2014-15 RIT Men’s Ice Hockey RIT at Sacred Heart Friday, Jan. 16, 2015 (Milford Ice Pavilion - 1,000 - Milford, Conn.) - 7:05 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 17, 2015 (Milford Ice Pavilion - 1,000 - Milford, Conn.) - 7:05 p.m. 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 Scott Biggar and Nick Phelan bringing you all Phone: (585) 475-6154 or (585) 475-5598 - Fax: (585) 475-2617 - Website: www.ritathletics.com the action from the Milford Ice Pavilion. Fans can Joe Venniro: Executive Director - [email protected] – Stephen Jaynes: Director - [email protected] listen online at http://witr.rit.edu/ Television All RIT home regular season games are on Time Road Warriors... RIT heads on the road the next two Last 10 Meetings Between Warner Sports channel 26. Gene Battaglia and weekends against league foes Sacred Heart and Bentley, RIT and Sacred Heart John DiTullio bring you all the action from the looking to make up ground in the league standings. RIT Gene Polisseni Center. is 5-3-1 all-time at the Milford Ice Pavilion, site of this Date Place Score Video/Streaming Television weekend’s contests. 11/26/10 Ritter Arena W, 6-1 All RIT home games and selected road contests will 11/27/10 Ritter Arena T, 3-3 (OT) feature video streaming with audio by America Conference Play the Rest of the Way/If Season Ended 1/14/12 at Sacred Heart W, 10-0 One Network on a subscription basis. For more Today... RIT is in the midst of 14 straight AHC contests to 1/15/12 at Sacred Heart W, 3-0 information, please go to http://www.eversport. end the regular season. The Tigers are currently tied for sixth 12/7/12 Ritter Arena W, 5-3 tv/ice-hockey/atlantic-hockey. Both games will be available online this weekend at www. in the league standings with 14 points, just four points out of 12/8/12 Ritter Arena W, 5-2 GopherSports.com. fourth place. Sacred Heart is right behind RIT with 13 points. 11/29/13 at Sacred Heart W, 5-2 If the season were to end today, RIT would be the No. 6 seed 11/30/13 at Sacred Heart W, 4-0 in the AHC Tournament and host No. 11 seed Niagara in a 11/21/14 Polisseni Center W, 5-1 best of three first round series. 11/22/14 Polisseni Center L, 1-2 2014-2015 Schedule (6-10-4, 5-5-4 AHC) Last Time Out… Last weekend, the Tigers took three points from American International, skating to a 3-3 tie on Friday, while winning 3-2 on Saturday. RIT fired 85 Date Opponent Time shots in the two wins, most for RIT over a two-game stretch since firing 87 in a two-game series against 10/4 BROCK (Exhibition) W, 5-2 Mercyhurst on Feb. 14-15, 2014. On Friday, RIT held three different one-goal leads, but the Yellow Jackets 10/10 ST. LAWRENCE W, 5-2 would send the game to overtime with seven seconds left in regulation. Caleb Cameron, Brad McGowan, and Josh Mitchell scored for RIT, while Jordan Ruby made 21 saves. On Saturday, Mitchell and Andrew 10/11 CLARKSON L, 1-3 Miller scored in the first 2:08 to give RIT a 2-0 lead and Garrett McMullen scored the game-winning 10/18 ^ #7 BOSTON COLLEGE L, 2-6 goal in the second period. Mike Rotolo made 14 saves in the win, as RIT held a 40-16 edge in shots. RIT 10/24 * at Air Force W, 5-1 extended its unbeaten streak to 12 games against American International. 10/25 * at Air Force L, 3-4 (OT) 10/31 * at Robert Morris L, 3-6 About Sacred Heart… Sacred Heart (6-13-3, 5-8-3 AHC) enters the weekend looking to snap a three- 11/1 * at Robert Morris L, 2-4 game winless streak. Last weekend, the Pioneers were swept by league foe Mercyhurst, 7-2 and 4-2. Its 11/7 * HOLY CROSS T, 3-3 (OT) opponents are outscoring Sacred Heart, 80-55 this season. Zach Luczyk leads the team in scoring with 20 11/8 * HOLY CROSS L, 1-2 points on eight goals and 12 assists. Five other Pioneers have between 11 and 14 points. In goal, Andrew 11/14 * at Canisius T, 3-3 (OT) Bodnarchuk and Alex Vazzano have split time this season. Bodnarchuk is 4-6-3 with a 3.28 goals against average and .898 save percentage, while Vazzano is 2-7-0 with a 3.61 goals against average and .892 save 11/15 * at Canisius W, 3-0 percentage. 