Mercyhurst LAKERS Vs. Bentley FALCONS
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MERCYHURST UNIVERSITY 2017-18 MEN’S HOCKEY GAME NOTES 2013-14 ATLANTIC HOCKEY ASSOCIATION REGULAR SEASON CHAMPION SIX-TIME NCAA PARTICIPANT (1991, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2005) • NCAA DIVISION II RUNNERS-UP (1993, 1995) GAMES #5 & 6 Mercyhurst LAKERS (1-1-2, 0-0-2 Atlantic Hockey) vs. Bentley FALCONS THE SERIES vs. BENTLEY Mercyhurst leads the all-time series, 35-17-8 GF: 247 (0-2-2, 0-2-2 Atlantic Hockey) GA: 162 Home: 15-6-5 (GF: 114 - GA: 65) AT JOHN A. RYAN ARENA (Waltham, Mass.) Away: 18-10-3 (GF: 116 - GA: 88) Friday, October 27, 2017 - 7:05 PM Neutral: 2-1-0 (GF: 17 - GA: 9) Saturday, October 28, 2017 - 7:05 PM 2017-18 MERCYHURST SCHEDULE Oct. 13 at Holy Cross * T, 1-1 (OT) THE GAMES Oct. 14 at Holy Cross * T, 4-4 (OT) The Mercyhurst men’s ice hockey team will visit Bentley for a two-game Atlantic Hockey series on Oct. 27-28. Oct. 20 FERRIS STATE L, 2-3 Oct. 21 FERRIS STATE W, 4-1 The Lakers are coming off a weekend in which they split a non- Oct. 27 at Bentley * 7:05 PM conference series with Ferris State. Mercyhurst lost game one of the Snowtown Throwdown, 3-2, before winning game two on Saturday, 4-1. Oct. 28 at Bentley * 7:05 PM Nov. 3 at #15 Penn State 7:05 PM Last weekend, the Falcons dropped a pair of Atlantic Hockey games Nov. 4 at #15 Penn State 7:05 PM at Holy Cross, 4-3 in overtime and 5-0. Then, on Tuesday, they tied at American International, 2-2. Nov. 10 CANISIUS * 7:05 PM Nov. 11 CANISIUS * 7:05 PM THE COACHES Nov. 25 at #5 Wisconsin 7:05 PM Rick Gotkin (Brockport State ‘82) is in his 30th season as head coach Nov. 26 at #5 Wisconsin 5:05 PM for Mercyhurst. He is the longest-tenured NCAA Division I coach at one school. Gotkin owns a 526-388-86 record, ranking 22nd all-time Dec. 1 SACRED HEART * 7:05 PM in NCAA career wins and eighth among active coaches (all divisions). Dec. 2 SACRED HEART * 7:05 PM He is the only hockey coach to guide teams to the NCAA Tournament Dec. 8 at American International * 7:05 PM at all three levels, totaling six NCAA appearances and five league championships. Dec. 9 at American International * 7:05 PM Dec. 16 at Robert Morris * 7:05 PM Ryan Soderquist (Bentley ‘00) is in his 16th season as head coach Dec. 17 ROBERT MORRIS * 4:05 PM for his alma mater. He has a record of 200-278-69. Before assuming head-coach duties for the Falcons, he was an assistant coach for the Dec. 29 ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY * 7:05 PM program. Soderquist then became the youngest Division I head coach Dec. 30 ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY * 7:05 PM when he was promoted in 2002-03. Jan. 5 at #18 Air Force Academy * 7:05 PM Jan. 6 at #18 Air Force Academy * 7:05 PM Jan. 12 NIAGARA * 7:05 PM Jan. 13 NIAGARA * 7:05 PM Jan. 19 AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL * 7:05 PM Jan. 20 AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL * 7:05 PM 2017-18 ATLANTIC HOCKEY ASSOCIATION STANDINGS Jan. 26 at Army West Point * 7:05 PM CONFERENCE OVERALL PTS W-L-T Pct. W-L-T PCT Jan. 27 at Army West Point * 7:05 PM Army West Point 6 3-1 0.750 3-1 0.750 Feb. 9 HOLY CROSS * 7:05 PM Holy Cross 6 2-0-2 0.750 2-0-2 0.750 Robert Morris 4 2-3 0.400 2-3 0.400 Feb. 10 HOLY CROSS * 7:05 PM Niagara 2 1-0 1.000 2-2 0.500 Canisius 2 1-1 0.500 1-1-1 0.500 Feb. 16 at Robert Morris * 7:05 PM Mercyhurst 2 0-0-2 0.500 1-2-2 0.400 American International 2 0-2-2 0.250 1-5-2 0.250 Feb. 17 ROBERT MORRIS * 7:05 PM Bentley 2 0-2-2 0.250 0-2-2 0.250 Feb. 23 at Rochester Institute of Technology * 7:05 PM Air Force Academy 0 0-0 0.000 4-1-1 0.750 Sacred Heart 0 0-0 0.000 2-2 0.500 Feb. 24 at Rochester Institute of Technology * 7:05 PM Rochester Technology 0 0-0 0.000 1-2-1 0.375 SEASON LEADERS NOTES 17-18 AH AWARD WINNERS PLAYER OF THE WEEK GAMES PLAYED Sixteen players tied with 4 LAST TIME OUT - Ferris State at Mercyhurst - Oct. 20-21, 2017 The Lakers split a two-game non-conference series with Ferris GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK GOALS Matthew Whittaker 3 State, losing 3-2 and then winning 4-1. Derek Barach 2 ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Taylor Best 2 Ferris State 3, Mercyhurst 2 (Friday) Four players tied with 1 DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Matthew Whittaker and Patrick Piacentini scored goals for ASSISTS Les Lancaster 4 Mercyhurst while Jack Riley, Les Lancaster, Joseph Duszak OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE MONTH Derek Barach 3 and Michael Verboom added assists. Jack Riley 3 Three players tied with 2 GOALTENDER OF THE MONTH Dominic Lutz scored two goals for Ferris State while Mitch POINTS Derek Barach 5 Maloney scored one goal. ROOKIE OF THE MONTH Taylor Best 4 Les Lancaster 4 Jack Riley 4 MU goaltender Brandon Wildung stopped 36 out of 39 shots Two players tied with 3 on net while Darren Smith saved 28 out of 30 shots for Ferris PENALTIES State. Nathan Ferriero 3 Jack Riley 3 Jonathan Charbonneau 2 Mercyhurst 4, Ferris State 1 (Saturday) Six players tied with 1 Matthew Whittaker scored two goals while Taylor Best and PENALTY MINUTES Derek Barach each scored once for Mercyhurst. All Laker Nathan Ferriero 3 goals were scored on the power play. Jack Riley 3 Jonathan Charbonneau 2 Six players tied with 1 Taylor Best had two assists and Nathan Ferriero, Jack Riley, POWER PLAY GOALS Josh Lammon, Les Lancaster and Joseph Duszak had one Matthew Whittaker 3 assist each. Derek Barach 2 USCHO.COM POLL - Oct. 23 Three players tied with 1 # TEAM RECORD PTS LAST SHORTHANDED GOALS Zach Yoder scored for Ferris State. 1 Denver (33) 2-0-2 980 1 None 2 Saint Cloud State (16) 5-0-0 955 3 Brandon Wildung stopped 23 out of 24 shots on net for the 3 Harvard (1) 0-0-0 903 2 GAME-WINNING GOALS 4 North Dakota 4-1-1 840 4 Derek Barach 1 Lakers while Ferris State’s Justin Kapelmaster saved 32 out of 5 Wisconsin 5-2-0 719 6 GAME-TYING GOALS 36 shots. 6 Boston University 3-2-1 682 7 7 Minnesota 3-3-0 659 8 SHOTS 8 Notre Dame 3-2-1 615 5 Les Lancaster 19 GRANDPA RILEY Derek Barach 15 Laker redshirt-senior Jack Riley is 25 years old -- easily the 9 Clarkson 4-1-1 532 12 Zach Todd 14 10 Minnesota-Duluth 2-2-2 526 9 Jonathan Charbonneau 11 oldest player on the team and the second-oldest player in 11 Providence 3-2-0 493 10 Jeremy Wu 11 all of NCAA Division I. He trails only American International’s 12 Minnesota State 3-2-0 404 14 13 Quinnipiac 3-1-1 381 18 BLOCKED SHOTS Dominic Racobaldo, who is older than Riley by 57 days. Joseph Duszak 9 14 New Hampshire 5-1-0 338 17 Patrick Piacentini 6 15 Penn State 3-3-0 322 11 Nathan Ferriero 4 POWERED-UP POWER PLAY 16 Michigan Tech 4-2-1 240 15 Zach Todd 4 The Lakers are off to a blistering start on the power play in 17 Massachusetts-Lowell 3-3-0 222 19 Jeremy Wu 4 2017-18. They are 8 of 21, connecting on the man-advantage 18 Air Force Academy 4-1-1 149 20 PLUS/MINUS RATING at a 38.1 percent clip. In comparison, MU was 31 of 199 in 19 Boston College 1-3-1 131 13 Derek Barach +1 20 Northeastern 2-2-1 105 16 Taylor Best +1 2016-17 (15.6 percent), 32 of 171 in 2015-16 (18.7 percent) Jonathan Charbonneau +1 and 28 of 148 in 2014-15 (18.9 percent). Joseph Duszak +1 Others Receiving Votes: Ohio State 97, Michigan Five players tied with 0 Matthew Whittaker has led the Mercyhurst power play with 67, Cornell 65, Bemidji State 45, Colorado College FACEOFF WINS 11, Omaha 10, Northern Michigan 4, Vermont 3, Joshua Lammon 47 (.540) three goals while Derek Barach has two tallies and Taylor Army West Point 2. Derek Barach 39 (.382) Best, Jonathan Charbonneau and Nathan Ferriero have one Michael Verboom 34 (.346) Jack Riley 12 (.500) goal apiece. Nathan Bryer 8 (.364) Defenseman Les Lancaster has four assists this season -- all USA TODAY POLL - Oct. 23 coming on the power play. # TEAM RECORD PTS LAST 1 Denver 2-0-2 503 1 Mercyhurst, which had two games in which they recorded 2 Saint Cloud State 5-0-0 476 2 3 Harvard 0-0-0 425 3 three power-play goals last year, now has a four-PPG game and 4 North Dakota 4-1-1 383 4 a three-PPG game in a four-game-old season. 5 Wisconsin 5-2-0 297 5 6 Boston University 3-2-1 279 8 The Lakers’ last game in which they scored four power-play 7 Minnesota 3-3-0 275 7 T8 Notre Dame 3-2-1 220 6 goals: a 9-1 win over Sacred Heart on Jan.