2013-14 RIT Men's Ice Hockey
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2013-14 RIT Men’s Ice Hockey RIT vs. Robert Morris Friday, Feb. 7, 2014 (Ritter Arena, Rochester, N.Y. - 2,100) - 7:05 p.m. EST Saturday, Feb. 8, 2014 (Ritter Arena, Rochester, N.Y. - 2,100) - 7:05 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, Scott Biggar and Chris Lerch Phone: (585) 475-6154 or (585) 475-5598 - Fax: (585) 475-2617 - Website: www.ritathletics.com bringing you all the action from Ritter Arena. Fans Joe Venniro: Executive Director - [email protected] – Stephen Jaynes: Director - [email protected] can listen online at http://witr.rit.edu/ Television This Weekend... The Tigers look to gain ground in the Last 10 Meetings Between All RIT home regular season games are on Time Atlantic Hockey Association standings with a pair of key RIT and Robert Morris Warner Sports channel 26. Gene Battaglia and John DiTullio bring you all the action from Ritter contests against AHA rival Robert Morris University at 7:05 Date Place Score Arena. p.m. on Friday and Saturday. Tim Horton’s and Salvatore’s are 10/29/10 at Ritter Arena W, 3-2 (OT) Friday’s game sponsors, while Taylor the Builders will sponsor 12/30/10 * Pittsburgh, Pa. W, 4-3 Video/Streaming Television Saturday’s contest. 2/19/11 at Robert Morris L, 3-5 All RIT home games and selected road contests 12/17/11 at Robert Morris L, 0-4 will feature video streaming with audio by Midst of Crucial Homestand Continues... RIT is in the 2/17/12 Ritter Arena T, 2-2 (OT) America One Network on a subscription basis. midst of a seven-game home stand at the friendly confines of 2/18/12 Ritter Arena T, 2-2 (OT) For more information, please go to http:// 10/25/12 Ritter Arena L, 4-6 www.americaonesports.com/upcoming_events. Ritter Arena, all against AHA foes. The Tigers are 68-22-14 asp?q=v&value=atlantichockey. Both games this all-time in regular season play versus at home vs. AHA rivals 2/8/13 at Robert Morris L, 0-3 weekend will be available online. and are 4-3-1 against league foes at Ritter Arena this season. 2/9/13 at Robert Morris W, 4-3 RIT is 0-2-1 on the current homestand. 11/9/13 at Robert Morris W, 4-2 Conference Play the Rest of the Way/If Playoffs Started * Consol Energy Center, Pittsburgh, Pa. 2013-2014 Schedule (8-14-4, 7-10-2 AHA) Today... RIT plays its final eight games of the regular season against AHA foes. The Tigers currently have 16 points in AHA play, good for eighth place. Robert Morris is Date Opponent Time tied for fourth in the league standings with 23 points. If the season ended before this weekend’s games, RIT would host Holy Cross in a first round series. RIT was the No. 8 seed in the AHA last season. 10/5 QUEEN’S (Exhibition) L, 1-2 10/10 COLGATE L, 1-4 Last Time Out... The Tigers went 0-1-1 last weekend at home agianst Holy Cross, skating to a 3-3 draw on 10/12 ! #11/10 MICHIGAN L, 4-7 Friday and falling 4-2 on Saturday. On Friday, RIT rallied from three separate one-goal deficits to earn the 10/18 at Clarkson L, 1-4 tie, as Mike Colavecchia scored with 13:36 left in regulation to salvage the point. On Saturday, Todd Skirving 10/19 at Clarkson T, 3-3 (OT) and Greg Noyes scored first period power-play goals to give the Tigers a 2-1 lead, but the Crusaders stormed 10/25 at Penn State T, 3-3 (OT) back with three third period goals to hand the Tigers a 4-2 defeat. Skirving and Nolan Descoteaux each 11/1 * AIR FORCE L, 0-2 recorded three points on the weekend to lead RIT. Mike Rotolo made 62 saves in net, including a career-high 11/8 * at Mercyhurst L, 2-3 39 on Friday. 