2013-14 Game Notes
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2013-14 GAME NOTES Game 6 - October 25, 2013 Game 7 - October 26, 2013 Mercyhurst at Alaska Fairbanks, Alaska Patty Ice Arena (1,350) Six-Time NCAA Participant / Four-Time Conference Tournament Champion THE SERIES VS. ALASKA Alaska leads Mercyhurst in the all-time series 5-0-0 GF: 7 GA: 28 Home: 0-0-0 Away: 0-4-0 (GF: 6 - GA: 23) Neutral: 0-1-0 (GF: 1 - GA: 5) TIDBITS The teams have played fi ve games in the all-time series with all fi ve contests being played Friday and Saturday, October 25 and 26 - 11:07 PM (ET) in the state of Alaska. Mercyhurst LAKERS (1-4-0, 0-0-0 AHA) October 14, 2011 at Opening Round of Brice Alaska Goal Rush 5-2 win by the Nanooks; Mercyhurst goals were scored by Derek Elliott and Daniel Alaska NANOOKS (2-1-1, 0-0-0 WCHA) O’Donoghue. October 10, 2009 Consolation Game of Kendall Hockey Classic in Anchorage CONTACT INFORMATION Alaska won 5-1; Mercyhurst goal was scored by Derek Elliott. Sports Information Director / Men’s Hockey Contact Dave Leisering October 17, 2008 Opening Round of Brice Alaska Goal Rush Offi ce Phone (814) 824-2525 Alaska won by a 5-0 fi nal; The Nanooks outshot Mercyhurst 47-25. Cell Phone (814) 440-9975 E-mail [email protected] The other two games came at the Division III level during the 1990-91 season. Mailing Address 501 East 38th Street; Erie, Pa. 16546 November 24, 1990 Assistant Sports Information Director Brian Vail Alaska won by the fi nal of 4-2 Offi ce Phone (814) 824-3338 November 23, 1990 E-mail [email protected] Alaska won by the fi nal of 9-2 Sports Information Graduate Assistant Sydney Cuscino E-mail [email protected] Mercyhurst went on to post a 19-13-1 overall record during that season, advancing to the NCAA Division III tournament for the fi rst time in school history. Athletic Facebook Page HurstAthletics Mercyhurst Twitter Page @HurstAthletics Men’s Hockey Twitter Page @HurstMensHockey ATLANTIC HOCKEY ASSOCIATION STANDINGS CONFERENCE OVERALL W L T PTS PCT GF GA W L T PCT GF GA Niagara 1 0 1 3 .750 9 7 1 2 1 .375 10 11 Sacred Heart 1 0 0 2 1.000 3 1 2 2 0 .500 6 15 Robert Morris 0 0 1 1 .500 3 3 0 2 1 .167 5 9 Air Force 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 2 2 0 .500 11 13 Mercyhurst 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 1 4 0 .200 9 21 Rochester Inst. of Tech. 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 3 1 .125 9 18 American International 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 .000 4 10 Army 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 1 0 .000 1 4 Connecticut 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 2 0 .000 2 8 Holy Cross 0 0 0 0 .000 0 0 0 3 0 .000 5 11 Bentley 0 1 0 0 .000 1 3 1 4 0 .200 13 17 Canisius 0 1 0 0 .000 4 6 0 1 0 .000 4 6 SCHOOL INFORMATION NOTES School Mercyhurst University Location Erie, Pennsylvania LAST WEEKEND ... Enrollment 3,077 Mercyhurst and Merrimack met for the fi rst time in history and the teams split a weekend series in North Andover, Massachu- Founded 1926 setts. The Lakers won the fi rst-ever meeting between the two schools, a 3-2 decision last Friday night. The Warriors returned the President Dr. Thomas J. Gamble favor with a 5-2 victory last Saturday. In Friday’s win, senior defenseman Nick Jones scored with 34 seconds left in regulation to Director of Athletics Joe Kimball give the Lakers their fi rst victory of the season. Junior Ryan Misiak and senior Daniel O’Donoghue also scored for Mercyhurst. Nickname Lakers On Saturday, Mercyhurst jumped ahead 1-0 early in the second only to see Merrimack score four consecutive goals to blow the Colors Navy Blue, Forest Green, White game open. Juniors Matthew Zay and Daniel Bahntge had the goals for Mercyhurst. Affi liation NCAA Division I Conference Atlantic Hockey Association WHAT A ZAY ... Athletic Phone (814) 824-2558 Junior Matthew Zay has scored a point in each of the last four contests and leads the team with two goals and two assists on Mailing Address 501 East 38th Street the young season. Last season, Zay became the fi rst Laker since the inception of the Atlantic Hockey Association to lead the Erie, Pa. 16546 league in scoring outright. He led the team with 39 (13 goals, 26 assists) points a year ago, with 34 of