ROCHESTER, N.Y. – RIT freshman forward Elijah Gonsalves (Scarborough, Ontario/Wellington Dukes) was named the Atlantic Hockey Rookie of the Week, Tuesday, after scoring three goals during the Tigers’ sweep of Canisius last week. It is the third time he has landed the award this season.
With RIT trailing, 4-1, with under eight minutes remaining in regulation, he bookended a 3-0 run with two goals over a 1:34 span as the Tigers went on to the 5-4 home victory on Saturday.
The previous night, he opened the second period with a power-play goal to push RIT to a 3-1 lead en route to a 7-4 victory in Buffalo.
Gonsalves is tied for fourth among all AHA rookies with 14 points and tied for third with 9 assists.
He was also tabbed the conference’s top rookie in back-to-back weeks on Oct. 21 and Oct. 29.
Gonsalves and the Tigers (13-10-3, 9-6-3 AHA) head to Holy Cross this Friday (Jan. 31) and Saturday (Feb. 1) for a pair of games slated to face-off at 7:00 p.m. both nights.
