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american international college yellow jackets ice hockey game notes OVERALL: 11-5-0 Game 18 vs Canisius Golden Griffins AHC: 7-3-2-1 AIC 2020-21 SCHEDULE OVERALL: 13-3-0 // AHC: 10-1-1-1 March 20, 2021 11/27 vs. Air Force W, 3-1 11/28 vs. Air Force W, 2-1 LAST TIME THEY MET: 12/15 vs. Army W, 4-1 February 14-15, 2020 12/18 at Bentley W, 4-1 AIC 4 at CAN 1 12/19 vs. Bentley W, 3-1 12/23 at No. 16 Quinnipiac^ L, 3-8 AIC 3 AT CAN 2 12/27 vs. No. 16 Quinnipiac^ L, 2-3 SETTING THE STAGE: Two teams remain in Atlantic Hockey, and the winning team in the first meeting 1/2 vs. LIU^ W, 2-1 1/6 at Army W, 6-3 of 2020-21 between AIC and Canisius will decide the recipient of the Jack Riley 1/7 at Army W, 4-3 (OT) Memorial Trophy and an automatic qualifier to the NCAA Tournament...AIC was 1/10 vs. Army L, 3-5 the East’s top seed and advanced past Bentley and Niagara, while Canisius, the 1/13 vs. LIU^ W, 5-2 two in the West, defeated RIT and then Army to reach the title bout. 1/17 vs. Holy Cross W, 1-0 1/26 vs. Sacred Heart W, 8-2 1/29 at Holy Cross W, 6-0 LAST TIME OUT: 1/30 vs. Holy Cross W, 3-0 AIC upended Niagara 2-1 in yesterday’s semifinal...the Yellow Jackets dominated --------------------------------- 3/19 vs. Niagara% W, 2-1 defensively, but the Purple Eagles scored first on a Walker Sommer breakaway 3/20 vs. Canisius% 7:05 p.m. late in the second...in the third, AIC tied the game as junior Elijiah Barriga scored at 11:22, and senior Justin Cole potted the go-ahead goal at 14:39...Niagara all times Eastern. pulled Chad Veltri in the last three minutes but could not generate another goal... BOLD indicates home game (all home games at MassMutual Center.) senior Stefano Durante earned the win with 17 saves...Canisius won an overtime ^ indicates nonconference game. thriller, 4-3, against Army West Point...Jake Felker scored the only goal of the first, %indicates AHC Tournament game but Canisius scored two quick ones in the second as Simon Gravel and Mitch- ell Martan lit the lamp 46 seconds apart...in the third, Thomas Farrell and Matt Berkovitz struck to give Army the lead, but a power play tally by Max Kouznetsov forced overtime...in the OT, J.D. Pogue’s shot snuck over the shoulder of Trevin Kozlowski at 14:07 to send the Griffins to the title game...Jacob Barczewski made 26 saves in the win. LAST TIME THEY MET: AIC swept the 2019-20 season series, including a 4-1 and 3-2 pair at Canisius on February 14-15, 2020...in the opener, senior Tobias Fladeby scored the de- ciding tally at 0:18 of the third on the power play, and Hugo Reinhardt ‘20 added two more late for the 4-1 final...Durante made 22 saves in the win...all five goals were scored in the second period of game two, with seniors Kapcheck and Chris Dodero assisting on AIC’s goals by Reinhardt and Austin Albrecht ‘20 respectively before Jared Pike ‘20 had the winner...Durante made 21 saves in the victory. by the numbers... Major AHC Even-Strength goals Assists per game for Awards won by allowed in 16 regular brennan Kapcheck, the Yellow Jackets season games, a 0.94 highest in NCAA DI among 5 in 2020-21 15 GAA at 5-on-5. .88 defensemen. aicyellowjackets.com // #aicommitted // #OneHiveOneFamily QUICK FACTS FIVE-ON-FIVE DOMINATION: GENERAL INFO The Yellow Jackets have controlled the ice at even strength this season...in 17 LOCATION ............................................. Springfield, Massachusetts total games, the team has conceded just 16 goals at full strength, or an average of FOUNDED ......................................................................................1885 TOTAL ENROLLMENT ................................................................3,387 0.94 per game...the win over LIU marked just the third game that AIC had allowed Undergraduate Enrollment .......................................................1,424 Graduate Enrollment ..................................................................1,963 more than one goal at even strength and the first time that both goals were scored PRESIDENT ............................................................... Vincent Maniaci NICKNAME ..................................................................Yellow Jackets against the same goalkeeper in a game. MASCOT ...........................................................................................Rex COLORS ......................................................................Black and Gold ARENA .................................................................MassMutual Center RINK SIZE ..................................................................................200x85 Kapcheck-ing Into The Record Books: RINK CAPACITY .........................................................................6,866 TICKET OFFICE PHONE ........................................... 