11/21 * SACRED HEART W, 5-1 11/22 * SACRED HEART L, 1-2 All-Time vs. Sacred Heart/Earlier This Season… It will be the third and fourth meetings between the 11/29 at Yale L, 0-2 two schools this season, as RIT is 17-5-2 all-time against the Pioneers. The two teams met previously this 12/12 * NIAGARA W, 4-1 season on Nov. 21-22 at the Gene Polisseni Center, with RIT winning 5-1 on Nov. 21 and Sacred Heart 12/13 * at Niagara T, 1-1 (OT) earning a 2-1 victory on Nov. 22. On Nov. 21, the Tigers scored two shorthanded goals for the first time in 1/2 ! vs. #9 UMass Lowell L, 3-7 nearly six years. Garbowsky tied a career-high with four points on two goals and two assists, while 1/3 ! vs. #8 Minnesota L, 2-3 (OT) McGowan added a goal and two assists. The next night, Drew George and Jordan Minello scored goals 1/9 *AMERICAN INT’L T, 3-3 (OT) 2:18 apart early in the first period to give Sacred Heart a 2-0 lead and goaltender Andrew Bodnarchuk made 25 saves. That Tale of the Tape 1/10 *AMERICAN INT’L W, 3-2 snapped RIT’s 10-game unbeaten streak against Sacred Heart. Overall 1/16 * at Sacred Heart 7:05 p.m. McGowan leads all active players in scoring against RIT Stats Sacred Heart 1/17 * at Sacred Heart 7:05 p.m. Sacred Heart with 10 points on four goals and six assists in 6-10-4 Record 6-13-3 1/23 * at Bentley 7:05 p.m. 2.65 Goals For 2.50 eight games. Josh Mitchell has a goal and five assists in six 2.80 Goals Against 3.64 1/24 * at Bentley 7:05 p.m. games, while Alexander Kuqali and Matt Garbowsky have five 32.1 Shots For 28.7 1/30 * ARMY 7:05 p.m. points in six career games against the Pioneers. In goal, Mike 28.9 Shots Against 32.7 1/31 * ARMY 7:05 p.m. Rotolo is 2-0-0 with a 1.00 goals against average and .970 save 9 PPG 11 2/6 * at Niagara 7:05 p.m. percentage against Sacred Heart, while Jordan Ruby is 2-1-0 13 PPA 22 with a 2.01 goals against average and .923 save percentage. 3 SHG 2 2/7 * NIAGARA 7:05 p.m. 0 SHA 4 2/13 * at Holy Cross 7:05 p.m. Vote for Garbowsky/Tiger Captain Nominated for Hobey 13.0 Penalty Mins. 14.2 2/14 * at Holy Cross 7:05 p.m. Baker Award... RIT senior captain Matt Garbowsky is one 11.8% Power-Play 10.5% 2/20 * #20 ROBERT MORRIS 7:05 p.m. 86.3% Penalty-Kill 78.6% of 59 nominees for the Hobey Baker Award, college hockey’s 52.1% Face-Offs Won 49.7% 2/21 * #20 ROBERT MORRIS 7:05 p.m. most prestigious individual honor. Fan voting for the award is 2/27 * MERCYHURST 7:05 p.m. underway. Fans can vote for the player they believe deserves Conference Games Only 2/28 * MERCYHURST 7:05 p.m. the award by visiting hobeybaker.com and clicking the Vote RIT Stats Sacred Heart 3/6-8 AHA First Round (best-of-3) TBA for Hobey icon. The first phase ends March 8 and the list will 5-5-4 Record 5-8-3 3/13-15 AHA Quarters (best-of-3) TBA be narrowed down to 10 semifinalists with the second phase 2.86 Goals For 2.75 beginning on March 19. 2.36 Goals Against 3.44 3/20 ^ AHA Semifinal TBA 35.3 Shots For 31.8 3/21 ^ AHA Championship 7:05 p.m. 26.0 Shots Against 31.2 Rotolo on a Roll... Mike Rotolo excelled in his last three 7 PPG 9 games, stopping 89-of-96 shots (.927 save percentage). He 6 PPA 16 Home Games in BOLD made a career-high 46 saves in the 3-2 overtime loss to 3 SHG 2 * - Denotes AHA Contests Minnesota on Jan. 3. Rotolo stopped 29 of 31 shots in a 2-0 0 SHA 3 ^ - Game Played at Blue Cross Arena loss at Yale on Nov. 29. Last Saturday, Rotolo, a Rochester 14.3 Penalty Mins. 13.4 ! - Mariucci Classic at Minnesota native, played his first game at the Gene Polisseni Center 12.3% Power-Play 10.6% and picked up his second win of the year against American 91.2% Penalty-Kill 78.9% International. 53.1% Face-Offs Won 50.5% 2014-15 By the Numbers Garbowsky Leading the Way for RIT..