011 edle 930Feb1516115 am25| Webster Bank Arena, Bridgeport, CT Date Opponent Location Time/Result 101 101 0 100 VS 11/2 @ Bentley Waltham, Mass. W, 3-2 11/3 @ Bentley Waltham,Mass. L, 3-2 OT 11 11 /9 @ Army West Point, N.Y. W, 4-2 12-13-3, 11-9-2 AHA 13231183H 1110 1 37th 11/16 Mercyhurst 11/17 Mercyhurst 0 RIT24112 11/23 @Canisius Buffalo, N.Y. T, 3-3 OT Meeting Dec. 8 2018, SHU 6-4 11/24 @Canisius Buffalo, N.Y. L, 3-2 110 1 11 1 Setting the Scene.... The Sacred Heart University Men’s Ice Hockey team 12/7 @RIT Rochester, N.Y. W, 4-3 OT returns home as the Pioneers look to continue their impressive five game 12/8 @ RIT Rochester, N.Y. W, 6-4 winning streak with a crucial Atlantic Hockey showdown against RIT. 1/4 @Vermont Burlington, VT 3-2 18 1/12 @ Yale New Haven, Conn. 3-1 Last Time Out... The Sacred Heart University Men's Ice Hockey team took a 11 1 two game set away from Niagara this past weekend as the Pioneers defeated 11 1 10 the Purple Eagles 4-2 in the first game and 6-3 in the second. Junior Austin 1 W, 5-2 Mcllmurray led the Pioneers with three goals, two assists for five points in the 1 L, 4-1 1/29 @ UCONN Hartford, Conn. W, 2-1 series. Freshman Josh Benson compiled 31 saves and allowed just five goals in 2/1 @ RMU Pittsburgh, Pa. W, 6-2 the entire series. He tallied a GAA of 2.52 and a save percentage of 86.1%. 2/2 @ RMU Pittsburgh, Pa. W, 3-1 2/8 @ Niagara Niagara, N.Y. W, 4-2 2/9 @ Niagara Niagara, N.Y. W, 6-3 Scouting the Tigers... The Tigers recorded a split on the road last weekend at 1 110 Holy Cross, winning 4-3 on Friday, while losing by the same score Saturday 1 0 night. RIT is currently tied for third in the Atlantic Hockey league standings 0 2/23 @ Army West Point, N.Y. 7:05 pm with a conference record of 11-8-3 and an overall record of 13-12-3. On 2/28 @ AIC Springfield, Mass. 7:05 pm offense the Tigers are led by senior forward Abbott Girduckis who leads the 3/2 @AIC Springfield, Mass. 1:05 pm team in points with 28 and goals with eight. In goal, sophomore Logan Drackett tallies a record of 10-11-3 and compiles a GAA of 2.65 with a save 6 6 percentage of 90.8. Last Meeting.... The Pioneers swept a two game series against RIT that took place on Dec. 7 and 8. The SHU took the first game 4-3 in an overtime thriller courtesy of a goal by senior Mike Lee at 04:55 in the first overtime period. In the second game the Pioneers scored six goals in the game to earn a 6-4 victory over the Tigers to complete the weekend sweep. Sophomore Matt Tugnutt led the Pioneers in goals as he tallied two in the game one to 6 seal the game as he netted an empty net goal to make the final score 6-4. 110-213-39 6 6 2018-19 ATLANTIC HOCKEY STANDINGS Steeling the Show...Freshman Ryan Steele has been a top goal scorer TEAM PTS AHA OVERALL for the Pioneers as he tallied his seventh goal of the season against AIC 35 17-8-1 17-12-1 UCONN last Wednesday night. He currently is third on team in points Bentley 28 13-7-2 14-11-3 with 15 and tied for second on team in goals with seven. Air Force 25 11-8-3 13-11-4 RIT 25 11-8-3 13-12-3 Mercyhurst 24 11-9-2 13-14-3 Clare & Crocock Captain Pioneers in 2018-19.... Senior blueliners Liam- Sacred Heart 24 11-9-2 12-13-3 Niagara 21 9-11-3 10-16-3 Clare and Mike Crocock will serve as team captains in 2018-19. Clare skated in Army West Point 18 7-11-4 8-16-4 33 games in his junior campaign, finishing fifth on the team in assists (11) and Holy Cross 17 7-12-3 7-17-4 had 12 points. Crocock played in 37 games in his third season with SHU. He Robert Morris 17 8-13-1 9-18-1 tallied three goals, seven assists for a total of 10 points. Canisius 14 6-15-2 9-17-3 Pioneers Picked Tenth In Preseason Poll... Sacred Heart was picked to finish Upcoming Games tenth in the Atlantic Hockey Preseason Coaches Poll. Last season, Sacred Heart was 13-22-4 in Atlantic Hockey and finished tenth. SHU has recorded five straight seasons with double digit wins. Friday, February 15 RIT at Sacred Heart, 11:05 am Leave The Game Winners to Magera... Freshman Austin Magera is currently Mercyhurst at Army West Point, 7:05 pm tied for first in Atlantic Hockey in game winning goals this season as he has Robert Morris at Holy Cross, 