413-787-6610 Senior Brennan Kapcheck already is all over AIC’s record books, as he is the AIC ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT program’s leading scoring defenseman...his pair of assists against Sacred Heart INTERIM DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS/SWA..........Jessica Chapin allowed him to pass former teammate Blake Christensen ‘20, who ended his SENIOR ASSOCIATE AD/BUSINESS OPS ....... Matthew Johnson ASSISTANT AD/EXTERNAL ...................................Maura Donovan career with 71, for the Division I-era assists mark...at 91 points, he is sixth in the ASSISTANT AD/EVENT OPS ..........................................Mike Lavato INTERIM COMPLIANCE COORDINATOR ........... Allison Fleisher Division I-era in scoring, tied with Martin Mellberg ‘20. HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER.............................................. John Culp FACULTY ATHLETICS REPRESENTATIVE ... Jill McCarthy Payne ADVISOR FOR STUDENT-ATHLETE SUCCESS ...... Stephanie Jarosik DIRECTOR OF ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS ... Thomas Pool The Right Side Of 30 for Durante: COORDINATOR OF ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS ... Seth Dussault ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS G.A. ..................Summer Dutton Redshirt junior Stefano Durante earned his 30th career victory against Bentley HOCKEY STAFF/INFO University on December 18, 2020, becoming the fourth 30-win keeper in pro- HEAD COACH ..............................................Eric Lang (AIC ‘98, ‘08) gram history...the win tied him with Ben Meisner ‘13 for third on the all-time list .............................................................................................. @ericlang9 ASSISTANT COACH ....................Cory Schneider (Ohio State ‘12) across all eras and made him second in the Division I era...Durante passed Meisner ..................................................................................@_CorySchneider ASSISTANT COACH .......................... Matthew Woodard (AIC ‘09) with the team’s recent win over LIU...he passed with Mark Buckley ‘90 with 33 for ..........................................................................................@mwoody09 VOLUNTEER ASSISTANT COACH............. Patrick Tabb (AIC ‘03) DIRECTOR OF HOCKEY OPS ...... Mike Finnegan (U. New England ‘16) second all-time and trails only Zackarias Skog ‘20 among DI-era keepers...Skog ATHLETIC TRAINER ........John Culp (U. of AZ ‘91 MAT, Ohio Northern ‘87) EQUIPMENT MANAGER ............................................Ben Hodgkins earned 37 wins from 2016-20. COMMUNCIATIONS/BROADCAST ...Seth Dussault (AIC ‘11, ‘15) MEDIA INFO All The Awards: FACEBOOK ............. American International College Ice Hockey TWITTER ...................................................................... @AIC_Hockey Five Yellow Jackets earned major awards from Atlantic Hockey to cap the regular INSTAGRAM ................................................................ @AIC_Hockey HOCKEY CONTACT ................................................... Seth Dussault season...Durante was named the Goaltending Champion thanks to his 1.71 GAA in .................................................................................@AICJacketsVoice Email................................................................seth.dussault@aic.edu league play...Dodero was named Best Defensive Forward after allowing one goal Office .............................................................................. 413.654.1425 Cell ...................................................................................413.277.5323 against while on ice during league play...Justin Cole earned the Individual SECONDARY CONTACT ........................................Summer Dutton Email............................................................summer.dutton@aic.edu Sportsmanship Award following a second consecutive penalty-free season... ATHLETICS: Kapcheck was the unanimous selection for Best Defenseman and also won Player FACEBOOK ..........................................................AIC Yellow Jackets TWITTER ....................................................................... @AICathletics of the Year Honors...the awards won by Dodero, Cole, and Kapcheck are all firsts INSTAGRAM ................................................................. @AICathletics in AIC history...Durante defended the Goaltending Champion award won by TEAM INFO Zackarias Skog 20 last season. AFFILIATION..............................................................NCAA Division I CONFERENCE...........................................................Atlantic Hockey SEASON .......................................................................................... 73rd OVERALL RECORD ......................................................705-1059-99 2019-20 RECORD .................................................................