NASHUA, N.H.- The Rivier men's ice hockey team ended regulation in a 4-4 tie to non-conference and non-division foe Saint Anselm, eventually falling 2-1 in a shootout on Tuesday night at Conway Arena.

With the result, the Raiders fell to 1-7-1, while the Hawks improved to 2-5-2.

HOW IT HAPPENED

• The Hawks struck early, scoring three goals before the first 15 minutes.
• Senior Carter Poulin put the Raiders on the board with a blueline strike off a feed from junior Tyler Sitnikov.
• STA added another in the second frame to extend the lead to 4–1.
• At the 16:21 mark, senior Alfred Rotiroti buried a bottle-breaker, connecting with first-year Nick Zanin and Poulin to cut the deficit.
• First-year Levi Adcock brought the Raiders within one after connecting with classmate Evan Miles and junior Chris Allain.
• First-year Mason Rudrud went bar down to send the game to OT with 2.6 seconds left to play, off a setup from first-year Payton Kender and Junior Damon Kiyawasew.
•  In overtime, both teams traded chances, but neither could capitalize.
•  In the shootout, Rudrud put the Raiders up 1–0 after the first pair of attempts.
• Saint Anselm converted on their next try while denying Rivier to even it at 1–1.
•  The following five attempts were stopped on both sides until STA converted on their fifth and denied RIV's chance to secure the win.

BOX SCORE BREAKDOWN

• The Hawks outshot the Raiders 70-45.
• Saint Anslem controlled faceoffs 35-26.
• Sophomore Josh Kirton tallied 47 saves between the pipes.
•  Kender led the squad with two blocked shots.

UP NEXT

The Raiders return to action on Saturday, Nov. 29, traveling to Canton Ice House to face No. 7 Curry in a non-conference matchup. Puck drop is set for 3:00 p.m.