2012-2013 ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY MEN’S ICE HOCKEY GAME NOTES WWW.RMUCOLONIALS.COM TWITTER: @RMUHOCKEY FACEBOOK.COM/RMUHOCKEY 2012-13 SCHEDULE THE MATCHUP Overall 14-10-2 Atlantic Hockey 9-9-1 ROBERT MORRIS COLONIALS VS RIT TIGERS 84 Lumber Arena 4-4-1 (14-10-2 | 9-9-1 AHA) (9-12-5 | 7-8-4 AHA) CONSOL Energy Center 2-0-0 Game 27 Friday, February 8 7:05 p.m. Pittsburgh, Pa. 84 Lumber Arena (1,200) Road 8-6-1 Game 28 Saturday, February 9 7:05 p.m. Pittsburgh, Pa. 84 Lumber Arena (1,200) Neutral 0-0-0 Streak Lost 1 Robert Morrisconcludes a five-game homestand as the Colonials host RIT this weekend. Both games against the Atlantic Hockey rival are scheduled to start at 7:05 p.m. The two contests against the Tigers Date Opponent Time/Score are the final two games of a five-game homestand for the Colonials. In the first three contests, Robert OCTOBER (2-2-0 Overall | 1-1-0 Atlantic Hockey) Morris swept Sacred Heart before falling to Mercyhurst in the team’s most recent game. With RIT sched- 7 (Sun.) WILFRED LAURIER (Ex.) W | 10-4 uled to come in to Pittsburgh this weekend, the Colonials will have played five games over a span of nine 13 (Sat.) @ #18 Quinnipiac L | 0-4 days with all of the contests taking place on home ice where the team is 4-4-1 on the season. Five of the 14 (Sun.) @ #18 Quinnipiac W | 4-0 final eight games for RMU will be at the 84 Lumber Arena. In the nine years of the Robert Morris hockey 25 (Thu.) @ RIT * W | 6-4 program, the Colonials have never had a winning road record; that could change this season as RMU is cur- 27 (Sat.) AIR FORCE * L | 1-4 rently 8-6-1 away from Pittsburgh with three regular season road contests remaining. NOVEMBER (3-2-0 Overall | 3-2-0 Atlantic Hockey) 2 (Fri.) BENTLEY * W | 5-2 LAST TIME OUT 3 (Sat.) BENTLEY * L | 4-5 In their most recent outing, the Colonials continued their five-game homestand with a contest against 9 (Fri.) @ Canisius * W | 4-0 Mercyhurst. In the first of three meetings between the in-state rivals this season, Robert Morris would 17 (Sat.) @ Niagara * L | 0-3 fall by a score of 8-1 in the worst loss for the program since the Colonials fell to North Dakota on the road 30 (Fri.) @ Holy Cross * W | 4-3 by a score of 8-0 during the 2010-2011 season. For Robert Morris, the loss was the worst ever sustained DECEMBER (4-0-2 Overall | 0-0-1 Atlantic Hockey) on home ice by the Colonials. Currently, the Colonials sit in a tie for sixth place in the Atlantic Hockey 1 (Sat.) @ Holy Cross * T | 1-1 (OT) standings. 7 (Fri.) @ Ohio State W | 3-2 8 (Sat.) OHIO STATE T | 2-2 (OT) ABOUT ROBERT MORRIS 15 (Sat.) @ Penn State W | 3-2 With an overall record of 14-10-2, the Colonials currently sit in a tie for sixth place with a conference re- 28 (Fri.) PENN STATE # W | 6-0 cord of 9-9-1, good enough to give Robert Morris 19 points in the standings. The Colonials are averaging 29 (Sat.) #5 MIAMI # W | 1-0 2.88 goals per game while the team has allowed an average of 2.81 goals per game to its opponents. Senior JANUARY (3-5-0 Overall | 3-5-0 Atlantic Hockey) goaltender Eric Levine is first all-time on the school’s career save percentage (.926) and goals-against av- 4 (Fri.) @ Army * ^ L | 0-5 erage (2.72) lists. His four career shutouts are the most in program history. His career-best 13 victories 5 (Sat.) @ Army * W | 4-1 this season are the third most in a single season by a Colonial netminder. Senior forward Adam Brace 11 (Fri.) CONNECTICUT * L | 2-3 12 (Sat.) CONNECTICUT * W | 4-3 leads Robert Morris with 17 assists and 27 points as he surpassed the 100 career points milestone in Satur- 18 (Fri.) @ American International * L | 1-4 day’s contest against Sacred Heart. Sophomore forward Cody Wydo paces the Colonials with 12 goals this 19 (Sat.) @ American International * W | 5-4 season. Senior Brendan Jamison was named one of the nominees for the Senior CLASS Award this season 25 (Fri.) @ Air Force * L | 2-0 after becoming the first Pittsburgh-born captain in Robert Morris history. Three seniors - Adam Brace, 26 (Sat.) @ Air Force * L | 4-1 Zach Hervato, and Eric Levine - were nominated for the Hobey Baker Award as college hockey’s best player. FEBRUARY (2-1-0 Overall | 2-1-0 Atlantic Hockey) The Robert Morris hockey team has partnered with the Bakersfield Condors and the Wheeling Nailers of 1 (Fri.) SACRED HEART * W | 6-3 the ECHL to raise awareness of men’s cancer and the battle that former captain Chris Kushneriuk is cur- 2 (Sat.) SACRED HEART * W | 7-4 rently in with the disease. Together, the teams that Kushneriuk has played for have raised over $20,000 5 (Tue.) MERCYHURST * L | 1-8 for the cause. 