2011-12 YALE BULLDOGS HOCKEY CONTACT: Steve Conn ([email protected]) INGALLS RINK PRESS BOX: (203) 432-0778 STATISTICIANS: Billy Garfi eld, Kevin Guarino ATHLETICS WEBSITE: yalebulldogs.com FIRST ECAC ROAD TRIP THIS WEEKEND YALE HOCKEY QUICK FACTS 2011-12 Overall Record: 2-1-1 NEW HAVEN, Conn. - The Yale men’s hockey team (2-1-1, 1-1-0 ECAC), coming 2011-12 ECAC Hockey: 1-1-0 off a home, conference weekend split, embarks on its fi rst ECAC road trip of the Home: 1-1-0 Road: 1-0-0 Neutral: 0-0-1 season against a pair of teams playing their 10th contest of 2011-12. The No. 10/13 Athleti cs Director: Tom Beckett Bulldogs take on Rensselaer (1-8) and No. 9/9 Union (5-1-3) in the Capitol District Malcolm G. Chace Coach: Keith Allain '80 Career/Yale Record: 102-57-14 (6th Year) this Friday and Saturday. Both games air live on Time Warner Cable TV and can also be seen on the home school’s website. 2011-12 STATISTICS Goals: Ziegler, Laganiere 2 RPI SERIES Assists: Four Tied with 2 RPI has a 52-39-6 lead in the series with Yale but the Bulldogs are 6-3-1 over the Points: Bourbonais 3 PP Goals: Laganiere 2 last 10 meetings. The Engineers are 31-17-3 against the Blue at Houston Field Short-Handed Goals: 0 House including 5-2 decisions the last two. GWG: Ziegler, Laganiere 1 Penalty Minutes: Ziegler, Young 6 Saves: Malcolm 120 UNION SERIES Yale and Union have been playing for 10 years and the Elis own a 22-16-4 advan- 2011-12 RESULTS tage. One of the Bulldog victories was the March 4, 2006, fi ve OT playoff game, Date Opponent Score 10/28/11 Princeton # 2-2 T OT the second longest (149:35) game in NCAA men’s history. 10/29/11 Dartmouth # 2-1 W 11/04/11 Cornell * 2-6 L 11/05/11 Colgate * 2-0 W YALE GETS TWO POINTS 11/11/11 at Rensselaer * 7:00 PM Junior Jeff Malcolm (Lethbridge, AB) registered his fi rst career shutout while stop- 11/12/11 at Union * 7:30 PM 11/19/11 Connecti cut 7:00 PM ping 39 shots and sophomore F Clinton Bourbonais (Colchester, Conn.) had a goal 11/22/11 at Sacred Heart 7:00 PM and an assist as Yale beat No. 18 Colgate 2-0 before packed house at Ingalls Rink 11/26/11 Boston College 4:00 PM 12/01/11 Brown * 7:00 PM on Nov. 5. Junior F Antoine Laganiere (Ile Cadieux, Que) had the other Yale tally. 12/03/11 at Brown * 7:00 PM The Bulldogs were outshot 39-22, but Malcolm stopped 13 in the fi rst, 15 in the 12/07/11 at Massachusett s 7:00 PM 12/28/11 Russian Touring Team 7:00 PM second and 11 in the third to get his squad two ECAC Hockey points and split the 01/01/12 Bentley 4:00 PM conference weekend. Senior F Chad Ziegler (Spruce Grove, AB) and freshman D 01/06/12 Quinnipiac * 7:00 PM 01/07/12 Princeton * 7:00 PM Tommy Fallen (Plymouth, Minn.) hit the net the night before in a 6-2 loss to Cor- 01/13/12 at Clarkson * 7:00 PM nell. Malcolm made 27 saves as the Big Red outshot the Blue 32-31 and ended an 01/14/12 at St. Lawrence * 7:00 PM eight-game skid in the series. 01/20/12 Union * 7:00 PM 01/21/12 Rensselaer * 7:00 PM 01/27/12 at Harvard * 7:30 PM THE ENGINEERS 01/28/12 at Dartmouth * 7:00 PM 02/03/12 St. Lawrence * 7:00 PM RPI began the season with a split against Minnesota State University but has lost 02/04/12 Clarkson * 7:00 PM its last seven. Its scoring has been spread among many with junior D Nick Bailen 02/10/12 at Colgate * 7:00 PM 02/11/12 at Cornell * 7:00 PM (1-2-3) and freshman F Ryan Haggerty (1-2-3) among the leaders. Junior goalie 02/17/12 Dartmouth * 7:30 PM Bryce Merriam (2.32, .919, 1-6-0) has most of the work in net. 02/18/12 Harvard * 7:00 PM 02/24/12 at Princeton * 7:00 PM 02/25/12 at Quinnipiac * 7:00 PM DUTCHMEN 03/02-04 ECAC Hockey 1st Round Playoff s 03/09-11 ECAC Hockey Quarterfi nals Union, 1-0-2 at home this year, has outscored opponents 32-14 over nine games. 