WEST SPRINGFIELD, Mass. – The American International College men's ice hockey team dropped a 3-1 decision against Niagara University to close out the weekend series at the Olympia Ice Center. The Purple Eagles move to 13-3-4 overall and 12-0-1 in Atlantic Hockey, while the Yellow Jackets drop to 4-12-3 overall and 1-9-3 in the conference.

Sophomore center Chris Lochner (Alpharetta, Ga.) buried a shot at 7:19 in the second period to earn the 1-0 lead. Freshman right wing Dan Kolenda (Superior, Wisc.) found the back of the net one minute later to extend the Purple Eagles lead to 2-0.

Sophomore forward Alexander MacMillan (Calgary, Alb.) put AIC on the board at 8:44 in the third period off a dish from senior defenseman Chris Markiewicz (Calgary, Alb.) and freshman defenseman Brandon Lubin (Commerce Township, MI.).

Junior right wing Ryan Rashid (Farmington Hills, Mich.) scored an open net goal with one second remaining in the contest to give Niagara a 3-1 victory over the Yellow Jackets.

Junior goaltender Carsen Chubak (Prince Albert, Sask.) made 25 saves in net for the win, while senior goalie Ben Meisner (Halifax, N.S.) stopped 45 shots in the loss.

The Purple Eagles outshot AIC 48-26.

The Yellow Jackets will return to action at 7:05 p.m. on Friday night as they host Robert Morris in an Atlantic Hockey weekend series.