Rochester, New York—The Niagara hockey team's season ended Saturday with a 5-2 loss to No. 19 RIT in the Atlantic Hockey semifinals.
Early period
RIT took the lead just 1:18 into the game and led 1-0.
The Tigers added two more goals early on and went into the first intermission with a 3-0 lead.
After the first 20 minutes, the number of shots was 12-11 RIT, with 12 faceoffs resulting in a tie.
Second period
A goal wasn't scored until 18:57 into the second period, giving the Tigers a 4-0 lead.
The Purple Eagles held the Tigers to just one hit on their only power play of the period.
After 40 minutes of play, the number of shots was 25-18.
third period
Niagara took the mound at 7:25 of the third period. Shane Ott He scored his fifth goal of the season. jack richard He forced a turnover in the RIT zone and fed the puck to Ott below the goal line. Ott fired the puck in front of the net, but the puck deflected off some of his RIT players and found itself in the back of the net.Richard picked up 11th Assist this season.
A little more than a minute later, the Purple Eagles went on a power play. Jay Ahern and Carter Landkleff He played catch with the puck at the point, and Lundklev took a shot from the point. The shot was stopped, but tyler wallace Parked on top of the blue paint, he smashed the rebound home for his 13th point.th season goals.Landklev picked up 20th Ahern scored 16 points and had a season-high assist.th seasonal.
Despite two quick goals, the Tigers ended the game with an empty netter with 3:16 left in regulation time.
niagara notebook
· This is the seventh time in program history that Niagara has advanced to the AHA semifinals. Niagara has advanced to the semifinals in three of the past four seasons.
· Ahern extended his scoring streak to four games. During that period, he recorded three goals and four assists.
· Richard finished his freshman season with a five-game point streak and 13 points in his last 11 games.
· Wallace also finished his freshman season with a five-game point streak, scoring seven points in five games.
· The Purple Eagles finished the season with an 18-18-3 record and a winning percentage of .513. Niagara currently has back-to-back winning percentages over .500. This is the first time Niagara has had three consecutive seasons over .500 since the 2010-11, 2011-12 and 2012-13 seasons.
· Landkleff finished the season as Niagara's points leader, setting new season highs in assists (20) and points (31).
· Wallace became the first Purple Eagle freshman to score 30 or more points in a season since Ludwig Stenlund scored 42 points in 2018-19.
· Seven players finished the season with 20 or more points, and Niagara currently has seven Purple Eagles finish the season with 20 or more points.
· Niagara's freshman class combined for 129 games, scoring 26 goals and 60 total points.
