2015-16 RIT Men’s Ice Hockey RIT vs. Colgate Saturday, October 24, 2015 (Gene Polisseni Center - 4,300 - Rochester, N.Y.) - 7:05 p.m. Radio Sports Information - 51 Lomb Memorial Drive - Clark Gym A261 - Rochester, NY 14623 Saturday’s game can be heard on WITR 89.7, with Ed Trefzger, 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 Blue Cross Arena. Fans can listen Joe Venniro: Executive Director - [email protected] – Stephen Jaynes: Director - [email protected] online at http://witr.rit.edu/ Television President Destler’s Orange Hair Challenge/Will Dye His All-Time Meetings Between All RIT home games are on Time Warner Sports Hair Orange Between Second and Third Periods… RIT RIT and Colgate channel 26 or 98 this season. As always, Gene Date Place Score Battaglia and John DiTullio bring you all the action president Bill Destler challenged members of the RIT and from the Gene Polisseni Center. Saturday’s game Rochester community to fill the Gene Polisseni Center for NA/81 NA L, 3-5 from the Polisseni Center will be on TWCS-98. tonight’s regular season home opener. If the game is a sellout, 1/12/83 Ritter Arena L, 3-10 Dr. Destler will dye his hair orange between the second and 11/5/83 RIT Tournament L, 2-6 Video/Streaming Television third periods. The Polisseni Center holds 4,300 fans. The 12/28/84 Syracuse Invite L, 3-6 All RIT home games and selected road contests will 12/28/85 Syracuse Invite W, 3-0 feature video streaming with audio by America game was officially announced as a sellout on Friday evening, therefore Dr. Destler will have his hair dyed orange. 12/6/89 at Colgate L, 3-5 One Network on a subscription basis. For more 10/13/07 at Colgate L, 5-6 information, go to http://www.eversport.tv/ice- 10/10/09 Blue Cross Arena L, 2-3 hockey/atlantic-hockey. Second Year at Gene Polisseni Center Begins This 10/26/12 at Colgate L, 3-6 Weekend… RIT finished 10-5-3 in its inaugural season at 10/10/13 Ritter Arena L, 1-4 the Gene Polisseni Center, ending with a five-game winning 10/23/14 at Colgate L, 2-5 streak. The Polisseni Center, which sits on the south side of 2015-2016 Schedule (0-3-1, 0-0-0 AHC) the Student Alumni Union, cost $38-million, boasts 4,000 Colgate leads series 10-1-0 seats and, with standing room, has a total capacity of 4,300 Date Opponent Time complete with a student/pep band/Corner Crew section. 10/3 UOIT (Exhibition) W, 9-1 10/9 at Clarkson L, 0-6 About Last Night, Tough Loss... Last night, RIT fell on the road at Colgate, 5-2. Gabe Valenzuela and Greg 10/10 at No. 19 St. Lawrence L, 1-5 Amlong both scored their first goals in a Tiger uniform. Valenzuela added an assist, while Liam Kerins 10/17 ^ #10 BOWLING GREEN T, 2-2 (OT) tallied his first collegiate assist. In goal, Christian Short made his collegiate debut, stopping 23 of 26 shots. 10/23 at Colgate L, 2-5 He made seven saves in the first period, 10 in the second, and six in the final period. Colgate’s Tyson Spink 10/24 COLGATE 7:05 p.m. scored a pair of goals and added an assist, reaching the 100-career point mark.Twin brother Tylor Spink 10/30 * at American Int’l 7:05 p.m. added a goal and an assist, while Mike Borkowski and Jake Kulevich also scored. The Tigers scored their 10/31 * at American Int’l 7:05 p.m. first two power-play goals of the season in four chances, while Colgate was 1-for-4. The Raiders held a 28-23 11/6 * at Army West Point 7:05 p.m. edge in shots. 11/7 * at Army West Point 7:05 p.m. 11/13 * BENTLEY 7:05 p.m. Unbelievable Fan Support at Blue Cross Arena for Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend/ 11/14 * BENTLEY 7:05 p.m. All-Time at BCA... RIT sold out Blue Cross Arena for the sixth straight season as part of its annual Brick 11/28 at #4 Boston College 4 p.m. City Homecoming and Family Weekend game vs. Bowling Green on Oct. 17. RIT also sold out Blue Cross 12/4 * ROBERT MORRIS 7:05 p.m. Arena for this contest last year against Boston College, in 2013 vs. Michigan, 2012 against Penn State, 12/5 * ROBERT MORRIS 7:05 p.m. 2011 vs. St. Lawrence, and 2010 vs. UMass Lowell. RIT is 8-10-2 all-time at Blue Cross Arena, including 12/11 * NIAGARA 7:05 p.m. a 2-5-2 in eight previous Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend contests after the tie vs. Bowling Green. RIT will play the University of Connecticut at Blue Cross Arena next season. 