Three observations from the weekend that was in Atlantic Hockey:<\/p>\n
Shows You What I Know<\/strong><\/p>\n Let me rewind the weekend back to Friday when I made<\/a> the following statement:<\/p>\n “I’m going to go out on a limb and will say that Robert Morris will not sweep AIC this weekend…I think they have a great chance to pick up a win. Problem is, I can’t figure out what night that’ll be, so I can’t pick them in my right mind.”<\/p>\n Whoops.<\/p>\n In the week they fell out of the national polls, the Colonials went out and proved any naysayers or doubters wrong. On Friday, they opened up a 4-0 lead in the third period, then staved off a Yellow Jacket rally to pick up a 5-3 win. On Saturday, they led 3-2 after the second period, then scored six in the third to pound AIC, 9-4, before a sellout crowd at the 84 Lumber Arena.<\/p>\n The top line of Scott Jacklin, Zac Lynch, and Cody Wydo combined for 13 points, with Wydo and Jacklin scoring five points apiece. Wydo scored a hat trick and tied up Boston University wunderkind Jack Eichel for the national scoring lead. In the process, he became the all-time scoring leader in the short history of Colonial hockey.<\/p>\n It wasn’t that AIC played poorly; the box score indicates otherwise. Down 4-0 on Friday, the Jackets kept coming and coming until they made the game closer than RMU probably wanted it. On Saturday, despite the six goal third period, they scored two of their own, and sophomore Austin Orszulak is in the lead for the AHC’s version of the Maurice “Rocket” Richard Trophy for goal scoring (which doesn’t exist, by the way). It’s just that they ran into a speeding bullet train that refused to be denied.<\/p>\n Side note – they also wore some pretty sweet sweaters while doing it:<\/p>\n loved the camo jerseys tonight #cawlidgehawkey<\/a> @RMUHockey<\/a> @AIC_Hockey<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/ADNr9wPNJe<\/a><\/p>\n