2018-19 RIT Men's Ice Hockey
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2018-19 RIT Men’s Ice Hockey RIT vs. Niagara University (AHA Semifinals) Friday, March 22, 2019 (Harborcenter - 1,800 - Buffalo, N.Y.) - 7:30 p.m. Radio: Sports Information - 51 Lomb Memorial Drive - Clark Gym A261 - Rochester, NY 14623 Friday’s game can be heard on WITR 89.7 FM and Fox Sports 1280 AM, with Ed Trefzger, Scott Biggar Phone: (585) 475-6154 or (585) 475-5598 - Fax: (585) 475-2617 - Website: www.ritathletics.com and Matt Campbell on the call from Harborcenter. Fans can listen online at http://witr.rit.edu/ or Joe Venniro: Executive Director - [email protected] – Stephen Jaynes: Director - [email protected] https://foxsports1280.iheart.com/. The Final Countdown… The No. 5 seed RIT men’s hockey Last 10 Meetings Between Television team will take on No. 6 seed Niagara University in the second RIT and Niagara RIT home games are on The CW (Over The Air 13.2, Time Warner channel 16, DirecTV Channel Atlantic Hockey Semifinal at 7:30 p.m. from Harborcenter in 14) this season. As always, Gene Battaglia and Buffalo on Friday, March 22. Top-seed American Date Place Score John DiTullio bring you all the action from the International and No. 8 Robert Morris University will face-off 12/3/16 at Niagara W, 6-2 Gene Polisseni Center. This weekend’s games will at 4:30 p.m. in the first semifinal. Friday’s winners will meet in 3/3/17 ! Polisseni Center L, 4-5 not be televised. the 2019 Atlantic Hockey Championship game at 7:30 p.m. 3/4/17 ! Polisseni Center W, 5-0 3/5/17 ! Polisseni Center L, 1-4 Video/Streaming Television Saturday, March 23. The 2019 Atlantic Hockey Champion will 1/5/18 at Niagara L, 3-4 All home games, Atlantic Hockey road contests receive an automatic berth into the NCAA Division I Men’s 1/6/18 at Niagara T, 2-2 (OT) and postseason games this season will feature Ice Hockey Championship Tournament. 12/15/18 Polisseni Center W, 8-4 video streaming with audio by Stretch Internet on 1/4/19 at Niagara T, 4-4 (OT) a subscription basis. For more information, go to Atlantic Hockey Postseason Numbers at a Glance...The 1/5/19 Polisseni Center W, 2-1 https://portal.stretchinternet.com/atlantichockey/. Tigers are appearing in their 12th Atlantic Hockey 2/27/19 at Niagara L, 2-4 Tournament. RIT has won three Atlantic Hockey Championships (2010, 2015, 2016), played in five title games, ! - Denotes 2017 AHA First Round 2018-2019 Schedule and made seven semifinal appearances. RIT is 5-6 all-time in Atlantic Hockey First Round games, 16-5 in league Niagara leads the all-time series, 19-12-14 (17-16-4, 13-11-4 AHA) quarterfinal contests, 5-2 in semifinal games, and 3-2 in the title games. Overall, RIT is 29-15 in the Atlantic Hockey Tournament since becoming eligible in 2007-08. Date Opponent Time They are 32-18 overall in postseason play in Division I. RIT is unbeaten in its last four games during AHA 10/6 WILFRID LAURIER (Ex.) W, 5-2 Championship weekend, having won back-to-back league titles in 2015 and 2016. 10/12 at UMass Lowell L, 1-2 10/13 at UMass Lowell W, 5-4 (OT) How RIT Advanced... The Tigers (17-16-4) advanced to championship weekend after rallying to defeat 10/20 ^ COLGATE W, 6-1 Sacred Heart in the AHA Quarterfinal series last week. RIT lost game one, 9-4, before responding with a 10/26 * at Robert Morris L, 0-3 7-3 win in game two. In game three, Jake Hamacher scored to break a 1-1 tie with 2:21 remaining in 10/27 * at Robert Morris W, 2-1 (OT) regulation and added an empty netter with 20 seconds left to lift RIT to a 3-1 win to take the series. Alden 11/2 * at Mercyhurst L, 3-4 Dupuis led the way offensively with eight points on three goals and five assists and was plus-6. Hamacher 11/3 * at Mercyhurst T, 2-2 (OT) added six points on three goals and three assists and line-mate Shawn Cameron recorded four points. 11/9 * AIC W, 2-1 Logan Drackett stopped 67 shots in the two wins, including 31-of-32 in game three. It was the third time 11/10 * AIC W, 5-2 in program history that RIT lost game one in the quarterfinals, but rebounded to win games two and 11/13 * CANISIUS W, 2-0 three (2009 and 2012). 