2018-19 RIT Men's Ice Hockey
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2018-19 RIT Men’s Ice Hockey RIT at Mercyhurst University Friday, Nov. 2, 2018 (Mercyhurst Ice Center - 1,300 - Erie, Pa.) - 7:05 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 3, 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 Both Friday and Saturday’s games can be heard on WITR 89.7 FM and Fox Sports 1280 AM, with Phone: (585) 475-6154 or (585) 475-5598 - Fax: (585) 475-2617 - Website: www.ritathletics.com Ed Trefzger and Scott Biggar on the call from the Joe Venniro: Executive Director - [email protected] – Stephen Jaynes: Director - [email protected] Mercyhurst Ice Center. Fans can listen online at http://witr.rit.edu/ or https:// foxsports1280.iheart.com/. Tigers to Make Second Straight Trip to Pennsylvania Last 10 Meetings Between This Weekend... RIT heads to thestate of Pennsylvania RIT and Mercyhurst Television for the second straight weekend, as they head to a All RIT home games are on The CW (Over The Date Place Score Air 13.2, Time Warner channel 16, DirecTV familar building, the Mercyhurst Ice Center to take on 2/26/16 Polisseni Center L, 3-4 Channel 14) this season. As always, Gene Battaglia Mercyhurst University. 2/27/16 at Mercyhurst L, 2-3 and John DiTullio bring you all the action from the 3/11/16 ! at Mercyhurst W, 2-1 Gene Polisseni Center. Recent Success on Road in League Play... The Tigers 3/12/16 ! at Mercyhurst W, 4-1 11/23/16 at Mercyhurst W, 4-3 Video/Streaming Television have been strong on the road in Atlantic Hockey play 2/25/17 at Mercyhurst W, 7-1 All home games and Atlantic Hockey road contests over the last four seasons, recording a 33-19-5 mark, this season will feature video streaming with audio by 1/16/18 at Mercyhurst L, 3-6 Stretch Internet on a subscription basis. For more including a 9-2-3 record in 2015-16. 2/12/18 at Mercyhurst W, 6-5 (OT) information, go to https://portal.stretchinternet. 2/23/18 Polisseni Center L, 3-4 com/atlantichockey/. As always, Gene Battaglia Tigers Opened League Play With Pair of Low Scoring 2/24/18 Polisseni Center L, 3-4 and John DiTullio bring you all the action from the Gene Polisseni Center. Games Last Weekend… RIT earned a hard-fought split ! - 2016 AHA Quarterfinals in its first two Atlantic Hockey contests of the season at 2018-2019 Schedule Robert Morris last weekend, losing 3-0 and earning a RIT leads the all-time series 40-23-6 (3-2-0, 1-1-0 AHA) 2-1 overtime win Saturday. Friday, Robert Morris scored three second period goals which proved to be the difference. RIT goaltender Logan Drackett Date Opponent Time made 25 saves. Saturday, Abbott Girduckis scored a first period power-play marker and Gabe 10/6 WILFRID LAURIER (Ex.) W, 5-2 Valenzuela tallied with 24 seconds left in overtime, also with the extra man to lift RIT to a 2-1 10/12 at UMass Lowell L, 1-2 win. Drackett was tremendous in goal, stopping 33 of 34 shots for his third win of the season. 10/13 at UMass Lowell W, 5-4 (OT) 10/20 ^ COLGATE W, 6-1 Erik Brown Ties Division I Record for Career Goals/Nation’s Leading Goal Scorer Since 10/26 * at Robert Morris L, 0-3 Start of 2017-18… Erik Brown set a Division I team record third career hat-trick in the 6-1 10/27 * at Robert Morris W, 2-1 (OT) 11/2 * at Mercyhurst 7:05 p.m. win over Colgate on Oct. 20. He now has 55 career goals, tying RIT’s Division I career record, 11/3 * at Mercyhurst 7:05 p.m. also held by Tyler Brenner and Simon Lambert. Brown is also just 11 points shy of 100. 11/9 * AIC 7:05 p.m. Brown also has 32 goals in his last 42 games dating back to the start of last season, which leads 11/10 * AIC 5:05 p.m. all of Division I during that time period. Brown is coming off a breakout season for the Tigers 11/13 * CANISIUS 7:05 p.m. in 2017-18, setting a Division I team record and finishing second nationally with 29 goals. He 11/24 at #13 Northeastern 7:05 p.m. added 13 assists for a team-leading 42 points in 37 games to earn All-Atlantic Hockey First 11/30 * AIR FORCE 7:05 p.m. Team accolades. 