RIT took advantage of some Plattsburgh mistakes and made some opportunities of its own to win the championship game of the Pepsi Cardinal Classic 8-2 on Saturday.<\/p>\n
The Tigers played an extremely aggressive penalty kill early in the first period and it\u00a0 paid dividends.\u00a0 Errol McDonald popped out of the RIT zone with the puck, and took off\u00a0 down the ice 2-on-1.\u00a0 He fed the puck across the slot to linemate Derek Hahn, who beat\u00a0 Plattsburgh netminder Niklas Sundberg high on the glove side for the shorthanded goal at\u00a0 6:14.<\/p>\n
RIT’s power play got the second goal of the period, while on the 5-on-3 advantage, at the\u00a0 11:30 mark.\u00a0 Jerry Galway sent a big blast from the top of the slot that found the back\u00a0 of the net.<\/p>\n
RIT played very opportunistic during the later half of the period, taking advantage of\u00a0 the few mistakes that Plattsburgh made.\u00a0 “We certainly got timely goals tonight,” said RIT coach Wayne Wilson.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
Mike Tarantino took advantage of a Plattsburgh mistake when he stole the puck behind the Cardinal net and tucked in the wraparound at 12:37 for the 4-on-4 tally.<\/p>\n
And then Sam Hill intercepted a breakout pass across the Cardinal slot, and then steered\u00a0 the puck around Sundberg at 18:15 for RIT’s fourth goal of the period.<\/p>\n
The Cardinals began to mount more and more pressure on RIT as the period waned, but were\u00a0 unable to solve Tiger netminder Tyler Euverman.<\/p>\n
RIT continued to roll through the first half of the second period.\u00a0 Peter Bournazakis,\u00a0 RIT’s leading scorer, finished off a tic-tac-toe play 8:59 into the period for the\u00a0 Tigers’ fifth goal.<\/p>\n
Jerry Galway one-timed in a pass from Mike Bournazakis at 10:24 for RIT’s second\u00a0 power-play goal of the night.<\/p>\n
Plattsburgh kept up a strong play in the neutral zone, and it finally paid off at the\u00a0 12:47 mark with a power-play goal.\u00a0 Peter Ollari took a shot from the top of the slot that\u00a0 Jeff Hopkins tipped on the way into the back of the net to get the Cardinals on the\u00a0 board.<\/p>\n
Even play moved the action back and forth across the rink for the remainder of the second\u00a0 period, but the scoring wasn’t finished yet. Peter Bournazakis swatted in a rebound for\u00a0 RIT at 16:34.\u00a0 Joe Dolci finished off a 2-on-1 at 16:49 for Plattsburgh.\u00a0 <\/p>\n
The second period ended with RIT up 7-2, but with Plattsburgh gaining steam.<\/p>\n
RIT struck quick in the third period.\u00a0 Matt Moore kept an attempted clearing\u00a0 pass in at the Cardinal blue line.\u00a0 He sent a pass down to Mike Bournazakis deep in the\u00a0 zone, who passed it across the crease to Jonathan Day.\u00a0 Day tapped the puck in to the net\u00a0 for the goal just 31 seconds in to the period.<\/p>\n
End-to-end action continued, with Plattsburgh gaining a decided territorial advantage by\u00a0 mid-period.\u00a0 But the Cardinals couldn’t convert on the opportunities.\u00a0 Play turned chippy\u00a0 in the waning moments.<\/p>\n
Euverman had a strong night in net for RIT, making 29 saves on 31 shots, and\u00a0 earning the tournament MVP award.\u00a0 “I dont judge him by any but the big games, and he has come up big in every one,” said Wilson.<\/p>\n
All Tournament Team: Fred Perowne (Colby), Jerry Galway (RIT), Peter Bournazakis (RIT), Mike Tarantino (RIT), Mark Coletta (Plattsburgh), MVP: Tyler Euverman (RIT).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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