2017-18 RIT Men's Ice Hockey
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2017-18 RIT Men’s Ice Hockey RIT vs. Mercyhurst University Friday, February 23, 2018 (Gene Polisseni Center - 4,300 - Rochester, N.Y.) - 7:05 p.m. Saturday, February 24, 2018 (Gene Polisseni Center - 4,300 - Rochester, N.Y.) - 7:05 p.m. Radio: Sports Information - 51 Lomb Memorial Drive - Clark Gym A261 - Rochester, NY 14623 Both Friday and Saturday’s games can be heard on WITR 89.7 FM and Fox Sports 1280 AM, with Ed Phone: (585) 475-6154 or (585) 475-5598 - Fax: (585) 475-2617 - Website: www.ritathletics.com Trefzger on the call from the Gene Polisseni Center. 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/. Tigers Conclude Regular Season With Two Key Games Last 10 Meetings Between Television Versus Atlantic Hockey Leader Mercyhurst… The Tigers RIT and Mercyhurst All RIT home games are on The CW (Over The return home to play its final two games of the regular season, Air 13.2, Spectrum Channel 16, DirecTV Channel as Atlantic Hockey leader Mercyhurst University comes to the Date Place Score 14) this season. As always, Gene Battaglia and Gene Polisseni Center for a pair of games on Friday, Feb. 23 1/2/16 Polisseni Center W, 4-2 John DiTullio bring you all the action from the and Saturday, Feb. 24. Both games will get underway at 7:05 1/3/16 at Mercyhurst W, 7-3 Gene Polisseni Center. 2/26/16 Polisseni Center L, 3-4 p.m. Friday is Fan Appreciation Night, while Saturday is 2/27/16 ^ at Mercyhurst L, 2-3 Video/Streaming Television Senior Night. 3/11/16 ^ at Mercyhurst W, 2-1 All RIT home games will be streamed in crystal 3/12/16 at Mercyhurst W, 4-1 clear high definition on http://www.rit.edu/ Bunched Up League Standings as We Hit the Final sportszone/ and selected road contests will feature 11/23/16 at Mercyhurst W, 4-3 video streaming with audio by Stretch Internet on Weekend... The Atlantic Hockey playoff picture is still quite 2/25/17 at Mercyhurst W, 7-1 a subscription basis. For more information, go to muddled as the final weekend of the regular season arrives. 1/16/18 at Mercyhurst L, 3-6 https://portal.stretchinternet.com/atlantichockey/. Mercyhurst is the current AHA leader with 32 points and is 2/12/18 at Mercyhurst W, 6-5 (OT) the only team to have clinched a first round bye. RIT enters the final weekend tied for fourth with 27 points. RIT can ^ - Denotes 2016 AHA Quarterfinal finish as high as second and as low as ninth. The top five RIT leads the all-time series, 40-21-6 2017-2018 Schedule teams receive a first round bye into the Atlantic Hockey Tigers hold a 24-12-3 at the Division I level (14-16-2, 13-12-1 AHA) Quarterfinals, while teams 6-11 will play in the first round next weekend, March 2-4. As of right now, RIT is the No. 5 Date Opponent Time seed and would travel to No. 4 Air Force for the Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals from March 9-11. 10/7 BROCK (Exhibition) W, 3-1 10/14 ^ #14 NORTHEASTERN T, 3-3 (OT) Tiebreakers If Needed... RIT holds tiebreakers on Holy Cross, Army West Point, Robert Morris, American 10/20 UNION L, 1-6 International and Sacred Heart. The Tigers lose tiebreakers to Air Force, Niagara and Bentley. Currently, 10/21 RPI L, 3-8 Canisius and Mercyhurst hold tiebreakers on RIT, but both could change after this weekend. 10/27 * at Army West Point W, 5-4 Tiebreakers are as follows: 10/28 * at Army West Point W, 3-1 1. Winning percentage head-to-head 11/3 * AIC W, 5-3 11/4 * AIC L, 2-3 (OT) 2. Conference wins 11/10 * ROBERT MORRIS W, 5-3 3. Goal differential in head-to-head competitions 11/11 * ROBERT MORRIS W, 5-2 4. Goals allowed in head-to-head competitions 11/17 * at Air Force L, 3-4 5. Winning percentage head-to-head against teams starting with the #1 seed down to the #11 seed. 11/18 * at Air Force W, 3-2 6. Goal differential in games against teams starting with the #1 seed down to the #11 seed 11/25 ! at Connecticut L, 1-2 12/1 * HOLY CROSS L, 2-4 Thank You Seniors... The Tigers will honor seniors Matt Abt, Liam Kerins, Max Mikowski, Brady Norrish, 12/2 * HOLY CROSS W, 5-3 Chase Norrish and Myles Powell, along with student manager Ryan Stadtlander before Saturday’s contest. 