2016-17 RIT Men’s Ice Hockey RIT at American International College Friday. January 13, 2016 (Mass Mutual Center - 6,866 - Springfield, Mass.) - 7:05 p.m. EST Saturday. January 14, 2016 (Mass Mutual Center - 6,866 - Springfield, Mass.) - 2:05 p.m. EST 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 FM, with Scott Biggar and Ed Trefzger Phone: (585) 475-6154 or (585) 475-5598 - Fax: (585) 475-2617 - Website: www.ritathletics.com on the call from the Mass Mutual Center. Fans can Joe Venniro: Executive Director - [email protected] – Stephen Jaynes: Director - [email protected] listen online at http://witr.rit.edu/ Television RIT Heads Back on Road for One of Final Road Trips Last 10 Meetings Between All RIT home games are on Time Warner Sports RIT and American International channel 26 or 98 this season. As always, Gene of Season/Note Early Start Saturday... RIT heads back Battaglia and John DiTullio bring you all the on the road to face Atlantic Hockey Conference foe action from the Gene Polisseni Center. American International this weekend from the Mass Date Place Score Mutual Center in Springfield, Mass. Friday’s contest 3/8/13 % Ritter Arena W, 2-1 Video/Streaming Television 3/9/13 % Ritter Arena W, 7-1 All RIT home games and selected road contests begins at 7:05 p.m., while Saturday’s game gets 12/6/13 Ritter Arena W, 3-2 will feature video streaming with audio by underway early, at 2:05 p.m. It will be RIT’s first two 12/7/13 Ritter Arena W, 5-2 Stretch Internet on a subscription basis. For more games at the MassMutual Center in downtown 1/9/15 Polisseni Center T, 3-3 (OT) information, go to https://portal.stretchinternet. Springfield, as the Tigers have traditionally played all of 1/10/15 Polisseni Center W, 3-2 com/atlantichockey/. their previous games against AIC on the road at the 10/30/15 at AIC W, 4-2 Olympia Ice Center. 10/31/15 at AIC W, 6-2 2/12/16 Polisseni Center L, 4-5 The Final Push Begins Now With Conference Play/ 2/13/16 Polisseni Center W, 3-2 Bunched up Standings... RIT plays its final 13 regular % - Denotes 2013 AHC First Round 2016-2017 Schedule (9-11-1, 9-6-0 AHC) season games against Atlantic Hockey opponents. RIT enters the weekend fourth in the Atlantic Hockey RIT leads the all-time series, 28-4-3 Date Opponent Time standings with 18 points. Just three points separates RIT 10/1 BROCK (Exhibition) W, 3-0 from first place Air Force. Three points also separates 10/7 * ROBERT MORRIS W, 6-3 the Tigers from seventh place. 10/8 * ROBERT MORRIS L, 5-6 10/15 ^ UCONN T, 1-1 (OT) Tigers Finding Goals Hard to Come By Over Last Five Games... RIT enters the weekend 10/21 at Union L, 2-5 having scored six goals over its last five games, going 1-4-0 over that stretch. RIT had won its 10/22 at RPI L, 3-6 previous five games before that, having scored 25 goals over that span. Despite the lack of 10/28 * at Bentley W, 4-1 recent scoring, the Tigers are 24th nationally in scoring, averaging 3.1 goals per game. 10/29 * at Bentley W, 6-3 11/4 * at Canisius L, 0-1 Last Time Out… The Tigers resumed Atlantic Hockey play by splitting a pair of home games 11/5 * CANISIUS L, 1-2 against Sacred Heart, winning 3-1 on Friday and losing 5-1 Saturday. Erik Brown scored the 11/11 * at Air Force L, 3-4 game-winning goal late in regulation and added an empty-netter for his second two-goal game 11/12 * at Air Force L, 3-4 of the season in Friday’s win. Liam Kerins scored a first period power-play goal, while Matt Abt 11/18 * ARMY W, 6-2 tied a career-high with two assists. Mike Rotolo made 20 saves for his ninth win of the season. 11/19 * ARMY W, 2-1 (OT) RIT out-shot Sacred Heart, 42-21, including 18-5 in the third period. On Saturday, Abt scored 11/23 * at Mercyhurst W, 4-3 his first goal of the season in the first period to give RIT the lead, but Sacred Heart scored the 12/2 * at Niagara W, 7-1 next five goals, including two tallies six seconds apart in the second period. 