RIT

By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA Zach Wigle spent the previous four seasons playing major junior in the Ontario Hockey League, where scores of Hall of Famers honed their skills and some of the game’s greatest rivalries are renewed week after week and year after year. But the first-year Rochester Institute of Technology centerman says nothing in the OHL compares to the Corner Crew, the … [Read more...] about RIT defeats Niagara, strengthens hold on 2nd place in AHA

By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA For Christian Catalano, seeing the puck finally hit the back of the net provided instant relief, and not just because the power-play goal late in the third period pulled Rochester Institute of Technology into a 2-2 tie. When you’ve always produced, and when you expect to score but aren’t doing so, the internal pressure mounts. So when his one-timer … [Read more...] about Catalano, Konyen power RIT past Robert Morris

By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA It’s one thing to think you can compete with the best; to believe – without having tangible evidence – that you’re capable of not just holding your own with, but also defeating, top-ranked teams. It’s an entirely different animal to go out and do it. Which is why Saturday night’s 1-0 victory by unheralded Rochester Institute of Technology over … [Read more...] about Krbecek shines as RIT shuts out No. 8 Penn State

By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA They had traveled 6,600 miles by air and another 500 by bus last week to get to and from Henrietta to Belfast, Ireland, in order to play in the annual Friendship Four college hockey tournament. Only to not score a goal. Two full games for the Rochester Institute of Technology men’s hockey team, first against Miami-Ohio (a 4-0 loss) and then Sacred … [Read more...] about RIT ends scoring drought, losing streak in grand style

By KEVIN OKLOBZIJA So that year of rebuilding for Rochester Institute of Technology’s men’s hockey team that everyone expected? Turns out it was a week, not a year. At least that’s how it seems after the Tigers on Saturday evening completed a weekend sweep of winless Mercyhurst at the Gene Polisseni Center and improved to 7-2. Christian Catalano, Simon Isabelle and … [Read more...] about The roar in RIT men’s hockey has been restored; winning streak hits 7