2013-14 RIT Men's Ice Hockey
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2013-14 RIT Men’s Ice Hockey RIT vs. Niagara Friday, Jan. 24, 2014 (Dwyer Arena, Niagara University, N.Y. - 2,100) - 7:05 p.m. EST Saturday, Jan. 25, 2014 (Ritter Arena, Rochester, N.Y. - 2,100) - 7:05 p.m. EST Radio This Weekend’s games can be heard on WITR 89.7, Sports Information - 51 Lomb Memorial Drive - Clark Gym A261 - Rochester, NY 14623 with Ed Trefzger, Scott Biggar and Chris Lerch Phone: (585) 475-6154 or (585) 475-5598 - Fax: (585) 475-2617 - Website: www.ritathletics.com bringing you all the action from both Dwyer Arena and Ritter Arena. Fans can listen online at Joe Venniro: Executive Director - [email protected] – Stephen Jaynes: Director - [email protected] http://witr.rit.edu/ Television Rivalry Weekend... The Tigers look to extend its winning Last 10 Meetings Between Friday’s game will be aired by CBS Sports Network streak with a home-and-home series against Atlantic Hockey RIT and Niagara with Eric Frede, Jim Paradise and Ryan Cruthers Association rival Niagara University at 7:05 p.m. on Friday Date Place Score on the call from Dwyer Arena. All RIT home and Saturday. Friday’s game will be played at Niagara’s Dwyer 10/8/11 Ritter Arena T, 0-0 (OT) regular season games are on Time Warner Sports Arena and the two teams will return to RIT’s Ritter Arena for 2/24/12 at Niagara L, 1-4 channel 26. Gene Battaglia and John DiTullio Saturday’s contest. Canandaigua National Bank is Saturday’s bring you all the action from Ritter Arena. 2/25/12 Ritter Arena T, 2-2 (OT) game sponsor. The first 100 fans will receive a free seat 3/16/12 ! Blue Cross Arena W, 2-1 (OT) Video/Streaming Television cushion, courtesy of CNB. 12/12/12 at Niagara T, 2-2 (OT) All RIT home games and selected road contests 1/25/13 Ritter Arena T, 3-3 (OT) will feature video streaming with audio by Friday’s Game Nationally Televised on CBS Sports America One Network on a subscription basis. Network... Friday’s game will be aired nationally on CBS 1/26/13 at Niagara L, 4-6 For more information, please go to http:// Sports Network, with Eric Frede, Jim Paradise and Ryan 3/15/13 % at Niagara L, 2-3 www.americaonesports.com/upcoming_events. Cruthers on the call from Dwyer Arena. CBS Sports Network 3/16/13 % at Niagara L, 1-2 (OT) asp?q=v&value=atlantichockey. Both games this is channel 315 on Time Warner Digital Cable in the Rochester 12/14/13 ^at Frontier Field T, 2-2 (OT) weekend will be available online. area, 221 on DirecTV, and 152 on Dish Network. It is the fourth time that RIT will play a nationally televised game ! - AHA Semifinal 2013-2014 Schedule (8-11-3, 7-7-1 AHA) on CBS Sports Network. RIT played at Army on Jan. 7, 2011 % - AHA Quarterfinal and hosted Niagara on Feb. 25, 2011. The Tigers also played ^ - Outdoor Game Date Opponent Time on CBS Sports at Air Force on Feb. 3, 2012. They are 0-2-1 in games played on CBS Sports. Overall, RIT is 2-3-1 in nationally televised games in the DI era. 10/5 QUEEN’S (Exhibition) L, 1-2 10/10 COLGATE L, 1-4 Big Homestand Awaits... Starting with this Saturday’s game, RIT will play its next seven games at the friendly confines of Ritter Arena, all against AHA foes. The Tigers are 68-20-13 all-time in regular season 10/12 ! #11/10 MICHIGAN L, 4-7 play versus at home vs. AHA rivals and are 4-1-0 against league foes at Ritter Arena this season. 10/18 at Clarkson L, 1-4 10/19 at Clarkson T, 3-3 (OT) Night of Champions... On Saturday, RIT will honor members of the 1983 and 1985 NCAA Championship 10/25 at Penn State T, 3-3 (OT) teams, as well as the squad that made the 2010 Frozen Four as part of Ritter Arena’s “Night of Champions.” 11/1 * AIR FORCE L, 0-2 Niagara head coach Dave Burkholder was the goaltender on the 1983 NCAA Championship team. This is 11/8 * at Mercyhurst L, 2-3 RIT’s final season at famed Ritter Arena before moving into the 4,200-seat Gene Polisseni Center on campus in 2014-15. 