2013-14 RIT Men's Ice Hockey
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2013-14 RIT Men’s Ice Hockey RIT at Connecticut Friday, Jan. 3, 2014 (Freitas Ice Forum, Storrs, Conn. - 2,000) - 7:05 p.m. EST Saturday, Jan. 4, 2014 (Freitas Ice Forum, Storrs, Conn. - 2,000) - 4:05 p.m. EST Radio Sports Information - 51 Lomb Memorial Drive - Clark Gym A261 - Rochester, NY 14623 This Weekend’s games can be heard on WITR 89.7, with Ed Trefzger and Nick Phelan bringing you all Phone: (585) 475-6154 or (585) 475-5598 - Fax: (585) 475-2617 - Website: www.ritathletics.com the action from Freitas Ice Forum. Fans can listen online at http://witr.rit.edu/ Joe Venniro: Executive Director - [email protected] – Stephen Jaynes: Director - [email protected] Television This Weekend, Ringing in 2014... This weekend, the Tigers All RIT home regular season games will be aired Last 10 Meetings Between by Time Warner Cable Sports channel 26. Gene play their first games of the 2014 calendar year with a pair of RIT and Connecticut Battaglia and John DiTullio bring you all the contests at AHA foe Connecticut. It will be the final regular Date Place Score action from Frontier Field. season meetings between the two schools as AHA foes, as 1/16/10 at Connecticut L, 1-2 Connecticut moves to Hockey East in 2014-15. 3/12/10 & Ritter Arena W, 4-3 (OT) Video/Streaming Television 3/13/10 & Ritter Arena W, 4-1 All RIT home games and selected road contests 11/12/10 Ritter Arena W, 6-2 will feature video streaming with audio by Atlantic Hockey Association’s Western Dominance... America One Network on a subscription basis. This weekend, the he AHA’s six Western teams (Air Force, 11/13/10 Ritter Arena W, 5-3 For more information, please go to http:// Canisius, Mercyhurst, Niagara, RIT, and Robert Morris) 3/18/11 % Blue Cross Arena W, 4-2 www.americaonesports.com/upcoming_events. match up in Inter-pod play against the six eastern teams 12/2/11 at Connecticut L, 2-3 asp?q=v&value=atlantichockey. Both games this 12/3/11 at Connecticut W, 2-1 weekend will be available online. (American International, Army, Bentley, Connecticut, Holy 2/1/13 Ritter Arena L, 1-3 Cross, Sacred Heart) for the third time this season. The West 2/2/13 Ritter Arena W, 7-1 is currently 10-6-4 against the Eastern teams in 2013-14. In 2012-13, the West held a decisive 44-20-8 regular season edge & - AHA Quarterfinal 2013-2014 Schedule (6-7-3, 5-3-1 AHA) and won all eight playoff games against Eastern pod teams as % - AHA Semifinal (Blue Cross Arena) well. RIT finished 9-3-2 overall against the East last season and was 10-1-1 in 2011-12. RIT is 4-0-0 against Eastern Date Opponent Time schools. 10/5 QUEEN’S (Exhibition) L, 1-2 10/10 COLGATE L, 1-4 Conference Play the Rest of the Way/Second Half of the Season Begins Now... RIT plays its final 17 games 10/12 ! #11/10 MICHIGAN L, 4-7 of the regular season against AHA foes. The Tigers reach the halfway mark of the season with a 6-7-3 mark. 10/18 at Clarkson L, 1-4 10/19 at Clarkson T, 3-3 (OT) Streaking Tigers... RIT has a six-game unbeaten streak heading into the New Year, having out-scored its foes 10/25 at Penn State T, 3-3 (OT) 25-12 during the run. Todd Skirving has 13 points (5-8-13) over the last nine games. RIT is starting to receive 11/1 * AIR FORCE L, 0-2 scoring contributions from all over the lineup, as six players have at least 11 points. RIT last had a seven-game 11/8 * at Mercyhurst L, 2-3 winning streak in 2010-11 when they ripped off an 11-game run (Jan. 7-Feb. 18, 2011, going 6-0-5). 