2016-17 RIT Men's Ice Hockey
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2016-17 RIT Men’s Ice Hockey RIT vs. No. 19 Air Force Academy Friday. February 17, 2016 (Gene Polisseni Center - 4,300 - Rochester, N.Y.) - 7:05 p.m. EST Saturday. February 18, 2016 (Gene Polisseni Center - 4,300 - Rochester, N.Y.) - 7:05 p.m. EST Radio Sports Information - 51 Lomb Memorial Drive - Clark Gym A261 - Rochester, NY 14623 Friday and Saturday’s games can be heard on WITR 89.7 FM, with Scott Biggar and Ed Trefzger Phone: (585) 475-6154 or (585) 475-5598 - Fax: (585) 475-2617 - Website: www.ritathletics.com on the call from the Gene Polisseni Center. Fans Joe Venniro: Executive Director - [email protected] – Stephen Jaynes: Director - [email protected] can listen online at http://witr.rit.edu/. Television Thank You President Destler... RIT President Bill Last 10 Meetings Between All RIT home games are on Time Warner Sports Destler is set to retire in June. Since Destler arrived at RIT and Air Force channel 26 or 98 this season. As always, Gene the University in 2007, RIT athletics has enjoyed Battaglia and John DiTullio bring you all the unprecedented success. Men’s hockey earned a berth in Date Place Score action from the Gene Polisseni Center. the 2010 NCAA Frozen Four, three Atlantic Hockey 2/22/14 at Air Force W, 3-2 Championships, and three trips to the NCAA Division I 10/24/14 at Air Force W, 5-1 Video/Streaming Television Tournament. RIT’s women’s hockey program won the 10/25/14 at Air Force L, 3-4 (OT) All RIT home games and selected road contests 3/13/15 Polisseni Center W, 2-1 2012 NCAA Division III Championship and moved to 3/14/15 Polisseni Center W, 7-3 will feature video streaming with audio by NCAA Division I, winning two College Hockey Stretch Internet on a subscription basis. For more 2/5/16 at Air Force T, 2-2 (OT) America titles. In 2011, Destler provided the leadership 2/6/16 at Air Force L, 0-4 information, go to https://portal.stretchinternet. in RIT’s move to the highly respected Liberty League, com/atlantichockey/. 3/18/16 ! Blue Cross Arena W, 2-1 (OT) where its Division III programs have enjoyed great 11/11/16 at Air Force L, 3-4 success. Men’s lacrosse has won five straight league titles 11/12/16 at Air Force L, 3-4 and made seven straight NCAA Tournament 2016-2017 Schedule appearances. Women’s soccer, men’s basketball, women’s ! - Denotes 2016 AHC Semifinal (12-18-1, 12-13-0 AHC) cross country, and volleyball have also appeared in the NCAA Tournament. In Fall 2016, RIT’s 675 student- Air Force leads the all-time series, 25-20-4 athletes combined to record a tremendous 3.31 grade- Date Opponent Time point average in the classroom, highest in program history. 10/1 BROCK (Exhibition) W, 3-0 10/7 * ROBERT MORRIS W, 6-3 Tigers to Honor Senior Class Saturday… RIT will honor seniors Caleb Cameron, Michael 10/8 * ROBERT MORRIS L, 5-6 Holland, Garrett McMullen, Alex Perron-Fontaine, Mike Rotolo, Todd Skirving, and Danny 10/15 ^ UCONN T, 1-1 (OT) Smith prior to Saturday’s regular season home finale. This group has led RIT to the 2015 and 10/21 at Union L, 2-5 2016 Atlantic Hockey Championships and two NCAA Division I Tournament appearances. 10/22 at RPI L, 3-6 Heading into the weekend, the six skaters have combined for 75 goals, 121 assists, and 196 10/28 * at Bentley W, 4-1 points in 669 games played. Rotolo is RIT’s all-time leader at the Division I level in games 10/29 * at Bentley W, 6-3 played (85), minutes played (5,145), and saves (2,219) by a goaltender. 11/4 * at Canisius L, 0-1 11/5 * CANISIUS L, 1-2 Playoff Push… RIT enters the second to last weekend of regular season play tied for sixth in 11/11 * at Air Force L, 3-4 the league standings with 24 points, while Air Force is second in Atlantic Hockey with 35 11/12 * at Air Force L, 3-4 points. RIT can finish as high as third or as low as ninth. Air Force has clinched a top-four seed. 11/18 * ARMY W, 6-2 11/19 * ARMY W, 2-1 (OT) Last Time Out… Last weekend, RIT earned a home split against league foe Holy Cross, losing 11/23 * at Mercyhurst W, 4-3 4-0 on Friday, while winning 2-1 in overtime on Saturday. Adam Brubacher scored the 12/2 * at Niagara W, 7-1 overtime winner on Saturday, while Erik Brown also scored and Liam Kerins added two assists. 