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Inside Elmira College Table of Contents Elmira College THE SCOOP ON Cover 1 ELMIRA COLLEGE Inside Elmira College 2 Information Sports Information 3 Location: Elmira College is a four-year, private, co 2011-12 Season Outlook 4 One Park Place -educational, liberal arts college with an undergraduate enrollment of 1,200. The Coaching Staff 5 Elmira, New York 14901 College is located in the Finger Lakes 2011-12 Player Profiles 6 (607) 735-1800 Region of Upstate New York. The average Founded: class size is 16, with a student to faculty 2011-12 Team Photo 13 ratio of 12:1. 1855 The College offers over thirty-five aca- 2011-12 Team Roster 14 Enrollment: demic majors, including: education, busi- 2010-11 Season in Review 15 ness, psychology, biology, nursing, pre- 1,200 medicine, pre-law, along with numerous 2010-11 Statistics 16 Colors: study abroad and internship programs. 2010-11 Inside the Numbers 17 Purple and Gold The Soaring Eagles sponsors ten varsity Nickname: women‘s teams in soccer, field hockey, Elmira in the ECAC West 18 volleyball, tennis, golf, basketball, cheer- Soaring Eagles leading, ice hockey, lacrosse and softball. EC Records 1973-2010 19 Affiliation: Men‘s varsity teams compete in soccer, golf, basketball, ice hockey, tennis and 100-Point Club 20 NCAA (Div. III), ECAC, lacrosse. Award Winners and Captains 21 Empire 8 Complementing the varsity sport offer- ings, are ten opportunities to participate EC Team Records 22 President: in junior varsity sports. Dr. Thomas K. Meier EC Single Game Leaders 23 Vice President of Athletics and All-Time Offensive Leaders 24 Health Services: All-Time Goaltending Leaders 25 Pat Thompson ‘75 EC Men‟s Hockey at a ECAC Postseason History 26 Senior Associate Director of Ath- Glance letics: NCAA Postseason History 27 First Season Jen Bozek 1973-74 (club), 1974-75 (NCAA) All-Americans 28 Director of Sports Information: 2011-12 Opponents Profile 30 Overall Record Shannon Howley 672-323-43 Murray Athletics Center 31 Sports Information Assistant: ECAC West Championships 9 All-Time Results 32 Nate Hart ‘78, ‘88, ‘90, ‘91, ‘93, ‘97, ‘03, ‘06, ‘11 Soaring Eagles in the Pros 36 Sports Information Assistant: NCAA Appearances 16 Chris Brown Soaring Eagles Coaching 38 ‘78, ‘80, ‘86, ‘88, ‘90, ‘91, ‘92, ‘93, Head Athletics Trainer: ‘94, ‘97, ‘03, ‘06, ‘08, ‘09, ‘10, ‘11 EC Administration 39 Dave Tomkalski, ATC NCAA Semifinal Appearances 7 EC Sports Medicine 40 Head Coach: ‘78, ‘80, ‘88, ‘91, ‘93, ‘06, ‘08 2011-12 Team Schedule 43 Aaron Saul ‘98 NCAA Final Appearances 2 (607) 735-1970 ‘80, ‘88 [email protected] Credits Assistant Coach: The 2011-12 men’s hockey media guide was re- Dean Jackson ‘03 searched, designed, written and edited by Nate Hart (607) 735-1969 and , Sports Information Assistants. Cover photo [email protected] designed by Don Sherman, Sports Information Assis- Elmira College Admissions: tant. Action photos taken by Maria Strinni Gill of (607) 735-1724 Strinni Studio. Athletics Phone: (607) 735-1730 Cover Photo Athletics Fax: (607) 735-1717 Elmira College Men’s Ice Hockey Players: Left to Website: Right: Karl Linden ’11, Mark Morikawa ’13, and www.elmira.edu Darcy Vaillancourt ’12 E-Mail Address: [email protected] 2 2011-12 Elmira College Men‟s Ice Hockey Elmira College Sports Information The 2011-2012 edition of the Soaring Eagles Ice Hockey Media Guide is the primary information source for the me- dia covering the Soaring Eagles this season. To request ad- ditional information, contact Nate Hart, EC Sports Infor- mation Assistant at: (607) 735-1746. Facility: The site of all Soaring Eagles home contests is the Murray Athletic Center, located in Pine Valley, New York, eight miles north of the Elmira College Campus on State Shannon Howley Nate Hart Chris Brown Route 14. The facility seats approximately 3,200 spectators Director of Sports Sports Information Sports Information as well as providing a full service concession stand. Information Assistant Assistant Parking: Free Parking is available at the Murray Athletics Sports Information: The Sports Information Office is Center. located in the northeast wing of Emerson Hall on the Elmira College Campus. Entrance: The main entrance to the Murray Athletics Cen- Important Phone Numbers: ter is located between the first two domes of the triple-dome EC Athletics Office (607) 735-1730 complex. Ticket Information (607) 735-1730 Shannon Howley (607) 735-1976 Nate Hart (607) 735-1746 Ticket Window: Media passes may be picked up at the tick- Chris Brown (607) 735-1708 et window located immediately inside the main entrance of Athletics Office FAX (607) 735-1717 the Murray Athletic Center. Sports Information FAX (607) 735-1768 Important E-mail addresses: Time: Face-off