Kyle Frieday pulled the Colonials within one on an even strength goal from the right circle 12:30 into the second via the five hole.
Senior center Geoff Smith’s gave the RedHawks a little breathing room on a power play goal 16:36 into the second, extending the lead to 5-3. Near the crease, Smith gathered Davis’ shot from the point, and with Tuset off balance, patiently put placed a backhand shot into the empty net. The goal marked Smith’s second in back-to-back games.
Like the first period, the RedHawks exerted their will in the third period for a pair of goals on 14 shots. Naturally, the goals came from the first line. The first came courtesy of captain Jones. 4:30 into the final stanza, Jones scored his third goal of the contest, giving him his second career hat trick and 23 goals on the season. Guerin added his second goal of the night four minutes later to put the finishing touches on the night. Like Jones, Guerin finished with four points on the night.
Overall, RedHawks head coach Blasi seemed pleased with his team’s performance against the Colonials. “[Robert Morris] played hard tonight. They got back into the game. It was tight there for a little bit. I thought we played really well in the third. We controlled our turnovers and made goal scoring chances.”
MU will travel to Pittsburgh to finish the home-and-away series with RMU this Saturday at 7:35 ET. MU will make the long trek to Northern Michigan next weekend for the final regular season series. Next weekend, RMU will host Wayne State.
NUMB3RS
- While the Colonials saw their win streak come to an end, the RedHawks pushed theirs to three consecutive games.
- Miami’s penalty killing unit is the second best in the country behind Vermont, but the unit has given up a goal in back-to-back-to-back games.
- Miami outshot Robert Morris by a whopping 51-27. That marked the second straight game the RedHawks amounted more than 40 shots on goal.
- Miami’s first line accounted for a combined 10 points. After the contest, Guerin said, “We’re definitely starting to find each other out there.”
- RMU’s senior forward Clarke extended his consecutive point streak to eight games with the second period goal.
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