2015-16 RIT Men’s Ice Hockey RIT at Bentley University Friday, January 15, 2016 (John A. Ryan Skating Arena - 1,200 - Waltham, Mass.) - 7:05 p.m. Saturday, January 16, 2016 (John A. Ryan Skating Arena - 1,200 - Waltham, Mass.) - 7:05 p.m. Radio Sports Information - 51 Lomb Memorial Drive - Clark Gym A261 - Rochester, NY 14623 Friday and Saturday’s games can be heard on WITR 89.7, with Chris Lerch, and Scott Biggar bringing you Phone: (585) 475-6154 or (585) 475-5598 - Fax: (585) 475-2617 - Website: www.ritathletics.com all the action from the John A. Ryan Skating Arena Joe Venniro: Executive Director - [email protected] – Stephen Jaynes: Director - [email protected] Fans can listen online at http://witr.rit.edu/ Television Back on the Road for Next Two Weekends... This weekend, Last 10 Meetings Between All RIT home games are on Time Warner Sports RIT heads east for the first of back-to-back weekends against RIT and Bentley channel 26 this season. As always, Gene Battaglia and John DiTullio bring you all the action from the an Atlantic Hockey foe. This weekend it is Bentley from the Gene Polisseni Center. John A. Ryan Skating Arena. Next week, RIT heads to the Date Place Score Milford Ice Pavilion to take on Sacred Heart. 3/9/12 % Ritter Arena L, 1-4 Video/Streaming Television 3/10/12 % Ritter Arena W, 5-4 (2OT) All RIT home games and selected road contests will Bizzare Home/Road Splits in League Play... The Tigers 3/11/12 % Ritter Arena W, 3-0 feature video streaming with audio by America 1/11/13 Ritter Arena L, 0-3 One Network on a subscription basis. For more are just 3-5-0 on home ice against Atlantic Hockey foes this weekend, but sport a sparkling 5-0-1 road record. RIT is on 1/12/13 Ritter Arena W, 4-0 information, go to http://www.eversport.tv/ice- 1/10/14 at Bentley L, 2-8 hockey/atlantic-hockey. the road for two straight weekends at Bentley and Sacred 1/11/14 at Bentley L, 1-4 Heart. 1/23/15 at Bentley L, 1-2 1/24/15 at Bentley W, 5-2 Homestretch Underway/Teams Jockeying for Position in 11/13/15 Polisseni Center L, 2-3 (OT) Bunched up Standings... RIT plays 14 games over the final 2015-2016 Schedule (8-10-2, 8-5-1 AHC) 11/14/15 Polisseni Center L, 2-3 (OT) seven weekends of the regular season, six more contests in January and eight in February. All 14 games are against % - Denotes AHC Quarterfinal Series Date Opponent Time Atlantic Hockey foes. RIT enters the weekend third in the 10/3 UOIT (Exhibition) W, 9-1 Atlantic Hockey standings with 17 points, three ahead of this RIT leads all-time series, 17-11-2 10/9 at Clarkson L, 0-6 weekend’s opponent Bentley, who is tied for seventh place. RIT is 15-10-2 in DI era (Since 2005) 10/10 at No. 19 St. Lawrence L, 1-5 Just three points separate third and eighth place in the league 10/17 ^ #10 BOWLING GREEN T, 2-2 (OT) standings. 10/23 at Colgate L, 2-5 10/24 COLGATE L, 3-4 Neatring 150 Wins in Atlantic Hockey Regular Season Play... RIT is just one win shy of 150 in Atlantic 10/30 * at American Int’l W, 4-2 Hockey Regular Season play, with a 149-78-35 record. RIT joined the league in 2006 and won the 10/31 * at American Int’l W, 6-2 regular season crown in 2006-07, 2008-09, 2009-10, and 2010-11. The Tigers won the postseason league 11/6 * at Army West Point W, 4-0 championship in 2009-10 and 2014-15. 11/7 * at Army West Point T, 3-3 (OT) 11/13 * BENTLEY L, 2-3 (OT) Last Time Out/Splitsville on Home Ice... Last weekend, RIT earned a split against Atlantic Hockey 11/14 * BENTLEY L, 2-3 (OT) foe Canisius last time out, falling by a score of 6-3 on Friday evening, while rebounding to win 4-3 on 11/28 at #2 Boston College L, 2-6 Saturday. On Friday, Gabe Valenzuela scored a goal and added an assist, while Brady Norrish and Alex 12/4 * ROBERT MORRIS L, 0-4 Perron-Fontaine also scored. On Saturday, senior Brad Shumway broke a 3-3 tie with his second collegiate 12/5 * ROBERT MORRIS W, 6-3 goal with 8:56 left in regulation, while Abbott Girduckis, Myles Powell, and Valenzuela also scored for the 12/11 * NIAGARA L, 0-2 Tigers. Christian Short made 15 saves to pick up his fourth win of the season. 