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2014-15 Dutchmen Sam Coatta TM Max Novak dillon Pieri Media Guide Media Charlie Vasaturo Mark Bennett Colin Stevens daniel Ciampini UNION COLLEGE HOCKEY HOCKEY COLLEGE UNION 2013-14 Cleary CuP haMPioNS C 2014 WhitelaW CuP i diViSioN 2014 NCAA 2014 NCaa ChaMPioNS TABLE OF CONTENTS 1 GENERAL 2014-15 Schedule __________________________________ 1 2014-15 SCHEDULE Media Outlets/Radio Broadcasts ______________________ 2 Oct. 5 PRINCE EDWARD ISLAND (Exh.) 4:00 p.m. Oct. 10 AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL 8:00 p.m. TEAM INFORMATION Oct. 11 NEW HAMPSHIRE 7:30 p.m. Roster ___________________________________________ 3 Oct. 17 @ Maine 7:30 p.m. Season Preview __________________________________ 4-5 Oct. 18 @ Maine 7:00 p.m. Player Bios _____________________________________ 6-27 Oct. 24 ST. CLOUD STATE 7:00 p.m. Coach Bios ____________________________________ 28-31 Oct. 25 ST. CLOUD STATE 7:00 p.m. Support/Administrative Staff _______________________ 32-35 Oct. 31 @ Rensselaer # 7:00 p.m. Nov. 1 RENSSELAER # 7:00 p.m. 2013-14 REVIEW Nov. 7 DARTMOUTH # 7:00 p.m. Final Statistics _________________________________ 36-38 Nov. 8 HARVARD # 7:00 p.m. Honors _________________________________________ 39 Nov. 14 QUINNIPIAC # 7:00 p.m. Game-by-Game Stats ____________________________ 40-41 Nov. 15 PRINCETON # 7:00 p.m. Box Scores ____________________________________ 42-52 – SHILLELAGH TOURNAMENT – Season Review ___________________________________ 53 Nov. 28 @ Notre Dame (NBCSports.com) 8:35 p.m. Nov. 29 Ohio State/Western Michigan 5:05 p.m. ECAC HOCKEY Dec. 5 @ Brown # 7:00 p.m. 2013-14 Year-in-Review ____________________________ 54 Dec. 6 @ Yale # 7:00 p.m. ECAC Hockey Arenas _____________________________ 55 – FROZEN HOLIDAY CLASSIC – Dec. 27 @ Connecticut 3:00/6:00 HISTORY Dec. 28 Sacred Heart/Massachusetts-Lowell 3:00/6:00 All-Time Division I Scores _________________________ 56-63 Jan. 3 @ Boston U. (NBCSN) 7:00 p.m. Division I Postseason Scores ________________________ 64 Jan. 9 @ Princeton # 7:00 p.m. Holiday Tournaments/Trophy Games __________________ 65 Jan. 10 @ Quinnipiac # 7:00 p.m. Series Records _________________________________ 66-71 Jan. 16 CORNELL # 7:00 p.m. Program Milestones _____________________________ 72-75 Jan. 17 COLGATE # 7:00 p.m. Jan. 24 Rensselaer 7:30 p.m. RECORD BOOK (Capital District Mayor’s Cup) Individual/Team Records ___________________________ 76 Jan. 30 @ Harvard # 7:00 p.m. Season/Career Leaders __________________________ 77-79 Jan. 31 @ Dartmouth # 7:00 p.m. Team Captains ____________________________________79 Feb. 6 @ Clarkson # 7:00 p.m. Feb. 7 @ St. Lawrence # 7:00 p.m. HONORS Feb. 13 YALE # 7:00 p.m. Division I Register _______________________________ 80-83 Feb. 14 BROWN # 7:00 p.m. All-Time Register _______________________________ 84-86 Feb. 20 @ Colgate # 7:05 p.m. All-Americans ____________________________________ 87 NHL Players _____________________________________ 88 Feb. 21 @ Cornell # 7:00 p.m. ECAC Hockey Awards ___________________________ 89-90 Feb. 27 ST. LAWRENCE # 7:00 p.m. Team Awards ____________________________________ 91 Feb. 28 CLARKSON # 7:00 p.m. Union Athletics Hall of Fame __________________________92 NBCSN – NBC Sports Network # ECAC Hockey COMMUNITY Union College ____________________________________ 93 2014-15 UNION HOCKEY MEDIA GUIDE