RIT men’s hockey wins conference championship; will face Boston University in regional
RIT defeated American International in the Atlantic conference championship. (Photo: WHEC)
HENRIETTA, N.Y. — RIT men’s hockey team took down American International in the Atlantic Hockey Championship game, 5-2 on Saturday night. With the win, the Tigers clinch an automatic berth into the NCAA Tournament for the first time since 2016.
They’ll face (2) Boston University in the Sioux Falls, SD regional on Thursday at 5pm. If they win that, the Tigers would face the winner of Minnesota and Omaha.
In the conference championship game, the A.I.C. Yellowjackets opened the scoring four minutes into on a Jordan Biro goal, before the Tigers responded with back to back goals by a Dimitri Mikrogiannakis and Elijah Gonsalves. From there, the Tigers never trailed.