12/12 * at Niagara W, 4-2 About Bentley… Bentley (8-11-2, 6-7-2 Atlantic Hockey) enters the weekend looking to get back on track 1/2 * MERCYHURST W, 4-2 after getting swept at Robert Morris by scores of 5-1 and 5-0. Max French leads the Falcons in scoring 1/3 * at Mercyhurst W, 7-3 with 11 goals and 24 points, while Kyle Schmidt is right behind with eight goals and 19 points. In goal, 1/8 * CANISIUS L, 3-6 Gabe Antoni and Jayson Argue have split time. Antoni is 5-7- Tale of the Tape 1/9 * CANISIUS W, 4-3 1 with a 2.65 goals against average and a .919 save percentage, 1/15 * at Bentley 7:05 p.m. Overall while Argue is 3-4-1 with a 2.75 goals against average and RIT Stats Bentley 1/16 * at Bentley 7:05 p.m. a .930 save percentage. Its opponents are outscoring Bentley 8-10-2 2015-16 Record 8-11-2 1/22 * at Sacred Heart 7:05 p.m. 59-49 this season. 2.90 Goals For 2.33 1/23 * at Sacred Heart 7:05 p.m. 3.25 Goals Against 2.81 1/29 * HOLY CROSS 7:05 p.m. 33.5 Shots For 28.5 All-Time Series/Earlier This Year… RIT leads the all-time 27.9 Shots Against 35.8 1/30 * HOLY CROSS 7:05 p.m. series between the two schools, 17-11-2, including a 15-10-2 16 PPG 9 2/5 * at Air Force 9:05 p.m. record since the Division I era started in 2005. This will be the 19 PPA 13 2/6 * at Air Force 9:05 p.m. third and fourth meetings between the two schools this season, 2 SHG 1 2/12 * AMERICAN INT’L 7:05 p.m. as Bentley swept a pair of games at the Gene Polisseni Center 1 SHA 1 on Nov. 13-14 with consecutive 3-2 overtime wins. RIT fired 11.8 Penalty Mins. 9.0 2/13 * AMERICAN INT’L 7:05 p.m. 19.0% Power-Play 13.8% 2/19 * at Niagara 7:05 p.m. 96 total shots on goal that weekend, including a season-high 58 on Nov. 13. Gabe Antoni replaced an injured Jayson Argue 78.7% Penalty-Kill 82.7% 2/20 * NIAGARA 7:05 p.m. 51.8% Face-Offs Won 46.8% in the first game and stopped 49 of 51 shots to pick up the two 2/26 * MERCYHURST 7:05 p.m. victories for Bentley. Max French scored he overtime game- Conference Games Only 2/27 * at Mercyhurst 7:05 p.m. winner the first night and Andrew Gladiuk did so the next RIT Stats Bentley 3/4-6 AHC First Rd (Best of 3) TBA night. The loss on Nov. 14 was RIT’s only defeat this season 8-5-1 Record 6-7-2 3/11-13 AHC Quarterfinal (Best of 3) TBA whn leading after two periods. RIT and Bentley tied for third 3.43 Goals For 2.33 3/20 ^ AHC Semifinal TBA in the league standings last season. 2.64 Goals Against 2.67 36.3 Shots For 30.5 3/21 ^ AHC Championship TBA Josh Mitchell leads all current Tigers with eight points 25.9 Shots Against 33.6 (3-5-8) in eight games against the Falcons, while Alexander 14 PPG 6 Home Games in BOLD Kuqali has five assists in 10 contests. In goal, Mike Rotolo 14 PPA 9 * - Denotes AHC Contests is 1-2-0 with a 3.44 goals against average and an .888 save 2 SHG 1 ^ - Game Played at Blue Cross Arena percentage in two games vs. Bentley. Christian Short is 0-1-0 1 SHA 1 with a 2.95 goals against average and an .885 save percentage. 11.9 Penalty Mins. 9.9 21.2% Power-Play 12.8% 81.0% Penalty-Kill 83.3% A First... The back-to-back overtime losses to Bentley on Nov. 53.3% Face-Offs Won 48.0% 13-14 marked the first time RIT had ever suffered losses in the 2015-16 By the Numbers extra session in consecutive games at the Division I level. RIT also played three straight overtime games, Record 8-10-2 just behind the team record of four consecutive overtime contests from Jan. 22 to Feb. 5, 2011. Home 3-6-0 Away 5-4-1 Upcoming Milestones... Josh Mitchell is just one point shy of becoming the ninth player in RIT’s Division Neutral 0-0-1 Overtime 0-2-2 I era to reach 100 for his career. He is also sixth all-time at the university in assists (71) at the Division I After 1st Period/2nd Period level and is oneaway from the top-five.