Scott Biggar

A stingy Fredonia defense and outstanding goaltending helped the Blue Devils to maintain a tie with RIT until very late in the contest. But a goal with only 1:06 remaining off a scramble in front of the Fredonia net, followed by an empty netter, let RIT skate away with the narrow 4-2 win on Saturday. … Read more

The RIT Tigers scored early and often against the Cortland Red Dragons Friday night, building a 5-0 lead and coasting to a 9-3 final score. Here’s a hockey strategy brainteaser for you. Your team has a 76.0% penalty-killing percentage. You are playing a team, whose power play is chugging along at 51.9%. As a coach, … Read more

RIT took advantage of some Plattsburgh mistakes and made some opportunities of its own to win the championship game of the Pepsi Cardinal Classic 8-2 on Saturday. The Tigers played an extremely aggressive penalty kill early in the first period and it  paid dividends.  Errol McDonald popped out of the RIT zone with the puck, … Read more

The Colby power play won the consolation game of the Pepsi Cardinal Classic on Saturday. The White Mules went 5-for-10 with the extra attacker on the way to a 7-2 victory over Hobart. Hobart came out with a very aggressive forecheck right from the opening faceoff, which gave Colby fits in its own zone early … Read more

The Hobart Statesmen and Plattsburgh Cardinals battled through a defensive game, before  the Cardinals blew it open late in the third period for a 5-2 win. Good, solid defense by both Plattsburgh and Hobart led to end-to-end action in the first  period.  Neither team managed a shot on net until Hobart broke with the first … Read more

The RIT power play continued on its roll Friday night, going 4-for-4 in a 8-3 victory over Colby in the first round of the Plattsburgh Pepsi Cardinal Classic. Colby came out in the first period and played good defensive hockey, but the Tigers took advantage of an early power play to gain the lead 4:57 … Read more

A tight territorial game opened up midway through the second period, and the RIT Tigers scored a pair of late-second period goals to get momentum in a 7-3 win over Hobart on Tuesday. RIT took over the ECAC West lead with the victory. Hobart came out with much more emotion at the beginning of the … Read more

The RIT Tigers rebounded from Friday night’s loss to the U.S. National Under 18 Development Team and earned a series split with a 4-2 win on Saturday. “Tonight was more of a mental test, and we need to learn to face adversity a little better than we did last night,” RIT coach Wayne Wilson said. … Read more

The U.S. National Under 18 Development Team used its speed to control the important parts of the ice Friday and clogged RIT’s potent offense in a 4-1 exhibition victory. The first period was very even in all aspects. RIT took the game up a step physically, but the youngsters of the U.S. Development team didn’t … Read more

At the end of the RIT-Geneseo game, one of the media in attendance leaned over and said, “12 layups and a three-pointer.” That just about sums up the 13-0 drubbing the Tigers put on the Ice Knights Tuesday. Believe it or not, the Tigers actually got out to a slow start in this game. “I … Read more

Two power-play goals combined with a shorthanded tally led Elmira to a 6-3 win over Hobart in an ECAC West contest Saturday night, putting Elmira into a tie for first place in the league with RIT. The Soaring Eagles got on the board first at the 7:02 mark while down a man. Steve Kaye weaved … Read more

RIT’s power play kept rolling along, converting on four of seven chances Saturday and improving to incredible 48.6 percent on the season, as the Tigers defeated Manhattanville 6-2 in an ECAC West game. “Both our special teams did a great job tonight,” said RIT coach Wayne Wilson, “probably the difference in the game.” The Valiants … Read more