01 1 ed le 9 30 Feb 15 16 11 5 am 2 5 | Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport, CT Date Opponent Location Time/Result 10 1 10 1 0 10 0 VS 11/2 @ Bentley Waltham, Mass. W, 3-2 11/3 @ Bentley Waltham,Mass. L, 3-2 OT 11 11 /9 @ Army West Point, N.Y. W, 4-2 12-13-3, 11-9-2 AHA 13 2 3 11 8 3 H 11 10 1 37th 11/16 Mercyhurst 11/17 Mercyhurst 0 RIT 24 11 2 11/23 @Canisius Buffalo, N.Y. T, 3-3 OT Meeting Dec. 8 2018, SHU 6-4 11/24 @Canisius Buffalo, N.Y. L, 3-2 11 0 1 1 1 1 Setting the Scene.... The Sacred Heart University Men’s Ice Hockey team 12/7 @RIT Rochester, N.Y. W, 4-3 OT returns home as the Pioneers look to continue their impressive five game 12/8 @ RIT Rochester, N.Y. W, 6-4 winning streak with a crucial Atlantic Hockey showdown against RIT. 1/4 @Vermont Burlington, VT 3-2 1 8 1/12 @ Yale New Haven, Conn. 3-1 Last Time Out... The Sacred Heart University Men's Ice Hockey team took a 1 1 1 two game set away from Niagara this past weekend as the Pioneers defeated 1 1 1 1 0 the Purple Eagles 4-2 in the first game and 6-3 in the second. Junior Austin 1 W, 5-2 Mcllmurray led the Pioneers with three goals, two assists for five points in the 1 L, 4-1 1/29 @ UCONN Hartford, Conn. W, 2-1 series. Freshman Josh Benson compiled 31 saves and allowed just five goals in 2/1 @ RMU Pittsburgh, Pa. W, 6-2 the entire series. He tallied a GAA of 2.52 and a save percentage of 86.1%. 2/2 @ RMU Pittsburgh, Pa. W, 3-1 2/8 @ Niagara Niagara, N.Y. W, 4-2 2/9 @ Niagara Niagara, N.Y. W, 6-3 Scouting the Tigers... The Tigers recorded a split on the road last weekend at 1 11 0 Holy Cross, winning 4-3 on Friday, while losing by the same score Saturday 1 0 night. RIT is currently tied for third in the Atlantic Hockey league standings 0 2/23 @ Army West Point, N.Y. 7:05 pm with a conference record of 11-8-3 and an overall record of 13-12-3. On 2/28 @ AIC Springfield, Mass. 7:05 pm offense the Tigers are led by senior forward Abbott Girduckis who leads the 3/2 @AIC Springfield, Mass. 1:05 pm team in points with 28 and goals with eight. In goal, sophomore Logan Drackett tallies a record of 10-11-3 and compiles a GAA of 2.65 with a save 6 6 percentage of 90.8. Last Meeting.... The Pioneers swept a two game series against RIT that took place on Dec. 7 and 8. The SHU took the first game 4-3 in an overtime thriller courtesy of a goal by senior Mike Lee at 04:55 in the first overtime period. In the second game the Pioneers scored six goals in the game to earn a 6-4 victory over the Tigers to complete the weekend sweep. Sophomore Matt Tugnutt led the Pioneers in goals as he tallied two in the game one to 6 seal the game as he netted an empty net goal to make the final score 6-4. 110-213-39 6 6 2018-19 ATLANTIC HOCKEY STANDINGS Steeling the Show...Freshman Ryan Steele has been a top goal scorer TEAM PTS AHA OVERALL for the Pioneers as he tallied his seventh goal of the season against AIC 35 17-8-1 17-12-1 UCONN last Wednesday night. He currently is third on team in points Bentley 28 13-7-2 14-11-3 with 15 and tied for second on team in goals with seven. Air Force 25 11-8-3 13-11-4 RIT 25 11-8-3 13-12-3 Mercyhurst 24 11-9-2 13-14-3 Clare & Crocock Captain Pioneers in 2018-19.... Senior blueliners Liam- Sacred