12/12 * at Niagara 7:05 p.m. 1/2 * MERCYHURST 4:05 p.m. Tigers Skate to 2-2 Draw vs. No. 10 Bowling Green as part of Brick City Homecoming and Family 1/3 * at Mercyhurst 7:05 p.m. Weekend... For the sixth straight season, RIT sold out Blue Cross Arena downtown as part of Brick City 1/8 * CANISIUS 7:05 p.m. Homecoming and Family Weekend. The capacity crowd of 10,556 fans was treated to an exciting contest, as 1/9 * CANISIUS 7:05 p.m. RIT and No. 10 Bowling Green skated to a 2-2 tie. Todd Skirving scored a pair of first period goals, while 1/15 * at Bentley 7:05 p.m. Mike Rotolo made 27 saves. The Tigers out-shot Bowling Green, 35-29. 1/16 * at Bentley 7:05 p.m. 1/22 * at Sacred Heart 7:05 p.m. Skirving Named the Atlantic Hockey co-Player of the Week/Looking to Put up Big Numbers… Todd 1/23 * at Sacred Heart 7:05 p.m. Skirving was named the Atlantic Hockey co-Player of the Week on Tuesday after setting a Division I team 1/29 * HOLY CROSS 7:05 p.m. record last Saturday against Bowling Green by scoring consecutive goals 25 seconds apart. It is the fastest 1/30 * HOLY CROSS 7:05 p.m. that one RIT player has scored back-to-back goals. Skirving enjoyed an excellent rookie season in 2013-14 2/5 * at Air Force 9:05 p.m. with 22 points on eight goals and 14 assists and will look to exceed those lofty numbers this season. It was 2/6 * at Air Force 9:05 p.m. his second career multiple-goal game. 2/12 * AMERICAN INT’L 7:05 p.m. 2/13 * AMERICAN INT’L 7:05 p.m. About Colgate… Colgate enters the weekend with a 1-2-0 record, having played just once over the last 18 2/19 * at Niagara 7:05 p.m. days, a 2-1 loss at Northeastern on Oct. 10. In that contest, the Raiders lost despite 41 saves from Charlie 2/20 * NIAGARA 7:05 p.m. Finn. Colgate has 13 goals in three games this season, as Tyson Spink leads the squad with six points on 2/26 * MERCYHURST 7:05 p.m. a goal and five assists. Derek Freeman and Mike Borkowski have three goals apiece to lead the squad. In 2/27 * at Mercyhurst 7:05 p.m. net, Finn is 1-2-0 with a 3.25 goals against average and .905 save percentage. Last season, Colgate finished 3/4-6 AHC First Rd (Best of 3) TBA 22-12-4, falling to Harvard in the ECAC Championship, just missing a berth in the NCAA Tournament. 3/11-13 AHC Quarterfinal (Best of 3) TBA All-Time Series… Colgate leads the all-time series between the two schools, 10-1. They have now met 3/20 ^ AHC Semifinal TBA five times since RIT moved to Division I in 2005, with Colgate winning all five meetings. 3/21 ^ AHC Championship TBA RIT’s Tough Non-Conference Schedule for 2015-16/Last Year Prepared Them Well... The Tigers play Home Games in BOLD three of their six non-conference regular season contests against teams who were ranked when they * - Denotes AHC Contests played or are currently ranked in the USCHO.com national poll, including No. 4 Boston College, No. ^ - Game Played at Blue Cross Arena 10 Bowling Green, and No. 19 St. Lawrence. Last season, RIT competed against three NCAA teams in non-conference play during the regular season, including the regular season and postseason Big Ten Champion (Minnesota), second (Boston College) and fourth place (UMass Lowell) teams in Hockey East, and second (St. Lawrence) and third place (Yale) teams in the ECAC. 2015-16 By the Numbers Non-Conference Play Takes a Back Seat After This Tale of the Tape Record 0-3-1 Weekend… After this weekend, the Tigers play 28 of their Overall Home 0-0-0 final 29 games against Atlantic Hockey foes, starting with RIT Stats Colgate Away 0-3-0 consecutive road series at American International on Oct. 30- 0-3-1 2015-16 Record 2-2-0 Neutral 0-0-1 1.25 Goals For 4.50 Overtime 0-0-1 31 and Army West Point on Nov. 6-7. The last non-conference 4.50 Goals Against 3.75 After 1st Period/2nd Period game is at nationally-ranked Boston College on Nov.