12/1 * AIR FORCE 7:05 p.m. 12/7 * SACRED HEART 7:05 p.m. Drackett’s Strong Start... Sophomore goaltender Logan Drackett has played in all five games this 12/8 * SACRED HEART 7:05 p.m. 12/15 * NIAGARA 7:05 p.m. season and has excelled, compiling a 2.17 goals against 1/4 * at Niagara 7:05 p.m. average and a .934 save percentage. He has made 137 Tale of the Tape saves over his last four games, including a a career-best 1/5 * NIAGARA 7:05 p.m. 2018-19 Overall Stats 1/11 * at AIC 2:05 p.m. equaling 41 on Oct. 20 at Blue Cross Arena vs. Colgate. RIT Stats Mercyhurst 1/12 * at AIC 2:05 p.m. 3-2-0 2017-18 Record 1-5-1 1/18 * at Bentley 7:05 p.m. Girduckis Off to Tremendous Start... Abbott Girduckis 2.80 Goals For 2.29 1/19 * at Bentley 7:05 p.m. scored a shorthanded goal and added a power-play goal 2.20 Goals Against 4.43 27.4 Shots For 23.7 1/25 * ARMY WEST POINT 7:05 p.m. in RIT’s 5-4 overtime win over UMass Lowell on Oct. 13. 33.4 Shots Against 34.6 1/26 * ARMY WEST POINT 7:05 p.m. That marked just the fifth time a Tiger had scored both a 6 PPG 2 2/1 ARIZONA STATE 7:05 p.m. power-play and shorthanded goal in the same game at 6 PPA 10 2/2 ARIZONA STATE 7:05 p.m. 1 SHG 0 2/8 * at Holy Cross 7:05 p.m. the Division I level. He followed that up with a career- 0 SHA 1 2/9 * at Holy Cross 7:05 p.m. high four assists in the 6-1 win over Colgate at Blue 13.2 Penalty Mins. 18.0 Cross Arena on Oct. 20. Girduckis leads the Tigers with 26.1% Power-Play 5.7% 2/15 * at Sacred Heart 12:05 p.m. 81.8% Penalty-Kill 74.4% 2/16 * at Sacred Heart 2:05 p.m. seven points in five games this season. 48.5% Face-Offs onW 51.4% 2/22 * ROBERT MORRIS 7:05 p.m. 2/23 * ROBERT MORRIS 7:05 p.m. Need to Stay Out of the Box... RIT has been 2018-19 Conference Games Only 2/27 * at Niagara 7:05 p.m. shorthanded 33 times already in just five games, as RIT Stats Mercyhurst 3/2 * CANISIUS 7:05 p.m. opposed to having just 23 power-plays. The 6.6 1-1-0 2017-18 Record 0-2-0 3/8-10 AHA First Round (best-of-3) TBA 1.00 Goals For 1.50 opponents power-plays is the second most allowed per 2.00 Goals Against 4.00 3/15-17 AHA First Round (best-of-3) TBA game this season in all of Division I. 27.5 Shots For 27.5 3/22 ! AHA Semifinal TBA 31.0 Shots Against 30.0 3/23 ! AHA Championship TBA 2 PPG 1 Power-Play Off to Excellent Start... RIT’s power-play 2 PPA 2 Home Games in BOLD unit has scored twice in three of the last four games and 0 SHG 0 is currently tied for 11th nationally at 26.1 percent. 0 SHA 0 * - Denotes AHA Contests 12.0 Penalty Mins. 18.0 ^ - Game Played at Blue Cross Arena 18.2% Power-Play 7.7% ! - Denotes HARBORCENTER, Buffalo, NY About Mercyhurst… Mercyhurst enters the weekend 83.3% Penalty-Kill 80.0% with a 1-5-1 overall record and is 0-2-0 in league play. 44.4% Face-Offs onW 52.9% 2018-19 By the Numbers Last weekend, the Lakers opened up AHA competition with a pair of home losses against Record 3-2-0 Army West Point by scores of 5-1 and 3-2 in overtime. Joseph Duszak leads the Lakers with Home 0-0-0 seven points on a goal and six assists, while Derek Barach is right behind with six points. Away 2-2-0 Neutral 1-0-0 Dalton Hunter and Matthew Whittaker have three goals apiece to lead the team. In goal, Overtime 1-0-0 Stefano Cantali is 1-3-0 with a 2.72 goals against average and a .907 save percentage. After 1st Period/2nd Period When Leading 2-0-0/3-1-0 When Trailing 1-0-0/0-1-0 All-Time vs. Mercyhurst/Active Leaders… RIT leads the all-time series between the two When Tied 0-2-0/0-0-0 schools, 40-23-6, including a 24-14-3 mark since moving to Division I in 2005. Mercyhurst When Scoring/Allowing < 3 Goals 1-2-0/2-1-0 won three of four meetings last season.