12/8 at #9 Providence L, 3-8 The Class of 2018 has led RIT to back-to-back Atlantic Hockey Championships (2015 and 2016) and 12/9 at #9 Providence W, 4-0 consecutive trips to the NCAA Tournament. They were part of a group in 2015 that was the first No. 16 1/5 * at Niagara L, 3-4 seed to beat the No. 1 overall seed (Minnesota State) in the 1/6 * at Niagara T, 2-2 (OT) NCAA Tournanent. Heading into the weekend, the sextet has Tale of the Tape 1/12 * AIR FORCE L, 1-2 combine to play in nearly 700 career games with totals of 114 1/13 * AIR FORCE L, 0-4 goals and 207 assists for 321 points. They will look to be RIT’s Overall 1/16 * at Mercyhurst L, 3-6 first three-time Atlantic Hockey Postseason Champions. RIT Stats Mercyhurst 1/19 * CANISIUS L, 4-5 (OT) 14-16-2 2017-18 Record 17-11-4 1/20 * CANISIUS W, 2-0 3.12 Goals For 3.28 Last Time Out/Crazy Three Game Week... The Tigers were in 3.41 Goals Against 3.00 1/26 * at Holy Cross L, 0-4 action three times on the road last week, going 2-1. On 1/27 * at Holy Cross W, 3-2 29.6 Shots For 30.8 2/2 * BENTLEY L, 3-4 Monday, Alden Dupuis scored two goals, including the game 26.9 Shots Against 33.8 2/3 * BENTLEY L, 2-5 winner 1:50 into overtime, as RIT knocked off Mercyhurst, 6-5. 22 PPG 36 Erik Brown recorded his first hat-trick in the win. On Saturday, 28 PPA 22 2/9 * at Robert Morris W, 4-3 1 SHG 5 2/10 * at Robert Morris W, 6-2 Brown tied a Division I team record with four goals, while 1 SHA 6 2/12 * at Mercyhurst W, 6-5 (OT) Christian Short stopped all 18 shots he faced for his second 12.2 Penalty Mins. 12.6 2/17 *% at Sacred Heart W, 5-0 shutout in RIT’s 5-0 win over Sacred Heart. Sunday, Sacred 18.8% Power-Play 24.7% 2/18 *& at Sacred Heart L, 3-5 Heart broke a late third period tie to snap RIT’s four-game 81.3% Penalty-Kill 83.2% 2/23 * MERCYHURST 7:05 p.m. winning streak, 5-3. Mark Logan, Brown and Myles Powell 52.3% Face-Offs Won 46.7% 2/24 * MERCYHURST 7:05 p.m. scored for RIT. 3/2-4 AHC First Round (best of 3) TBA Conference Games Only 3/9-11 AHC Quarterfinals (best of 3) TBA RIT Stats Mercyhurst Brown Earns Atlantic Hockey and NCAA Weekly Honors/ 13-12-1 2017-18 Record 14-8-4 3/16 ^ vs. AHC Semifinal TBA What a Run He is On... Erik Brown enjoyed a week to 3.27 Goals For 3.15 3/17 ^ vs. AHC Championship TBA remember, scoring eight goals, while adding an assist in three 3.15 Goals Against 2.88 games last week en route to being named the NCAA’s First 30.6 Shots For 30.7 Home Games in BOLD Star of the Week and Atlantic Hockey Offensive Player of the 25.7 Shots Against 31.8 * - Denotes AHC Contests Week. Monday, Brown recorded his first collegiate hat-trick, 19 PPG 28 ^ - Game Played at Blue Cross Arena 20 PPA 19 scoring a goal in each of the first three periods in a 6-5 1 SHG 5 ! - Game Played at the XL Center overtime win over Mercyhurst. On Saturday, Brown tied Brad % - Game Played at Webster Bank Arena 1 SHA 5 & - Game Played at Yale University McGowan’s Division I team record by scoring four goals, 11.3 Penalty Mins. 13.9 including a natural hat-trick in the first 21 minutes as RIT 20.9% Power-Play 22.4% cruised to a 5-0 win over Sacred Heart. Sunday, Brown scored 81.3% Penalty-Kill 83.2% 52.2% Face-Offs Won 46.5% 2017-18 By the Numbers a goal and added an assist in a 5-3 loss RIT Hat-Tricks in the Division I Era Record 14-16-2 to the Pioneers. It is a Division I team Home 5-9-0 record for most goals over a three-game Date Player Opponent Score Away 9-7-1 stretch. The junior forward recorded 3/7/08 Matt Smith Holy Cross W, 5-4 (OT) Neutral 0-0-1 3/8/08 Matt Smith Holy Cross W, 5-4 (OT) Overtime 1-2-2 back-to-back hat-tricks for just the After 1st Period/2nd Period second time in RIT’s DI era and now 1/22/09 Matt Crowell at Canisius W, 5-2 When Leading 10-3-0/11-1-1 has 12 points in his last five games 10/30/09 Alan Mazur Connecticut W, 6-2 When Trailing 3-12-0/2-11-1 10/31/09 Dan Ringwald Connecticut W, 7-0 When Tied 1-1-2/1-4-0 (8-4-12).