2011–12 RIT Men’s Ice Hockey RIT at Mercyhurst College Friday, October 28, 2011 (Mercyhurst Ice Center, Erie, Pa. - 1,300) - 7:05 P.M. EST Radio Sports Information - 51 Lomb Memorial Drive - Clark Gym A261 - Rochester, NY 14623 Tonight’s game can be heard on WITR 89.7. Chris Lerch, Scott Biggar and Ed Trefzger will bring you Phone: (585) 475-6154 or (585) 475-5598 - Fax: (585) 475-2617 - Website: www.ritathletics.com all the action from Buffalo State Ice Arena. You can Stephen Jaynes: Director - [email protected] – Joe Venniro: Director - [email protected] also access the feed and listen online at http://witr. rit.edu/ Tonight’s Game..The Tigers make the quick trip West on I-90 to face the Mercyhurst Lakers for a single Video/Streaming Television game at 7:05 p.m. Tonight’s game will be the first of three meetings between the two teams this season. All RIT home games and selected road contests will feature video streaming with audio by RIT will host Mercyhurst for a pair at Ritter Arena on Jan. 27-28, 2012. America One Network on a subscription basis. For more information, please go to www.b2livetv. Madolora to Return Against Army...Senior goaltender Shane Madolora will be eligible to return on Nov. com/partner_members.asp?id=179. 4 against Army. Madolora was given a three-game suspension by the NCAA, following a minor infraction regarding his eligibility. Madolora is eligible and will be cleared to play next weekend. All-Time vs. Mercyhurst... RIT is 27-13-5 all-time against the Lakers. RIT went 2-0-1 against Mercyhurst last season, winning a pair of 4-2 contests at Mercyhurst, then skating to a 3-3 draw at RIT. The Tigers are 11-4-2 against Mercyhurst since moving to Division I in 2005 and have an eight-game unbeaten streak at the Mercyhurst Ice Center (7-0-1). The Lakers last beat RIT at home on Feb. 5, 2006, RIT’s first season at the Division I level. Cameron Burt leads all Tigers with eight points (4-4-8) in eight games against the Lakers, while Chris Saracino has five points (1-4-5) in five games. Adam Hartley has three career goals against the Lakers, 2011-2012 Schedule (1-2-1, 0-1-1 AHA) while Greg Noyes tallied a goal and two assists in three games last year against Mercyhurst. Shane Madolora is the lone goalie to have faced Mercyhurst. He is 2-0-1 with a 2.27 goals against Date Opponent Time average and .940 save percentage in three career games against Mercyhurst. 10/1 BROCK (Ex.) W, 4-0 10/8 * NIAGARA T, 0-0 (OT) Success at Mercyhurst Ice Center...have an eight-game unbeaten streak at the Mercyhurst Ice Center (7-0- 1). The Lakers last beat RIT at home on Feb. 5, 2006, RIT’s first season at the Division I level. 10/15 ! ST. LAWRENCE W, 6-5 (OT) 10/20 * at Canisius L, 1-3 About Mercyhurst...Mercyhurst (0-4-0, 0-0-0 AHA) will look to pick up its first win of the season on 10/22 #12 UNION L, 0-5 Friday. The Lakers were off last weekend, but dropped a pair of games at the Brice Alaska Gold Rush the 10/28 * at Mercyhurst 7:05 p.m. weekend before, losing to Alaska and Alaska-Fairbanks. Mercyhurst has been outscored 18-6 this season. 11/4 * ARMY 7:05 p.m. Derek Elliot, Grant Blakely, and Daniel Bahntge lead the team in scoring with two points each. In net, Max 11/5 * ARMY 7:05 p.m. Strang has a 4.27 goals against average and .890 save percentage. 11/11 * AIR FORCE 7:05 p.m. 11/18 * HOLY CROSS 7:05 p.m. Last Time Out... The Tigers dropped their second straight contest, falling to No. 12 Union, 5-0 in front 11/19 * HOLY CROSS 7:05 p.m. of a sellout crowd at Ritter Arena on Saturday evening. Union scored four first period goals, three on 11/25 # RENSSELAER 7:05 p.m. the power-play to put the game away early. Jeremy Welsh scored two goals and added an assist for the 12/2 * at Connecticut 7:05 p.m. Dutchmen, while Wayne Simpson, Kelly Zajac, and Josh Jooris also scored. Union goaltender Troy 12/3 * at Connecticut 7:05 p.m. Grosenick stopped all 23 shots he faced for his first career shutout, as Union out-shot the Tigers, 44-23. 