2018-19 RIT Men's Ice Hockey
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2018-19 RIT Men’s Ice Hockey RIT vs. Colgate University Saturday, October 20, 2018 (Blue Cross Arena - 10,556 - Rochester, N.Y.) - 7:05 p.m. Radio: Sports Information - 51 Lomb Memorial Drive - Clark Gym A261 - Rochester, NY 14623 Saturday’s game can be heard on WITR 89.7 FM and Fox Sports 1280 AM, with Ed Trefzger and Phone: (585) 475-6154 or (585) 475-5598 - Fax: (585) 475-2617 - Website: www.ritathletics.com Scott Biggar on the call from Blue Cross Arena. Joe Venniro: Executive Director - [email protected] – Stephen Jaynes: Director - [email protected] Fans can listen online at http://witr.rit.edu/ or https://foxsports1280.iheart.com/. Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend is Here... Last 10 Meetings Between Television Tonight marks the 12th consecutive season that the Tigers RIT and Colgate All RIT home games are on The CW (Over The have played a regular season game downtown at Blue Cross Air 13.2, Time Warner channel 16, DirecTV Arena as part of the university’s annual homecoming Date Place Score Channel 14) this season. As always, Gene Battaglia 11/5/83 RIT Tournament L, 2-6 and John DiTullio bring you all the action from weekend, as Colgate University of the ECAC comes to Rochester. 12/28/84 Syracuse Invite L, 3-6 Blue Cross Arena and the Gene Polisseni Center. 12/28/85 Syracuse Invite W, 3-0 12/6/89 at Colgate L, 3-5 Video/Streaming Television Unbelievable Fan Support at Blue Cross Arena/ 10/13/07 at Colgate L, 5-6 All home games this season will feature video All-Time at BCA... RIT will look to sell tonight’s game out streaming with audio by Stretch Internet on a 10/10/09 Blue Cross Arena L, 2-3 subscription basis. For more information, go to for the eighth time in the last nine years. RIT also sold out 10/26/12 at Colgate L, 3-6 https://portal.stretchinternet.com/atlantichockey/. Blue Cross Arena for this contest in 2016 against Con- 10/10/13 Ritter Arena L, 1-4 As always, Gene Battaglia and John DiTullio bring necticut, 2015 vs. Bowling Green, 2014 vs. Boston College, 10/23/15 at Colgate L, 2-5 you all the action from the Gene Polisseni Center. in 2013 vs. Michigan, 2012 against Penn State, 2011 vs. St. 10/24/15 Polisseni Center L, 3-4 Lawrence, and 2010 vs. UMass Lowell. RIT is now 10-9-4 all-time at Blue Cross Arena, including a 2-5-4 mark in 10 Colgate leads the all-time series 11-1-0 previous Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend 2018-2019 Schedule contests after skating to a 3-3 tie against Northeastern last (1-1-0, 0-0-0 AHA) season. The Tigers are riding a seven-game unbeaten Previous Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend Games at Blue Cross streak downtown dating back to 2015. RIT’s last win Arena Date Opponent Time during Brick City Homecoming & Family Weekend came 10/6 WILFRID LAURIER (Ex.) W, 5-2 in 2011, a 6-5 overtime win over St. Lawrence University. Date Opponent Score 10/12 at UMass Lowell L, 1-2 10/27/07 Cornell W, 4-1 10/13 at UMass Lowell W, 5-4 (OT) Good Start to the 2018-19 Season… RIT opened the 10/18/08 St. Lawrence L, 1-2 10/20 ^ COLGATE 7:05 p.m. 2018-19 season last weekend by splitting a pair of games at 10/10/09 Colgate L, 2-3 10/26 * at Robert Morris 7:05 p.m. UMass Lowell of Hockey East. On Friday, RIT fell to the 10/16/10 UMass Lowell T, 4-4 (OT) 10/27 * at Robert Morris 7:05 p.m. Riverhawks, 2-1 and used a goal 46 seconds into overtime 10/15/11 St. Lawrence W, 6-5 (OT) 11/2 * at Mercyhurst 7:05 p.m. from Alden Dupuis to pick up its first win of the season, 10/20/12 Penn State L, 2-3 11/3 * at Mercyhurst 7:05 p.m. 5-4. Mark Logan scored RIT’s lone goal Friday night. On 10/12/13 Michigan L, 4-7 11/9 * AIC 7:05 p.m. Saturday, Abbott Girduckis scored a power-play and 10/18/14 Boston College L, 2-6 11/10 * AIC 5:05 p.m. shorthanded goal, while Jordan Peacock, Gabe Valenzuela 10/17/15 Bowling Green T, 2-2 (OT) 11/13 * CANISIUS 7:05 p.m. and Dupuis also scored. Brody Valette and Jake Hamacher 10/15/16 Connecticut T, 1-1 (OT) 11/24 at #12 Northeastern 7:05 p.m. recorded two assists apiece. Goaltender Logan Drackett 10/14/17 Northeastern T, 3-3 (OT) 11/30 * AIR FORCE 7:05 p.m. played both games and made 57 saves for the Tigers. 