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MERCYHURST UNIVERSITY MEN’S HOCKEY GAME NOTES SIX-TIME NCAA TOURNAMENT PARTICIPANT / THREE-TIME CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS (‘01, ‘03, ‘05) power-play goals in the contest. RIT is now 3-5-3 all-ti me against the Colonials. Saturday’s victory was the fi rst for the Tigers at 84 Lumber Arena. The RIT power-play came into the weekend leading the nati on at 26.0 percent. RIT’s scored three power-play goals for the third ti me this season and conti nue to lead the nati on with the man-advantage at 25.9 percent (28-for-108). The Tigers won for the third ti me this season when trailing by at least two goals in a game (Michigan, Oct. 11 and St. Lawrence, Jan. 4). RIT is WEEKEND MATCHUP generati ng tremendous scoring depth, as 12 players have at least 10 points. Five Tigers have between at least 20 points. Mike Colavecchia leads the 11 goals, including eight power-play goals, which is third MERCYHURST (14-11-3, 12-7-2 AHA) best in Division I. Colavecchia has four diff erent three-point outi ngs this season. Matt Garbowsky has fi ve points over his last three games (1-4-5). The Tigers are 11th nati onally in scoring, averaging 3.21 goals vs per game. The duo of Chris Saracino and Greg Noyes conti nue to rack up the points from the blue-line. Saracino is third nati onally in scoring by a defensemen, with 25 points in 28 games, while Noyes is right RIT (10-13-5, 8-9-4 AHA) behind with 22 points, eighth nati onally among all defensemen in scoring. They are the highest scoring defensive duo in the nati on. In goal, Jordan Ruby has started RIT’s last four games, going 2-2 with a 2.26 Friday, February 15, 2013 - 7:05 p.m goals against average and .935 save percentage during that stretch. Ruby started the year with a 4.45 goals against average and .876 save percentage over his fi rst six contests. RIT’s penalty-killing unit is at Saturday, February 16, 2013 - 7:05 p.m. 81.1 percent on the season. RIT plays its fi nal six regular season games against AHA opponents, with Mercyhurst Ice Center - Erie, Pa. three on the road and three at home. The Tigers fi nished 7-3-2 against the AHA’s Eastern pod teams in 2012-13. Saturday’s win was the fi rst this season over a Western pod team this season. RIT currently seventh in the AHA standings with 20 points, but are just two points out of fourth. The Tigers return to RIT leads all-ti me series 28-15-6 acti on this weekend with a pair of road contests against Mercyhurst. On Nov. 9, Mercyhurst defeated RIT at Ritt er Arena, 6-4. Greg Noyes and Matt Garbowsky recorded two points apiece in the loss for the Tigers. RIT is 28-15-6 all-ti me against the Lakers, as the two schools were also rivals at the Division III level WEEKEND PREVIEW in the ECAC West conference from 1988-99. The Tigers are 12-6-3 against Mercyhurst at the Division I level, including a 7-2-1 mark at the Mercyhurst Ice Center over that ti me period. THE SERIES RIT leads the overall series with Mercyhurst 28-15-6, dati ng back to the Division III ECAC West days. The Tigers are 12-6-3 against the Lakers since 2005. Earlier this season, the Lakers defeated the Tigers 2012-13 SCHEDULE (14-11-3 OVERALL, 12-7-2 AHA) by a 5-3 fi nal at the Ritt er Arena in Rochester, NY. Sophomore Daniel Bahntge had two goals to lead the October 6...........................WILFRID LAURIER (exhibiti on) ................................................W 3-1 Lakers, while senior Max Strang had 39 saves. Last season, the teams went 1-1-1 against each other. Mercyhurst won 2-1 in Erie last season, then suff ered a 5-1 loss in Rochester before bouncing back for October 13.........................at Niagara* ............................................................................... L 1-2 a 2-2 ti e the following night. October 19.........................at #16 Ferris State..................................................................... L 3-7 October 20.........................at #16 Ferris State............................................................. T 3-3 (OT) THE COACHES November 2 .......................at Sacred Heart (Northford Ice Pavilion)*............................... W 3-0 Rick Gotkin is in his 25th season with Mercyhurst and has posted a career record of 448-317-63. He is the November 3 .......................at Sacred Heart (Webster Bank Arena)* .................................W 3-1 only coach in NCAA history to take the same program to the NCAA Division III, Division II, and Division I November 9 .......................at Rochester Insti tute of Technology* ....................................W 5-3 nati onal tournament. Gotkin is also the all-ti me winningest coach for any Mercyhurst program in school November 16 .....................at Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti tute .......................................... L 2-4 history. He