12/9 * AIC 7:05 p.m. RIT goaltender Jordan Ruby, making his first collegiate start, shook off a tough start to play well and stop 12/10 * AIC 7:05 p.m. 39 shots. Union was 3-for-7 with the man-advantage, while RIT was 0-for-7. 12/17 * at Robert Morris 7:05 p.m. 12/29 ^ vs. #6 Ferris State 4 p.m. Special Teams Not So Special Right Now...Both the RIT power-play and penalty killing units are 12/30 ^ vs. #18 Lake Superior State 4 p.m. struggling in a major way right now. The power-play has gone just 3-for-23 (13.0 percent) thus far this 1/6 at Wisconsin 8 p.m. season, while the penalty-killing unit is second last in all of Division I, allowing 7 goals in 20 chances (65 percent). RIT has allowed a power-play goal in each of its last four games, including three to Union last 1/7 at Wisconsin 8 p.m. Saturday evening. 1/14 * at Sacred Heart 4:35 p.m. 1/15 * at Sacred Heart 12:35 p.m. Overtime Heroes... RIT is 11-7-21 in overtime games at the Division I level after Adam Mitchell’s 1/20 * at Bentley 7:05 p.m. overtime game-winner against St. Lawrence on Oct. 15. Last season Mitchell and Adam Hartley scored 1/21 * at Bentley 7:05 p.m. overtime goals for the Tigers. They join Cameron Burt and Chris Haltigin as the only active Tigers to score 1/27 * MERCYHURST 7:05 p.m. an overtime game-winner. Matt Smith and Mitchell are the only Tigers to have scored more than one 1/28 * MERCYHURST 7:05 p.m. overtime winner at the Division I level. 2/3 * at Air Force 9:05 p.m. 2/4 * at Air Force 10:05 p.m. Scoring Needed...RIT scored just one goal in its two games last weekend, tying the Division I team record 2/9 * at Canisius 7:05 p.m. for fewest goals scored over a two-game weekend, which has happened two other times, most recently, 2/11 * CANISIUS 7:05 p.m. Jan. 1-2, 2009. 2/17 * ROBERT MORRIS 7:05 p.m. 2/18 * ROBERT MORRIS 7:05 p.m. October Struggles ...The Tigers are hoping this October is better than the last four seasons, as they are 6-16- 2/24 * at Niagara 7:05 p.m. 3 during the month over that span. So far, RIT is 1-2-1 this 2/25 * NIAGARA 7:05 p.m. October. A win would give RIT its first .500 month of October Last 10 Meetings Between RIT and Mercyhurst 3/2-4 AHA First Round (best-of-3) TBA since 2006-07. 3/9-11 AHA Quarterfinals (best-of-3) TBA Date Place Score 3/16 ! AHA Semifinal TBA On This Date/Special Anniversary...RIT is 2-3-1 all-time on 2/22/08 at Mercyhurst T, 3-3 (OT) Oct. 28. They last played on this date in 2006, losing at Cornell, 3/17 ! AHA Championship TBA 2/23/08 at Mercyhurst W, 4-2 5-3. Six years ago, Tiger netminder Jocelyn Guimond enjoyed 12/12/08 Ritter Arena W, 6-2 quite possibly the best game in goal in RIT history, turning 12/13/08 Ritter Arena W, 5-3 Home Games in BOLD aside a NCAA single-game record 66 shots in a 3-2 win over St. 3/20/09 % Blue Cross Arena L, 4-5 (OT) * - Denotes AHA Contests Lawrence. 11/13/09 at Mercyhurst W, 2-1 ! - Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, N.Y. 11/14/09 at Mercyhurst W, 3-2 ^ - Catamount Cup in Burlington, Vt. Ritter Arena Not So Friendly This Season...Normally, the 12/10/10 at Mercyhurst W, 4-2 12/11/10 at Mercyhurst W, 4-2 Tigers score plenty of goals and win the majority of their 1/29/11 Ritter Arena T, 3-3 (OT) games at Ritter Arena. So far this season, RIT is 0-1-1 on campus and has not scored a goal in those two games. They % AHA Semifinal had never been shutout in back-to-back games at Ritter Arena 2011-12 By the Numbers before this season. Overall 1-2-1 Home 0-1-1 Away 0-1-0 Home Cooking!!... The Tigers scored plenty of goals at Ritter Arena before this season. RIT has scored Neutral 1-0-0 225 goals in its last 51 games at Ritter Arena (4.5 per game) over the last two-plus years. Last year, RIT Overtime 1-0-1 finished 10-2-4 at home. RIT is 59-19-8 at Ritter Arena since the start of the 2006-07 season. After 1st Period/2nd Period When Leading 0-1-0/0-0-0 When Trailing 0-1-0/0-1-0 Selling Out Blue cross Arena Again...Saturday’s game against St.