2015-16 NIAGARA UNIVERSITY HOCKEY 2015-16 SCHEDULE & RESULTS October (0-5-1) Fri. 9 at No. 19 St. Lawrence L 5-2 Sat. 10 at Clarkson L 4-1 Fri. 23 ROBERT MORRIS * T 3-3 (OT) Sat. 24 ROBERT MORRIS *& L 8-2 Niagara Purple Eagles RIT Tigers Fri. 30 CORNELL & L 3-2 (OT) Fri. 31 at Cornell L 4-0 5-20-5 Overall 13-12-5 Overall 5-15-4 AHC 13-7-4 AHC November (1-4-1) Fri. 6 PENN STATE & T 1-1 (OT) Fri. 13 at No. 12 Michigan L 7-3 Friday February 19, 2016 - 7:05 PM Fri. 20 AIC *& W 5-4 (OT) Sat. 21 AIC *& L 4-2 Dwyer Arena - Niagara Univ., N.Y. Fri. 27 at Holy Cross * L 5-2 Sat. 28 at Holy Cross * L 3-2 (OT) TV: Time Warner Cable SportsChannel December (2-2-0) RADIO: WLVL 1340 AM - Jeremy White Fri. 4 BENTLEY * W 6-4 Sat. 5 BENTLEY * L 3-1 Last Time Out Fri. 11 at RIT *# W 2-0 • In a two game, home-and-home series with the Mercyhurst Lakers, the Purple Sat. 12 RIT *# L 4-2 Eagles fought to a 2-2 tie on both Feb. 12 and 13. • The series opened on Friday at Dwyer Arena. Jackson Teichroeb handled the January (0-9-1) goaltending duties, stopping 30 of 32 shots. Sat. 2 at Sacred Heart * L 5-0 Sun. 3 at Sacred Heart * L 2-1 (OT) • Johnny Curran picked up his second goal of the season on a long shot from the Fri. 8 at Mercyhurst * L 3-2 high slot, tying the game at 1-1 in the second period. Sat. 9 MERCYHURST *& L 3-2 • Mercyhurst regained the lead just minutes after Curran’s goal, but Derian Plouffe Thurs. 14 at Canisius *# L 3-1 put a low shot home with 0.8 seconds left in the second for the tying tally. Sat. 16 at Canisius *# T 3-3 (OT) • Niagara was able to open the scoring Saturday night at the Mercyhurst Ice Center, Fri. 22 at Air Force * L 3-0 as Stanislav Dzakhov scored his third of the season about 13 minutes into the game. Sat. 23 at Air Force * L 3-1 • Mercyhurst tied the game less than two minutes after Dzakhov’s goal and took the Fri. 29 ARMY *# L 4-2 lead at the 6:20 mark of the second period. Sat. 30 ARMY *& L 3-2 (OT) • Niagara got the game-tying goal with less than eight minutes left in the second. Sam Rennaker set up along the right wing boards and fired a shot that beat Mercyhurst’s February (2-0-2) Brandon Wildung along the ice. Fri. 5 at AIC * W 2-0 Sat. 6 at AIC * W 4-3 • The Purple Eagles came out firing on all cylinders in the third period, outshooting Fri. 12 MERCYHURST *# T 2-2 (OT) the Lakers 19-9, but they could not find a game-winning goal in regulation. Sat. 13 at Mercyhurst * T 2-2 (OT) • Niagara was outshot 5-2 in the overtime period as the two teams skated to a tie. Fri. 19 RIT *# 7:05 p.m. • Guillaume Therien turned in one of his best performances of the season, finishing Sat. 20 at RIT *# 7:05 p.m. the night with 33 saves. Fri. 26 AIR FORCE *# 7:05 p.m. Sat. 27 AIR FORCE * 7:05 p.m. TABLE OF CONTENTS Matchup Comparison ..........................2 Player Cards .........................................8 Home Games are in BOLD CAPS • * - AHC Game AHC Standings .....................................3 The Last Time Niagara... ....................14 # - Time Warner & - LCTV AHC Schedule ......................................3 Niagara’s Record When... ..................14 Rankings are from USCHO.com poll at the time of the game Special Teams Breakdown ...................4 Game-by-Game Breakdown ..............15 All times Eastern and are subject to change Individual Awards ................................4 2015-16 Box Scores ...........................16 Upcoming Milestones ..........................4 Combined Statistics ...........................24 Scoring Breakdown ..............................5 Individual Statistics ............................25 Coach Burkholder ................................6 Individual Statistics (AHC only) ..........26 Roster & Pronunciations ......................7 Category Leaders ...............................27 @NiagaraUHockey Men’s Hockey SID Joe Ray Email [email protected] Cell 716-462-9889 Press Row Phone 716-286-7389 2015-16 Niagara Men’s Hockey February Notes NIAGARA IN BRIEF • Over the previous 10 seasons, the Niagara Purple Eagles Leading Scorers accumulated a record of 32-27-15 in the month of February. Rank Name Games G A P • Last season, Niagara earned a 2-4-2 record in February, including 1 .......... Derian Plouffe .......... 30 ...........11 ......... 6 ..........17 wins over Air Force and Robert Morris. 2 ............ Nick Farmer ............ 30 ............4 .......... 9 ..........13 • In 2012-13, the Purple Eagles finished 6-2-0 in the month of T3 ..........Dan Kolenda ........... 19 ............7 .......... 4 ..........11 February leading up to Atlantic Hockey’s first-ever at-large bid into T3 .......Tanner Lomsnes ........ 30 ............4 .......... 7 ..........11 the NCAA tournament. T3 .......... Vinny Muto ............ 29 ............1 ......... 