11/24 at #13 Northeastern L, 3-4 11/30 * AIR FORCE L, 1-3 Breakout Weekend for Alden Dupuis... Alden Dupuis recorded eight points on three goals and five 12/1 * AIR FORCE L, 0-3 assists and was plus-6 in RIT’s win over Sacred Heart in the best-of-three Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinal 12/7 * SACRED HEART L, 3-4 (OT) series. Wednesday, Dupuis scored two goals in a game one loss. On Thursday, Dupuis enjoyed the finest game of his collegiate career to date with four points on a goal and three assists and was plus-4 in a 7-3 12/8 * SACRED HEART L, 4-6 win. In game three Friday, Dupuis caused a turnover and sent a saucer pass to Jake Hamacher for the 12/15 * NIAGARA W, 8-4 game-winning goal with 2:19 remaining in regulation. He then assisted on Hamacher’s empty-netter to 1/4 * at Niagara T, 4-4 (OT) lift RIT to the 3-1 win. Dupuis has 22 points on 10 goals and 12 assists and is a team-best plus-16 this 1/5 * NIAGARA W, 2-1 season. He is also tied for the Division I lead with three shorthanded goals. Linemates Jake Hamacher and 1/11 * at AIC W, 6-3 Shawn Cameron combined for 10 points in the series as well. 1/12 * at AIC W, 3-2 1/18 * at Bentley T, 2-2 (OT) Last Time RIT Was a Five Seed... RIT was most recently the No. 5 seed in 2015-16 and won the league 1/19 * at Bentley L, 2-5 championship. 1/25 * ARMY WEST POINT W, 4-2 1/26 * ARMY WEST POINT W, 4-2 Nice to Get the Bye... RIT has now advanced to the league semifinals all eight times that they have 2/1 #16 ARIZONA STATE L, 1-6 received a first-round bye (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2015, 2016, 2019). 2/2 #16 ARIZONA STATE L, 2-4 2/8 * at Holy Cross W, 4-3 Active RIT Postseason Leaders... Erik Brown leads all active Tigers in postseason scoring with 11 points 2/9 * at Holy Cross L, 3-4 in 14 games. Alden Dupuis and Adam Brubacher are right behind with nine points each. Dupuis has 2/15 * at Sacred Heart W, 2-0 accomplished that in just six games, while Brubacher has appeared in nine contests. Goaltender Logan 2/16 * at Sacred Heart L, 3-4 (OT) Drackett has a 3.02 goals against average and an .891 save percentage in five games. RIT’s senior class was 2/22 * ROBERT MORRIS W, 5-3 part of the 2016 squad that won the AHA Championship. 2/23 * ROBERT MORRIS T, 2-2 (OT) All-League Selections... Senior Abbott Girduckis was named a Tale of the Tape 2/27 * at Niagara L, 2-4 2019 All-Atlantic Hockey Second Team selection, while 3/2 * CANISIUS L, 1-2 classmate Erik Brown and junior defenseman Adam Brubacher 2018-19 Overall Stats 3/13 % at Sacred Heart L, 4-9 were third team selections. Brown was also a first team RIT Stats Niagara 3/14 % at Sacred Heart W, 7-3 17-16-4 2017-18 Record 16-18-5 selection in 2018, while Brubacher was the 2017 AHA Rookie 3.05 Goals For 3.18 3/15 % at Sacred Heart (if nec.) W, 3-1 of the Year. 2.97 Goals Against 3.51 3/22 ! vs. Niagara 7:30 p.m. 28.9 Shots For 29.0 3/23 & AHA Championship 7:30 p.m. Brown Hits Several Milestones/Named One of 10 Finalists 30.0 Shots Against 33.2 for the 2018-19 Senior CLASS Award… Erik Brown, who 27 PPG 33 Home Games in BOLD set a Division I team single-season mark with 29 goals last 25 PPA 32 year, has 70 goals in his career (second most among all active 8 SHG 9 * - Denotes AHA Contests 7 SHA 6 ^ - Game Played at Blue Cross Arena Division I players) and became the 11th player in RIT’s 11.9 Penalty Mins. 10.5 % - Denotes AHA Quarterfinals Division I history to reach 100 points in his career at RIT. 19.3% Power-Play 22.4% ! - Denotes AHA Semifinal at Harborcenter Brown, who has a team-best 18 goals in 2018-19, has lit the 83.6% Penalty-Kill 78.7% & - Denotes AHA Championship at Harborcenter lamp 47 times over his last 73 contests. He is one of 10 52.5% Face-Offs Won 47.3% 2018-19 By the Numbers finalists for the 2018-19 Senior CLASS Award. To be All-Time Postseason Results eligible for the award, a student-athlete must be a senior RIT’s Division I Era Record 17-16-4 Home 8-7-1 and have notable achievements in four areas of excellence Away 8-9-3 – classroom, character, community and competition.