2017-18 RIT Men's Ice Hockey
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2017-18 RIT Men’s Ice Hockey RIT at Mercyhurst University Tuesday, January 16, 2018 (Mercyhurst Ice Center - 1,300 - Erie, Pa.) - 7:05 p.m. Radio: Sports Information - 51 Lomb Memorial Drive - Clark Gym A261 - Rochester, NY 14623 Tuesday’s game can be heard on WITR 89.7 FM and Fox Sports 1280 AM, with Ed Trefzger and Phone: (585) 475-6154 or (585) 475-5598 - Fax: (585) 475-2617 - Website: www.ritathletics.com Scott Biggar on the call from the Mercyhurst Ice Joe Venniro: Executive Director - [email protected] – Stephen Jaynes: Director - [email protected] Center. Fans can listen online at http://witr.rit.edu/ or https://foxsports1280.iheart.com/. Tigers Makes Quick Trip on I-90 for Rare Midweek Game Last 10 Meetings Between Television as Part of Makeup from December Postponment… RIT RIT and Mercyhurst All RIT home games are on The CW (Over The makes the trip east on I-90 to take on Atlantic Hockey foe Air 13.2, Spectrum Channel 16, DirecTV Channel Mercyhurst. This is a makeup game from the weekend of Dec. Date Place Score 14) this season. As always, Gene Battaglia and 29-30 when the two teams were snowed out. The other game 2/28/15 Polisseni Center W, 2-1 (OT) John DiTullio bring you all the action from the 3/21/15 ! Blue Cross Arena W, 5-1 Gene Polisseni Center. will be played on Monday, Feb. 12 at the Mercyhurst Ice 1/2/16 Polisseni Center W, 4-2 Center. RIT and Mercyhurst will also close out the regular 1/3/16 at Mercyhurst W, 7-3 Video/Streaming Television seasoin with a pair of games from the Gene Polisseni Center All RIT home games will be streamed in crystal 2/26/16 Polisseni Center L, 3-4 clear high definition on http://www.rit.edu/ on Feb. 23-24. 2/27/16 at Mercyhurst L, 2-3 sportszone/ and selected road contests will feature 3/11/16 % at Mercyhurst W, 2-1 video streaming with audio by Stretch Internet on Atlantic Hockey Play for the Rest of the Regular Season/ 3/12/16 % at Mercyhurst W, 4-1 a subscription basis. For more information, go to Bunched Up League Standings… RIT plays its final 14 11/23/16 at Mercyhurst W, 4-3 https://portal.stretchinternet.com/atlantichockey/. regular season games against Atlantic Hockey foes. Eight are 2/25/17 at Mercyhurst W, 7-1 on home ice, while eight contests are on the road. RIT has ! - Denotes 2015 AHA Championship played the fewest league games among all 11 teams so far this % - Denotes 2016 AHA Quarterfinals 2017-2018 Schedule season. Just five points separate the top five teams in Atlantic (8-10-2, 7-6-1 AHA) Hockey play, while the top nine squads are separated by just RIT leads the all-time series, 39-20-6 eight points. Canisius is tied for first in the league standings Date Opponent Time with 22 points, while RIT is eighth with 15 points. 10/7 BROCK (Exhibition) W, 3-1 10/14 ^ #14 NORTHEASTERN T, 3-3 (OT) Back Home This Weekend…Atlantic Hockey leader Canisius comes to Rochester for two games on 10/20 UNION L, 1-6 10/21 RPI L, 3-8 Friday and Saturday. 10/27 * at Army West Point W, 5-4 10/28 * at Army West Point W, 3-1 Last Time Out…The Tigers dropped a pair of home games last weekend to Air Force by scores of 2-1 and 11/3 * AIC W, 5-3 4-0. Myles Powell scored RIT’s goal on Friday night. On Friday, RIT set a Division I team record for 11/4 * AIC L, 2-3 (OT) fewest shots allowed in a game with 13. Logan Drackett made 11 saves in the loss. Saturday, Christian 11/10 * ROBERT MORRIS W, 5-3 Short stopped 17 shots. 11/11 * ROBERT MORRIS W, 5-2 11/17 * at Air Force L, 3-4 About Mercyhurst… Mercyhurst is 10-10-2 overall and 7-7-2 in Atlantic Hockey play. The Lakers swept 11/18 * at Air Force W, 3-2 league foe Niagara last weekend by identical scores of 3-2. Seven Lakers have at least 10 points. Taylor 11/25 ! at Connecticut L, 1-2 12/1 * HOLY CROSS L, 2-4 Best has 18 points on eight goals and 10 assists to lead the Lakers in scoring, while Derek Barach is right 12/2 * HOLY CROSS W, 5-3 behind with 17. Jack Riley has a team best nine goals, while Zach Todd leads the way with 12 assists. In 12/8 at #9 Providence L, 3-8 net, Brandon Wildung is 9-9-2 with a 3.02 goals against average and a .913 save percentage. 