Messa Rink ______________________________________ 94 Published by the Union College Sports Information Office Community Service _______________________________ 95 Editor: Daniel Jankowski Garnet Blades ____________________________________ 96 Assistance: Eric McDowell, Michele Kelley, Phil Engel Cover Designs: Debi Giardino Printers: Miller Printing, Amsterdam, N.Y. Outside Cover: Hardware from the 2013-14 season (left-to-right): Capital Skates Trophy, College Hockey Inc. national championship trophy, NCAA Championship trophy, Cleary Cup, and Whitelaw Cup. MEDIA DIRECTORY 2 MEDIA OUTLETS RADIO BROADCAST TEAM Schenectady Daily Gazette Dutchmen Radio Network u Ken Schott (reporter), Mike McAdam (columinst) WPTR – CBS Sports Sporty 1240 AM Teamline.cc (team code: 1160) Albany Times Union u Matt DuBrey (play-by-play), Brian Unger (color) u Sean Martin (reporter), Pete Iorizzo (sports editor) One of the senior broadcast teams in ECAC Hockey, DuBrey and Unger enter their second decade together in 2014-15. Union Hockey Blog (Unofficial) DuBrey enters his 13th season dating to his debut in 2002-03. A u Ryan Fay (reporter/editor) Schenectady native, DuBrey started his career as a student at SUNY Plattsburgh, broadcasting hockey for four seasons for the campus Time Warner Cable News (TWC) station, WQKE-FM. He has also served as the television voice of u Marisa Jacques (sports director), Chris Watson (reporter), the Dutchmen, working alongside color analyst Dan Fridgen on Time Seth Leavitt (reporter), Kyle Dunn (reporter) Warner Cable broadcasts the last six seasons. Unger begins his 11th season behind the mic, having worked 342 WRGB (CBS) games since the 2004-05 campaign. A 1993 graduate of Union, Un- u Doug Sherman (sports director), Kelly O’Donnell (reporter), ger called four seasons of Union Hockey for campus station WRUC- Bobby Welber (reporter) FM, including the school’s first Division I game. Unger hails from Chappaqua, N.Y. WNYT (NBC) Adam Ullman has served as the third man in the booth the past u r t Rodger Wyland (sports director), Chris Ono a o (reporter), six seasons. A former broadcaster for WRUC-FM, Ullman provides Ashley Miller (reporter) color for select games during the season. WTEN (ABC) – WXXA (FOX23 News) u Liana Bonavita (sports director), Josh Sims (reporter), Josh Rultenberg (reporter), Justin Andrews (reporter) WTNN-104.5 FM (ESPN Radio) u Armen Williams (host) WOFX-980 AM (FOX Sports Radio) STUDIOS HERMANN / CARLYN TRENT u Rodger Wyland (host), Ken Schott (Thursday hockey segment) UNION SPORTS INFORMATION Union’s Broadcast Team: Brian Unger (left) and Matt DuBrey. UNION HOCKEY COACHES CORNER LIVE Union Hockey’s bi-weekly radio coaches show returns for its sixth season with Empire Broadcasting (previously Anastos Media). Playing in a market that comprises Schenectady, Albany and Troy as part of the The show, which made its debut Captial District, Union draws a large group of traveling media for postseason ac- on January 18, 2011, will be held tion. Above, members of the media in attendance at the NCAA East Regional in at the Van Dyck Lounge (237 Bridgeport. Below, a news conference held at Messa Rink’s Garnet Room. Union Street) for the third year. SPORTS INFORMATION Men’s Hockey Contact: Daniel Jankowski [email protected] O: (518) 388-6337 C: (518) 419-2948 2014-15 ROSTER 3 NO NAME POS CL HT WT AGE S/C HOMETOWN / LAST TEAM (LEAGUE) 1 Alex