ROBERT MORRIS MEN’S HOCKEY Robert Morris University (8-13-1, 7-8-1 Atlantic Hockey) at Canisius College (8-11-2, 5-9-1 AHA) Game #23 // HarborCenter // Buffalo, N.Y. // Friday, Jan. 18, 2019, 7:35 p.m. Head Coach | Derek Schooley Associate Head Coach | Kody Van Rentergem Assistant Coach | Michael Gershon Hockey Ops | Luke Regner SCHEDULE KNOW BOBBY MO OPPOSITION RESEARCH DATE OPPONENT TIME/RESULT HEADLINE NEWS HEADLINE NEWS Oct. 7 (Sun.) BROCK (Exh.) W 4-2 After dropping a pair to Bentley on Neville Canisius and RMU will meet for the only time ------------------------------------------------------------------ Island, RMU is looking for its first win since Dec. this regular season. The Golden Griffins have Oct. 12 (Fri.) #20 BOWLING GREEN W 3-2 Oct. 14 (Sun.) @ #20 Bowling Green L 0-6 30, a 3-1 victory at American International in experienced a mixed bag since the holiday Oct. 19 (Fri.) ARMY WEST POINT* T 2-2 Springfield, Massachusetts. While Pittsburgh ice break, sweeping No. 14 North Dakota in a two- Oct. 20 (Sat.) ARMY WEST POINT* L 2-5 hasn’t been kind lately, the Colonials have won game set and tying No. 13 Union on the road, Oct. 26 (Fri.) R.I.T.* W 3-0 three of their past five on the road, including but they were just swept by Mercyhurst in a Oct. 27 (Sat.) R.I.T.* L 1-2 (O) Nov. 2 (Fri.) NIAGARA* W 3-1 triumphs at Sacred Heart and Mercyhurst. home-and-home last weekend. Nov. 3 (Sat.) NIAGARA* L 2-4 Nov. 9 (Fri.) @ #8 Penn State L 2-7 LAST TIME OUT LAST TIME OUT Nov. 10 (Sat.) #8 PENN STATE L 6-11 The Colonials suffered their first AHA sweep, Canisius sits in 10th place in Atlantic Hockey, but Nov. 23 (Fri.) MERCYHURST* W 3-1 Nov. 24 (Sat.) Mercyhurst* W 7-1 falling to Bentley 5-1 Saturday. Sophomore due to the bunched nature of the standings, the Nov. 30 (Fri.) @ Sacred Heart* L 1-2 defenseman Nick Jenny scored a goal for the Griffs are just six points out of fifth. That won’t Dec. 1 (Sat.) @ Sacred Heart* W 2-1 (O) second consecutive game, but RMU allowed five take the sting out of last weekend’s two losses Dec. 7 (Fri.) HOLY CROSS* W 2-0 goals for the fourth straight outing. Freshman to Mercyhurst, especially Saturday’s defeat, Dec. 8 (Sat.) HOLY CROSS* L 0-2 Dec. 29 (Sat.) @ American Int’l* L 3-4 Nick Lalonde earned an assist; his four-game when Canisius scored the first two goals before Dec. 30 (Sun.) @ American Int’l* W 3-1 point streak is RMU’s second-longest of the falling 6-2. Senior forward and leading scorer Jan. 4 (Fri.) Brown ^ L 4-7 season behind Alex Tonge’s six-game run. Dylan McLaughlin stayed on track, though, Jan. 5 (Sat.) #1 St. Cloud State $ L 2-5 scoring a goal in each game. Jan. 11 (Fri.) BENTLEY* L 2-5 Jan. 12 (Sat.) BENTLEY* L 1-5 HISTORY LESSON Jan. 18 (Fri.) @ Canisius* 7:35 RMU has played a two-game set at Canisius HISTORY LESSON Jan. 19 (Sat.) @ Canisius* 4:35 in each of the past three seasons, going 2-3-1 Canisius was an original founding member of Jan. 25 (Fri.) @ Air Force* 9:05 in Buffalo over that stretch. In the program’s Atlantic Hockey in 2003, but didn’t collect a Jan. 26 (Sat.) @ Air Force* 7:05 Feb. 1 (Fri.) SACRED HEART* 7:05 most recent trip to HarborCenter, senior winger league title until 2013, when the Griffs claimed Feb. 2 (Sat.) SACRED HEART* 4:05 Michael Louria scored a goal in each game as the the AHA tournament for the first and only time Feb. 15 (Fri.) @ Holy Cross* 7:05 Colonials split a pair. All-time, the Colonials have a to date. Canisius also won the AHA regular- Feb. 16 (Sat.) @ Holy Cross* 5:05 17-9-3 mark against the Golden Griffins, including season crown in 2016-17, then followed that up Feb. 22 (Sat.) @ R.I.T.* 7:05 Feb. 23 (Sun.) @ R.I.T* 7:05 2-0 in the AHA playoffs. Of note, RMU downed with a second-place finish last season. March 1 (Fri.) @ Mercyhurst* 7:05 Canisius for the 2014 playoff championship. March 2 (Sat.) MERCYHURST* 7:05 AT A GLANCE March 8-10 AHA First Round TBD AT A GLANCE Head Coach: Trevor Large (Second season) March 15-17 AHA Second Round TBD Head Coach: Derek Schooley (15th season) Captains: Ian Edmondson, Cameron Heath, March 22 AHA Semifinal TBD Captains: Brandon Watt, Alex Tonge, Luke Lynch Jimmy Mazza, Dylan McLaughlin March 23 AHA Championship TBD Point Leaders: Tonge 19, Lynch 17, Eric Israel 14, Point Leaders: McLaughlin 25, Grant Meyer/Nick Mike Louria/Nick Lalonde 11 Hutchison 17, Mazza 