for all regular season home games will be at EC Athletics 7:00 p.m. (unless otherwise noted). [email protected] Shannon Howley [email protected] Radio: Select Elmira College Hockey games will be broad- Nate Hart cast by WELM 1410 AM. Visiting radio stations will be [email protected] located behind press row. Radio stations wishing to broad- Chris Brown cast from the Murray Athletic Center should contact the EC [email protected] Sports Information Office at least 48 hours prior to the date Elmira College Website: For up-to-date information of the contest. about Elmira College Hockey, check the official website of the Soaring Eagles at www.elmira.edu. Photo Policy: Media photographers can work from either ECAC Website: For up-to-date statistics and standings, side of the rink, but are exempt from the bench and locker check the ECAC West Hockey website at www.ecac.com. room areas. Penalty box access must be approved by the Director of Athletics. USCHO Website: For up-to-date news on Division III ice hockey, as well as box scores, statistics and standings, visit the USCHO website at www.uscho.com. Working Press: Press row seating is located directly behind the official scorers table on the south side of the facility. Game programs and statistics will be provided to the media prior to the contest. This is a working media area; no guests permitted. Press Services: Telephone and facsimile facilities are availa- ble to members of the press. The Media Room is located off the main lobby of the Murray Athletic Center. Post-game Media Interviews: Post-game interviews are ap- propriate after a 10-minute cooling off period. The media is asked to contact a member of the coaching staff before speaking with a particular player. Other Interviews: Any other media interviews should be arranged through the Sports Information Office. Kevin Willer ‟12 3 2011-12 Elmira College Men‟s Ice Hockey 2011-12 Season Outlook The Elmira College Men‘s Hockey team has set high goals after a very successful 2010- 11 season, which culminated with an automatic bid to the NCAA Division III Tourna- ment. Finishing the season with a national ranking of 7, the 2010-11 Soaring Eagles closed out another successful season on the ice. The 2010-11 Soaring Eagles not only finished as the ECAC West Regular Season Champs, but also won their first ECAC West Playoffs since the 2006 season. The Purple and Gold were eventually eliminated in the NCAA Division III Quarterfinals to host Adrian College, 5-3. Led by third year coach Aaron Saul ‟98, EC culminated the 2010-11 campaign with a 17-7-4 overall record and an ECAC West best 8-3-1 conference record. The Purple and Gold come into the season ranked 6th according to the USCHO.com poll. Under the guidance of Saul, the Soaring Eagles look for their seventh straight winning season in the 2011-12 campaign. Elmira returns a number of successful players from a year ago, and looks to use their experience to improve on last year‘s slow start to the season. Captain Kevin Willer ‟12 (Toronto, ONT -- North York Rangers) earned First Team All-ECAC West honors during the 2010-11 season. The Toronto native provides of- fensive firepower as well as leadership for the Soaring Eagles. Last year he netted a team -high 17 goals in addition to 18 assists for 35 total points. Assistant Captain Martin Martin Lee ‟12 Lee ‟12 (Toronto, ONT -- Vaughan Vipers) was named ECAC West Defensive Player 2010-11 ECAC of the Year in addition to being named First Team All-ECAC West. Lee finished the season with 17 points on three goals and 14 assists, leading Elmira‘s defense to being Defensive Player of the Year the top scoring defense in the highly competitive ECAC West. Also providing leadership for EC this season will be Assistant Captains Brendan Sanders ‟12 (Mississauga, ONT -- Vaughan Vipers) and Michael Kirby ‟12 (Delta, BC -- Melford Mustangs). Sanders will provide a significant contribution on the offensive side of the puck. In 2010-11 he totaled 21 points on 17 assists and four goals, finishing the season with the team‘s third highest point total. Kirby is an enforcer on the defensive side of the puck and looks to help Elmira solidify its protection in front of net. Elmira has one of the finest goaltenders in the nation in third year player and First Team All-ECAC honoree Darren MacDonald ‟13 (Stittsville, ONT -- Nepean Raiders). MacDonald finished the season with an impressive 16-3-4 overall record last season, which are the most wins an EC goalie has had since the 2007-08 season. The Ontario net-minder ranked in the top 10 on the national level in four major goalie statistical categories. He finished the season ranked 3rd in save percentage (.930), 5th in shutouts (3), 7th in win percentage (.783), and 9th in GAA (2.16).