took over for Fred Lane, who coached Mercyhurst’s inaugural season in 1987-88. Gotkin is November 17 .....................at Rensselaer Polytechnic Insti tute .......................................... L 1-4 26th all-ti me, among all coaches, with 448 career victories and needs two wins to become the 26th November 23 .....................at Bentley* ......................................................................W 4-3 (OT) coach in history, at any division, to reach 450 career victories. Next up on the career wins list - Murray November 24 .....................at Bentley* ............................................................................... L 1-5 Armstrong, who won 463 games at Denver from 1956-57 unti l 1976-77. Gotkin is 11th among acti ve coaches with 828 career games coached. November 30 .....................at Air Force* ........................................................................... W 5-4 December 7 .......................AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL* ...................................................L 3-7 Wayne Wilson is in his 14th season as head coach of the RIT men’s hockey team, fresh off of leading his December 8 .......................AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL* .................................................W 7-2 Tigers to their third straight appearance in the Atlanti c Hockey Associati on Championship game in 2011- December 15 .....................at Clarkson ..............................................................................W 3-1 12. The Tigers recorded at least 19 wins for the sixth straight season last year, fi nishing 20-13-6. During December 18 .....................CANISIUS* .......................................................................W 3-2 (OT) his tenure at RIT, Wilson has guided the Tigers to a 265-140-44 record. January 4 ...........................at Maine (Cumberland County Civic Center) ............................L 1-2 January 5 ...........................at Maine ................................................................................. W 5-2 ABOUT MERCYHURST January 11 .........................HOLY CROSS* ............................................................................L 1-2 The Mercyhurst University men’s hockey team went 1-1-1 during the week and maintained sole posses- January 12 .........................HOLY CROSS* ..........................................................................W 4-2 sion of second place in the Atlanti c Hockey Associati on standings with 26 points. The Lakers are 14-11-3 January 18 .........................at Connecti cut* ........................................................................L 4-5 overall and 12-7-2 in conference play this season. On Tuesday, Mercyhurst scored eight goals for the second straight game, getti ng goals from eight diff erent players in an 8-1 win at Robert Morris. Mercy- January 19 .........................at Connecti cut* ...................................................................... W 5-0 hurst knocked off Army the prior Saturday by an identi cal 8-1 fi nal. The 16 goals in the two-game stretch January 25 .........................CANISIUS* .................................................................................ppd. were the most since scoring 17 goals in a weekend sweep at American Internati onal on December 5 and January 26 .........................at Canisius* .............................................................................. L 2-4 6, 2008 (6-3 and 11-1). The two-game total is ti ed for fourth-most in the Division I era at Mercyhurst. January 29 .........................CANISIUS* (rescheduled from 1/25) ...................................... W 5-2 The Division I record for Mercyhurst is 18 goals scored in a two-game stretch against Holy Cross (W 6-2) February 1 .........................ARMY* ..............................................................................T 1-1 (OT) and Bentley (W 12-0) on October 27 and 28, 2000. The win extended Mercyhurst’s unbeaten streak to February 2 .........................ARMY* ....................................................................................W 8-1 four games, during which Mercyhurst had outscored its opponents 22-5. Mercyhurst got goals from February 5 .........................at Robert Morris* ................................................................... W 8-1 seniors Paul Chiasson and Grant Blakey, juniors Daniel O’Donoghue and Trent Frey, and sophomores February 8 .........................AIR FORCE* ...............................................................................L 2-4 Daniel Bahntge, Chris Bodo, Ryan Misiak, and Matt hew Zay. Zay fi nished the night with a goal and two February 9 .........................AIR FORCE* .......................................................................T