RED DRAGONS men's ice hockey 2012-13 TEam Guide 2012-13 Season Preview If the 2012-13 Cortland men’s and Herring played his junior hockey team plans on making hockey with the Rochester Stars some noise in the SUNYAC of the EJHL. this season, sixth-year head coach Joe Baldarotta will be Baldarotta is looking for counting on a mix of veterans more offensive production and newcomers to carry the across all lines this season. Ten play. Sixteen players return from forwards return in 2012-13. Junior last season, but 14 new names fill Adam Bevilacqua led the Red out the roster, including seven Dragons with 22 points on seven freshmen, three sophomores goals and a team-best 15 assists, and four juniors. Baldarotta has including 11 in conference play, again crafted a non-conference last season. Sophomore Nick schedule that will challenge the Zappia stepped in as a freshman Red Dragons throughout the and tied for the team lead with season and prepare them for 11 goals. He scored eight during Senior forward Michael Lysyj. the second-half grind of the conference play and finished Senior goaltender Brittan SUNYAC slate. the season with 16 points. Junior Kuhlman. Mike Henrici joined the team In an effort to find a go-to goaltender, Baldarotta brought during the second semester and scored five points on three in three transfers to join senior Brittan Kuhlman goals and two assists in five games before having at the position. Kuhlman saw action in nine his season cut short due to injury. games with seven starts last season. He led the team’s three goalies with an .881 save percentage Senior Michael Lysyj enters the season as and turned aside a season-high 46 shots in a win Cortland’s active career-scoring leader. As a at Brockport. Junior Lyle Rocker, a Buffalo, N.Y., junior, Lysyj scored 12 points on six goals and six native, played for Wisconsin-River Falls before assists with all of his goals coming in SUNYAC joining Cortland this season. Junior Geoff Sadjadi play. Senior captain Chris Kaleta missed 10 earned honorable mention All-MIAC honors as a games due to injury last season. He compiled freshman at St. Thomas. Junior Mark Balkwill was seven points on five goals and two assists, all in a two-time All-American at Broome Community conference action. Junior A.J. Moyer has been College. tabbed an assistant captain in 2012-13. He skated in all 25 games last season, scoring six points on The roster includes 11 defensemen in 2012-13. four goals and two assists. Five blue liners return, while six new players skate at the position. Sophomore assistant captain Senior Matty Davie appeared in 17 games as Tyler Virgoe saw the ice in all 25 games last a junior, notching one goal on the season. Senior season. His eight assists were third on the team Junior defenseman Stephen Mack Swartz and sophomore Daniel Bailey saw and led all defensemen. Junior Stephen Nardi Nardi. limited action in 2011-12 and hope to see the ice scored five points on three goals and two assists more this season. Junior Brian Roller played in 17 in 20 games, and junior Matt McNamee played in 24 games, games as a sophomore, recording one assist on the season. scoring four points on one goal and three assists. Sophomore Kevin Antonik collected one goal Five newcomers join the and six assists in 25 games, while program at forward this season. junior Joel Zangara recorded one Junior Ryan Martin played two assist in 19 games. seasons at Johnson & Wales before transferring to Cortland. Newcomers to defense Freshman Michael Mascaro are sophomores Jeff Vanzant, skated with the New York Apple Joe Ramieri and David Moore Core of the EJHL. Freshman and freshmen Adam Diorio, Sam Pinsler also played in the Ryan Wagner and Kyle Herring. EJHL with the Green Mountain Vanzant played at Plattsburgh Glades. Freshman Greg Ryan in 2011-12, Ramieri comes to last played with the Trenton Cortland from St. Thomas and Golden Hawks of the OJHL, and Moore last played at Becker freshman Sean Sullivan skated College. Diorio skated with with the Philadelphia Revolution the New York Bobcats of the of the EJHL. AJHL, Wagner played with the Senior forward Matty Davie. Junior forward Adam Aberdeen Wings of the NAHL Bevilacqua. CORTLAND Coaching Staff Joe Baldarotta Head Coach Joe Baldarotta was named the men’s ice hockey head coach at SUNY Cortland in June 2007 after coaching for 16 years at the University of Wisconsin- Stevens Point. During Baldarotta’s tenure at Cortland, the Red Dragons featured their first-ever four-time All-SUNY- AC selection and have had two players move into the top 15 in career scoring. Assistant Coach Howie Thomas (left), Head Coach Joe Baldarotta. While at Wisconsin-Stevens Point, he posted the most wins in school history, and his overall record stands at 303-251-46 and includes 10 consecutive Howie Thomas campaigns with a .500 or better record and 14 in total. Assistant Coach