10 .........11 • This February, Niagara is off to a 2-0-2 start thanks to a weekend T6 ......Stanislav Dzakhov ....... 27 ............3 .......... 7 ..........10 sweep at AIC on Feb. 5 and 6 and two ties against Mercyhurst Feb. 12 and 13. T6 .........Niko Kovachis .......... 28 ............3 .......... 7 ..........10 • Niagara closes the month with this weekend’s home-and-home T6 .....Stephen Pietrobon ...... 28 ............2 .......... 8 ..........10 series with RIT before hosting Air Force for two games. T9 ........... TJ Sarcona ............. 24 ............5 .......... 4 ...........9 T9 ........... Ryan Kuhn ............. 26 ............1 .......... 8 ...........9 Scouting the Tigers 11 ........ Sam Rennaker .......... 29 ............5 .......... 3 ...........8 • The RIT Tigers, currently 13-7-4 in Atlantic Hockey and 13-12-5 overall, are holding on to third place in the conference. Goaltending Leaders • Niagara won its first game of the season series at RIT in a 2-0 Rank Name Record GAA SV% SO shutout on Dec. 11, but lost to the Tigers 4-2 at home on Dec. 12. 1 ....... Jackson Teichroeb ..... 3-7-2....... 2.26 .....0.920 .......2 • The 2-0 shutout victory was the first start of the season for Jackson 2 .............Joe O’Brien .......... 2-3-1....... 3.18 .....0.883 .......0 Teichroeb, who missed the season’s first 14 games to injury. 3 .......Guillaume Therien ... 0-10-2...... 4.27 .....0.879 .......0 • Tanner Lomsnes led Niagara scorers with one goal and two assists in this season’s first two games against RIT. MATCHUP COMPARISON • RIT is just 1-2-3 over its last six games since winning seven of Niagara RIT eight to start the 2016 calendar year. 5-20-5 ........................... Overall Record......................13-12-5 • Last weekend, the Tigers split a home series with AIC, losing 5-4 5-15-5 ............................. AHC Record ..........................13-7-4 on Feb. 12 before earning a 3-2 win on Feb. 13. 2-8-3 ..............................Home Record ..........................4-7-3 • RIT has three of the top 10 scoring defensemen in Atlantic Hockey: Chase Norrish (fifth, 6-12-18), Brady Norrish (eighth, 6-10-16) and 3-12-2 ............................ Away Record ...........................9-5-2 Greg Amlong (ninth, 5-9-14). 60 ...................................... Goals For .................................. 89 • The Tigers lead Atlantic Hockey in shots on goal margin per game 2.00 ..............................Goals For/Game ......................... 2.97 this season with a plus-6.80 mark (33.8 for/27.0 against). 918 ....................................... Shots ................................ 1,013 • RIT is last in the conference in team save percentage (.892). 30.6 .................................Shots/Game ............................ 33.8 .065 .......................... Shooting Percentage ...................... .088 The Home Stretch 97 ................................... Goals Against .............................. 87 • After going 0-9-1 during the month of January, Niagara is off to a 3.16 ......................... Goals Against Average .................... 2.85 strong start in February, recording a record of 2-0-2 to earn six of 31.1 ...........................Shots Against/Game ...................... 27.0 a possible eight points over four games. 831 ....................................... Saves ................................... 717 • Niagara earned its second shutout of the season by blanking AIC .895 ..............................Save Percentage ......................... .892 2-0 on Feb. 5, then scored its most goals in a game since Dec. 4 4 ............................ Empty Net Goals Against ....................... 5 with four tallies in a 4-3 win the next night for the weekend sweep. • The Purple Eagles then got great goaltending from both Jackson 12-112 (10.7) ........ Power Play (Percentage) .....23-115 (20.0) Teichroeb and Guillaume Therien in back-to-back 2-2 ties with 2 .......................... Shorthanded Goals Against...................... 2 Mercyhurst on Feb. 12 and 13. 99-124 (79.8) ........ Penalty Kill (Percentage) ...102-123 (82.9) • Throughout the month of February (four games), Niagara is 0 ............................. Shorthanded Goals For ......................... 3 scoring 2.50 goals per game while giving up just 1.75 goals per 332 ...............................Penalty Minutes .......................... 314 game. 11.07 ...................... Penalty Minutes/Game .................. 10.47 Goaltenders Making Strides Plouffe (11) .................... Goals Leader ................. Powell (12) • A big factor in Niagara’s team improvement over the past month Muto (10) .......................Assists Leader ..............Mitchell (23) has been the play of both goaltenders,