american international college yellow jackets ice hockey game notes OVERALL: 3-3-1 ATLANTIC HOCKEY: 1-2-1 GAMES 10 & 11 AT RIT Tigers AIC 2018-19 SCHEDULE OVERALL: 3-5-1 // ATLANTIC HOCKEY: 3-2-1 November 9 & 10, 2018 10/6 at Providence^ L, 1-3 10/12 AT NIAGARA L, 3-4 (OT) LAST TIME THEY MET: 10/13 AT NIAGARA W, 3-1 10/16 vs. Bentley W, 5-4 (OT) November 4, 2017 10/18 vs. Bentley T, 4-4 (OT) (AIC 3, RIT 2 in OT) 10/26 vs. Quinnipiac^ L, 1-4 10/27 at Quinnipiac^ L, 2-9 LAST TIME OUT: 11/2 at Canisius L, 2-4 AIC was in Western New York for its last series, a split with Canisius on Novem- 11/3 at Canisius W, 6-1 11/9 at RIT 7:05 p.m. ber 2-3. In the series opener, AIC struck first, but ultimately fell 4-2 to the host 11/10 at RIT 5:05 p.m. squad. Redshirt freshman left wing Luka Maver netted his first collegiate goal and 11/16 vs. Air Force 2:05 p.m. sophomore right wing Darius Davidson also potted one for the Yellow Jack- 11/17 vs. Air Force 1:05 p.m. ets. Looking to end the trip with at least two points in the standings, the Yellow 11/27 vs. Holy Cross 7:05 p.m. Jackets came out swinging, blasting the Golden Griffins 6-1 in the series finale. 12/1 at Holy Cross 7:05 p.m. Sophomore right wing Tobias Fladeby started the scoring just 1:46 into regula- 12/29 vs. Robert Morris 7:05 p.m. tion and AIC never relinquished the lead; Maver and Davidson each scored, while 12/30 vs. Robert Morris 3:05 p.m. junior right wing Kyle Stephan led the way with two tallies and an assist. Fresh- 1/5 vs. UMass^ 2:05 p.m. man center Elijiah Barriga made his debut in the game and notched two assists, 1/8 at Sacred Heart 7:05 p.m. while sophomore goalkeeper Stefano Durante had his best game of the season, 1/11 vs. RIT 2:05 p.m. turning aside 34 shots. 1/12 vs. RIT 1:05 p.m. 1/15 at Sacred Heart 7:05 p.m. 1/17 vs. Holy Cross 7:05 p.m. RIT is coming off of an 0-1-1 series at Mercyhurst that same weekend, falling 1/19 at Holy Cross 7:05 p.m. 4-3 in the opener before drawing 2-2 in the finale. In the first game, the Tigers 1/25 at Mercyhurst 7:05 p.m. overcame an early 2-0 deficit, but Wes Baker’s third of the game for the Lakers 1/26 at Mercyhurst 7:05 p.m. was the difference-maker as RIT could not find the tying goal after Jordan Pea- 2/1 vs. Niagara 2:05 p.m. cock cut the deficit to 4-3 with just under nine minutes to play. RIT fell despite 2/2 vs. Niagara 1:05 p.m. allowing just 19 shots in the game. The following night was a special teams battle; 2/8 at Army 7:05 p.m. Mercyhurst scored first with eight seconds left in the first period on a power play, 2/9 at Army 7:05 p.m. but RIT tied the game as Jake Hamacher scored shorthanded in the second. Mer- 2/15 at Arizona State^ 9:05 p.m. 2/16 at Arizona State^ 9:05 p.m. cyhurst’s man-up unit struck again at 11:50 of the third to take a 2-1 lead, but a 2/28 vs. Sacred Heart 7:05 p.m. late power play for RIT allowed Erik Brown to tally with half a minute left to force overtime, where neither team could find the winner. Logan Drackett bounced 3/2 vs. Sacred Heart 1:05 p.m. back in net with a 27-save performance. all times Eastern. BOLD indicates home game (all LAST TIME THEY MET: home games at MassMutual Center.) ^ indicates nonconference game. AIC split last season’s series at the Polisseni Center, losing the first night 5-3 be- fore bouncing back for a 3-2 overtime win to close out the series held November 3-4, 2017. RIT jumped out to a 3-0 lead at 13:06 of the first, and was able to hold on from by the numbers... returning Number of wins for points for defensem- players on aic in 2017-18, the an Brennan Kapcheck AIC’s roster in most in AIC’s D-I in 2017-18, who was the atlantic hockey 2018-19. history. 22 15 26 rookie of the year aicyellowjackets.com // #aicommitted // #OneHiveOneFamily QUICK FACTS there despite a spirited comeback effort by the Yellow Jackets that included goals GENERAL INFO from sophomore defenseman Brennan Kapcheck, junior right wing Jared Pike, LOCATION ............................................. Springfield, Massachusetts and junior center Joel Kocur. Durante made 22 saves on 23 shots in relief, but an FOUNDED ......................................................................................1885 TOTAL ENROLLMENT ................................................................3,387 empty-net goal by RIT with 53 seconds left sealed the deal. Undergraduate Enrollment .......................................................1,424 Graduate Enrollment ..................................................................1,963 The Tigers also held an early lead in the second game, but junior center Hugo PRESIDENT ............................................................... Vincent Maniaci NICKNAME ..................................................................Yellow Jackets Reinhardt tied the contest on a 4-on-4 goal at 5:23 of the second; junior defen- MASCOT ...........................................................................................Rex COLORS ......................................................................Black and Gold seman Janis Jaks then fired a shot home to give AIC its first lead of the series at ARENA .................................................................MassMutual Center RINK SIZE ..................................................................................200x85 2:24 of the third. RIT was able to tie the game on a late power play, but AIC drew a RINK CAPACITY .........................................................................6,866 TICKET OFFICE PHONE ........................................... 