During the 2011-12 season, Baldarotta became the 23rd coach in Division III history to reach 300 career wins. Howie Thomas enters his eighth season as an assis- tant coach for the Cortland men’s ice hockey program in Baldarotta led the Pointers to the 1993 NCAA 2012-13. Division III national championship, earning Ameri- can Hockey Coaches Association national coach of Thomas played collegiate hockey at Elmira College the year honors. The program also finished as na- from 1989-91 before joining the Las Vegas Aces of the tional runner-up in 1992 and 1998 and captured three Pacific Southwest Hockey League, now known as the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association (NCHA) Las Vegas Wranglers of the East Coast Hockey League. regular-season titles and two playoff crowns under Baldarotta, who was a four-time NCHA coach of the Thomas and his wife, Nicki, currently reside in Cort- year. land with their son. Prior to accepting the head coaching position at Wisconsin-Stevens Point, Baldarotta was an assistant for the Pointers for five seasons, helping the team to three straight Division III national titles. Before Wis- consin-Stevens Point, he served as an assistant coach and head coach at Madison West High School. As the team’s head coach for four seasons, Baldarotta com- piled a 62-22-1 record and won the 1983 Wisconsin Interscholastic Athletic Association State Champion- ship, earning Wisconsin State High School Coach of the Year honors. Junior assistant captain A.J. Moyer (left), senior captain Chris A highly regarded camp instructor, Baldarotta has Kaleta (middle) and sophomore assistant captain Tyler Virgoe. been involved in numerous off-season camps and clinics and twice has been a member of the coaching For more information on the SUNY Cortland staff for the U.S. Olympic Festival. men’s ice hockey program, please contact: Joe Baldarotta, Men’s Ice Hockey Head Coach A native of Madison, Wis., Baldarotta competed in SUNY Cortland, Park Center, P.O. Box 2000 ice hockey at Wisconsin-Stevens Point and received Cortland, NY 13045 (607) 753-4990 (office) his bachelor’s degree from the University in 1989. (607) 753-4929 (FAX) Baldarotta and his wife, Cindy, have a son, Nicolo. [email protected] Web Site: http://www.cortlandreddragons.com R e D D R A g O N s Team Roster No. Name .................................. Pos. Ht. Wt. Yr. Hometown/Last Team 1 Mark Balkwill ...........................G 6-2 185 Jr. Saskatoon, SK/Broome Community College 2 Joe Ramieri ...............................D 6-2 210 So. Smithfield, RI/St. Thomas (MIAC) 3 Matt McNamee .....................D 6-0 180 Jr. Sandy, UT/Weyburn Red Wings (SJHL) 4 Adam Bevilacqua ...................F 6-0 190 Jr. Toronto, ON/St. Norbert College (NCHA) 5 Joel Zangara .............................D 6-1 200 Jr. Buffalo, NY/CD Selects (EJHL) 6 Mack Swartz ............................F 5-10 185 Sr. Aurora, CO/Salve Regina University 7 Michael Mascaro ...................F 5-9 155 Fr. Merrick, NY/NY Apple Core (EJHL) 8 A.J. Moyer .................................F 5-10 190 Jr. Perkasie, PA/Buffalo Jr. Sabres (OJHL) 9 Sean Sullivan ............................F 6-1 190 Fr. Yorktown Heights, NY/Philadelphia Revolution (EJHL) 10 Kyle Herring .............................D 6-0 190 Fr. Santa Clarita, CA/Rochester Stars (EJHL) 11 Michael Lysyj ...........................F 6-4 205 Sr. Hillsborough, NJ/South Shore Kings (EJHL) 12 Sam Pinsler ...............................F 5-9 185 Fr. Chicago, IL/Green Mountain Glades (EJHL) 14 Greg Ryan .................................F 5-8 180 Fr. Rochester, NY/Trenton Golden Hawks (OJHL) 15 Brian Roller ...............................F 6-1 195 Jr. Utica, NY/CD Selects (EJHL) 16 Matty Davie .............................F 5-8 200 Sr. Brooklyn, NY/NY Apple Core (EJHL) 17 Tyler Virgoe ..............................D 5-11 195 So. Aurora, ON/Couchiching Tigers (OJHL) 18 Nick Zappia ..............................F 5-11 180 So. Manlius, NY/Kingston Voyageurs (OJHL) 19 Chris Kaleta ..............................F 6-1 200 Sr. Hamburg, NY/Buffalo Jr. Sabres (OPJHL) 22 Ryan Martin .............................F 5-8 165 Jr. Toronto, ON/Upper Canada Patriots (OPJHL) 23 Stephen Nardi ........................D 6-1 200 Jr. Plainedge, NY/NY Bobcats (AJHL) 24 Adam Diorio ............................D 5-10 185 Fr. Staten Island, NY/NY Bobcats (AJHL) 25 David Moore ...........................D 5-9 175 So. Winfield, IL/Becker College 26 Daniel Bailey ............................F 6-0 190 So. Manassas, VA/CD Selects (EJHL) 27 Kevin Antonik .........................D 6-2 205 So. Central Islip, NY/Jersey Hitmen (EJHL) 28 Ryan Wagner ...........................D 5-10 180 Fr. Buffalo, NY/Aberdeen Wings (NAHL) 30 Geoff Sadjadi ..........................G 5-9 160 Jr. Faribault, MN/St. Thomas (MIAC) 33 Lyle Rocker ..............................G 5-11 210 Jr.