12/3 * at Niagara W, 6-2 Mike Rotolo made 27 saves in the victory. 12/9 PROVIDENCE L, 1-5 Tale of the Tape 12/10 PROVIDENCE L, 1-3 Brubacher the Overtime Hero ... Adam Brubacher’s overtime winner on Saturday against Holy Cross was his Overall 12/30 ! at Bowling Green L, 0-3 third game-winning goal of the season. He leads all 1/6 * SACRED HEART W, 3-1 RIT Stats Air Force Atlantic Hockey rookies with 19 points in league play this 12-18-1 2016-17 Record 19-8-5 1/7 * SACRED HEART L, 1-5 season and is second among all defensemen in points. 2.81 Goals For 3.22 1/13 * at AIC W, 5-0 3.03 Goals Against 2.41 1/14 * at AIC L, 3-5 Brown Enjoying Breakout Season/Recorded NCAA 34.0 Shots For 29.6 1/20 * CANISIUS L, 1-3 26.7 Shots Against 27.7 Top Play of Week for Second Time... Erik Brown has 26 PPG 27 1/21 * at Canisius L, 1-6 already reached career-highs in goals (15) and points 33 PPA 16 1/27 * BENTLEY L, 2-3 (25), as both totals lead RIT. He has three two-goal 2 SHG 6 1/28 * BENTLEY L, 3-6 games this season, including a two goal, two assist effort 4 SHA 4 2/3 * at Robert Morris W, 4-1 at Bentley on Oct. 29. Remarkably, 10 of his 15 goals 15.4 Penalty Mins. 9.4 20.2% Power-Play 18.5% 2/4 * at Robert Morris L, 1-3 have come on the road. Last Saturday, Brown’s first 76.9% Penalty-Kill 88.6% 2/10 * HOLY CROSS L, 0-4 period goal in the 2-1 overtime win over Holy Cross 53.4% Face-Offs Won 54.5% 2/11 * HOLY CROSS W, 2-1 (OT) was the NCAA’s Top Play of the Week. http://www.ncaa. 2/17 * #19 AIR FORCE 7:05 p.m. com/video/icehockey-men/2017-02-14/di-hockey-top- Conference Games Only 2/18 * #19 AIR FORCE 7:05 p.m. five-plays-harvard-brown-omaha-saint-cloud-state. RIT Stats Air Force 12-13-0 Record 16-5-3 2/25 * at Mercyhurst 7:05 p.m. 3.16 Goals For 3.21 3/3-5 AHC First Round Series TBA About Air Force… Air Force comes into the weekend 2.84 Goals Against 2.04 3/10-12 AHC Quarterfinal Series TBA series ranked 20th in the USCHO.com Division I 35.3 Shots For 30.5 3/17 AHC Semifinal TBA national poll. The Falcons enter the weekend riding a 25.7 Shots Against 24.6 six-game unbeaten streak (5-0-1) and are 12-2-2 over 26 PPG 19 3/18 AHC Championship TBA their last 16 games. Last weekend, Air Force earned 25 PPA 11 three points on home ice vs. AIC, winning 5-0 on 2 SHG 4 Home Games in BOLD Friday while earning a 3-3 tie. Jordan Himley leads Air 3 SHA 4 * - Denotes AHC Contests 15.6 Penalty Mins. 12.1 Force in scoring with 15 goals and 27 points, while Evan 23.9% Power-Play 18.1% ^ - Game Played at Blue Cross Arena Giesler has a team-high 17 assists. Five players have at 78.6% Penalty-Kill 88.8% ! - Game Played at Huntington Center least 20 points. Shane Starrett has played 27 games in 53.7% Face-Offs Won 55.8% 2016-17 By the Numbers net for Air Force, with an 18-4-4 record, 2.14 goals against average and a .922 save percentage. Record 12-18-1 Home 5-9-0 All-Time Series/Earlier This Season… This weekend marks the third and fourth meetings Away 7-9-0 between the two schools this season. Air Force holds a 25-20-4 edge in the all-time series, Neutral 0-0-1 Overtime 2-0-1 including a 23-17-4 mark since RIT moved to Division I in 2005. Air Force won both After 1st Period/2nd Period previous meetings earlier in the season at Cadet Ice Arena in Colorado Springs, by identical When Leading 10-2-0/7-0-0 4-3 scores on Nov. 11-12, 2016. In the first game at Air Force, RIT rallied from a 3-0 deficit to When Trailing 1-10-0/1-13-0 When Tied 2-5-1/4-5-1 tie the game, but the Falcons scored with 1:13 left in regulation. The next afternoon, RIT When Scoring/Allowing rallied from 3-1 down to tie the game at 3-3, but Air Force would score in the final seconds of < 3 Goals 2-12-1/9-2-1 the second period and hang on.