robillard puts the Colonials on the board with under with under five minutes left in the game, his second of the season. The power-play goal was assisted by Daniel Mantenuto and Eric Israel.

RMU applied heavy pressure to Army's Gahagen gets a reaction after the whistle that earned him an unsportsmanlike conduct to give the Colonials another power-play with two and a half minutes left in the game. RMU took 11 shots on the power play in the third period, going 1-for-8 on the power play overall.

TONIGHT'S MO-MENTUM
Ben Robillard's third period power-play goal continues RMU's power play goal scoring streak. The Colonials have netted a power play goal in every game this season, with the nation's second ranked power play heading into the weekend.

YOU CAN QUOTE ME
"They're definitely a physical team," said Ben Robillard. "After the first night, you wake up with some bumps and bruises. The next game, you know you're coming to battle. They never take a shift off. They're always finishing their checks and looking to outwork anyone. It's definitely tougher the second night, but I thought we brought it to them, we just couldn't find a way to put the puck in the back of the net."



UP NEXT
The Colonials (2-3-1, 2-3-1 AHC) will travel to Ohio State Friday, November 4th to take on the Buckeyes, before returning to 84 Lumber Arena to complete the home-and-home series on Saturday.

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