2017-18 Schedule 31St Meeting All-Time RIT Leads 22-6-2 10-16-4
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2017-18 Schedule Game 31 & 32: Feb. 17-18 - 7:05/3:05 p.m. - Webster Bank Arena /Ingalls Rink Date Opponent Location Time/Result 10/6 at No. 20/13 Northeastern Boston, Mass. L, 7-3 10/7 at No. 20/13 Northeastern Boston, Mass. L,7-0 10/14 UCONN Bridgeport, Conn. W, 3-1 10/19 at No. 5 Notre Dame South Bend, Ind. W, 6-4 10/20 at No. 5 Notre Dame South Bend, Ind. L, 3-1 VS 10/27 NIAGARA* Bridgeport, Conn. L, 3-2 10/28 NIAGARA* Bridgeport, Conn. L, 6-2 11/4 CANISIUS* Bridgeport, Conn. W, 6-2 10-16-4, 7-12-4 AHA 13-15-2, 12-11-1 AHA 11/5 CANISIUS* Bridgeport, Conn. L, 3-2 31st Meeting All-Time 11/10 at AIC* Springfield, Mass. L, 6-2 11/11 at AIC* Springfield, Mass. L, 4-1 RIT Leads 22-6-2 11/21 ARMY WEST POINT* Bridgeport, Conn. T, 5-5 OT 11/25 AIR FORCE* Bridgeport, Conn. T, 3-3 OT Last Meeting: January 5, 2017 - Sacred Heart 5-1 11/26 AIR FORCE* Bridgeport, Conn. L, 5-3 12/1 at Mercyhurst* Erie, Pa. L, 4-3 OT 12/2 at Mercyhurst* Erie, Pa. W, 5-3 Setting the Scene...The Sacred Heart men’s ice hockey team welcomes 12/9 YALE Bridgeport, Conn. L, 2-1 RIT its final home series of the 2017-18 regular season . The Pioneers 12/29 HOLY CROSS* Bridgeport, Conn. L, 4-1 12/30 at Holy Cross* Worcester, Mass. T, 5-5 OT host Senior Night on Saturday at Webster Bank before wrapping up the 1/6 ARMY WEST POINT*! Uniondale, N.Y. T, 3-3 OT 1/9 at Bentley* Waltham, Mass. W, 4-1 series at Ingalls Rink on Sunday. 1/12 HOLY CROSS* Bridgeport, Conn. L, 3-1 1/13 at Holy Cross* Worcester, Mass.. L, 4-2 1/16 at Bentley* Waltham, Mass. W, 4-2 Last Time Out... SHU recorded it's third straight win with the 2-1 over- 1/19 at Air Force* Colorado Springs, Colo. W, 2-1 2/3 ROBERT MORRIS* Bridgeport, Conn. L, 4-1 time win over Air Force on Tuesday. Marc Johnstone opened the scoring 2/4 ROBERT MORRIS* Bridgeport, Conn. L, 3-1 in the first with his third straight power play goal. The Falcons tied things 2/9 at Niagara* Niagara University, N.Y. W, 7-1 2/10 at Niagara* Niagara University, N.Y. W, 5-3 up at 5:59 in the third as Marshall Bowery buried the open look. The 2/13 vs. Air Force* Hamden, Conn. W, 2-1 OT 2/17 RIT* Bridgeport, Conn. 7:05 P.M. Pioneers finally got the puck moving just over the halfway point in over- 2/18 RIT* New Haven, Conn. 3:05 P.M. time as Stephen Hladin sent the pass into the slot. The puck deflected off 2/23 at Army West Point* West Point, N.Y. 7:05 P.M. 2/24 at Army West Point* West Point, N.Y. 7:05 P.M. of Jordan Kaplan's stick for the wide open Matt Tugnutt to fire home the * - Atlantic Hockey game ! - Nassau Coliseum open net. Brett Magnus recorded 23 stops in the win. $- make up from 1/20 postponed game - at Quinnipiac Last Meeting... The Pioneers pulled away with the 5-1 series finale win %- Atlantic Hockey Tournament First Round #- If necessary over the Tigers on January 5, 2017. After RIT scored in the first period. SHU netted five consecutive goals to secure the win. Erlich Doerksen led General Information Location: Fairfield, Connecticut, 06825 the Pioneers with two goals while Mitch Nylen led in assists with two. Founded: 1963 Enrollment: 3,700 undergraduates Brett Magnus turned away 32 shots in goal for SHU. President: Dr. John J. Petillo Athletics Director: Bobby Valentine Affiliation: NCAA Division I All-Time Series... The Tigers own the all-time series over SHU at 22-6-2. Colors: Red & White RIT leads the last 10 meetings with an 8-2 mark, with the Pioneers earn- Nickname: Pioneers ing the win in the last meeting. Team Information Affiliation: NCAA Division I Conference: Atlantic Hockey Association Scouting The Tigers... Like the Pioneers, RIT enters the weekend having 2017-18 Record: 10-16-4 Lettermen Returning/Lost: 16/11 won its last three games in the span of five days. The Tigers sit fifth in Home Rink: Webster Bank Arena (7,653) Atlantic Hockey at 12-11-1 in league play. Erik Brown leads the team's Coaching Staff scoring with 30 points on 20 goals and 10 assists. Myles Powell is the Head Coach: C.J. Marottolo (9th Season) Career Record: 96-194-36 main RIT distributor with 19 assists. Gabe Valenzuela is the reigning At- Associate Head Coach: Joel