WALTHAM, Mass. – Three different players lit the lamp and freshman goalie
Lukas Swedin earned his fourth straight win as Bentley defeated RIT 3-2 on Friday night.
Junior forward
Ryan Mansfield, playing his first game this season, scored in the first period to tie the game 1-1.
Defenseman
Colton Cameron scored early in the second period and
Michael Mesic added a goal in the third.
Swedin made 19 saves to improve to 4-0 on the season.
With Bentley trailing 1-0, Mansfield jumped on a loose puck in the defensive zone and played a pass to himself off the boards to break free down the ice. With only goalie Jakub Krbecek to beat, he ripped a wrist shot to the stick side for the goal at 15:42.
The Falcons then went ahead 2-1 at 2:34 of the second period on Cameron's third goal of the season.
Dylan Cook feathered a cross-ice pass to Cameron on the far post for the quick shot before Krbecek could get back in position.
Mesic made it 3-1 at 9:34 of the third frame with his fourth goal of the season. In transition defenseman
Jack Dalton found
Kellan Hjartarson open on the left for either a pass or a shot, and he chose the pass option to find Mesic in front for a one-timer goal.
RIT would score a late goal with an extra-attacker on to make it 3-2 with 38 seconds remaining but Bentley closed it out improve to 7-4-1.
They remain unbeaten in Atlantic Hockey play at 6-0-1.