2010–11 RIT Men's Ice Hockey RIT at Niagara University
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2010–11 RIT Men’s Ice Hockey RIT at Niagara University Friday, November, 19, 2010, 7:05 p.m. EST (Dwyer Arena, Niagara University, NY - 2,100) 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 Dwyer Arena. You can also Stephen Jaynes: Director - [email protected] – Joe Venniro: Director - [email protected] access the feed and listen online at http://witr.rit. edu/ About Tonight’s Game...Tonight, RIT makes the quick drive west on I-90 to play new Atlantic Hockey Television Association rival Niagara at 7:05 p.m. It will be the first of three meetings between the two schools this All home games can be seen on Time Warner season. The two teams end the regular season against each other with the Tigers hosting the Purple Cable Sports Channel 26 or 1026 for High Eagles at Ritter Arena on Fri., Feb. 25, and Niagara playing host the following night. Definition subscribers. Gene Battaglia and John Rekindling the Old Rivalry/All-Time Series Against Niagara...RIT and Niagara were ECAC West foes DiTullio will bring you all the action from Ritter in the 1990’s when both were Division III teams. The Tigers are 2-6-3 all-time against the Purple Eagles Arena. and are 0-4-1 since moving to Division I in 2005, and have not defeated the Purple Eagles overall since the 1996-97 season. Video/Streaming Television Andrew Favot is the lone Tiger to have more than one point in meetings against the Purple Eagles, with All RIT home games and selected road contests two assists in three games. Tyler Brenner has a goal against Niagara. None of the three RIT goaltenders will feature video streaming with audio by America have played against the Purple Eagles. One Network on a subscription basis. For more information, please go to www.b2livetv.com/partner_ Dwyer Arena Struggles...RIT is 0-3-2 all-time at Dwyer Arena, having been outscored 21-13. members.asp?id=179. Last Weekend... The Tigers got back in the win column last weekend, sweeping Connecticut, 6-2 on Friday, and 5-3 on Saturday. Tyler Brenner and Adam Mitchell each scored two goals to lead the Tigers to the win on Friday. Scott Knowles and Chris Haltigin also scored for the Tigers. Andrew Favot dished out three assists. Adam Hartley and Ben Lynch had two assists apiece for the Tigers, whose six goals scored were a season-high. RIT goaltender Jan Ropponen picked up his second win of the season, stopping 24 shots. 2010-2011 Schedule (4-5-1, 3-1-0 AHA) RIT went 2-for-5 with the man-advantage, while holding Connecticut to just one goal in seven power-play attempts. The Tigers out-shot Connecticut, 41-26. Date Opponent Result The following evening Taylor McReynolds, Michael Colavecchia, and Mitchell all scored, added an 10/2 WILFRID LAURIER (ex.) W, 3-1 assist, and were plus-3 apiece for the Tigers, who are 3-0 in the 5-3 win. McReynolds was named the game’s 10/8 ^ vs. #4 St. Cloud State L, 1-3 first start, Colavecchia, the third star. Hartley and Favot also scored for the Tigers. Shane Madolora made 10/9 ^ at Nebraska-Omaha L, 3-5 29 saves, 15 including 15 in the third period to earn his second win of the season. Leading 4-1 heading into 10/16 ! UMASS LOWELL T, 4-4 (OT) the final period, the Tigers ran into penalty trouble and allowed Connecticut to claw back into the contest. 10/22 at Rensselaer L, 1-4 Once again, the Tiger penalty-killing unit struggled, allowing three Connecticut power-play goals in seven 10/23 at #18 Union L, 2-7 chances. RIT was 1-for-6 on the power-play, getting a man-advantage goal for the fourth straight game, and seventh in last eight contests. 10/29 * ROBERT MORRIS W, 3-2 (OT) RIT is now 16-6-1 all-time against the Huskies. They have now won nine straight at home against the 10/30 at #15 Cornell W, 5-3 Huskies dating back to Jan. 20, 2007, outscoring them 48-20 during that stretch. 