9/9 ROBERT MORRIS COLONIALS (18-7-4, 12-3-3) Vs. SYRACUSE ORANGE (12-18-2, 11-6-1)
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#9/9 ROBERT MORRIS COLONIALS (18-7-4, 12-3-3) vs. SYRACUSE ORANGE (12-18-2, 11-6-1) 2017 CHA Regular Season & Tournament Champions / NCAA Quarterfinalist • Feb. 23-24, Tennity Ice Pavilion, Syracuse, NY 2017-18 SCHEDULE #COLONIALPRIDE SEPTEMBER • Robert Morris can clinch its second consecutive regular-season College 23 (Sat.) RYERSON (EXH.) W, 4-1 OCTOBER Hockey America title with a series win and concurrent season series win over 7 (Sat.) @ Mankato W, 2-1 (OT) its CHA rival. The Colonials retook their two-point lead with a series split at 8 (Sun.) @ Mankato W, 6-2 Mercyhurst, including a 3-2 win Feb. 17, that resulted in a season series split. 13 (Fri.) @ Maine W, 2-1 14 (Sat.) @ Maine L, 5-2 • RMU split its initial series with Syracuse at the Island Sports Center, which 20 (Fri.) @ Brown W, 11-0 included a 5-2 victory at Colonials Arena Jan. 5. Amber Rennie scored 21 (Sat.) @ Brown W, 3-2 28 (Sat.) @ Penn State* T, 3-3 (OT) the winning goal via the second assist of the game by Jessica Gazzola, the 29 (Sun.) @ Penn State* T, 2-2 (OT) game-winning goal-scorer in last year’s CHA Tournament Final vs. the Orange. NOVEMBER 3 (Fri.) @ Lindenwood* W, 6-0 • The Colonials are unbeaten in nine of ten CHA road games (7-1-2) thus far. 4 (Sat.) @ Lindenwood* W, 4-2 KEY NOTES 10 (Fri.) RIT* W, 6-1 11 (Sat.) RIT* W, 5-2 • Robert Morris split its last series at Tennity Ice Pavilion Jan. 27-28, 2017, 24 (Fri.) #5/5 OHIO STATE L, 7-3 including a 3-1 triumph Jan. 27. Five different players on the active roster, 25 (Sat.) #5/5 OHIO STATE W, 3-2 (OT) DECEMBER including goal scorers Gazzola and Jaycee Gebhard, got a point in that series. 1 (Fri.) MERCYHURST*^ L, 1-0 • Gebhard assisted on the first RMU goal of the 2018 calendar year, which 2 (Sat.) MERCYHURST* W, 2-1 9 (Sat.) @ #4/4 Colgate T, 3-3 (OT) came vs. SU Jan. 5. On Jan. 6, rookie Emilie Harley scored against her home- JANUARY town team, assisting on Sarah Lecavalier’s career-high fifth goal of the year. 5 (Fri.) SYRACUSE* W, 5-2 6 (Sat.) SYRACUSE* L, 4-2 • One week after surpassing Rebecca Vint ‘15 as the Colonials’ all-time top 12 (Fri.) @ #8/8 Ohio State L, 5-0 goal-scorer with her 74th career tally, Howard hurdled Vint at Mercyhurst 13 (Sat.) @ #8/8 Ohio State L, 5-2 19 (Fri.) @ RIT* W, 12-1 with her 19th game-winner all-time. In addition, she became just the third 20 (Sat.) @ RIT* W, 4-3 (OT) player in program history to amass 20 career power play goals at RMU. 26 (Fri.) PENN STATE*^! T, 2-2 (OT) • With that 5-on-4 goal, the Colonials are 12 of their last 41 on the PP (.293), 27 (Sat.) PENN STATE*! W, 4-2 FEBRUARY third in D-I since Jan. 19. Gebhard has six PP points (3 G, 3 A) in that span 9 (Fri.) LINDENWOOD* W, 1-0 and 8 goals overall in her last 8 games after her two-goal outing at the MIC. 10 (Sat.) LINDENWOOD* W, 5-0 16 (Fri.) @ (RV)/(RV) Mercyhurst* L, 2-0 • On Feb. 22 Howard was named a top-ten finalist for the Patty Kazmaier 17 (Sat.) @ (RV)/(RV) Mercyhurst* W, 3-2 Award, given annually to the top NCAA Division I women’s ice hockey player 23 (Fri.) @ Syracuse* 7:00 p.m. 24 (Sat.) @ Syracuse* 3:00 p.m. since 1998. The 75 career goals, 100 career assists and 175 career points notched by Howard are all second-most among finalists and active collegians. Home games in all CAPS All home games played at Colonials Arena • Elijah Milne-Price, after being named CHA Goaltender of the Week, set a new * - College Hockey America game RMU record Feb. 16 by going 181:09 since Jan. 27 without yielding a goal. ^ - Skate with the Colonials ! - Skate for a Cure Weekend From Jan. 28-Feb. 11, 2006, during the program’s inaugural season, Brianne McLaughlin went 172:49 without giving one up as a rookie. Milne-Price leads CHA with four shutouts and got her CHA-best 17th win Feb. 17 with 31 saves. • Meeri Räisänen earned a bronze medal with Team Finland in this year’s Olympic women’s hockey tournament. The RMU alumna and Kangasala, Finland native played 15 games in goal for the Colonials in 2010-11, collecting three wins and four ties and making 386 saves over 838:38 of action. • The Colonials are ranked in both major polls for the 16th time this season. 