Heart 24 11-9-2 12-13-3 Niagara 21 9-11-3 10-16-3 Clare and Mike Crocock will serve as team captains in 2018-19. Clare skated in Army West Point 18 7-11-4 8-16-4 33 games in his junior campaign, finishing fifth on the team in assists (11) and Holy Cross 17 7-12-3 7-17-4 had 12 points. Crocock played in 37 games in his third season with SHU. He Robert Morris 17 8-13-1 9-18-1 tallied three goals, seven assists for a total of 10 points. Canisius 14 6-15-2 9-17-3 Pioneers Picked Tenth In Preseason Poll... Sacred Heart was picked to finish Upcoming Games tenth in the Atlantic Hockey Preseason Coaches Poll. Last season, Sacred Heart was 13-22-4 in Atlantic Hockey and finished tenth. SHU has recorded five straight seasons with double digit wins. Friday, February 15
RIT at Sacred Heart, 11:05 am Leave The Game Winners to Magera... Freshman Austin Magera is currently Mercyhurst at Army West Point, 7:05 pm tied for first in Atlantic Hockey in game winning goals this season as he has Robert Morris at Holy Cross, 7:05 pm tallied five for the Pioneers. Magera currently leads the team in points with 21 Canisius at Air Force, 9:05 pm and is tied for first in goals with nine as well as tied for second in assists with Bentley at Niagara, 7:05 pm 12. AIC at Arizona State, 9:05 pm Mcllmurray Making Moves.... Junior Austin Mcllmurray tallied five goals and three assists in the past five games for the Pioneers. He cashed in a Saturday, February 16 power play goal for the Pioneers in his two goal day against Robert Morris on RIT at Sacred Heart, 2:05 pm Feb. 1. He is currently tied for first on team in goals with nine on the year. He Robert Morris at Holy Cross, 5:05 pm was tabbed Atlantic Hockey Player of the Week as well as one of Three Stars by Canisius at Air Force, 7:05 pm NCAA Hockey for his three goal, two assist weekend at Niagara. Mercyhurst at Army West Point, 7:05 pm AIC at Arizona State, 9:05 pm 2018-19 Atlantic Hockey Preseason Poll Tugnutt Back on Track .... Sophomore Matt Tugnutt scored his first goal in the 1. Air Force (8) - 97 points past eight games coming into this weekends series with Robert Morris. Tugnutt 2. Robert Morris (2) - 87 points netted a shorthanded goal in the first period to put the Pioneers up 1-0 against 3. Army West Point - 76 points UCONN last Wednesday night. He currently is tied for second on team in goals 4. RIT - 70 points with seven. 5. Canisius (1) - 65 points 6. Holy Cross - 58 points Benson Named Atlantic Hockey Goalie of the Week... Sacred Heart University 7. Mercyhurst - 52 points freshman goaltender Josh Benson was named the Atlantic Hockey Association 8. Bentley - 38 points 9. AIC - 27 points Goalie of Week for his play against Robert Morris and UCONN this past week. 10. Sacred Heart - 20 points This is Benson's second weekly award that he has received this season as well as 11. Niagara - 15 points the third weekly award to be given to a SHU hockey player.
Benson had an impressive week as he tallied a 5-0 record with wins over UCONN and a pair of two game sweep of Atlantic Hockey rival Robert Morris and Niagara. The freshman Netminder compiled a GAA of 1.33 while tallying a save percentage of 95.1%. In total he made 78 saves and played a total of 180 minutes.