Beal (5th Season) Assistant Coaches: Scott McDougall (8th Season) lantic Hockey Player of the Week after scoring three goals in the weekend Volunteer Assistant: Craig Height (4th Season) sweep over RIT. Christian Short has made the start in goal the last three Athletic Communications games recording 71 saves in three league wins. Senior Associate AD/External Affairs: Chris O’Connor Graduate Assistant/Hockey Contact: Brian Duane Office: 203-365-4464 Cell: 914-714-1531 E-mail: [email protected] Assistant Director: Mike Haase Assistant:Alex Bousquet 2017-18 ATLANTIC HOCKEY STANDINGS Senior Saturday... Prior to Saturday night's contest SHU will honor its two TEAM PTS AHC OVERALL seniors Kory Kennedy and Nathan Perry. Kennedy has appeared in 101 Canisius 30 15-9-0 15-13-2 career games in his four seasons with the Pioneers, recording 44 points on 18 Mercyhurst 28 12-7-4 15-10-4 Holy Cross 28 11-9-6 12-13-7 goals and 26 assists. Perry has played 26 games between the pipes for SHU Robert Morris 26 12-10-2 13-15-2 during his four seasons, making 576 saves and a 3.21 goals against average. RIT 25 12-11-1 13-15-2 Army West Point 24 9-9-6 11-12-6 Rolling Pioneers... The Pioneers enter the weekend riding a three-game win Air Force 23 10-11-3 15-13-4 Niagara 23 10-13-3 11-18-3 streak . It is the longest streak since SHU went on a four-game tear from Feb. AIC 22 9-12-4 10-16-4 20-March 7, 2015. The Pios have outscored their opponents 14-5 in the last Bentley 21 8-12-5 11-14-6 three games, picking up six points in the Atlantic Hockey postseason race. Sacred Heart 20 8-12-4 10-16-4 Liam Clare, Marc Johnstone, Kory Kennedy and Matt Tugnutt lead the Pio- neers with four points each in the last three games. Upcoming Games Strong Special Teams... SHU has excelled on special teams during it's recent three-game winning streak. The Pioneers power play unit has registered a Friday, February 16 27.8 conversion percentage, going 5-for-18 on the man advantage. On the other end, SHU is 16-for-18 on the penalty kill in the last three games. Army West Point at Bentley - 7:05 p.m. Mercyhurst at Robert Morris - 7:05 p.m. Clare And Magnus Garner Atlantic Hockey Weekly Honors.... Co-captain Canisius at Air Force - 9:05 p.m. Liam Clare was named Atlantic Hockey defensive player of the week for the second time this season. Brett Magnus recorded his third Atlantic Hockey Saturday, February 17 Goalie of The Week honor as SHU earned the weekend sweep over Niagara. Holy Cross at AIC - 2:05 p.m. Clare led the team with four assists and a plus-five rating while Magnus RIT at Sacred Heart - 7:05 p.m. stopped 51saves with a .927 save percentage. Army West Point at Bentley - 7:05 p.m. Mercyhurst at Robert Morris - 7:05 p.m. Bavaro Breakout... Vito Bavaro has had a breakout sophomore campaign, Canisius at Air Force - 7:05 p.m. recording double digit goals (14) and assists (12) to lead the team with 26 points. His .90 points per game average ranks 16th among the leagues top Sunday, February 18 scorers. Bavaro has doubled his goal total from a season ago with his 14th two weeks ago against RMU and recorded his fifth multi-point game of the RIT at Sacred Heart - 3:05 p.m. season with a pair of assists to secure the series sweep over Niagara this past 2017-18 Atlantic Hockey Preseason Poll Saturday. 1. Air Force (8) - 97 points Four Pioneers Among Atlantic Hockey Rookie Leaders... The freshmen 2. Robert Morris (2) - 87 points group of Alex Bates, Marc Johnstone, Jordan Kaplan and Matt Tugnutt rank 3. Army West Point - 76 points in the top 10 in Atlantic Hockey freshman scoring. Johnstone ranks first with 4. RIT - 70 points 25 points and 0.83 points per game average. Tugnutt sits third with 22 points, 5. Canisius (1) - 65 points and Kaplan ranks sixth with 14 points. Bates is third among rookie defense- 6. Holy Cross - 58 points men with 13, tied for seventh overall. 7. Mercyhurst - 52 points Underclassmen Pacing the Offense... The SHU offense has had contribu- 8. Bentley - 38 points tions from 15 underclassmen so far this season. The Pioneers top-nine scor- 9. AIC - 27 points ers are either freshmen or sophomores. The sophomore class leads the team 10. Sacred Heart - 20 points with 100 points on 43 goals & 57 assists.