11/7 * at Air Force L, 3-4 11/12 * UCONN W, 6-2 Favot Reaches 100-Point Plateau... Andrew Favot became the third Tiger at the Division I level to record 11/13 * UCONN W, 5-3 100 career points in Saturday’s win over Connecticut. Favot tallied the milestone point with 27 seconds left 11/19 * at Niagara 7:05 p.m. in the first period, on the power-play, redirecting a perfect pass from the right side of the net from Chris 11/26 * SACRED HEART 7:05 p.m. Saracino who faked a shot from the point. Favot now has 32 goals and 68 assists in 114 career games. He has 11/27 * SACRED HEART 7:05 p.m. 90 points in 83 games since the start of his sophomore season. 12/3 * at AIC 7:05 p.m. 12/4 * at AIC 4:05 p.m. Point Streaks...Adam Hartley has a five-game point-scoring streak, tallying five points (3-5-8) during that stretch. Andrew Favot has a four-game streak (3-4-7), while Michael Colavecchia (2-3-5) Scott Knowles (1- 12/10 * at Mercyhurst 7:05 p.m. 3-4) have three game point-streaks. 12/11 * at Mercyhurst 7:05 p.m. 12/17 * CANISIUS 7:05 p.m. Tiger Power-Play - The Campaign for RIT Hockey...On Nov. 12, RIT President Dr. Bill Destler 12/30 * vs. #20 Robert Morris $ 3 p.m. introduced “Tiger Power Play—The Campaign for RIT Hockey” during an announcement inside Frank 1/1 MERRIMACK 7:05 p.m. Ritter Arena, which preceded a men’s hockey weekend home series against the University of Connecticut. 1/7 * at Army 7:05 p.m. The campaign’s goal is $15 million and targets alumni and other supporters of RIT men’s and women’s 1/8 * at Army 7:05 p.m. hockey. It’s expected a new arena—designed to accommodate 4,000 to 6,000 fans—will cost $25 million to 1/14 * BENTLEY 7:05 p.m. $30 million. RIT plans to cover the remaining costs associated with construction of the facility. 1/15 * BENTLEY 7:05 p.m. RIT alumni Stephen Schultz ’89 (computer science), co-founder and chief technical officer at Pictometry, 1/21 * at Holy Cross 7:05 p.m. and his wife Vicki Schultz ’94, ’99 (business administration, MBA) presented the campaign’s opening gift of $1 million during today’s announcement. A founding member of RIT’s colorful Corner Crew cheering 1/22 * at Holy Cross 7:05 p.m. section, Stephen Schultz considers this donation an extension of his ongoing loyalty to the Tigers. 1/29 * MERCYHURST 7:05 p.m. 2/4 * AIR FORCE 7:05 p.m. Demand has Outweighed Supply at Ritter Arena/Rochester...RIT has played four games in Rochester 2/5 * AIR FORCE 7:05 p.m. this season and sold them all out. The Tigers drew a regular season record crowd of 10,556 fans at Blue 2/11 * CANISIUS 7:05 p.m. Cross Arena on Oct. 16, and have easily sold out all three games at Ritter Arena thus far. Ritter Arena 2/13 * at Canisius 4:05 p.m. holds just 2,100 fans, and has sold out hours in advance of all three home games this season. Last season, 2/19 * at #20 Robert Morris 7:05 p.m. the Tigers sold five games out at Ritter and averaged 1,757 fans over 17 home dates. 2/25 * NIAGARA 7:05 p.m. 2/26 * at Niagara 7:05 p.m. High Octane Offenses to Meet/Expect a High Scoring Game...Both RIT and Niagara have scored 19 3/5 AHA Play-In Game TBA goals apiece over their last four games. Both teams have strong power-plays, so it could come down to a 3/11 AHA Quarterfinal TBA battle of special teams. Niagara is averaging 3.6 goals per game, while RIT has 3.3 goals a game. 3/12 AHA Quarterfinal TBA Back to AHA Play...The Tigers returned to AHA play on Oct. 29 and picked up its first win. RIT, the 3/18 ! AHA Semifinal TBA defending AHA Champions, set regular season records of 22 conference wins and 45 points. In 2008- 3/19 ! AHA Championship TBA 09, RIT and Air Force recorded a then record 20 wins and 42 points. The Tigers have won three AHA Regular Season titles in four years. They have an impeccable 80-27-9 mark in AHA play since the start of Home Games in BOLD the 2006-07 season, including a 46-11-2 mark at home. * - Denotes AHA Contests ! - Denotes Game played at Blue Cross Unbeatable With Third Period Leads to Suddenly Stuggling to Hold On to Leads...On Nov. 7, RIT lost Arena, Rochester, NY a game that they led going into the third period for the second time this season, after not doing so in three years and 52 games heading into the season. The Tigers were 49-0-3 in its previous 52 games when leading ^ - Denotes Game played in Omaha, NE after two periods and had not lost in the situation when since Nov.