Watch SHU Hockey On Stretch... This season, Sacred Heart men’s ice hockey home games will be broadcast on Stretch Internet. Pioneer fans can access the network through the “AtlanticHockey.tv” link on the men’s ice hockey page at SacredHeartPioneers.com or at AtlanticHockeyOnline.com. QUICK FACTS GAMEDAY CENTRAL Sacred Heart RIT Last Meeting Location Fairfield, Conn. Rochester, N.Y. Dec. 8 2018 • Rochester, N.Y. Final Founded 1963 1802 Sacred Heart 1 2 3 6 Nickname Pioneers Tigers Conference Atlantic Hockey Atlantic Hockey RIT 2 1 1 4 Head Coach C.J. Marottolo Wayne Wilson Scoring Summary Coach’s Record 110-213-39 (10th season) 359-247-66 (20th season) Team Per. Time Scored By Score 2018-19 Record 11-12-3 13-12-3 RIT 1st 04:24 PP - BRUBACHER, Adam ( WILLETT, Dan & VALENZUELA, Gabe ) 1-0 2017-18 Record 13-22-4 (9-15-4 AHA) 15-20-2 (13-14-1 AHA) RIT 1st 14:28 PP - CAMERON, Shawn ( McKAY, Chris & SALLOUM, Zach ) 2-0 2017-18 Conf. Record 9-15-4 (11th) 13-14-1 (T-6) SHU 1st 14:58 SH - TUGNUTT, Matt ( unassisted) 2-1 Team Comparison RIT 2nd 08:46 PP - BRUBACHER, Adam ( WILLETT, Dan & VALENZUELA, Gabe ) 3-1 SHU 2nd 17:21 BOYAGIAN, Nick ( unassisted) 3-2 SHU 2nd 19:52 SH - JOHNSTONE, Marc ( unassisted) 3-3 RIT 3rd 02:20 TRAPTOW, Bryson ( KRUPER, Ryan & BRUBACHER, Adam ) 4-3 SHU 3rd 04:10 RAKHMATOV, Ruslan ( McILMURRAY, Austin & MAGERA, Austin ) 4-4 Sacred Heart RIT SHU 3rd 11:46 McILMURRAY, Austin ( unassisted) 4-5 Home Record 3-9-2 8-6-0 SHU 3rd 18:58 EN - TUGNUTT, Matt ( COTTON, Jason & CROCOCK, Mike ) 4-6 Road Record 9-4-1 5-6-3 Neutral Site Record 0-0-0 0-0-0 Goals Per Game 2.71 3.00 Goals Allowed/Game 2.79 2.93 Shots Per Game 30.8 29.5 Shots on Goal: Sacred Heart: 6-31; RIT: 4-30 Power Plays: Sacred Heart: 0-6, ; RIT: 3-8 Shots Allowed/Game 27.6 29.8 Goalies: Sacred Heart: Josh Benson (W, 2-2-1, 28 shots, 24 saves) Penalties Per Game 5.0 5.1 RIT: Logan Drackett (L, 6-8-1, 30 shots, 25 saves) PIM/Game 12.6 11.7 Penalties: Sacred Heart 10-31; RIT 9-29. Power Play 17-112 22-113 Team Records: Sacred Heart 5-8-2; RIT 6-8-1. Power Play % 13.9% 19.5% series history and last 10 meetings Penalty Kill 104-124 101-122 36th Meeting All-Time RIT leads 24-11-2 Penalty Kill % 83.9% 82.8% Shorthanded Goals 8 6 February 18, 2018 at Sacred Heart - SHU 5-3 Goals Leader A. Magera, A. McIlmurray (9) Eric Brown (13) February 17, 2018 at Sacred Heart - RIT 5-0 Assists Leader M. Johnstone (13) Abbott Girduckis (20) January 7, 2017 at RIT- SHU 5-1 Points Leader Austin Magera (21) Abbott Girduckis (28) January 6, 2017 at RIT- RIT 3-1 Josh Benson Logan Drackett Top Goaltender January 24, 2016 at Sacred Heart- RIT 5-3 January 10-6-2, 2.38 GAA, 90.7 SV% 10-11-3, 2.65 GAA, 90.8 SV% 22, 2016 at Sacred Heart- RIT 3-1 January 17, 2015 at Sacred Heart- RIT 3-1 January 16, 2015 at NCAA Ranking Comparison (2018-19) Sacred Heart- RIT 4-1 November 22, 2014 at RIT - Sacred Heart RIT SHU 2-1 November 21, 2014 at RIT - RIT 5-1 Scoring O ense 37 T24 Scoring Defense 28 T34 PIM/Game 15 25 Power Play % 54 23 Penalty Kill % 18 24 2018-19 Individual Atlantic ockey Leaders 2018-19 Team Atlantic ockey Leaders e Last Time … A Pioneer scored a hat trick: Points Scoring Offense Oct 19, 2017 (Vito Bavaro at Notre Dame) A Pioneer had four goals in a game: 1. E 39 AIC 37 Feb. 22, 1994 (Brian Riva vs. Bentley) . 