those (11 goals, 23 assists) TEAM INFORMATION coming in conference play to win the scoring title. Zay currently leads (or is tied for the lead) Mercyhurst in nearly every offensive 2012-13 Record 19-17-5 category through fi ve games this season - goals (2), assists (2), points (4), shots (19), and plus/minus (+2). In fact, Zay is the Conference Record 12-11-4 (6th) only Laker with a plus-rating early in the year. Lettermen R/L 22/4 Breakdown Forwards (13/2) SARJEANT AT ARMS ... Defensemen (7/1) Junior goaltender Jimmy Sarjeant entered the season with two starts under his belt through two seasons. He has already ap- Goaltenders (2/1) peared in three games this year, with two of those being starts. He started back-to-back contests for the fi rst time in his collegiate Incoming Players 5 career when he started against Ferris State last Tuesday and the fi rst game of the Merrimack series. He stopped 57-of-62 shots Breakdown Forwards (3) in the two starts. His numbers have been very good at the start of the season, much better than redshirt junior Jordan Tibbett, Defensemen (1) who was to be the heir apparent to Max Strang between the pipes. Sarjeant is 1-1 with a 2.19 goals against average and has Goaltenders (1) stopped 65-of-70 shots (.929 save percentage). Meanwhile, Tibbett is 0-3 with a 5.63 goals against average and has stopped 2013-14 Captain Nick Jones 93-of-108 shots (.861 save percentage). 2013-14 Assistant Captains Matt Zay Daniel O’Donoghue OFF THE SCHNEID ... First Year Of Sport 1987-88 Two of Mercyhurst’s four freshman skaters have recorded their fi rst collegiate points. On October 15, Stephen Hrehoriak re- NCAA Appearances 6 Last NCAA Appearance 2005 corded his fi rst collegiate goal, giving Mercyhurst a 1-0 lead at the time against Ferris State. To date, that is Hrehoriak’s only Last NCAA Opponent Boston College point in fi ve games. Meanwhile, last weekend, Philippe Drouin recorded two assists in Friday’s 3-2 win at Merrimack for his fi rst (East Regional) two collegiate points. He has two points in four games this season. Still looking Result L 5-4 for their fi rst collegiate points are Kyle Dutra and Jack Riley. Against Clarkson 2013-14 SCHEDULE All-Time Record 470-334-65 in the consolation game of the Ice Breaker Tournament, sophomore defen- seman Anthony Mastrodicasa recorded the fi rst two goals of his collegiate 10/8 GUELPH L 3-4 STAFF career. He had fi ve assists in 27 games as a freshman last season before 10/11 at Minnesota (Ice Breaker) L 0-6 Head Coach Rick Gotkin breaking through with a pair of goals in the loss to the Golden Knights. 10/12 vs Clarkson (Ice Breker) L 2-5 Alma Mater Brockport State ‘82 10/15 FERRIS STATE L 2-3 Phone (814) 824-2542 AGAINST THE BULLDOGS ... 10/18 at Merrimack W 3-2 E-mail [email protected] Mercyhurst dropped to 0-6-1 lifetime against Ferris State with a 3-2 loss to 10/19 at Merrimack L 2-5 Best time to reach Mornings the Bulldogs at the Mercyhurst Ice Center last Tuesday. Freshman Stephen 10/25 at Alaska 11:07 PM Record at Mercyhurst 454-327-65 (25) Hrehoriak gave the Lakers a 1-0 lead with a power play goal in the fi rst period 10/26 at Alaska 11:07 PM Career Record Same and junior Matthew Zay scored early in the third period on a breakaway. It was 11/2 AIR FORCE* 7:05 PM the fi rst time since November 25 and 26, 2005 that Ferris State made the trip 11/8 RIT* 7:05 PM Associate Head Coach Bobby Ferraris to Erie to faceoff against the Lakers. 11/9 at Canisius* 7:05 PM Alma Mater Saint Anselm ‘97 11/19 NIAGARA* 7:05 PM Offi ce Phone (814) 824-2130 11/22 RENSSELAER 7:05 PM E-mail [email protected] AT THE ICE BREAKER ... Mercyhurst started the 2013-14 season with a pair of losses at the Ice Breaker 11/23 RENSSELAER 7:05 PM Tournament in Minneapolis on October 11 and 12. The Lakers dropped a 6-0 11/29 at American International* 7:05 PM Assistant Coach Peter Aubry 11/30 at American International* 3:05 PM Alma Mater Mercyhurst ‘02 decision to #5 Minnesota on the opening night and then suffered a 5-2 set- 12/6 SACRED HEART* 7:05 PM Offi ce Phone (814) 824-3349 back against Clarkson in Saturday’s consolation game. Mercyhurst dropped to 12/7 SACRED HEART* 7:05 PM E-mail [email protected] 0-2 lifetime against the Golden Gophers and 1-6 lifetime against the Golden Knights.