MERCYHURST UNIVERSITY 2015-16 MEN’S HOCKEY GAME NOTES 2013-14 ATLANTIC HOCKEY ASSOCIATION REGULAR SEASON CHAMPION SIX-TIME NCAA PARTICIPANT (1991, 1993, 1995, 2001, 2003, 2005) • NCAA DIVISION II RUNNERS-UP (1993, 1995) GAMES #35 AND #36 (if necessary = #37) Mercyhurst LAKERS (17-13-4, 15-9-4 Atlantic Hockey) vs. Rochester Institute of Technology TIGERS THE SERIES VS. R.I.T. R.I.T. leads all-time series, 35-20-6 GF: 214 (14-14-6, 14-9-5 Atlantic Hockey) GA: 255 Home: 9-14-4 (GF: 102 - GA: 105) AT MERCYHURST ICE CENTER (Erie, Pa.) Away: 9-17-2 (GF: 93 - GA: 125) Friday, March 11 - 7:05 PM Neutral: 2-4-0 (GF: 19 - GA: 25) 2015-16 SCHEDULE (17-13-4, 15-9-4 AH) Saturday, March 12 - 7:05 PM October 3 #20 COLGATE L, 2-5 Sunday, March 13 - 7:05 PM (if necessary) October 4 #20 COLGATE W, 9-7 October 9 at Bentley* W, 3-1 October 10 at Bentley* W, 3-2 THE GAMES October 16 at #11 Michigan L, 4-6 The Mercyhurst men’s ice hockey team will host the Rochester October 18 at #11 Michigan L, 2-3 October 23 ARMY WEST POINT* W, 4-2 Institute of Technology for an Atlantic Hockey Association October 24 ARMY WEST POINT* W, 5-2 Tournament quarterfinal series. The series is a best-of-three October 30 at Ohio State W, 2-1 tilt with games one and two on Friday, Mar. 11, and Saturday, October 31 at Ohio State L, 1-5 November 6 AIR FORCE* L, 4-5 (OT) Mar. 12. The “if necessary” game is Sunday, Mar. 13. All faceoff November 7 AIR FORCE* W, 3-1 times are 7:05 p.m. November 20 at Canisius* L, 3-4 November 21 at Canisius* W, 4-1 December 4 at Holy Cross* L, 4-5 The Lakers and Tigers finished up their regular season against December 5 at Holy Cross* L, 3-7 one another with Mercyhurst sweeping the home-and-home January 2 at Rochester Institute of Technology* L, 2-4 January 3 ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY* L, 3-7 series on Feb. 26-27. Mercyhurst won in Rochester, 4-3, and January 8 NIAGARA* W, 3-2 then won again in Erie, 3-2. January 9 at Niagara* W, 3-2 January 15 SACRED HEART* W, 2-1 January 16 SACRED HEART* L, 4-6 THE COACHES January 22 at Robert Morris* T, 2-2 (OT) Rick Gotkin (Brockport State ‘82) is in his 28th season as head January 23 at Robert Morris* L, 1-6 January 29 AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL* W, 3-1 coach for Mercyhurst, where he now has a 510-365-80 record. January 30 AMERICAN INTERNATIONAL* W, 5-3 He is 321-253-63 all-time at the NCAA Division I level. February 5 BENTLEY* L, 1-4 February 6 BENTLEY* W, 5-2 February 12 at Niagara* T, 2-2 (OT) Wayne Wilson (Bowling Green State ‘84) is in his 17th season February 13 NIAGARA* T, 2-2 (OT) as head coach for the Rochester Institute of Technology, where February 19 at Army West Point* T, 2-2 (OT) he now has a 313-192-60 record. He was previously an assisted February 20 at Army West Point* W, 3-1 February 26 at Rochester Institute of Technology* W, 4-3 for alma mater BGSU. As coach of the Tigers, Wilson has been February 27 ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY* W, 3-2 both NCAA Division I and NCAA Division III Coach of the Year. He March 11 ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY @ 7:05 PM March 12 ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY @ 7:05 PM guided R.I.T. to the D-III finals in 2000-01 and, later, coached March 13 ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY @ 7:05 PM the Tigers to the D-I Frozen Four in 2009-10. March 18 Atlantic Hockey Semifinals (Rochester, N.Y.) TBA March 19 Atlantic Hockey Championship (Rochester, N.Y.) TBA 2015-16 ATLANTIC HOCKEY ASSOCIATION STANDINGS CONFERENCE OVERALL W L T PTS PCT GF GA W L T PCT GF GA Robert Morris 18 6 4 40 .714 116 69 21 9 4 .676 139 91 Air Force 16 7 5 37 .661 85 60 18 11 5 .603 101 82 Holy Cross 16 7 5 37 .661 89 59 18 11 5 .603 108 85 Mercyhurst 15 9 4 34 .607 86 82 17 13 4 .559 106 109 Rochester Institute of Technology 14 9 5 33 .589 93 77 14 14 6 .500 103 105 Army West Point 8 11 9 25 .446 64 74 12 14 9 .471 82 86 Canisius 10 13 5 25 .446 72 82 12 20 5 .392 90 113 Bentley 9 13 6 24 .429 74 85 13 18 6 .432 98 111 Sacred Heart 10 15 3 23 .411 72 78 13 20 4 .405 96 109 Niagara 5 18 5 15 .268 