37 Bentley 29 A Pioneer had four assists in a game: Dylan McLaughlin, CAN 33 Niagara 17 4 Luke Santerno, BEN 31 Mercyhurst 3.13 Matt Gingera (Feb. 10, 2012 at UConn) 7. Sacre Heart 2.71 A Pioneer had four points in a game: Kory Kennedy (Feb. 9, 2018 at Niagara - 2G, 2A) Goals Scoring Defense A Pioneer goalie had at least 40 saves: 6 Brett Magnus (Nov. 14 at Penn State - 64) Ludwig Stenlund, NIA 6 57 A Pioneer goalie recorded a shutout: Joseph Duszak, MER 14 Bentley 2 71 Brett Magnus (Mar. 4, 2018 at RIT, 2-0; 32 saves) T18. Austin Magera, SHU 9 Sacred Heart 2.79 The Pioneers were shut out: T18. Austin McIlmurray, SHU 9 1 , 2018 (3-0 vs. ) e Pioneers skated to a 0-0 tie: Nov. 22, 2002 (vs. AIC) 25 Power Play Percentage e Pioneers had more than 60 PIM: 2. Blake Christensen, AIC 24 Feb. 3, 2006 (at Army - 68) Luke Santerno, BEN 22 8 1 e Pioneers scored seven or more goals: T24. Mark Johnstone, SHU 13 0 9 Feb. 9, 2018 (7 - at Niagara) 19 5 An opponent scored seven or more goals: AIC 9 5 Oct. 21, 2016 (7 - at Boston University) 11. Sacre Heart 13.9 e Pioneers took 40 or more shots on goal: Dec. 2, 2016 (at Robert Morris - 43) Penalty Kill Percentage An opponent took 40 or more shots on goal: Power Play Goals Jan. 16, 2018 (at Bentley - 42) Air Force 89.6 e Pioneers scored 3 unanswered goals: Dominic Franco, Air Force 8 3 9 Nov. 4, 2017 (5 - vs. Canisius) 7 IT 2 8 An opponent scored 3 unanswered goals: 7 Ludwig Stenlund, NIA Robert Morris 82.6 . 3, 2018 (3 - ) 4 T15. Austin McIlmurray, SHU Army West Point 79 8 The Pioneers won in overtime: U . 7, 2018 (4-3 at RIT - OT) The Pioneers lost in overtime: 1, 2018 (2-1 - OT ) e Pioneers won when trailing aer 2 periods: G v Oct. 19, 2017 (at Notre Dame 6-4; trailed 3-2) 2.22 The Pioneers swept a weekend series: Josh Benson, SHU 2.38 Feb. 8-9, 2019 (at Niagara - 4-2, -3) 3 Logan Drackett, RIT 2.65 The Pioneers were swept in a weekend series: 4 Aiden Pelino, BEN 2.66 . 1 -17, 2018 ( - 4-3 , 3-0) 5. Trevin Kozlowski, Army 69 The Pioneers won a playoff game: v March 4, 2018 (2-0 at RIT) A Pioneer scored a short-handed goal: Feb 9 2019 (at Niagara- Jason Cotton) 18 Logan Drackett, RIT . 08 The Pioneers allowed a short-handed goal: Josh Benson, SHU 07 Jan. 16, 2018 (at Bentley - Matt Riggleman) 4.Garrett Metcalf, MER . 06 A Pioneer attempted a penalty shot: 5.Brian Wilson, NIA .902 Oct. 21, 2016 (Evan Jasper vs. Boston University) A Pioneer scored on a penalty shot: Feb. 6, 2015 (Evan Jasper vs. Air Force) An opponent attempted a penalty shot: Dec. 28, 2014 (Ryan Scarfo, Union) An opponent scored on a penalty shot: Jan. 31, 2004 (at UConn, Tim Olsen) Career Scoring Totals Head Coach C.J. Marottolo (110-213-39) Player (Games) G-A--PTS Liam Clare (130) 3-55--58 Northeastern ‘89 Vito Bavaro (101) 30-27--57 Tenth Season Austin McIlmurray (94) 27-25--52 Ruslan Rakhmatov (90) 6-30--36 Stephen Hladin (89) 15-20--35 Marc