12/9 at #9 Providence W, 4-0 1/5 * at Niagara L, 3-4 All-Time Series/Long Rivalry Between the Two Schools… RIT leads the all-time series between the two 1/6 * at Niagara T, 2-2 (OT) schools, 39-20-6, including a 23-11-3 edge since moving to Tale of the Tape 1/12 * AIR FORCE L, 1-2 Division I in 2005. Both teams were also rivals in the ECAC 1/13 * AIR FORCE L, 0-4 West at the Division III levels in the late 1980s and 1990s. RIT Overall 1/16 * at Mercyhurst 7:05 p.m. won both meetings between the two schools last season at the RIT Stats Mercyhurst 1/19 * CANISIUS 7:05 p.m. Mercyhurst Ice Center by scores of 4-3 and 7-1. In the 4-3 win 8-10-2 2017-18 Record 10-10-2 1/20 * CANISIUS 7:05 p.m. 2.95 Goals For 2.91 1/26 * at Holy Cross 7:05 p.m. on Nov. 23, 2016 Erik Brown broke a 3-3 tie with 50 seconds 3.40 Goals Against 3.23 1/27 * at Holy Cross 7:05 p.m. left in regulation, while Myles Powell scored two goals. Matt 28.6 Shots For 31.5 Abt scored two goals and added an assist in the 7-1 win last 27.3 Shots Against 34.0 2/2 * BENTLEY 7:05 p.m. 14 PPG 22 2/3 * BENTLEY 7:05 p.m. Feb. 25 to close out the regular season. 19 PPA 18 2/9 * at Robert Morris 7:05 p.m. Myles Powell leads all active Tigers in scoring against the 0 SHG 3 2/10 * at Robert Morris 7:05 p.m. Lakers with 10 points on six goals and four assists in 11 career 0 SHA 5 2/12 * at Mercyhurst 7:05 p.m. games. Gabe Valenzuela has a goal and eight assists in seven 11.3 Penalty Mins. 12.6 2/17 *% at Sacred Heart 7:05 p.m. 19.7% Power-Play 22.4% games versus the Lakers, while Chase Norrish has eight 80.4% Penalty-Kill 80.4% 2/18 *& at Sacred Heart 3:05 p.m. points in nine games and Liam Kerins has five goals in eight 2/23 * MERCYHURST 7:05 p.m. 53.4% Face-Offs Won 48.2% 2/24 * MERCYHURST 7:05 p.m. contests. In net, Christian Short is 1-2-0 against Mercyhurst 3/2-4 AHC First Round (best of 3) TBA with a 3.20 goals against average and an .877 save percentage. Conference Games Only 3/9-11 AHC Quarterfinals (best of 3) TBA RIT Stats Mercyhurst 7-6-1 2017-18 Record 7-7-2 3/16 ^ vs. AHC Semifinal TBA Recent Success at the Mercyhurst Ice Center... RIT has won 3.14 Goals For 2.56 3/17 ^ vs. AHC Championship TBA four straight games overall at the Mercyhurst Ice Center and 2.93 Goals Against 3.12 five of its last six dating back to Jan. 1, 2016. The Tigers are 29.9 Shots For 31.6 Home Games in BOLD 14-4-1 at the Mercyhurst Ice Center since moving to Division I 25.2 Shots Against 30.9 * - Denotes AHC Contests in 2005. 11 PPG 14 ^ - Game Played at Blue Cross Arena 11 PPA 15 ! - Game Played at the XL Center 0 SHG 3 % - Game Played at Webster Bank Arena Big Four Leading the Way Offensively... Myles Powell, Erik 0 SHA 4 Brown, Gabe Valenzuela and Abbott Girduckis have combined 9.4 Penalty Mins. 14.9 & - Game Played at Yale University 24.4% Power-Play 18.2% for 31 of RIT’s 59 goals and 75 of RIT’s 160 points this season. 79.6% Penalty-Kill 79.7% Powell has 21 points, while Valenzuela has 19 points each, 53.7% Face-Offs Won 48.3% 2017-18 By the Numbers Brown has a team-high 12 goals and 18 points and Girduckis has 17 points. Record 8-10-2 Home 4-6-0 National Leaders... RIT has a handful of players among the national leaders. Erik Brown is 13th among Away 4-4-1 all players in Division I, averaging 0.60 goals per game and is tied for 22nd overall with 12 goals. Darren Neutral 0-0-1 Overtime 0-1-2 Brady is third among all defensemen with 2.59 blocked shots per game. Ryan Kruper is sixth among all After 1st Period/2nd Period Division I forwards who have taken 100 face-offs at 60.4 percent. When Leading 5-2-0/5-1-1 When Trailing 2-7-0/2-7-1 When Tied 1-1-2/1-2-0 Success at the Dots..