2016-17 RIT Men's Ice Hockey
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2016-17 RIT Men’s Ice Hockey RIT vs. Sacred Heart University Friday. January 6, 2016 (Gene Polisseni Center - 4,300 - Rochester, N.Y.) - 7:05 p.m. EST Saturday. January 7, 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 former RIT Phone: (585) 475-6154 or (585) 475-5598 - Fax: (585) 475-2617 - Website: www.ritathletics.com men’s hockey standout David Bagley on the call Joe Venniro: Executive Director - [email protected] – Stephen Jaynes: Director - [email protected] from the Gene Polisseni Center. Fans can listen online at http://witr.rit.edu/ RIT Returns Home to Kick off 2017 and Last 10 Meetings Between Television RIT and Sacred Heart All RIT home games are on Time Warner Sports Intersession... RIT returns home to begin its second channel 26 or 98 this season. As always, Gene half push this weekend to kick off the 2017 calendar Battaglia and John DiTullio bring you all the year, as Atlantic Hockey foe Sacred Heart comes to the Date Place Score action from the Gene Polisseni Center. 12/7/12 Ritter Arena W, 5-3 Gene Polisseni Center for a pair of games. 12/8/12 Ritter Arena W, 5-2 Video/Streaming Television 11/29/13 at Sacred Heart W, 5-2 All RIT home games and selected road contests The Final Push Begins Now With Conference Play/ 11/30/13 at Sacred Heart W, 4-0 will feature video streaming with audio by Bunched up Standings... RIT plays its final 15 regular 11/21/14 Polisseni Center W, 5-1 Stretch Internet on a subscription basis. For more season games against Atlantic Hockey opponents. RIT 11/22/14 Polisseni Center L, 1-2 information, go to https://portal.stretchinternet. com/atlantichockey/. enters the weekend tied for third in the Atlantic Hockey 1/16/15 at Sacred Heart W, 4-1 standings with 16 points. Just three points separates first 1/17/15 at Sacred Heart W, 3-1 and sixth place. 1/22/16 at Sacred Heart W, 3-1 1/24/16 at Sacred Heart W, 5-3 RIT Looks to Duplicate Last January’s Success... The RIT leads the all-time series, 21-5-2 2016-2017 Schedule (8-10-1, 8-5-0 AHC) Tigers began their 2015-16 season turnaround last January, going 7-1-2 in that month. Overall, RIT is Date Opponent Time 12-5-4 in January over the last two seasons. RIT was a perfect 8-0-0 in January during the 10/1 BROCK (Exhibition) W, 3-0 2008-09 season. RIT is 52-25-11 in January since the 2006-07. 10/7 * ROBERT MORRIS W, 6-3 10/8 * ROBERT MORRIS L, 5-6 Second Half Success… RIT has traditionally found its stride in the second half of the season, 10/15 ^ UCONN T, 1-1 (OT) starting Jan. 1, with an impressive 122-67-23 mark after that date since the 2006-07 season. The 10/21 at Union L, 2-5 Tigers went 13-6-4 after Jan. 1 in 2015-16 and 15-6-2 in 2014-15. 10/22 at RPI L, 3-6 10/28 * at Bentley W, 4-1 Two-Time Defending Atlantic Hockey Champs look to return to NCAA Tournament... The 10/29 * at Bentley W, 6-3 2016-17 RIT Tigers are the two-time defending Atlantic Hockey Conference champions, 11/4 * at Canisius L, 0-1 looking for the league’s second three-peat (Air Force, 2007-2009). 11/5 * CANISIUS L, 1-2 11/11 * at Air Force L, 3-4 Tigers Look to Get Back in Win Column... RIT enters the weekend having lost three straight 11/12 * at Air Force L, 3-4 contests, having scored just two goals in those games. RIT had won its previous five games 11/18 * ARMY W, 6-2 before that, having scored 25 goals over that span. 11/19 * ARMY W, 2-1 (OT) 11/23 * at Mercyhurst W, 4-3 2016 Calendar Year Comes to a Close... For the second straight year, the Tigers claimed an 12/2 * at Niagara W, 7-1 Atlantic Hockey Championship and appeared in the NCAA Tournament in the 2016 calendar 12/3 * at Niagara W, 6-2 year. Overall, RIT went 21-16-5 during the calendar year. Myles Powell leads all RIT players 12/9 PROVIDENCE L, 1-5 with 38 points on 19 goals and 19 assists in 42 games in 12/10 PROVIDENCE L, 1-3 