Johnstone (67) 16-30--46 Matt Tugnutt (61) 14-24--38 Jason Cotton (75) 18-16--34 Jordan Kaplan (64) 13-14--27 Alex Bates (62) 5-12--17 Mike Crocock (121) 4-13--17 Zach De Concilys (92) 5-8--13 Jackson Barliant (85) 7-9--16 C.J. Marottolo is in his tenth season at the helm of the Pioneers. Last season, Marcus Joseph (52) 0-4--4 the Pioneers recorded their fifth consecutive season of double digit wins, Hunter Fargey (42) 0-4--4 finishing 13-22-4. In 2015, SHU went 13-20-4, matching up against Bentley Mel Melconian (22) 2-3--5 in the first round of the Atlantic Hockey playoffs. In 2014, Sacred Heart Christian Lloyd (35) 0-4--4 reached the quarterfinals of the AHC Tournament while compiling a 13-19- Josh Allan (39) 0-5--5 6 record. Michael Gilrory (20) 0-1--1 Under his direction, SHU tied the program record in wins with a 21-13-4 Last Goal Scored overall finish in his first season as head coach in 2009-10. The Pioneers fin- Player Opp. GP Since ished 6-9-3 in conference play, good enough for second in Atlantic Hockey in 2009-10, a two-seed in the AHA Tournament, and a trip to the confer- Austin McIlmurray at Niagara (2/9/19) 0 ence championship game. The AHA named Marottolo the Bauer Coach of Mike Crocock at RIT (3/4/18) 27 the Year for 2009-10, when SHU set a school record by owning the nation’s Marc Johnstone vs. Holy Cross (1/26/19) 5 Matt Tugnutt at Robert Morris (2/1/19) 0 longest unbeaten streak (12 games) before falling to RIT on Feb. 5. Stephen Hladin at Mercyhurst (3/10/18) 32 Vito Bavaro at Robert Morris (2/1/19) 1 Marottolo came to Sacred Heart after 13 years as an assistant and associ-ate Alex Bates at Bentley (11/3/18) 19 head coach at Yale. During his tenure the Bulldogs reached the NCAA Jason Cotton at Niagara (2/9/19) 0 tournament twice. Marottolo has also earned a reputation as an excellent Liam Clare at Notre Dame (10/19/17) 61 recruiter. At Yale he brought in four All-Americans, nine All-ECAC selec- Zach De Concilys at Canisius (11/23/18) 17 tions, and four Ivy League Rookies of the Year.
Scoring By Class An assistant coach at Trinity College for two winters before Yale, Marottolo Class (Skaters) Points Goals Assists graduated from Northeastern University in 1989. The following two years Seniors (7) 37 6 31 he served as player/head coach of the Hockey Club of Metz, France. While Juniors (Six) 50 23 27 overseas, he was also head coach of Euro-Sport/Drummond Hockey School Sophomores (9) 53 23 30 in Amenville, France. Marottolo, who speaks French fluently, has also served Freshmen (6) 53 24 29 as an assistant coach for Team New England at the 1997 Select 16 USA Total 193 76 117 Hockey Festival and coached the 1998 Select 15 team before becoming head coach of the 1999 New England Select 15 squad that finished fourth.