11/9 * at Robert Morris W, 4-2 11/19 * at Canisius L, 2-5 Atlantic Hockey Association’s Western Dominance/End of Intra-Conference Play... Regular season 11/22 ST. LAWRENCE L, 3-5 intraconference play has ended for the 2013-14 season, as the six AHA western pod teams (Air Force, 11/23 ST. LAWRENCE W, 6-4 Canisius, Mercyhurst, Niagara, RIT, and Robert Morris) finished with a 40-22-10 edge against the Eastern teams (American International, Army, Bentley, Connecticut, Holy Cross, and Sacred Heart) 11/29 * at Sacred Heart W, 5-2 in 2013-14. In 2012-13, the West held a decisive 44-20-8 regular season edge and won all eight playoff 11/30 * at Sacred Heart W, 4-0 games against Eastern pod teams as well. RIT finished 9-3-2 overall against the East last season and was 12/6 * AIC W, 3-2 10-1-1 in 2011-12. Despite getting swept by Connecticut and Bentley, RIT went 6-5-1 against Eastern 12/7 * AIC W, 5-2 schools this season. 12/14 %* NIAGARA T, 2-2 (OT) 1/3 * at Connecticut L, 1-2 Tigers Cracking the National Rankings... Mike Colavecchia is tied for fifth nationally with eight power-play 1/4 * at Connecticut L, 2-6 goals, while Greg Noyes is tied for ninth among scoring by a defenseman with 20 points. Todd Skirving is 1/10 * at Bentley L, 2-8 11th among all rookies in points per game (0.87 - 20 in 23 games). RIT’s power-play is third nationally at 24.3 1/11 * at Bentley L, 1-4 percent. 1/17 * ARMY W, 6-0 1/18 * ARMY W, 4-3 About Robert Morris... Robert Morris enters the weekend as arguably the league’s hottest team, riding 1/24 * at Niagara L, 0-3 a seven-game unbeaten streak (6-0-1) and an 8-1-1 mark over the last 10 games. Last weekend, the 1/25 * NIAGARA L, 1-5 Colonials swept Army by scores of 4-0 and 6-4 to move into a tie for fourth in the AHA standings. Cody Wydo leads the team in scoring with 31 points on 19 goals and 12 assists. Zac Lynch is right behind with 1/31 * HOLY CROSS T, 3-3 (OT) 27 points on 13 goals and 14 assists. Robert Morris is outscoring its opponents, 82-79 this season. In net, 2/1 * HOLY CROSS L, 2-4 Penfield native Terry Shafer has played in 24 games for the Colonials this season, recording a 10-11-3 2/7 * ROBERT MORRIS 7:05 p.m. mark with a 2.93 goals against average and .913 save percentage. 2/8 * ROBERT MORRIS 7:05 p.m. 2/14 * MERCYHURST 7:05 p.m. All-Time Against Robert Morris... RIT is 4-5-3 all-time against Robert Morris and 1-1-2 all-time vs. the 2/15 * MERCYHURST 7:05 p.m. Colonials at Ritter Arena. They have won the last two against Robert Morris, including a 4-2 win at 84 2/21 * at Air Force 9:05 p.m. Lumber Arena on Nov. 9. Ben Lynch led the way with a goal and an assist, while Matt Garbowsky had a pair 2/22 * at Air Force 9:05 p.m. of assists. Todd Skirving scored his first collegiate goal in the win. In net, Jordan Ruby stopped 37 of 39 shots 2/28 * at Canisius 7:05 p.m. to pick up the victory. 3/1 * CANISIUS 7:05 p.m. Mike Colavecchia leads all Tigers in career scoring against Robert Morris, with seven points on a goal 3/7-9 AHA First Round (if nec.) 7:05 p.m. and six assists in seven games. Brad Shumway has four assists in four career contests vs. the Colonials. In 3/14-16 AHA Quarterfinals 7:05 p.m. goal, Jordan Ruby is 2-2-0 with a 3.26 goals against average and .918 save percentage against RMU. 3/21 ! AHA Semifinal TBA Colavecchia Reaches 100-Point Milestone... Senior forward Mike Colavecchia became the sixth Tiger in 3/22 ! AHA Championship 7:05 p.m. RIT’s Division I era to reach 100 points for his career with a pair of assists on Jan. 10 at Bentley. Colavecchia has 106 points on 43 goals and 63 assists in his RIT career. Home Games in BOLD * - Denotes AHA Contests Power-Play Among the Nation’s Best... Last season, RIT’s power-play was second nationally, converting ! - Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, N.Y. at 24.1 percent. This season, RIT has continued its strong play with the man-advantage, with 28 goals in 115 % - Frontier Field, Rochester, N.Y. attempts, a 24.3 percent conversion rate, third nationally. RIT has scored two power-play goals in a game 10 times this season. Mike Colavecchia has a team-best eight power-play goals for the Tigers this season. 2013-14 By the Numbers January to Forget... RIT had its worst month at the Division I level in January, finishing 2-6-1, getting Record 8-14-4 outscored 34-20. RIT was outscored 29-13 at even strength during the month. The six losses tied the Home 5-5-1 most in a month at RIT’s DI level.