12/1 * AIR FORCE 7:05 p.m. 12/7 * SACRED HEART 7:05 p.m. Girduckis With the Rare Special Teams Combo... Abbott Girduckis scored a shorthanded goal and 12/8 * SACRED HEART 7:05 p.m. added a power-play goal in RIT’s 5-4 overtime win over UMass Lowell on Oct. 13. That marked just 12/15 * NIAGARA 7:05 p.m. the fifth time a Tiger had scored both a power-play and shorthanded goal in the same game at the 1/4 * at Niagara 7:05 p.m. Division I level. Myles Powell was the last Tiger to do so on Feb. 10, 2018 at Robert Morris. Greg 1/5 * NIAGARA 7:05 p.m. Noyes (Feb. 11, 2012), Brennan Sarazin(Nov. 1, 2018) and Simon Lambert (Feb. 3, 2007) are the only 1/11 * at AIC 2:05 p.m. others to do so. 1/12 * at AIC 2:05 p.m. 1/18 * at Bentley 7:05 p.m. Wilson Wins Number 350 at RIT... RIT head coach Wayne Wilson won his 350th career game with 1/19 * at Bentley 7:05 p.m. the Tigers in the overtime victory over UMass Lowell on Oct. 13, 2018. Wilson, who is now in his 1/25 * ARMY WEST POINT 7:05 p.m. 20th season at RIT, is 350-238-63. 1/26 * ARMY WEST POINT 7:05 p.m. 2/1 ARIZONA STATE 7:05 p.m. About Colgate… Like RIT, Colgate opened the regular season last weekend. The Raiders won a pair 2/2 ARIZONA STATE 7:05 p.m. of home games over the University of New Hampshire on home ice by identical 2-1 scores. Four 2/8 * at Holy Cross 7:05 p.m. different players scored for Colgate. Adam Dauda and Bobby McMann both had two-point weekends, 2/9 * at Holy Cross 7:05 p.m. while goaltender Mitch Benson stopped 53-of-55 shots (.964 save percentage) to earn both wins. 2/15 * at Sacred Heart 12:05 p.m. Colgate finished 17-17-6 last season and advanced to the ECAC Quarterfinals. McMann led the 2/16 * at Sacred Heart 2:05 p.m. Raiders in scoring last season with 14 goals and 16 assists 2/22 * ROBERT MORRIS 7:05 p.m. for 30 points in 40 games. Tale of the Tape 2/23 * ROBERT MORRIS 7:05 p.m. 2/27 * at Niagara 7:05 p.m. Tigers to Induct 1982-83 and 1984-85 NCAA Champion- 2017-18 Final Overall Stats RIT Stats Colgate 3/2 * CANISIUS 7:05 p.m. ship Teams into RIT Sports Hall of Fame… To com- 1-1-0 2017-18 Record 2-0-0 3/8-10 AHA First Round (best-of-3) TBA memorate 50 years of the RIT Sports Hall of Fame, the 3.00 Goals For 2.00 3/15-17 AHA First Round (best-of-3) TBA 1982-83 and 1984-85 NCAA Championship men’s hockey 3.00 Goals Against 1.00 3/22 ! AHA Semifinal TBA teams will be inducted tomorrow. Both teams will be 28.0 Shots For 28.0 3/23 ! AHA Championship TBA honored between periods tonight. In 1982-83, with Brian 31.5 Shots Against 27.5 2 PPG 1 Mason at the helm, RIT captured the NCAA Division II 4 PPA 1 Home Games in BOLD Championship, the first team title in the history of the 1 SHG 0 * - Denotes AHA Contests institute. Two years later, competing at the Division III 0 SHA 0 ^ - Game Played at Blue Cross Arena level, Coach Bruce Delventhal guided RIT to another 13.0 Penalty Mins. 4.0 ! - Denotes HARBORCENTER, Buffalo, NY crown. In all, 10 players were members of both champion- 28.6% Power-Play 12.5% 69.2% Penalty-Kill 75.0% ship squads. 52.5% Face-Offs Won 49.8% 2018-19 By the Numbers Record 1-1-0 All-Time vs. Colgate... Colgate has won 11 of the previous 12 meetings between the two schools. Home 0-0-0 Tonight marks the first meeting between the two schools since Oct. 24, 2005, when RIT sold out Away 1-1-0 Neutral 0-0-0 the Gene Polisseni Center. Colgate would score a late third period goal to win, 4-3. Current RIT Overtime 1-0-0 seniors Mark Logan, Erik Brown, Abbott Girduckis and Gabe Valenzuela made their home debuts After 1st Period/2nd Period When Leading 0-0-0/1-1-0 in that contest. Logan and Valenzuela each had an assist. When Trailing 1-0-0/0-0-0 This will mark the second time RIT and Colgate will meet during Brick City Homecoming & When Tied 0-1-0/0-0-0 When Scoring/Allowing Family Weekend.