15, Austin Alger/Heath 14 * Atlantic Hockey Association (AHA) game ^ Three Rivers Classic at Lemieux Sports Complex Goal Leaders: Tonge 9, Lynch 6, Grant Hebert/ Goal Leaders: McLaughlin 13, Hutchison 9, Alger $ Three Rivers Classic at PPG Paints Arena Prkusic 5, Justin Addamo/Lalonde 4 8, Meyer/Matt Hoover 5 Goaltending: Francis Marotte (22 GP/GS, 8-12-1, Goaltending: Blake Weyrick (13 GP/GS, 4-6-2, .902, Home games bold and ALL CAPS .901 SV%, 3.11 GAA, 2 SHO) 3.15, 1 SHO), Matt Ladd (3 GP/GS, 1-2-0, .897, 3.93) All times Eastern and p.m. (O) indicates overtime game 2017-18 Record: 18-20-3, 14-14-3 AHA (Seventh 2017-18 Record: 19-17-2, 17-11-0 AHA (Second of 11 teams; lost in AHA final to Air Force) of 11 teams; lost in AHA semifinanl to Air Force) ROBERT MORRIS DIVISION I RANKINGS CANISIUS 2.45 (48) GOALS PER GAME 3.00 (T-21) 3.36 (47) GOALS ALLOWED PER GAME 3.86 (59) 26.6 (51) SHOTS PER GAME 26.7 (50) 31.8 (41) SHOTS AGAINST PER GAME 32.5 (47) 53.6% (8) FACEOFF RATE 45.2% (57) 14.4% (51) POWER-PLAY RATE 16.7% (T-36) 84.8% (16) PENALTY-KILL RATE 78.7% (43) 4 / 3 SHG FOR / AGAINST 2 / 2 9.2% (36) SHOOTING PERCENTAGE 11.2% (11) 15.1 (3) PENALTY MINUTES PER GAME 13.0 (18) #ColonialPride QUICK FACTS MUSKET SHOTS UNIVERSITY INFORMATION HE WHO STRIKES FIRST STRIKES BEST LOCATION Moon Township, Pa. Don’t miss the opening minutes of an RMU game, because so often the tide has turned FOUNDED 1921 at the start. While the Colonials have scored the first goal just six times in their first 22 ENROLLMENT 5,413 games, they are 4-2 in those games. Otherwise, RMU has four wins and a tie (4-11-1) in CONFERENCE Atlantic Hockey the 16 times they’ve conceded the game’s first tally. NICKNAME Colonials COLORS Blue, White, Red NATURAL-BORN KILLERS FACILITY Colonials Arena Penalty killing has been a strong suit all season, with a conversion rate that’s held steady in CAPACITY 1,589 the top third of Division I. The Colonials have allowed just nine power-play goals over their PRESIDENT Dr. Christopher Howard past 16 games, and they’ve shut out the opposing man-advantage unit in 11 of 22 games ATHLETIC DIRECTOR Marty Galosi (interim) overall. With an 85 percent kill rate, RMU currently ranks 16th in D-I and second in AHA. CLASS WARFARE MEDIA INFORMATION Twenty-two of RMU’s 54 goals have been scored by underclassmen, with 15 of those WEBSITE rmucolonials.com scored by freshmen. Six of the Colonials’ 10 freshmen skaters -- Justin Addamo, Geoff FACEBOOK RMUMHockey Lawson, Nick Lalonde, Aidan Spellacy, Grant Hebert and Kip Hoffmann -- have scored their TWITTER @RMUMHockey first NCAA goals, while eight of 10 have at least a point. Also, Hebert and sophomore Nick INSTAGRAM @RMUMHockey Prkusic have five goals each, tying them for third on the team. SNAPCHAT RMUhockey CONTACT Matt Gajtka BODY OF WORK Marshall ‘07 Senior defenseman Eric Israel continues to be among the most dangerous blue-line [email protected] playmakers in the nation. With 77 points in his career, Israel ranks eighth among active Division I defenders. The Michigander is also eighth among his blueline peers in career MEN’S HOCKEY STAFF assists (60) and ranks 15th in career goals (17). Also, his 11 power-play goals at Robert HEAD COACH Derek Schooley Morris place him seventh among nationwide D-men. Western Michigan ‘94 15th Season QUICK DRAW 239-238-62 (Career) The Colonials have come up aces at the faceoff dot, and it’s been a team effort. RMU ranks eighth in the country in faceoff win rate at 53.6 percent, with five of the its six ASSISTANT COACH Kody Van Rentergem qualifying centers converting at a rate of 53 percent or better. Mantenuto, Hebert, SUNY-Fredonia ‘12 Michael Coyne, Lynch and Spellacy are all above that line individually. Seventh Season 11TH CENTURY ASSISTANT COACH Michael Gershon Senior winger Alex Tonge is the 11th Colonial to reach 100 points for his NCAA career. SUNY-Brockport ‘09 With 118 points, he’s risen to sixth place on RMU’s all-time scoring list. Tonge has passed Fourth Season Greg Gibson ‘16, Denny Urban ‘11, David Friedmann ‘16, Scott Jacklin ‘15 and Daniel Leavens ‘17 this season. Tonge is currently the No. 8 active scorer in NCAA Division I. HOCKEY OPERATIONS Luke Regner Wisconsin ‘17 WHO YOU CALLIN’ SHORT? Second Season After going their first nine games without a shorthanded goal, the Colonials have scored four in their past 13.