Sakellaropoulos G So. 6-3 210 20 L Tinley Park, Ill. / Chicago Steel (USHL) 2 Jeff Taylor D So. 6-0 180 20 L Clifton Park, N.Y. / Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL) 4 Nick DeSimone D Fr. 6-2 185 19 R East Amherst, N.Y. / Buffalo Junior Sabres (OJHL) 5 Matt Krug D So. 6-0 195 22 L South Buffalo, N.Y. / Indiana Ice (USHL) 6 Charlie Vasaturo D Sr. 6-2 200 23 R Sewell, N.J. / Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL) 7 Michael Pontarelli F So. 5-8 172 20 R Laval, Que. / Cornwall Colts (CCHL) 8 Nick Cruice F Jr. 6-0 190 21 R Dresher, Pa. / South Shore Kings (EJHL) 9 Ryan Scarfo F Fr. 6-0 190 20 L North Chelmsford, Mass. / Powell River Kings (BCHL) 10 Mark Bennett F Sr. 6-0 195 23 R Oakville, Ont. / Oakville Blades (OJHL) 11 Sam Coatta F Sr. 5-9 180 24 R Minnetonka, Minn. / Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) 12 Eli Lichtenwald F So. 6-6 228 22 L Saskatoon, Sask. / Nipawin Hawks (SJHL) 13 Theo Di Pauli von Treuheim F Jr. 5-9 180 21 L Downers Grove, Ill. / Chicago Steel (USHL) 14 J.C. Brassard D Fr. 5-11 180 18 L Scituate, Mass. / Noble & Greenough Bulldogs (Prep) 15 Spencer Foo F Fr. 6-0 180 20 R Edmonton, Alta. / Bonnyville Pontiacs (AJHL) 16 Roman Ammirato F Fr. 5-9 165 21 L Williamstown, N.J. / Amarillo Bulls (NAHL) 17 Daniel Ciampini F Sr. 5-11 185 23 L Concord, Ont. / St. Michael’s Buzzers (OJHL) 18 Max Novak F Sr. 6-0 190 23 R Oak Ridge, N.J. / Jersey Hitmen (EJHL) 19 Matt Wilkins F Jr. 5-11 190 23 L Kimberley, B.C. / Brooks Bandits (AJHL) 21 Mike Vecchione F So. 5-10 195 21 R Saugus, Mass. / Tri-City Storm (USHL) 22 Connor Light D Fr. 6-5 215 19 L Sudbury, Mass. / Omaha Lancers (USHL) 23 Tyler Hynes F Fr. 5-11 185 20 R Guilderland, N.Y. / Fargo Force (USHL) 24 Sebastien Gingras D Jr. 6-2 210 23 R Pierrefonds, Que. / Brockville Braves (CJHL) 26 David Roy F Jr. 6-4 205 22 R Cumberland, Ont. / Brockville Braves (CJHL) 27 Kevin Shier F Fr. 6-0 190 21 L Toronto, Ont. / Toronto Lakeshore Patriots (OJHL) 28 Noah Henry D So. 6-0 190 20 R Seattle, Wash. / Powell River Kings (BCHL) 30 Colin Stevens G Sr. 6-2 180 21 L Niskayuna, N.Y. / Boston Junior Bruins (EJHL) 31 Dillon Pieri G Sr. 6-1 180 22 L Needham, Mass./ Boston Advantage Midget Major (T1EHL) Head Coach: Rick Bennett Assistant Coaches: Joe Dumais, Jason Tapp, Aaron Bogosian ALPHABETICAL PRONUNCIATIONS Roman Ammirato Noah Henry Ryan Scarfo Ciampini ___________________________Cham-PEE-nee J.C. Brassard Tyler Hynes Kevin Shier Coatta __________________________________ COH-ta Mark Bennett Matt Krug Colin Stevens Cruice __________________________________ CROOS Theo Di Pauli von Treuheim __ TAY-o Dee-Pauli phon troy-HEIM Daniel Ciampini Eli Lichtenwald Jeff Taylor Dumais ________________________________ Du-MAY Sam Coatta Connor Light Charlie Vasaturo Gingras ________________________________ JIN-grah Nick Cruice Max Novak Mike Vecchione Krug ____________________________________KROOG Nick DeSimone Dillon Pieri Matt Wilkins Lichtenwald ________________________LITCH-ten-wald Theo Di Pauli von Treuheim Michael Pontarelli Pieri __________________________________ Pee-AIRY Roy ______________________________________ ROY Spencer Foo David Roy Sakellaropoulos _________________Suh-kel-uh-RA-po-lis Sebastien Gingras Alex Sakellaropoulos Vecchione _______________________ Veck-ee-OWN-ee 2014-15 SEASON PREVIEW 4 NEW CHALLENGES AHEAD cent of its contests and 104 games total.