03/16-17 ECAC Championship Senior F Kelly Zajac (2-12-14) leads the offense while sophomore Troy Grosenick at Boardwalk Hall, Atlanti c City, NJ 03/23-24 NCAA East Regional (1.24 GAA), the latest ECAC Hockey Goalie of the Week pick, has most of the at Harbor Yard, Bridgeport, CT work between the pipes. 04/05-07 NCAA Frozen Four at Tampa, FL # at Hanover, NH * ECAC Hockey Games 2011-12 YALE MEN’S ICE HOCKEY GAME NOTES PAGE 1 THE LAST TIME... A Yale Player…. Scored 5: Gene Scott vs. AIC 3/2/60 Scored 4: Evan Wax vs. UConn 1/25/03 (4-0-4) Scored 3: Brian O’Neill at Clarkson 2/12/11 (3-0-3) Scored a SHG: Charles Brockett at Princeton 2/20/11 (5-4 W) Had 6 Points: Mark Arcobello vs. Boston College 3/28/10 (3-3-6) Scored in OT: Broc Little vs. Clarkson 2/20/10 (5-4 W) Scored on Penalty Shot: Broc Little vs. Dartmouth 10/30/10 (7-3 W) Had PS Stopped: Broc Little 12/30/08 vs. Minnesota State, D.Tormey (3-2 W) Stopped PS: Ryan Rondeau 1/16/11 at Brown (1st p, MacLellan missed wide) Had 5 assists: Bob Brooke vs. Dartmouth 1/26/80 (0-5-5) Had 4 assists: Andrew Miller vs. Union 12/5/10 (0-4-4) Made 60+ saves: Josh Gartner at Dartmouth 3/5/05 (60) Made 50+ saves: Alec Richards at Union 3/4/06 (57) Made 40+ saves: Ryan Rondeau at Princeton 10/31/09 (40) Made 20 saves in a period: Matt Modelski vs. Princeton 2/3/07 (20, 3rd) Recorded a SHO: Jeff Malcolm vs. Colgate 11/5/11 (39 saves) Whistled for 4 penalties: Jean-Francois Boucher vs. Holy Cross 10/27/06 Goalie with an Assist: Ryan Rondeau at Princeton 2/20/11 Denny Kearney A Yale Team … Had 60 SOG: at Union 3/4/06 (61, 5 OT) Had 25 SOG in a period: at Dartmouth 1/9/09 (25, 1st) Had 20 SOG in a period: vs. Sacred Heart vs. St. Lawrence 3/13/11 (20, 2nd) Faced 60 SOG: at Dartmouth 3/5/05 (64) Scored 4+ goals in a period: vs. Cornell 3/19/11 (4, 2nd period) Scored 5 PPG in a Game: vs. Brown 1/16/10 (8-5 W) Scored 10+ goals in a Game: vs. Holy Cross 1/2/11 (10-3) Allowed 4 PPG in a Game: Brown 10/29/10 (4-for-9) Allowed a hat trick: vs. St. Lawrence (Travis Vermeulen) 2/19/10 (3-1-4) Allowed a SHG: vs. Brown (Harry Zolernierczyk) 1/15/11 Won in OT: vs. Clarkson (Broc Little) 2/20/10 Lost in OT: vs. St. Lawrence 3/11/11 (4-3) Played in a Shootout: at Wisconsin 1/3/10 (2-1 Wisconsin) Broc Little 2011-12 YALE MEN’S ICE HOCKEY GAME NOTES PAGE 2 LAST YEAR WITH RPI 12/03/10: Yale 4, RPI 2; SOG: 23-17 Y: Y - Andrew Miller 1 G 1 A, 01/29/11: Yale 2, RPI 5; SOG: 40-17 Y: Y - Kevin Peel 1 G Series: Yale 63 Shots, RPI 35 Shots LAST YEAR WITH UNION 12/05/10: Yale 5, Union 0; SOG: 40-35 Y: Y - Andrew Miller 4 A, Brian O’Neill 1 G 2 A 01/28/11: Yale 2, Union 3; SOG: 30-34 U: Y - Kenny Agostino 1 G Series: Yale 70 Shots, Union 69 Shots NEW BLUE The class of 2015 includes four forwards, three defensemen and a goalie. Four of them suited up for both games in the Ivy Shootout and three were in the lineup last weekend. Here are some quick facts on each newcomer: D Bennett Carroccio was an EJHL All-Star for the Boston Jr. Bruins… F Anthony Day scored 30 goals St. Francis High School... D Tommy Fallen played on the U.S. Team that captured gold at the 2010 World Junior A Challenge... D Matt Killian notched 30 career goals at Delbarton School... F Trent Ruffolo scored 129 points over 89 games for the New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs… F Alex Ward was a three-sport star at Deerfi eld Academy… F Nicholas Weberg played high school hockey in Minnesota while skating for Team Norway U20s at the 2011 World Junior Championships… G Connor Wilson, a goalie for Chicago in the USHL, was a three-sport standout at the Berkshire School. FIRSTS ON ROSTER For the fi rst time in the history of Yale hockey, an Eli roster includes a Floridian (F Trent Ruffolo), a North Carolinian (G Connor Wilson) and a skater from Norway (F Nicholas Weberg). PERSPECTIVE ON LAST YEAR Yale’s 28 wins last year were a school record, four better than the 2008-09 Elis. Yale’s 17 ECAC wins equaled the record reached by the 1997-98 team with an identical 17-4-1 mark.