413-787-6610 penalty in overtime, and Kapcheck set up Fladeby for his first collegiate goal as the then-rookie banged in a rebound at 2:57 of the extra session. AIC ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS ............................... Matthew Johnson ASSOCIATE AD/EXTERNAL ...........................Benjamin Rosenfeld ASSOCIATE AD/COMPLIANCE/SWA ....................Jessica Chapin 2017-18 IN REVIEW: ASSISTANT AD/BUSINESS OPS ................. Jonathan DeAndrade ASSISTANT AD/FACILIITES ........................................ Paul DeMaria AIC ended the year with a 15-20-4 record, setting a Division I program record ASSISTANT AD/EVENT OPS ..........................................Mike Lavato HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER.............................................. John Culp for wins...Yellow Jackets earned their biggest upset in program history with a 3-2 FACULTY ATHLETICS REPRESENTATIVE ... Jill McCarthy Payne ADVISOR FOR STUDENT-ATHLETE SUCCESS ............ Wole Oke overtime win of No. 11 Penn State University on October 20, 2017. Then-freshman DIRECTOR OF ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS ... Thomas Pool INTERIM COORD. OF ATH. COMMUNICATIONS ............ Seth Dussault forward Darius Davidson scored the game winner...For the first time in D-I histo- HOCKEY STAFF/INFO ry, AIC posted a weekend sweep of Holy Cross in crucial conference contests on HEAD COACH ..............................................Eric Lang (AIC ‘98, ‘08) January 5 and 6, 2018...the next weekend, Yellow Jackets shut out Canisius Col- .............................................................................................. @ericlang9 ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH .......Mike Towns (Adrian ‘11, AIC ‘16) lege on the road, 3-0...On January 15, 2018, AIC earned a vote in the USCHO.com ............................................................................................. @townsy25 ASSISTANT COACH .........Stephen Wiedler (Southern Maine ‘11) national poll for the first time in program history...With a late game-winning goal ..................................................................................................@Wieds2 DIRECTOR OF HOCKEY OPS ...... Mike Finnegan (U. New England ‘16) ATHLETIC TRAINER.......................................................... John Culp from then-sophomore defenseman Nicolas Luka, AIC beat Bentley University on EQUIPMENT MANAGER ............................................Ben Hodgkins COMMUNCIATIONS/BROADCAST ..Seth Dussault (AIC ‘11, ‘15) the road on February 24, 2018 to close out the regular season, to finish in eighth place in Atlantic Hockey and clinching home ice for the playoffs for the first time MEDIA INFO in D-I history...Christensen notched a double-OT goal against Niagara on March 3, FACEBOOK ............. American International College Ice Hockey TWITTER ...................................................................... @AIC_Hockey 2018, giving the Yellow Jackets a series sweep and their first best-of-three Atlantic INSTAGRAM ................................................................ @AIC_Hockey HOCKEY CONTACT ................................................... Seth Dussault Hockey postseason series victory ever...Yellow Jackets advanced to Atlantic Hock- .................................................................................@AICJacketsVoice Email................................................................seth.dussault@aic.edu ey quarterfinals, falling in three games to second-seeded Canisius. Office .............................................................................. 413.654.1425 Cell ...................................................................................413.277.5323 ATHLETICS: PRESEASON POLL FACEBOOK ..........................................................AIC Yellow Jackets TWITTER ....................................................................... @AICathletics AIC was selected to finish fifth in the Atlantic Hockey Conference during the 2018- INSTAGRAM ................................................................