Scoring Leader By Class He and his wife, Lynn, daughter, Kailey, and son, Jack, reside in North Player (Class) Points Goals Assists Haven. Clare (Sr.) 10 0 10 Bavaro (Jr.) 12 7 5 Marottolo’s Record By Season Tugnutt (So.) 14 7 7 Overall Atlantic Hockey (Finish) Magera (Fr.) 19 8 11 2009-10 21-13-4 16-9-3 (2nd) 2010-11 6-25-6 5-16-6 (11th) 2011-12 6-28-3 4-20-3 (T-11th) 2012-13 2-30-4 2-21-4 (12th) 2013-14 12-24-0 11-16-0 (10th) 2014-15 13-19-6 10-12-6 (8th) 2015-16 13-20-4 10-15-3 (9th) 2016-17 13-19-5 10-15-3 (9th) 2017-18 13-22-4 9-15-4 (10th) 2018-19 12-13-3 11-9-2 TOTAL 110-213-39 88-148-34 USCHO.com Division I Men’s Poll Pioneers in ‘18-19 when... February 11, 2019 At home 3-9-2 Team(First Place) Record Pts LW On the road 8-4-1 1. St. Cloud State (42) 21-4-3 989 1 At neutral site 0-0-0 2. Ohio State (6) 19-5-4 928 3 In overtime 1-3-3 3. Massachusetts (1) 21-6-0 908 2 Scoring 1 goal 1-5-0 4. Minnesota Duluth 17-7-2 808 5 Scoring 2 goals 3-4-2 5. Minnesota State (1) 24-6-2 798 6 Scoring 3 goals 3-2-1 6. Quinnipiac 21-6-1 772 4 Scoring 4 goals 3-0-0 7. Denver 15-6-4 706 7 8. Cornell 15-6-2 626 10 Scoring 5 or more goals 3-0-0 9. Western Michigan 16-9-1 583 8 Allowing no goals 0-0-0 10. UMass Lowell 17-8-2 498 15 Allowing 1 goal 2-0-0 11. Clarkson 19-9-0 495 9 Allowing 2 goals 3-0-2 12. Arizona State 19-10-1 440 12 Allowing 3 goals 2-4-1 13. Providence 16-9-5 369 11 Allowing 4 goals 1-2-0 14. Northeastern 16-9-1 354 13 15. Notre Dame 14-10-3 285 14 Allowing 5 or more goals 0-2-0 16. Bowling Green 18-8-3 268 16 Playing on Friday 8-2-0 17. Penn State 16-10-2 204 18 Playing on Saturday/Sunday 3-8-3 18. Harvard 12-7-3 201 17 Scoring the first goal 5-3-1 19. Lake Superior 18-8-2 137 19 Allowing the first goal 5-6-1 20. Union 14-9-5 50 20 Leading after 1 period 6-4-1 Others receiving votes: American International 26, North Dakota 26, Trailing after 1 period 3-5-1 Bentley 13, Yale 10, Michigan 3, Brown 2, Bemidji State 1 Tied after 1 period 3-4-1 Leading after 2 periods 9-4-1 Trailing after 2 periods 0-6-1 Tied after 2 periods 3-3-1 Outshooting Opponent 11-3-1 Being Outshot 0-9-2 USA Today Division I Men’s Poll Scoring a PP goal 8-4-1 February 11, 2019 Scoring 2+ PP goals 3-0-0 Team (First Place) Record Points Last Week Allowing a PP goal 3-4-0 1. St. Cloud State (30) 21-4-3 506 1 Allowing 2+ PP goals 1-1-0 2. Massachusetts (2) 21-6-0 468 2 Scoring a SH goal 4-1-0 3. Ohio State (2) 19-5-4 449 3 Allowing a SH goal 0-1-0 4. Minnesota Duluth 17-7-2 402 5 5. Quinnipiac 21-6-1 361 4 6. Minnesota State 24-6-2 342 6 Multiple-Point Games This Season 7. Denver 15-6-4 315 7 Player (Games) Last Time 8. Cornell 15-6-2 263 9 Matt Tugnutt (3) 2/1/2019 at Robert Morris (1g, 1a) 9. Western Michigan 16-9-1 229 8 Marc Johnstone (2) 2/2/2019 at Robert Morris (2a) 10. Clarkson 19-9-0 171 10 Vito Bavaro (3) 2/1/2019 at Robert Morris (2g) 11. UMass Lowell 17-8-2 167 T14 Jason Cotton (1) 12/7/2018 at RIT 12. Arizona State 19-10-1 134 11 Austin Mcllmurray (3) 2/9/2019 at Niagara (2g, 2a) Mike Lee (3) 2/9/2019 at Niagara (2a) 13. Providence 16-9-5 85 12 Liam Clare (2) 2/1/19 at Robert Morris (2a) 14. Northeastern 16-9-1 83 13 Jordan Kaplan (1) 1/19/19 vs. Air Force (2g) 15. Harvard 12-7-3 38 NR Austin Magera (2) 2/2/19 at Robert Morris (2g, 1a) Ryan Steele (1) 2/1/19 at Robert Morris (2a) Others Receiving Votes: University of Notre Dame, 24; Bowl- Nick Boyagian (2) 2/9/19 at Niagara (2g) ing Green State