american international college yellow jackets ice hockey game notes OVERALL: 0-0-0 ATLANTIC HOCKEY: 0-0-0 GAMES 02 & 03 AT NIAGARA UNIVERSITY AIC 2018-19 SCHEDULE OVERALL: 0-0-0 // ATLANTIC HOCKEY: 0-0-0 October 12 & 13, 2018 10/6 at Providence^ L, 3-1 10/12 AT NIAGARA 7:05 P.M. LAST TIME THEY MET: 10/13 AT NIAGARA 7:05 P.M. 10/16 vs. Bentley 7:05 p.m. March 3, 2018 10/18 vs. Bentley 7:05 p.m. (AIC 4, Niagara 3 — 2OT) 10/26 vs. Quinnipiac^ 7:05 p.m. 10/27 at Quinnipiac^ 7 p.m. LAST TIME OUT: 11/2 at Canisius 7:35 p.m. AIC opened its regular season with a nonconference contest at No. 5 Providence 11/3 at Canisius 7:35 p.m. 11/9 at RIT 7:05 p.m. College, with the Yellow Jackets coming up short in a 3-1 result...Sophomore 11/10 at RIT 5:05 p.m. forward Tobias Fladeby notched AIC’s lone goal in the contest, while sophomore 11/16 vs. Air Force 2:05 p.m. goaltender Stefano Durante made 22 saves...sophomore defenseman Brennan 11/17 vs. Air Force 1:05 p.m. Kapcheck blocked three shots...This weekend will open Niagara’s regular sea- 11/27 vs. Holy Cross 7:05 p.m. son...The Purple Eagles played an exhibition against York University on October 6, 12/1 at Holy Cross 7:05 p.m. falling 5-2...Tanner Lomsnes and Nick Farmer each notched a goal for Niagara in 12/29 vs. Robert Morris 7:05 p.m. the contest. 12/30 vs. Robert Morris 3:05 p.m. 1/5 vs. UMass^ 2:05 p.m. LAST TIME THEY MET: 1/8 at Sacred Heart 7:05 p.m. AIC last met Niagara a season ago in an Atlantic Hockey playoff series on March 2 1/11 vs. RIT 2:05 p.m. 1/12 vs. RIT 1:05 p.m. and 3...The series marked AIC’s first postseason home ice in Division I history; the 1/15 at Sacred Heart 7:05 p.m. Yellow Jackets also earned their first best-of-three playoff series win in D-I histo- 1/17 vs. Holy Cross 7:05 p.m. ry with a 4-1 and 4-3 double-overtime victory to sweep Niagara...In Game One, 1/19 at Holy Cross 7:05 p.m. then-sophomore center Hugo Reinhardt had a pair of goals and rookies Darius 1/25 at Mercyhurst 7:05 p.m. 1/26 at Mercyhurst 7:05 p.m. Davidson and Brennan Kapcheck each added a tally in the 4-1 win. Then-rook- ie goalie Stefano Durante also backed up the Yellow Jackets with 35 saves... 2/1 vs. Niagara 2:05 p.m. In Game Two, Davidson and then-junior center Shawn McBride helped AIC get 2/2 vs. Niagara 1:05 p.m. out to a 2-0 lead before Kris Spriggs had a pair of goals to tie the game at 2-2. 2/8 at Army 7:05 p.m. 2/9 at Army 7:05 p.m. Then-sophomore left wing Jared Pike had a go-ahead goal midway through the 2/15 at Arizona State^ 9:05 p.m. third, but Derian Plouffe evened the game up minutes later. The game got sent 2/16 at Arizona State^ 9:05 p.m. to double-overtime before then-sophomore left wing Blake Christensen broke 2/28 vs. Sacred Heart 7:05 p.m. the deadlock at 8:02 of the second overtime frame...The Yellow Jackets were 3-1 3/2 vs. Sacred Heart 1:05 p.m. against the Purple Eagles in 2017-18. all times Eastern. BOLD indicates home game (all 2017-18 IN REVIEW: home games at MassMutual Center.) AIC ended the year with a 15-20-4 record, setting a Division I program record ^ indicates nonconference game. for wins...Yellow Jackets earned their biggest upset in program history with a 3-2 overtime win of No. 11 Penn State University on October 20, 2017. Then-fresh- man forward Darius Davidson scored the game winner...For the first time in by the numbers... D-I history, AIC posted a weekend sweep of Holy Cross in crucial conference returning Number of wins for points for defensem- players on aic in 2017-18, the an Brennan Kapcheck AIC’s roster in most in AIC’s D-I in 2017-18, who was the atlantic hockey 2018-19. history. 22 15 26 rookie of the year aicyellowjackets.com // #aicommitted // #OneHiveOneFamily QUICK FACTS contests on January 5 and 6, 2018...the next weekend, Yellow Jackets shut out Canisius College on the road, 3-0...On January 15, 2018, AIC earned a vote in GENERAL INFO the USCHO.com national poll for the first time in program history...With a late LOCATION ............................................. Springfield, Massachusetts FOUNDED ......................................................................................1885 game-winning goal from then-sophomore defenseman Nicolas Luka, AIC beat TOTAL ENROLLMENT ................................................................3,387 Undergraduate Enrollment .......................................................1,424 Bentley University on the road on February 24, 2018 to close out the regular Graduate Enrollment ..................................................................1,963 PRESIDENT ............................................................... Vincent Maniaci season, to finish in eighth place in Atlantic Hockey and clinching home ice for the NICKNAME ..................................................................Yellow Jackets MASCOT ...........................................................................................Rex playoffs for the first time in D-I history...then-sophomore forward Blake Chris- COLORS ......................................................................Black and Gold ARENA .................................................................MassMutual Center tensen notched a double-OT goal against Niagara on March 3, 2018, giving the RINK SIZE ..................................................................................200x85 RINK CAPACITY .........................................................................6,866 Yellow Jackets a series sweep and their first best-of-three Atlantic Hockey post- TICKET OFFICE PHONE ........................................... 413-787-6610 season series victory ever...Yellow Jackets advanced to Atlantic Hockey quarterfi- AIC ATHLETIC DEPARTMENT nals, falling in three games to second-seeded Canisius. DIRECTOR OF ATHLETICS ............................... Matthew Johnson ASSOCIATE AD/EXTERNAL ...........................Benjamin Rosenfeld ASSOCIATE AD/COMPLIANCE/SWA ....................Jessica Chapin ASSISTANT AD/BUSINESS OPS ................. Jonathan DeAndrade ASSISTANT AD/FACILIITES ........................................ Paul DeMaria PRESEASON POLL ASSISTANT AD/EVENT OPS ..........................................Mike Lavato HEAD ATHLETIC TRAINER.............................................. John Culp AIC was selected to finish fifth in the Atlantic Hockey Conference during the 2018- FACULTY ATHLETICS REPRESENTATIVE ... Jill McCarthy Payne ADVISOR FOR STUDENT-ATHLETE SUCCESS ............ Wole Oke 19 season, according to a coaches’ poll released by the league on September 25... DIRECTOR OF ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS ... Thomas Pool COORDINATOR OF ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS .Sarah Kirkpatrick AIC garnered 60 points in the poll for its highest preseason ranking in program history... Reigning Atlantic Hockey champion Air Force Academy took the top HOCKEY STAFF/INFO HEAD COACH ..............................................Eric Lang (AIC ‘98, ‘08) spot in the poll with 97 points and seven first-place votes, while Canisius College .............................................................................................. @ericlang9 ASSOCIATE HEAD COACH .......Mike Towns (Adrian ‘11, AIC ‘16) ranked second with 92 points and four first-place votes... Just six points separated ............................................................................................. @townsy25 ASSISTANT COACH .........Stephen Wiedler (Southern Maine ‘11) the third through fifth slots, with Robert Morris University earning 66 points and ..................................................................................................@Wieds2 DIRECTOR OF HOCKEY OPS ...... Mike Finnegan (U. New England ‘16) Mercyhurst University notching 65 points, just ahead of the Yellow Jackets. ATHLETIC TRAINER.......................................................... John Culp EQUIPMENT MANAGER ............................................Ben Hodgkins COMMUNCIATIONS ................. Sarah Kirkpatrick (Boston U. ‘16) BROADCASTER ..................................... Seth Dussault (AIC ‘11, ‘15) RECORD BREAKERS: MEDIA INFO AIC set countless records during the 2017-18 season, beyond its 15-win total and FACEBOOK ............. American International College Ice Hockey TWITTER ...................................................................... @AIC_Hockey earning home playoff ice for first time ever...then-freshman defenseman Brennan INSTAGRAM ................................................................ @AIC_Hockey HOCKEY CONTACT ..............................................Sarah Kirkpatrick Kapcheck broke the D-I program record for single-season points by a defense- ..................................................................................... @Kirkpatrick_SJ Email.......................................................... [email protected] man (26)...then-rookie goaltender Stefano Durante set new D-I program stan- Office .............................................................................. 413.654.1425 Cell .................................................................................. 425.361.9158 dards for wins in a season (12) and single-season goals-against average (2.27)... BROADCASTER ........................................................... Seth Dussault .................................................................................@AICJacketsVoice then-sophomore center Joel Kocur tied a program record for plus-minus (+7)... ATHLETICS: then-sophomore defenseman Janis Jaks was an Atlantic Hockey Third Team FACEBOOK ..........................................................AIC