ROCHESTER INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY RIT TIGERS MEN’S ICE HOCKEY THURSDAY, JAN. 28 - 5:05 PM - POLISSENI CENTER, ROCHESTER, N.Y. RIT TIGERS (4-4-2, 2-2-1 AHA) VS. MERCYHURST LAKERS (6-5-1, 5-2-1 AHA) 2020-21 SCHEDULE/RESULTS RIT SET TO HOST ATLANTIC HOCKEY RIVAL MERCYHURST FOR FIRST GAME IN 25 DAYS NOVEMBER RIT is scheduled to host Mercyhurst on Thursday in its first game in 25 days. The Tigers have had eight games postponed over the last three weeks due to Atlantic Hockey COVID-19 protocol, while tonight's 27 #9 CLARKSON W, 8-5 game was originally scheduled to be played earlier this week on Tuesday, but was shifted when 29 at #9 Clarkson L, 5-1 the league announced a re-shuffling of the final five weeks of the conference schedule. Mercyhurst returns to the ice after sweeping two home games versus No. 17 Robert Morris, 3-2, in overtime last DECEMBER Tuesday and, 7-5, last Saturday. 5 NIAGARA * T, 3-3 + FOLLOW LIVE TALE OF THE TAPE (Atlantic Hockey Rank) 6 at Niagara * W, 5-1 Watch: FloHockey.tv/events CATEGORY RIT MER 11 LIU L, 4-3 PxP/Color: Gene Battaglia, John DiTullio Scoring Offense 3.80 (2nd) 3.42 (5th) Scoring Defense 3.40 (8th) 3.25 (7th) 12 LIU W, 5-1 Local Audio: WITR 89.7 FM/FOX Sports 1280 AM Scoring Margin 0.40 (4th) 0.17 (5th) 22 at Niagara * W, 5-4 Web Audio: witr.edu or foxsports1280.iheart.com PxP/Color: Ed Trefzger, Scott Biggar, Matt Campbell Penalty Min/Gm. 7.9 (10th) 11.6 (7th) 29 at Colgate T, 4-4 Live Stats: ritathletics.com Power Play 12-51/.235 (3rd) 10-39/.256 (1st) Twitter: @RITMHKY Penalty Kill 28-35/.800 (7th) 42-50/.840 (4th) JANUARY TIGER TRACKS 2 at Robert Morris * L, 3-1 RIT is set to return to action for the first time since pair of setbacks at Robert Morris on Jan. 2-3. The 3 at Robert Morris * L, 4-3 Tigers started the New Year with a 3-1 loss which saw the Colonials score midway through the first 28 MERCYHURST * 5:05 PM period before junior forward Jake Joffe evened the game with a power-play tally with 9:08 left in the 30 CANISIUS * 5:05 PM second. RMU re-took the lead with 10:09 left in regulation and tacked on an empty-net goal in the 31 at Canisius * 7:05 PM final minute to earn the victory. The following day saw RIT fall behind, 3-0, midway through the second period before senior forward Nick Bruce scored a power-play goal with 4:30 on the clock to make it a 3-1 game heading into the third. The Colonials re-took a 4-1 edge with 12:52 left in regulation and held FEBRUARY on for the win despite a short-handed tally by senior defenseman Dan Willett with 7:28 on the clock 2 at Canisius * 7:05 PM and a goal by senior forward Jake Hamacher in the final minute. 5 MERCYHURST * 5:05 PM CALL IN THE CALVERLEY 6 at Mercyhurst * 5:05 PM Junior forward Will Calverley was named the Atlantic Hockey Player of the Month for December. He 12 at Air Force * 9:05 PM ET entered the week tied for 23rd nationally with 16 points and tied for 26th with 10 assists. Calverley was 13 at Air Force * 7:05 PM ET credited with two assists in RIT's 4-3 loss at Robert Morris after logging an assist in the 4-4 draw at Colgate (Dec. 29). He was tabbed the Atlantic Hockey Player of the Week on Dec. 16 after notching a 20 ROBERT MORRIS * 7:05 PM goal and an assist in both of the Tigers' games versus LIU. Calverley also won the first Player of the 21 ROBERT MORRIS * 5:05 PM Week honor of the season (Dec. 1) after scoring his first collegiate hat-trick in the Tigers' 8-5 victory 24 NIAGARA * 5:05 PM over then No. 9 Clarkson (Nov. 27) in the season-opener. Calverley found the net with 6:30 left in the 27 at Mercyhurst * 7:05 PM first period to push RIT to an early 2-0 lead and later broke a 4-4 tie with a power-play tally with 8:27 left in the third period. The Golden Knights re-tied the game 28 seconds later, but Calverley notched what proved to be the game-winner with 6:15 remaining in regulation. * Atlantic Hockey Game + Won Shootout HELP! SAVE ME! NOTE: Atlantic Hockey Tournament dates TBA. No other goalie in the nation has more career saves than DI CAREER SAVE LEADERS (ACTIVE) Schedule Subject to Change. RIT senior Logan Drackett with 2,377 to date. Drackett 1. LOGAN DRACKETT, RIT ....2,377 Home Games in BOLD was credited with 18 saves in the Tigers' 3-1 setback at 2. David Hrenak, St. Cloud ......2,340 Robert Morris (Jan. 2) to surpass Mike Rotolo '17 for 3. Brian Wilson, Niagara ..........2,195 first in Division-I program history before making his 94th 4. Mark Sinclair, Mich. Tech .....2,074 appearance the following night to tie Rotolo for first all-time. 5. Anton Martinsson, Providence .. 