OXFORD, Ohio – The Miami University men’s hockey team scored three times in the third period to earn a 4-2 come-from-behind victory over Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), on Sunday at Goggin Ice Center. With the win, the RedHawks improve to 6-10-2, while the Engineers drop to 11-7-3.
Miami got the scoring started at 2:01 of the first period, as senior Andrew Schmit (Grafton, WI) stuck home his second goal of the year. Assists went to junior Devin Loe (Weston, FL) and freshman Ryan Siroky (Mahattan Beach, CA).
The Engineers pulled even at 10:40 of the period on an unassisted breakaway tally by freshman Jesper Ohrvall (Halmstad, Sweden/Fairbank Ice Dogs). Picking up a bouncing puck just inside the Miami blue line, Ohrvall flew in and ripped a shot through the legs of RedHawks senior goaltender Jay Williams (McLean, VA).
RPI scored shorthanded to take a 2-1 lead at 13:08 of the second stanza. Junior Jimmy DeVito (Bloomingdale, IL/Lincoln Stars) found classmate Jake Wood (Georgetown, ON/Lincoln Stars) on the break and Wood stuck home his seventh goal of the year from close range.
The Engineers took their 2-1 lead into the third period, but the RedHawks came out firing in the final period to earn the comeback victory.
Senior Alex Gacek (Dracut, MA) tied the game at 2-2, 6:37 into the period, before junior Justin Greenberg (Dallas, TX) gave the hosts the lead for good, less than two minutes later (3-2).
Miami senior defenseman Chris Joyaux (Bloomingdale, IL) added an empty net goal with 25 seconds remaining to cap the scoring.
Rensselaer senior goaltender Jason Kasdorf (Winnipeg, MB/Des Moines Buccaneers) finished with 25 saves, while Williams had 17.
FOUR IN FOUR:
RPI freshman Jesper Ohrvall scored his fourth goal in the last four games on Sunday night at Miami.
SHORTHANDED:
Jake Wood’s shorthanded tally gives Engineers one in each of the last three games.
SHORTHANDED II:
With its two shorthanded goals on the weekend, RPI has moved into a tie for second in the country with six. Only Penn State (7) has more.
UP NEXT:
The Engineers are back in action on Thursday night, when they resume ECAC Hockey play at Princeton.
Miami hosts Minnesota-Duluth on Friday (7:35pm) and Saturday (7:05pm).