7:05 pm tallied five for the Pioneers. Magera currently leads the team in points with 21 Canisius at Air Force, 9:05 pm and is tied for first in goals with nine as well as tied for second in assists with Bentley at Niagara, 7:05 pm 12. AIC at Arizona State, 9:05 pm Mcllmurray Making Moves.... Junior Austin Mcllmurray tallied five goals and three assists in the past five games for the Pioneers. He cashed in a Saturday, February 16 power play goal for the Pioneers in his two goal day against Robert Morris on RIT at Sacred Heart, 2:05 pm Feb. 1. He is currently tied for first on team in goals with nine on the year. He Robert Morris at Holy Cross, 5:05 pm was tabbed Atlantic Hockey Player of the Week as well as one of Three Stars by Canisius at Air Force, 7:05 pm NCAA Hockey for his three goal, two assist weekend at Niagara. Mercyhurst at Army West Point, 7:05 pm AIC at Arizona State, 9:05 pm 2018-19 Atlantic Hockey Preseason Poll Tugnutt Back on Track .... Sophomore Matt Tugnutt scored his first goal in the 1. Air Force (8) - 97 points past eight games coming into this weekends series with Robert Morris. Tugnutt 2. Robert Morris (2) - 87 points netted a shorthanded goal in the first period to put the Pioneers up 1-0 against 3. Army West Point - 76 points UCONN last Wednesday night. He currently is tied for second on team in goals 4. RIT - 70 points with seven. 5. Canisius (1) - 65 points 6. Holy Cross - 58 points Benson Named Atlantic Hockey Goalie of the Week... Sacred Heart University 7. Mercyhurst - 52 points freshman goaltender Josh Benson was named the Atlantic Hockey Association 8. Bentley - 38 points 9. AIC - 27 points Goalie of Week for his play against Robert Morris and UCONN this past week. 10. Sacred Heart - 20 points This is Benson's second weekly award that he has received this season as well as 11. Niagara - 15 points the third weekly award to be given to a SHU hockey player. Benson had an impressive week as he tallied a 5-0 record with wins over UCONN and a pair of two game sweep of Atlantic Hockey rival Robert Morris and Niagara. The freshman Netminder compiled a GAA of 1.33 while tallying a save percentage of 95.1%. In total he made 78 saves and played a total of 180 minutes. Watch SHU Hockey On Stretch... This season, Sacred Heart men’s ice hockey home games will be broadcast on Stretch Internet. Pioneer fans can access the network through the “AtlanticHockey.tv” link on the men’s ice hockey page at SacredHeartPioneers.com or at AtlanticHockeyOnline.com. QUICK FACTS GAMEDAY CENTRAL Sacred Heart RIT Last Meeting Location Fairfield, Conn. Rochester, N.Y. Dec. 8 2018 • Rochester, N.Y. Final Founded 1963 1802 Sacred Heart 1 2 3 6 Nickname Pioneers Tigers Conference Atlantic Hockey Atlantic Hockey RIT 2 1 1 4 Head Coach C.J. Marottolo Wayne Wilson Scoring Summary Coach’s Record 110-213-39 (10th season) 359-247-66 (20th season) Team Per. Time Scored By Score 2018-19 Record 11-12-3 13-12-3 RIT 1st 04:24 PP - BRUBACHER, Adam ( WILLETT, Dan & VALENZUELA, Gabe ) 1-0 2017-18 Record 13-22-4 (9-15-4 AHA) 15-20-2 (13-14-1 AHA) RIT 1st 14:28 PP - CAMERON, Shawn ( McKAY, Chris & SALLOUM, Zach ) 2-0 2017-18 Conf. Record 9-15-4 (11th) 13-14-1 (T-6) SHU 1st 14:58 SH - TUGNUTT, Matt ( unassisted) 2-1 Team Comparison RIT 2nd 08:46 PP - BRUBACHER, Adam ( WILLETT, Dan & VALENZUELA, Gabe ) 3-1 SHU 2nd 17:21 BOYAGIAN, Nick ( unassisted) 3-2 SHU 2nd 19:52 SH - JOHNSTONE, Marc ( unassisted) 3-3 RIT 3rd 02:20 TRAPTOW, Bryson ( KRUPER, Ryan & BRUBACHER, Adam ) 4-3 SHU 3rd 04:10 RAKHMATOV, Ruslan ( McILMURRAY, Austin & MAGERA, Austin ) 4-4 Sacred Heart RIT SHU 3rd 11:46 McILMURRAY, Austin ( unassisted) 4-5 Home Record 3-9-2 8-6-0 SHU 3rd 18:58 EN - TUGNUTT, Matt ( COTTON, Jason & CROCOCK, Mike ) 4-6 Road Record 9-4-1 5-6-3 Neutral Site Record 0-0-0 0-0-0 Goals Per Game 2.71 3.00 Goals Allowed/Game 2.79 2.93 Shots Per Game 30.8 29.5 Shots on Goal: Sacred Heart: 6-31; RIT: 4-30 Power Plays: Sacred Heart: 0-6, ; RIT: 3-8 Shots Allowed/Game 27.6 29.8 Goalies: Sacred Heart: Josh Benson (W, 2-2-1, 28 shots, 24 saves) Penalties Per Game 5.0 5.1 RIT: Logan Drackett (L, 6-8-1, 30 shots, 25 saves) PIM/Game 12.6 11.7 Penalties: Sacred Heart 10-31; RIT 9-29.