12/3 * at Niagara W, 6-2 12/9 PROVIDENCE L, 1-5 Brown Enjoying Breakout Season... Sophomore Erik 12/10 PROVIDENCE L, 1-3 Brown has already reached career-highs in goals (11) Tale of the Tape 12/30 ! at Bowling Green L, 0-3 and points (18), in 21 games played this season, as both 1/6 * SACRED HEART W, 3-1 totals lead RIT. He appeared in 37 games last year. Overall 1/7 * SACRED HEART L, 1-5 RIT Stats AIC 9-11-1 2016-17 Record 4-11-6 1/13 * at AIC 7:05 p.m. Balanced Scoring is Key… Ten players have at least 10 3.10 Goals For 2.29 1/14 * at AIC 2:05 p.m. points for RIT this season. 2.95 Goals Against 3.19 1/20 * CANISIUS 7:05 p.m. 34.6 Shots For 27.2 1/21 * at Canisius 7:05 p.m. 26.1 Shots Against 30.3 Western Teams Traditionally Holds Big Advantage 20 PPG 18 1/27 * BENTLEY 7:05 p.m. over the Eastern Schools in League Play... Since the 21 PPA 24 1/28 * BENTLEY 7:05 p.m. league expanded to 12 teams in 2011-12 and back down 2 SHG 3 2/3 * at Robert Morris 7:05 p.m. to 11 teams in 2014-15, the six Western schools (Air 2 SHA 1 2/4 * at Robert Morris 7:05 p.m. 16.6 Penalty Mins. 12.0 Force, Canisius, Mercyhurst, Niagara, Robert Morris 21.3% Power-Play 20.7% 2/10 * HOLY CROSS 7:05 p.m. and RIT) have feasted on the eastern schools (AIC, 79.8% Penalty-Kill 78.6% 2/11 * HOLY CROSS 7:05 p.m. Army, Bentley, Holy Cross, and Sacred Heart). RIT 53.9% Face-Offs Won 47.4% 2/17 * AIR FORCE 7:05 p.m. played 14 games against the East in 2015-16, with a Conference Games Only 2/18 * AIR FORCE 7:05 p.m. 8-3-3 mark. Overall, the Western teams held a 43-27-10 2/25 * at Mercyhurst 7:05 p.m. RIT Stats AIC edge over the East last year, as four of the top five seeds 9-6-0 Record 3-7-5 3/3-5 AHC First Round Series TBA in the 2016 AHC Tournament were Western schools. 3.80 Goals For 2.13 3/10-12 AHC Quarterfinal Series TBA RIT is currently 5-1-0 against the East in 2016-17. The 2.60 Goals Against 3.00 3/17 AHC Semifinal TBA West holds a slight 25-18-5 edge over the East early in 37.1 Shots For 28.8 3/18 AHC Championship TBA 24.3 Shots Against 29.8 2016-17. There are three East/West series’ this weekend 20 PPG 14 (RIT at American International, Mercyhurst at Army 13 PPA 14 Home Games in BOLD West Point, and Bentley at Niagara). 2 SHG 3 * - Denotes AHC Contests 1 SHA 1 ^ - Game Played at Blue Cross Arena 17.3 Penalty Mins. 11.0 About American International… American Interna- 27.0% Power-Play 22.2% ! - Game Played at Huntington Center tional enters the weekend with a 4-11-6 overall record 83.3% Penalty-Kill 80.6% and is 3-7-5 in league play, good for ninth place. Last 54.5% Face-Offs Won 48.5% 2016-17 By the Numbers time out, the Yellow Jackets dropped a pair of road games at Robert Morris, losing by scores Record 9-11-1 of 3-0 and 4-3. Blake Christensen leads the team in scoring with 16 points on six goals and 10 Home 4-5-0 assists, while Martin Melberg, Shawn McBride, and Hugo Reinhardt are tied for second with Away 5-6-0 12 points apiece. Dominik Florian leads the team with seven goals. In net, Zackarias Skog and Neutral 0-0-1 Overtime 1-0-1 Alex Murray have split time. Skog is 2-6-4 with a 3.03 goals against average and a .902 save After 1st Period/2nd Period percentage in 12 games, while Murray is 2-5-2 with a 3.16 goals against average and an .889 When Leading 7-2-0/5-0-0 When Trailing 1-7-0/1-9-0 save percentage in 11 contests. When Tied 1-2-1/3-2-1 When Scoring/Allowing All-Time Series Against American International… This weekend marks the only two < 3 Goals 1-7-1/6-2-1 3 Goals 1-3-0/1-2-0 regular season meetings between the two schools this season. RIT leads the all-time series 4 Goals 2-0-0/1-2-0 between the two schools, 28-4-3, an including an 11-2-1 record all-time in Springfield. Last 5+ Goals 5-1-0/0-5-0 Back to Back Gm 1/2 5-4-0/3-6-0 year, RIT went 3-1 against the Yellow Jackets, out-scoring them 17-11, including 10-4 in two After Win/Loss 5-4-0/3-6-1 contests in Springfield.