11/9 * at Robert Morris W, 4-2 11/19 * at Canisius L, 2-5 Conference Play the Rest of the Way/If Playoffs Started Today... RIT plays its final 11 games of the regular 11/22 ST. LAWRENCE L, 3-5 season against AHA foes. The Tigers currently have 15 points in AHA play, tied for sixth place. Niagara is 11/23 ST. LAWRENCE W, 6-4 eighth in the league standings with 13 points. RIT would host Sacred Heart in a first round series. 11/29 * at Sacred Heart W, 5-2 11/30 * at Sacred Heart W, 4-0 Last Time Out/Tigers Extend Unbeaten Streak to 15 Games over Army... The Tigers recorded their first wins of the 2014 calendar year, sweeping Army last weekend by scores of 6-0 and 4-3. In Friday’s 6-0 win, 12/6 * AIC W, 3-2 Jordan Ruby made 35 saves for his first collegiate shutout, while Danny Smith and Brandon Thompson 12/7 * AIC W, 5-2 had three points apiece. On Saturday, Ben Lynch scored a pair of goals, while Ruby made 37 saves. Mike 12/14 %* NIAGARA T, 2-2 (OT) Colavecchia had three goals on the weekend, including both game-winning tallies. The Tigers now have a 1/3 * at Connecticut L, 1-2 15-game unbeaten streak (12-0-3) against Army dating back to Nov. 14, 2008, outscoring the Black Knights 1/4 * at Connecticut L, 2-6 59-28 over that stretch. 1/10 * at Bentley L, 2-8 Last Friday’s Milestone... Last Friday, Mike Colavecchia gave RIT a 2-0 lead over Army just 1:41 into the 1/11 * at Bentley L, 1-4 contest, marking the two fastest goals to start a game for RIT at the DI level. 1/17 * ARMY W, 6-0 1/18 * ARMY W, 4-3 Tigers Cracking the National Rankings... Mike Colavecchia is tied for sixth nationally with seven power- 1/24 * at Niagara 7:05 p.m. play goals, while Greg Noyes is tied for 10th among scoring by a defenseman with 17 points. Todd Skirving is 1/25 * NIAGARA 7:05 p.m. eighth among all rookies in points per game (0.89). RIT’s power-play is fourth nationally at 24.0 percent. 1/31 * HOLY CROSS 7:05 p.m. Schuler Given One-Game Ban by Atlantic Hockey... Dan Schuler was given a one-game suspension by 2/1 * HOLY CROSS 7:05 p.m. Atlantic Hockey commissioner Bob DeGregorio after his charging major against Army goaltender Rob 2/7 * ROBERT MORRIS 7:05 p.m. Tadazak last Friday. Schuler was not ejected from the game and was just given the major penalty. Tadazak 2/8 * ROBERT MORRIS 7:05 p.m. did not dress for Army on Saturday. Schuler will sit our Friday’s game at Niagara. It is the second time a 2/14 * MERCYHURST 7:05 p.m. Tiger has been suspended by the league this season. Brandon Thompson was given a one-game ban after 2/15 * MERCYHURST 7:05 p.m. his major penalty for hitting from behind against Robert Morris on Nov. 9. 2/21 * at Air Force 9:05 p.m. About Niagara... Niagara enters Saturday’s contest looking to snap a two-game losing streak after getting 2/22 * at Air Force 9:05 p.m. swept at home last weekend by Holy Cross. Issac Kohls leads the team in scoring with 17 points. Kohls, 2/28 * at Canisius 7:05 p.m. Hugo Turcotte, and Ryan Rashid have seven goals each to lead the squad. Niagara has been outscored by 3/1 * CANISIUS 7:05 p.m. its opponents, 75-57 this season. In net, Adrian Ignagni and Jackson Teichrob have split time. Ignagni is 3/7-9 AHA First Round (if nec.) 7:05 p.m. 2-6-2 with a 3.54 goals against average and .886 save percentage, while Teichrob is 3-8-1 with a 3.01 goals 3/14-16 AHA Quarterfinals 7:05 p.m. against average and .895 save percentage. 3/21 ! AHA Semifinal TBA All-Time Against Niagara/Earlier This Season... RIT is 3-12-9 all-time against Niagara, 1-10-7 in the 3/22 ! AHA Championship 7:05 p.m. Division I era. It has become one of the most competitive Division I rivalries, as eight of the last 11 meetings between the two schools have gone to overtime. On Dec. 14, the two teams skated to a 2-2 draw at Frontier Home Games in BOLD Field in downtown Rochester. It was the first outdoor game for both teams. * - Denotes AHA Contests Mike Colavecchia leads all Tigers in career scoring against Niagara, with nine points on three goals and six assists in 12 games. Ben Lynch has four goals and six assists in 13 games, while Adam Mitchell has four ! - Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, N.Y. goals and five points in 10 contests. In goal, Jordan Ruby is 0-3-0 with a 2.51 goals against average and .926 % - Frontier Field, Rochester, N.Y.