11/9 * at Robert Morris W, 4-2 Last Time Out/First Outdoor Game/Winning Streak Snapped/Unbeaten Streak Extended to Six... The 11/19 * at Canisius L, 2-5 Tigers had their winning streak snapped at five games, but extended their unbeaten streak to six contests 11/22 ST. LAWRENCE L, 3-5 by skating to a 2-2 draw against for Niagara in the first outdoor game of both teams on Dec. 14 at snowy 11/23 ST. LAWRENCE W, 6-4 Frontier Field in downtown Rochester. A crowd of 4,760 fans braved the elements and cheered on the 11/29 * at Sacred Heart W, 5-2 Tigers, as the game was part of the 2013 Greater Rochester Frozen Frontier. The snow and wind was a major 11/30 * at Sacred Heart W, 4-0 factor all evening, as neither team could generate a ton of quality chances in the inclement weather. The 12/6 * AIC W, 3-2 temperature was 16-degrees at the opening puck drop, with several inches of snow falling over the first two 12/7 * AIC W, 5-2 periods. Dan Schuler and Danny Smith scored 1:38 apart in the second period for the Tigers. Goaltender 12/14 %* NIAGARA T, 2-2 (OT) Mike Rotolo was strong in net, stopping 34 shots to be named the game’s first star. 1/3 * at Connecticut 7:05 p.m. 1/4 * at Connecticut 4:05 p.m. Rotolo Rolling in Net... First-year goaltender Mike Rotolo has started RIT’s last six games, and is 5-0-1 1/10 * at Bentley 7:05 p.m. with a 1.97 goals against average and .937 save percentage. He was named the AHA Goaltender of the Week 1/11 * at Bentley 7:05 p.m. on Dec. 3 and Dec. 17 and set a school record previously held by Jamie Morris (1995 - 4) by winning his 1/17 * ARMY 7:05 p.m. first five collegiate starts. He was featured in the Dec. 4 Rochester Democrat and Chronicle - http://www. 1/18 * ARMY 7:05 p.m. democratandchronicle.com/story/sports/college/2013/12/05/rotolos-hot-start-puts-news-spin-on-rits- 1/24 * at Niagara 7:05 p.m. season/3876511/. 1/25 * NIAGARA 7:05 p.m. 1/31 * HOLY CROSS 7:05 p.m. About Connecticut... Connecticut (7-6-2, 5-3-1 AHA) enters the weekend tied with RIT in the AHA 2/1 * HOLY CROSS 7:05 p.m. standings with 11 points. The Huskies finished third over the weekend in its UConn holiday classic, 2/7 * ROBERT MORRIS 7:05 p.m. falling to AHA foe Sacred Heart, 3-0, whil rebounding to defeat Massachusetts, 2-1. Connecticut is getting outscored by its foes 37-35 this season. Billy Latta, Shawn Pauly, and Jordan Sims lead the team 2/8 * ROBERT MORRIS 7:05 p.m. in scoring with 10 points each. Latta and Pauly both have a team-best five goals. In net, Matt Grogan has 2/14 * MERCYHURST 7:05 p.m. played the bulk of the minutes this season, recording 5-6-1 mark with a 2.58 goals against average and 2/15 * MERCYHURST 7:05 p.m. .917 save percentage. 2/21 * at Air Force 9:05 p.m. 2/22 * at Air Force 9:05 p.m. All-Time Against Connecticut... RIT is 19-8-1 all-time against Connecticut, 14-6-1 in the Division I era. 2/28 * at Canisius 7:05 p.m. RIT had won 11 of 12 against the Huskies from 2008 to 2011. The two teams have met in the postseason 3/1 * CANISIUS 7:05 p.m. twice, with RIT sweeping the Huskies in the 2010 AHA Quarterfinals en route to making the Frozen Four. 3/7-9 AHA First Round (if nec.) 7:05 p.m. The next season, RIT ousted Connecticut in the AHA Semifinals. Last season, the two teams split the season 3/14-16 AHA Quarterfinals 7:05 p.m. series 1-1 at Ritter Arena, with Connecticut winning 3-1 on Feb. 1, 2013 and RIT winning 7-1 the foloowing 3/21 ! AHA Semifinal TBA evening. RIT is 3-4-1 all-time at the Freitas Ice Forum. 3/22 ! AHA Championship 7:05 p.m. Ben Lynch leads all Tigers in career scoring against Connecticut, with eight points on three goals and five assists in 11 games. Adam Mitchell has three goals and two assists in six games, while Anthony Hamburg has Home Games in BOLD a goal and two assists in two contests. In goal, Jordan Ruby is 1-1-0 with a 2.02 goals against average and .935 * - Denotes AHA Contests save percentage all-time against the Huskies. ! - Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, N.Y. % - Frontier Field, Rochester, N.Y. Power-Play Among the Nation’s Best... Last season, RIT’s power-play was second nationally, converting at 24.1 percent. This season, RIT is off to a strong start with the man-advantage, with 19 goals in 74 attempts, 2013-14 By the Numbers a 25.7 percent conversion rate, fourth nationally. RIT has scored two power-play goals in a game seven Record 6-7-3 different times this season. Mike Colavecchia has a team-best five power-play goals for the Tigers this Home 3-3-0 season. Away 3-3-2 Neutral 0-1-1 Overtime 0-0-3 Local Guys Stepping Up... In addition to Greece native’s Mike Rotolo’s stellar play, local players have After 1st Period/2nd Period stepped up for RIT this season.