2017-18 ROBERT MORRIS WOMEN’S HOCKEY - PAGE 1 MEDIA INFORMATION PRONUNCIATION GUIDE Women’s Hockey Contact: Matt Popchock Natalie Fraser FRAY-zer (rhymes with “laser”) Phone: (412) 397-6070 Jessica Gazzola Guh-ZOAL-uh Fax: (412) 397-4992 Maggie LaGue luh-GYOO Email: [email protected] Sarah Lecavalier luh-CAV-ee-YAY (as in Vincent) Aneta Ledlova uh-NET-uh Website Information: Amanda Pantaleo PAN-tuh-LAY-oh The RMU website contains schedules, rosters and updated sta- tistics, along with all releases including archives from previous Sarah Quaranta kuh-RON-tuh seasons. Caitlyn Sadowy SAD-uh-wee Kirsten Welsh KEER-stin Website Address: www.rmucolonials.com CHA CHATTER Twitter: @RMUWHockey 2017-18 CHA Standings Instagram: @rmuwhockey CHA Overall Information regarding Robert Morris women’s ice hockey is W L T Pct. Pts. W L T Pct. available on the following websites, which cover college women’s ROBERT MORRIS 12 3 3 .750 27 18 7 4 .690 hockey: Mercyhurst 11 4 3 .694 25 14 14 4 .500 www.chawomenshockey.com Syracuse 11 6 1 .639 23 12 18 2 .406 www.uscho.com Penn State 5 6 7 .472 17 8 13 11 .422 www.collegehockeystats.net Lindenwood 7 11 0 .389 14 9 18 1 .339 RIT 1 17 0 .056 2 4 25 3 .172 Weekly Game Notes: Game notes will be made available each week that Robert Morris women’s ice hockey has a game scheduled. This Week in College Hockey America: If you are interested in being added to the RMU women’s ice Friday, February 23rd hockey distribustion list, please contact the RMU media relations Lindenwood at Penn State - 2:00 p.m. department. Mercyhurst at RIT - 2:00 p.m. ROBERT MORRIS at Syracuse - 7:00 p.m. Gameday Services: Gameday packages containing game programs, game notes and Saturday, February 24th line charts in addition to updated statistics and standings will be Mercyhurst at RIT - 1:00 p.m. available on press row for all home games. Lindenwood at Penn State - 2:00 p.m. ROBERT MORRIS at Syracuse - 3:00 p.m. Radio Policy: Visiting radio stations wishing to originate from Colonials Arena are asked to contact Matt Popchock prior to the game to make AN “A” FOR EFFORT arrangements for broadcast. • Jaycee Gebhard was named CHA Player of the Week for her Mid-Week Interviews: game-winning goal at Brown Oct. 20 and six assists in the series. All interview requests with RMU players and coaches must go Gebhard is second in CHA with an average of 0.75 apples per through the media relations department. Colonial players and game, also tied for 15th in Division I. She figured in on all six RMU coaches will primarily be available on Tuesdays, Wednesdays or goals at Mankato Oct. 8 to match a school single-game record Thursdays. To schedule an interview, contact Matt Popchock at that had been untouched since Maria Olausson had six helpers (412) 397-6070. versus Chatham Oct. 27, 2006. Gebhard, now eighth in career Post-Game Interviews: assists at RMU (45), is one of only four NCAA players to have Following a 10-minute cooling off period, Robert Morris players recorded four or more assists in two or more games this season. and coaches will be available for interviews. Please direct inter- RESUME BUILDER view requests to Matt Popchock during the third period. Locker rooms are closed to the media. By NCAA rule, no player inter- • RMU is No. 10 in the Ratings Percentage Index (RPI) and also views will be granted prior to the contest on game day. No. 10 in the PairWise Rankings. Both rankings, which account for strength of schedule, help determine NCAA Tournament seeding. 2017-18 ROBERT MORRIS WOMEN’S HOCKEY - PAGE 2 POLL POSITION CHASING HISTORY USCHO.com Division I Women’s Poll - Feb. 19, 2018 • Brittany Howard is on track for back-to-back CHA scoring Team (First Place Votes) Record Points Last Poll titles. She leads CHA in goals (21; t-8th, NCAA) and points (43; 1. Wisconsin (15) 29-3-2 150 1 9th, NCAA), while also topping it in points per game (1.59), shots 2. Clarkson 29-4-1 128 2 per game (5.52), plus/minus (+27) and her CHA-best seventh 3. Boston College 28-3-3 121 4 game-winning goal Feb. 17 tied an RMU single-year mark. Those 4. Colgate 29-4-1 111 3 7 GW’s are tied for the second-most in the NCAA, and her 3 SHG’s 5. Cornell 19-7-3 86 5 are tied for third. She also shares the CHA lead in PP points (13). 6. Ohio State 21-9-4 71 6 • With her “Teddy Bear goal” Jan. 27, Amber Rennie tied Kelsey 7.