{"id":130467,"date":"2026-02-11T21:15:16","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T21:15:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/130467\/"},"modified":"2026-02-11T21:15:16","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T21:15:16","slug":"mens-hockey-takes-down-niagara-2-1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/130467\/","title":{"rendered":"Men&#8217;s Hockey takes down Niagara, 2-1"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>                    &#13;<br \/>\n                        &#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<\/p>\n<p>                <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bentley.png\" alt=\"Bentley\"\/><\/p>\n<p>                Next Game:<\/p>\n<p> Bentley<\/p>\n<p>2\/20\/2026 | 7:05 PM<\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        NESN+  &#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                    Feb. 20 (Fri) \/ 7:05 PM&#13;\n                <\/p>\n<p>                    <img decoding=\"async\" class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-opponent-logo\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/Bentley.png\" alt=\"Bentley\"\/><\/p>\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n                        \u00a0Bentley&#13;\n                    <\/p>\n<p>                    <a class=\"sidearm-story-template-next-game-details-history\" href=\"https:\/\/ritathletics.com\/sports\/mens-ice-hockey\/opponent-history\/bentley\/59\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">History <\/a><\/p>\n<p>                             &#13;<\/p>\n<p>                    ROCHESTER, N.Y. \u2013 RIT senior forward <a href=\"https:\/\/ritathletics.com\/sports\/mens-ice-hockey\/roster\/austin-brimmer\/18660\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"18660\" target=\"_blank\">Austin Brimmer<\/a> and first-year forward <a href=\"https:\/\/ritathletics.com\/sports\/mens-ice-hockey\/roster\/zach-wigle\/18661\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"18661\" target=\"_blank\">Zach Wigle<\/a> each notched a goal and an assist in the Tigers&#8217; 2-1 victory over visiting Niagara, Tuesday, in Atlantic Hockey America (AHA) action.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nFollowing a scoreless first period, Brimmer and Wigle scored in a 31-second span for a 2-0 lead 1:48 into the second. Niagara broke up the shutout midway through the third, but couldn&#8217;t find the equalizer.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nSophomore goaltender <a href=\"https:\/\/ritathletics.com\/sports\/mens-ice-hockey\/roster\/jakub-krbecek\/18649\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"18649\" target=\"_blank\">Jakub Krbecek<\/a> made 22 saves, including 10 in the second period, to improve to 17-10-1 this winter.<br \/>\n\u00a0<br \/>\nHOW IT HAPPENED<br \/>\nBrimmer opened the scoring 1:17 into the second period. A shot by Wigle in a crowded slot deflected to Brimmer, who buried a wrist shot from the right hashes, right post.<br \/>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\n\u00a0The duo linked up again on the same shift 31 seconds later. Brimmer took a long feed from sophomore defenseman <a href=\"https:\/\/ritathletics.com\/sports\/mens-ice-hockey\/roster\/tristan-allen\/18640\" rel=\"smarttag nofollow noopener\" rev=\"18640\" target=\"_blank\">Tristan Allen<\/a> in the neutral zone before flipping a pass to Wigle on the left boards. Wigle skated to the top of the left faceoff circle and scored on a long wrist shot, far post.<\/p>\n<p>\nNiagara got one back at 10:13 of the third. Andy Reist won an offensive zone faceoff back to Ethan Lund at the left point. Lund threw a puck to the right faceoff circle for a one-timer by Ethan Ziskie that scored under Krbeck&#8217;s pads, far post.<\/p>\n<p>GAME NOTES<\/p>\n<p>\tWigle leads the Tigers with 16 assists and is tied for first with 22 points<br \/>\n\tBrimmer is second with 14 assists and tied for third with eight goals.<br \/>\n\tRIT outshot Niagara, 25-23.<br \/>\n\tRIT won the season series versus Niagara, 2-1-1, falling in overtime, 2-1 (Nov. 18) and winning, 4-2 (Jan. 23) on the road before tying, 3-3 (Jan. 24) at home in a game that ended in a 1-0 shootout win.<br \/>\n\tAllen added his 13th assist of the season \u2013 third most on the team. \u00a0<br \/>\n\tRIT killed all four Niagara extra-man attempts, but finished scoreless on two power play attempts.<\/p>\n<p>WHAT&#8217;S NEXT<br \/>\nRIT is off for the next nine days before hosting Bentley next Friday (Feb. 20) at 7:05 p.m. in the final home game of the regular season. 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