University, 21; Penn State University, 14; Lake Colin Bernard (1) 2/9/19 at Niagara (2a) Superior State University, 8. No. Name Pos. Cl. Ht. Wt. Hometown/Previous Team 1 Drennen Atherton G FY 6-1 185 Winter Haven, Fla. / Northern Cyclones (USPHL) 2 Colin Bernard D FY 5-10 172 Stamford, Conn. / Langley Rivermen (BCHL) 3 Mike Lee D Sr. 6-0 190 Hamden, Conn. / Vermont (Penticton Vees BCHL) 4 Liam Clare D Sr. 6-0 175 Georgetown, Ontario / Georgetown Raiders (OJHL) 5 Christian Lloyd D Jr. 5-11 200 Oakville, Ontario / Lloydminster Bobcats (AJHL) 6 Max Luukko D Jr. 6-3 190 Avalon, N.J. / Philadelphia Jr Flyers (USPHL) 7 Ruslan Rakhmatov D Jr. 6-0 190 Moscow, Russia / Chicago Steel (USHL) 8 Mel Melconian F So. 6-0 180 Toronto, Ontario / Aurora Tigers (OJHL) 9 Jason Cotton F RS.Jr. 6-3 190 Parker, Texas / Northeastern 10 Alex Bates D So. 5-11 175 Parker, Colo. / Wentachee Wild (BCHL) 11 Ryan Steele F FY 6-1 182 Stratford, Prince Edward Island / West Kelowna Warriors (BCHL) 12 Stephen Hladin F Sr. 5-11 165 Mississauga, Ontario / Georgetown Raiders (OJHL) 13 Jordan Kaplan F So. 5-10 170 Bridgewater, N.J. / New Jersey Junior Titans (NAHL) 14 Nick Boyagian F FY 6-2 181 East Greenbush, N.Y. / New Jersey Titans (NAHL) 15 Zach De Concilys F Sr. 6-0 185 St. Catherines, Ontario / Trenton Golden Hawks (OJHL) 16 Marcus Joseph D So. 5-9 180 Mountain Top, Pa. / Nanaimo Clippers (BCHL) 18 Michael Gilroy D So. 6-3 205 North Bellmore, N.Y. / P.A.L. Junior Islanders (USPHL) 19 Matt Tugnutt F So. 5-10 185 Peterborough, Ontario / Kemptville 73’s (CCHL) 20 Vito Bavaro F Jr. 6-2 195 Sarasota, Fla. / Brooks School (NE PREP) 21 Josh Allan D So. 5-10 200 Orillia, Ontario / Trenton Golden Hawks (OJHL) 22 Mike Crocock D Sr. 5-10 180 Brantford, Ontario / Kingston Voyageurs (OJHL) 23 Hunter Fargey F Jr. 6-0 195 Belleville, Ontario / Trenton Golden Hawks (OJHL) 24 Austin Magera F FY 6-1 185 Suwanee Ga. / Lincoln Stars (USHL) 25 Austin McIlmurray F Jr. 5-11 185 Coral Springs, Fla. / Coquitlam Express (BCHL 26 Marc Johnstone F So. 6-0 180 Cranford, N.J. / Chicago Steel (USHL) 27 Jackson Barliant F Sr. 5-8 165 Santa Fe, N.M. / Bay State Breakers (USPHL) 28 Marcel Godbout F So. 5-9 190 St. Clair Shores, Mich. / Sioux City Musketeers (USHL) 29 Todd Goehring F FY 5-11 175 Wayside, N.J. / Chicago Steel (USHL) 30 Josh Benson G FY 6-1 190 Stillwater, MN / Fairbanks Ice Dogs (NAHL) 33 Brett Magnus GT Sr. 6-4 200 Montreal, Quebec / Powell River Kings (BCHL)
Head Coach: C.J. Marottolo (10th Season) Assistant Coach: Scott McDougall (9th Season) Assistant Coach: Paul Kirtland (1st Season) Volunteer Assistant: Craig Height (4th Season) Captains: Liam Clare (C), Mike Crocock (C) Athletic Trainer: Benjamin St. Martin
Pronunciation Guide Barliant - Bar-lee-int De Concilys - DEE CON-si-liss Crocock - CROW-cock Macrel Godbout - Marc-sell God-bout Hladin - LAD-in Kaplan - Kap-linn Luukko- Luke-oh Ruslan Rakhmatov- Roos-lan Rock-mah-tov Marottolo - MARE-oh-toe-lo lin e na d mat Year GP PIM Year GP G-A-PTS PIM 1 -19 10 0-2-2 8 1 -17 35 2-11-13 106 10 0-2-2 8 17-1 3 3- -19 10 1 -19 17 1-3-4 55 TOTAL 87 - 0 72