58 95 6 25 6 .243 71 126 American International 6 19 3 15 .268 57 105 7 29 3 .218 80 159 SCHOOL INFORMATION NOTES 15-16 AH AWARD WINNERS School Mercyhurst University OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Location Erie, Pennsylvania THE SEASON SERIES Zach Todd 10/06 Enrollment 4,005 In a way, Mercyhurst and R.I.T. are in the midst of a season- Taylor Best 10/13 Founded 1926 long, seven-game series. The series is at 2-2. The Tigers won a President Dr. Thomas J. Gamble pair of games in early January, 4-2 and 7-3, before Mercyhurst GOALTENDER OF THE WEEK Director of Athletics Joe Kimball Brandon Wildung 10/13 Nickname Lakers closed the regular season with 4-3 and 3-2 victories. Brandon Wildung 02/22 Colors Navy Blue, Forest Green, White Affiliation NCAA Division I With an upcoming best-of-three series, and current season ROOKIE OF THE WEEK Conference Atlantic Hockey Association Derek Barach 10/06 Athletic Phone (814) 824-2558 series at 2-2, the “first to four” has taken new meaning between Derek Barach 02/01 Mailing Address 501 East 38th Street the Lakers and Tigers. Lester Lancaster 02/08 Erie, Pa. 16546 Matthew Whittaker 03/01 TEAM INFORMATION CONFERENCE-TOURNAMENT MEETINGS Men’s Hockey Twitter @HurstMensHockey Mercyhurst and R.I.T. have had six conference-tournament DEFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE WEEK Mercyhurst Twitter @HurstAthletics meetings, splitting the difference, 3-3. The two programs met Patrick Piacentini 10/06 2014-15 Record 19-16-4 in 1991, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2009 and 2015, with the last Conference Record 14-10-3 (5th) meeting resulting in an Atlantic Tournament finals win for the OFFENSIVE PLAYER OF THE MONTH Lettermen R/L 17/11 Tigers by a 5-1 score. Breakdown Forwards (9/7) GOALTENDER OF THE MONTH Defensemen (6/3) Goaltenders (2/1) LAKERS IN THE AHA TOURNAMENT ROOKIE OF THE MONTH Incoming Players 12 Mercyhurst has went to the AHA Tournament semifinals in Derek Barach 02/02 Breakdown Forwards (9) each of the last four seasons, including two Atlantic Hockey Lester Lancaster 03/03 Defensemen (2) Goaltenders (1) championship game appearnaces. 2015-16 Captain Anthony Mastrodicasa 2015-16 Assistant Captains Kyle Cook FANTASTIC FRESHMEN USCHO.COM POLL - 03/07 Kyle Dutra Mercyhurst men’s hockey freshmen Lester Lancaster and Jack Riley TEAM RECORD PTS LAST First Year Of Sport 1987-88 Derek Barach were named to the All-Atlantic Hockey First and 1 Quinnipiac (39) 25-2-7 985 1 NCAA Appearances 6 Third Teams, respectively. 2 North Dakota (11) 28-5-3 957 2 Last NCAA Appearance 2005 3 Boston College 24-5-5 878 3 Last NCAA Opponent Boston College Lancaster, a defenseman, became one of two AHA freshmen 4 Providence 25-5-4 863 4 (East Regional) 5 Saint Cloud State 27-8-1 807 5 Result L 5-4 to be named to the First Team – the very first freshmen in 6 Denver 21-8-5 736 7 conference history to do so. Lancaster is currently tied for 7 Yale 19-6-4 683 8 STAFF Atlantic Hockey’s all-time single-season record for points by a 8 Boston University 21-10-5 616 9 rookie defender. He has 29 points, which has him in a tie with 9 Michigan 20-7-5 586 6 Head Coach Rick Gotkin 10 Notre Dame 19-8-7 573 10 Alma Mater Brockport State ‘82 RIT’s Al Mazur. 11 Massachusetts-Lowell 21-8-5 535 11 Phone (814) 824-2542 12 Harvard 16-9-4 445 12 E-mail [email protected] Lancaster is second in points on the Lakers’ roster with 29 13 Michigan Tech 21-8-5 409 13 Best time to reach Mornings points – also ranking second on the team with 20 assists. He is 14 Penn State 20-10-4 267 14 Record at Mercyhurst 510-365-80 (27) 15 Cornell 15-9-7 212 18 Career Record Same tied for fourth with nine goals. 16 Minnesota State 18-11-7 185 16 17 Nebraska-Omaha 18-15-1 169 15 Assistant Coach Greg Gardner Lancaster recorded a three-point game against Bentley back in 18 Saint Lawrence 17-13-4 119 19 Alma Mater Niagara ‘00 February in which he scored one goal and two assists. He leads 19 Minnesota 18-15-0 104 17 Office Phone (814) 824-3349 20 Minnesota-Duluth 15-14-5 99 NR E-mail [email protected] the Laker freshmen in power-play goals with a total of five.