2016. Gabe Valenzuela was right behind with 14 goals Tale of the Tape 12/30 ! at Bowling Green L, 0-3 and 20 assists for 34 points in 39 games, while Liam 1/6 * SACRED HEART 7:05 p.m. Kerins had 18 goals and 13 assists. Mike Rotolo went Overall 1/7 * SACRED HEART 7:05 p.m. RIT Stats Sacred Heart 14-11-1 in goal this calendar year. 8-10-1 2016-17 Record 6-12-2 1/13 * at AIC 7:05 p.m. 3.21 Goals For 2.20 1/14 * at AIC 2:05 p.m. Last Time Out… RIT fell to Bowling Green, 3-0 last 2.95 Goals Against 3.35 1/20 * CANISIUS 7:05 p.m. Friday, Dec. 30 at the Huntington Center in Toledo, 34.3 Shots For 29.0 1/21 * at Canisius 7:05 p.m. 25.9 Shots Against 29.1 Ohio. Bowling Green scored two goals in the opening 19 PPG 16 1/27 * BENTLEY 7:05 p.m. period en route to handing RIT its third straight loss. 19 PPA 17 1/28 * BENTLEY 7:05 p.m. Mike Rotolo made 21 saves, as the Tigers were out-shot, 2 SHG 4 2/3 * at Robert Morris 7:05 p.m. 24-17. The 17 shots on goal were a season-low for RIT. 2 SHA 5 2/4 * at Robert Morris 7:05 p.m. 16.8 Penalty Mins. 18.1 Bowling was 1-for-4 with the man-advantage, while 22.4% Power-Play 14.2% 2/10 * HOLY CROSS 7:05 p.m. RIT was 0-for-2. 80.4% Penalty-Kill 86.3% 2/11 * HOLY CROSS 7:05 p.m. 53.2% Face-Offs Won 48.1% 2/17 * AIR FORCE 7:05 p.m. Balanced Scoring is Key… Ten players have at least 10 Conference Games Only 2/18 * AIR FORCE 7:05 p.m. points for RIT this season. All 10 players have between 2/25 * at Mercyhurst 7:05 p.m. RIT Stats Sacred Heart 10 and 16 points, which includes seven forwards and 8-5-0 Record 4-10-0 3/3-5 AHC First Round Series TBA three defensemen. 4.08 Goals For 2.21 3/10-12 AHC Quarterfinal Series TBA 2.54 Goals Against 3.36 3/17 AHC Semifinal TBA Defense Chipping in Offensively...RIT defensive unit 37.0 Shots For 29.2 3/18 AHC Championship TBA 23.7 Shots Against 26.8 that is tied for 10th nationally in scoring with 51 points. 19 PPG 12 Brady Norrish, Adam Brubacher, and Chase Norrish 11 PPA 10 Home Games in BOLD have combined for 39 points. Brady Norrish has 15 2 SHG 3 * - Denotes AHC Contests assists, while Brubacher has four goals and 12 points, 1 SHA 3 ^ - Game Played at Blue Cross Arena 17.8 Penalty Mins. 17.3 and Chase Norrish has six goals and 12 points. Last 29.2% Power-Play 15.8% ! - Game Played at Huntington Center season, RIT’s defense was also among the national 84.5% Penalty-Kill 86.7% leaders in scoring. 53.5% Face-Offs Won 51.9% 2016-17 By the Numbers Western Teams Traditionally Holds Big Advantage over the Eastern Schools in League Record 8-10-1 Play... Since the league expanded to 12 teams in 2011-12 and back down to 11 teams in Home 3-4-0 2014-15, the six Western schools (Air Force, Canisius, Mercyhurst, Niagara, Robert Morris and Away 5-6-0 Neutral 0-0-1 RIT) have feasted on the eastern schools (AIC, Army, Bentley, Holy Cross, and Sacred Heart). Overtime 1-0-1 RIT played 14 games against the East in 2015-16, with a 8-3-3 mark. Overall, the Western After 1st Period/2nd Period When Leading 6-1-0/5-0-0 teams held a 43-27-10 edge over the East last year, as four of the top five seeds in the 2016 When Trailing 1-7-0/1-8-0 AHC Tournament were Western schools. RIT is currently 4-0-0 against the East in 2016-17. When Tied 1-2-1/2-2-1 The West holds a slight 22-15-5 edge over the East early on in 2016-17. There are three East/ When Scoring/Allowing < 3 Goals 1-6-1/5-2-1 West series’ this weekend (Sacred Heart at RIT, Niagara at Holy Cross, and American Interna- 3 Goals 0-3-0/1-2-0 tional at Robert Morris). 4 Goals 2-0-0/1-2-0 5+ Goals 5-1-0/0-4-0 Back to Back Gm 1/2 4-4-0/3-5-0 About Sacred Heart… Sacred Heart enters the weekend with a 6-12-2 overall record and is After Win/Loss 5-3-0/2-6-1 After Tie 0-1-0 4-10-0 in league play, tenth in the conference standings, Last weekend, the Pioneers dropped a Scoring/Allowing PPG 7-3-0/4-7-0 pair of home games to Air Force, losing by scores of 3-2 and 3-1.