8 (Fri.) RIT * 7:05 p.m. 9 (Sat.) RIT * 7:05 p.m. UP NEXT FOR THE COLONIALS 15 (Fri.) @ Niagara * 7:05 p.m. After the games against RIT, the Colonials will conclude the season with three home-and-home series 16 (Sat.) NIAGARA * 7:05 p.m. against Niagara, Canisius, and Mercyhurst. The first of those series will see the Colonials travel Niagara 22 (Fri.) @ Canisius * 7:05 p.m. on Friday before hosting the nationally-ranked Purple Eagles on Saturday. 23 (Sat.) CANISIUS * 7:05 p.m. MARCH (0-0-0 Overall | 0-0-0 Atlantic Hockey) FOLLOW THE COLONIALS ANYWHERE YOU GO 1 (Fri.) MERCYHURST * 7:05 p.m. For exclusive, up-to-the-minute access to the Robert Morris men’s hockey team, follow the Colonials on 2 (Sat.) @ Mercyhurst * 7:05 p.m. Facebook [Facebook.com/RMUHockey] and on Twitter [@RMUHockey] or visit the main athletics site for RMU [www.rmucolonials.com]. Home games in BOLD ITALIC CAPS All times Eastern * Atlantic Hockey game # Three Rivers Classic (CONSOL Energy Center) ^ Televised on CBS Sports Network 1 SCOUTING RIT INDIVIDUALS VS. RIT The RIT Tigers are 9-12-5 in the 2012-2013 season QUICK FACTS with a record of 7-8-4 against Atlantic Hockey op- #33 Andrew Blazek 3 GP (0-0-0) ponents. Currently, the Tigers sit in a three-way tie #28 Adam Brace 7 GP (4-3-7) UNIVERSITY INFORMATION for eighth place in the AHA. RIT is averaging 3.31 #18 Matt Cope 1 GP (0-0-0) Location: Moon Township, Pa. goals per game while allowing their opponents to #44 Brandon Denham 1 GP (0-0-0) Founded: 1921 score an average of 3.54 goals per game. The Tigers #9 David Friedmann 1 GP (0-0-0) Enrollment: 5,000 have scored on 25 of their 96 power plays (26.0 #12 Jimmy Geerin 4 GP (0-2-2) Affiliation: NCAA Division I percent) while they have successfully killed 95 of #16 Greg Gibson 1 GP (0-0-0) Conference: Atlantic Hockey Association (AHA) their 115 penalties (20 goals allowed, 82.6 percent #4 Chase Golightly 1 GP (0-0-0) success rate). Senior Chris Saracino leads the team #14 Zach Hervato 5 GP (2-6-8) Colors: Blue and White with Red with 17 assists and 24 points. Three upperclass- #3 Tyler Hinds 4 GP (0-0-0) Nickname: Colonials men - Michael Colavecchia, Adam Mitchell, and Jeff #19 Scott Jacklin 4 GP (3-0-3) Mascot: RoMo Smith - pace RIT with each of the forwards netting #22 Brendan Jamison 7 GP (1-0-1) President: Gregory G. Dell’Omo, Ph.D. 10 goals. Seeing the majority of the action in net for #11 Jeff Jones 3 GP (1-3-4) Athletic Director: Craig Coleman, M.D. RIT has been junior Josh Watson, who has recorded #24 Jay Llewelyn ----- Senior Assoc. Athletic Director: Marty Galosi a record of 7-6-4 this season. Watson holds a 3.05 #27 Zac Lynch 1 GP (0-0-0) Assoc. Athletic Director: Sean Simmons goals-against average and a .904 save percentage. #5 Evan Moore 1 GP (0-0-0) Assoc. Athletic Director/SWA: Addie Muti Also seeing action for RIT has been sophomore Jor- #2 Evan Renwick 5 GP (0-0-0) Assoc. Athletic Director: Don Smith dan Ruby (7 starts, 2-5-1 record) and freshman Ken #17 David Rigatti ----- Asst. Athletic Director/Compliance: Ryan Fleischer Maclean (1 start, 0-1-0 record). #21 Mac Roy 1 GP (0-0-0) Faculty Representative: Dr. Scott Branvold #7 Colin South 6 GP (2-3-5) SERIES VS. THE TIGERS #15 John Walton ----- Robert Morris will meet RIT for the final time this #10 Tyson Wilson 3 GP (0-1-1) SPORTS INFORMATION season as the Colonials host the Tigers this week- #23 Cody Wydo 4 GP (2-1-3) Sports Information Director: Jim Duzyk end. All-time, the Colonials are 4-2-3 against the Assistant Sports Information Director: Ken Baker Tigers and have not lost on home ice to RIT in the #1 Eric Ferber ----- Sports Information Assistant: Spencer Kowitz four contests held at the RMU Island Sports Center. #35 Ryan Gayso ----- Graduate Assistant: Jessica Calderone Since the two rivals have met as members of Atlan- #30 Eric Levine 1 GP (1-0-0, 4.00, .895) Graduate Assistant/Men’s Hockey Contact: tic Hockey, Robert Morris has gone 3-2-2 against #31 Terry Shafer ----- Michael Wagner RIT.