1,999 Also a win away from breaking a tie for first in career wins (41) with Jared DeMichiel '10, Drackett was tabbed a second-team Atlantic Hockey all-star last winter after compiling a 17-11-4 record while finishing fourth in the conference with 856 saves and ninth with a .907 save percentage. Tabbed the Atlantic Hockey Goalie of the Month for October and the Goalie of the Week four times last winter, he made a career-high 43 saves in the Tigers' 2-1 win at Air Force (Oct. 24) and later was credited with 41 saves in RIT's 4-1 win at Robert Morris (Feb. 7). He compiled a 1.82 goals against average with a .939 save percentage during his 17 victories last winter. GOING GONZO Sophomore forward Elijah Gonsalves entered the week tied for 16th in Atlantic Hockey with 10 RIT ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS points, including two goals in RIT's 4-4 tie at Colgate (Dec. 29). The 2019-20 Atlantic Hockey All- Rookie Team honoree tied for 15th among freshman nationally as well as second in Atlantic Hockey Tim Volkmann - Director Steve Jaynes with 24 points while leading all conference rookies over the final month of the regular season with (Hockey Contact) Associate Director 10 points. The five-time Atlantic Hockey Rookie of the Week notched a pair of goals during a 5-4 OT [email protected] [email protected] victory over Canisius (Jan. 25) to lead the Tigers back from a late 4-1 deficit. He also scored twice in a 5-1 win over visiting Bentley (Feb. 15) to go along with back-to-back one goal/one assist outings at Office - 585-475-5598 RITAthletics.com Holy Cross (Jan. 31-Feb. 1). Cell - 413-657-7336 @RITathletics/@RITMHKY SHARP SHOOTERS 2020-21 BY THE NUMBERS RIT junior forward Jake Joffe is tied for second on the squad with five goals on only 20 shots this winter - not a bad shooting percentage unless you compare it to the seven goals he scored last year Record 4-4-1 on a mere 16 shots. Junior Kobe Walker has also scored four goals on 16 shots this season. Home 2-1-1 Away 2-3-1 SQUAD GOALS Neutral 0-0-0 RIT entered the week ranked eighth nationally and second in Atlantic Hockey with 3.80 goals per game. The Tigers also rank 10th in the country with 10.10 points per game as well as 6.30 assists After 1st Period/2nd Period per game. When Leading 2-1-0/4-0-0 When Trailing 1-3-1/0-3-1 TO WHISTLE OR NOT TO WHISTLE When Tied 1-0-1/0-0-1 RIT was saddled with a season-high eight penalties and 19 PIM in its 5-4 win at Niagara (Dec. 22), while the Purple Eagles were whistled nine times for 29 PIM. Conversely, only one penalty was called When Scoring/Allowing in the teams' 3-3 tie on Dec. 5 at the Polisseni Center - an RIT goalie interference call 46 seconds First Goal 1-1-0/3-3-2 into overtime. Less Than 3 Goals 0-2-0/2-0-0 3 Goals 0-2-1/0-1-1 START WITH A BANG 4 Goals 0-0-1/1-2-1 RIT opened Atlantic Hockey play with a shoot-out win opposite visiting Niagara (Dec. 5). The Tigers 5+ Goals 4-0-0/1-1-0 dug out of a 3-0 first-period deficit with three-unanswered goals to salvage the 3-3 home tie, before earning the extra AHA point with a shootout victory. Senior forward Jake Hamacher converted the Back to Back - Game 1/2 1-2-1/2-2-0 winning goal in the shootout while senior defenseman Dan Willett and junior forwards Jake Joffeand After Win/Loss 1-2-1/1-1-1 Andrew Petrucci each tallied goals in the comeback. Senior goalie Logan Drackett logged 23 saves, After Tie 1-1-0 including five during the five-minute overtime period, as well as two shoot-out saves. Taking/Allowing <20 Shots 0-0-0/0-1-0 SCOUTING THE LAKERS Taking/Allowing 20-29 Shots 3-2-1/2-1-0 Mercyhurst has won its last four games, including pair of victories over No.