2011-12 YALE BULLDOGS HOCKEY CONTACT: Steve Conn ([email protected]) INGALLS RINK PRESS BOX: (203) 432-0778 STATISTICIANS: Billy Garfi eld, Kevin Guarino ATHLETICS WEBSITE: yalebulldogs.com YALE OPENS WITH TIGERS FRIDAY YALE HOCKEY QUICK FACTS Blue In Ivy Shootout Hosted by Dartmouth 2010-11 Overall Record: 28-7-1 2010-11 ECAC Hockey: 17-4-1 NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Yale men’s hockey team opens the 2011-12 Home: 17-1-1 Road: 8-5-0 Neutral: 3-1-0 Athleti cs Director: Tom Beckett regular season by playing Princeton Friday afternoon in the Ivy Shootout Malcolm G. Chace Coach: Keith Allain '80 at Thompson Arena in Hanover, N.H. Yale takes on the Tigers at 4 p.m. Career/Yale Record: 100-56-13 (6th Year) and then plays tournament host Dartmouth at 7 p.m. on Saturday. The other games in the shootout include Brown playing Dartmouth (Friday, 7) and Princeton (Saturday, 4). 2010-11 FINAL STATISTICS Goals: O’Neill 20 Assists: Miller 33 YALE-PRINCETON SERIES Points: O’Neill 46 The Elis won both meetings last winter and now lead the series 128-101-8 PP Goals: O’Neill 10 Short-Handed Goals: 6 with 1 heading into the 148th contest. GWG: Miller, Cahill 4 Penalty Minutes: Cahill 64 Saves: Rondeau 827 YALE-DARTMOUTH SERIES The Bulldogs and Big Green are heading into the 198th meeting with Yale 2011-12 SCHEDULE leading 101-84-12. 10/28/11 Princeton # 4:00 PM 10/29/11 Dartmouth # 7:00 PM EXHIBITION GAME 11/04/11 Cornell * 7:30 PM 11/05/11 Colgate * 7:00 PM The Bulldogs had the advantage in shots, 42-32, but came up a goal shy 11/11/11 at Rensselaer * 7:00 PM 11/12/11 at Union * 7:30 PM in a 2-1 exhibition decision at Ingalls Rink against Waterloo. The War- 11/19/11 Connecti cut 7:00 PM riors, winners of fi ve of their six games this season, got a pair of goals 11/22/11 at Sacred Heart 7:00 PM 11/26/11 Boston College 4:00 PM from forward Chris Ray to take the fi rst of a two-game swing through 12/01/11 Brown * 7:00 PM 12/03/11 at Brown * 7:00 PM ECAC Hockey. Ray tallied at 13:30 of the fi rst to even things at 1-1 and 12/07/11 at Massachusett s 7:00 PM then slipped a low wrister past Connor Wilson (7 saves) at 7:32 of the third 12/28/11 Russian Touring Team 7:00 PM 01/01/12 Bentley 4:00 PM for the game winner. Waterloo did not allow a shot on net after the Elis 01/06/12 Quinnipiac * 7:00 PM 01/07/12 Princeton * 7:00 PM pulled their goalie for the last 74 seconds. The Bulldogs had a 1-0 lead in 01/13/12 at Clarkson * 7:00 PM 01/14/12 at St. Lawrence * 7:00 PM the fi rst period when junior forward Antoine Laganiere converted a feed 01/20/12 Union * 7:00 PM from sophomore Clinton Bourbonais. Laganiere, with a man-advantage, 01/21/12 Rensselaer * 7:00 PM 01/27/12 at Harvard * 7:30 PM held the puck for a moment before fi ring a low wrister stick side on Keaton 01/28/12 at Dartmouth * 7:00 PM 02/03/12 St. Lawrence * 7:00 PM Hartigan (41 saves). Junior Jeff Malcolm got the start in net for Yale and 02/04/12 Clarkson * 7:00 PM stopped seven of eight shots in the fi rst frame. Classmate Nick Maricic had 02/10/12 at Colgate * 7:00 PM 02/11/12 at Cornell * 7:00 PM the most action by stopping all 16 shots in the second period before Wil- 02/17/12 Dartmouth * 7:30 PM 02/18/12 Harvard * 7:00 PM son, the newcomer, took over in the third. The three Bulldog netminders 02/24/12 at Princeton * 7:00 PM 02/25/12 at Quinnipiac * 7:00 PM combined to blank the Warriors on fi ve power plays. 03/02-03/04 ECAC Hockey 1st Round Playoff s 03/09-03/11 ECAC Hockey Quarterfi nals 03/16-03/17 ECAC Championship LAST YEAR WITH TIGERS at Boardwalk Hall, Atlanti c City, NJ 03/23-03/24 NCAA East Regional The Blue scored fi ve goals in both wins. In the fi rst game on Nov. 5, Yale at Harbor Yard, Bridgeport, CT won 5-3 with two Chris Cahill goals. Andrew Miller’s four points on Feb. 04/05, 04/07 NCAA Frozen Four at Tampa, FL # Ivy Shootout at Hanover, NH * ECAC Hockey Game 2011-12 YALE MEN’S ICE HOCKEY GAME NOTES PAGE 1 THE LAST TIME... A Yale Player…. Scored 5: Gene Scott vs. AIC 3/2/60 Scored 4: Evan Wax vs. UConn 1/25/03 (4-0-4) Scored 3: Brian O’Neill at Clarkson 2/12/11 (3-0-3) Scored a SHG: Charles Brockett at Princeton 2/20/11 (5-4 W) Had 6 Points: Mark Arcobello vs. Boston College 3/28/10 (3-3-6) Scored in OT: Chad Ziegler vs. Air Force 3/25/11 (NCAAs) Scored on Penalty Shot: Broc Litt le vs. Dartmouth 10/30/10 (7-3 W) Had PS Stopped: Broc Litt le 12/30/08 vs. Minnesota State, D.Tormey (3-2 W) Stopped PS: Ryan Rondeau 1/16/11 at Brown (1st p, MacLellan missed wide) Had 5 assists: Bob Brooke vs. Dartmouth 1/26/80 (0-5-5) Had 4 assists: Andrew Miller vs. Union 12/5/10 (0-4-4) Made 60+ saves: Josh Gartner at Dartmouth 3/5/05 (60) Made 50+ saves: Alec Richards at Union 3/4/06 (57) Made 40+ saves: Ryan Rondeau at Princeton 10/31/09 (40) Made 20 saves in a period: Matt Modelski vs. Princeton 2/3/07 (20, 3rd) Recorded a SHO: Ryan Rondeau vs. Cornell 3/19/11 (22 saves) Whistled for 4 penalti es: Jean-Francois Boucher vs. Holy Cross 10/27/06 Goalie with an Assist: Ryan Rondeau at Princeton 2/20/11 Denny Kearney A Yale Team … Had 60 SOG: at Union 3/4/06 (61, 5 OT) Had 25 SOG in a period: at Dartmouth 1/9/09 (25, 1st) Had 20 SOG in a period: vs. Sacred Heart vs. St. Lawrence 3/13/11 (20, 2nd) Faced 60 SOG: at Dartmouth 3/5/05 (64) Scored 4+ goals in a period: vs. Cornell 3/19/11 (4, 2nd period) Scored 5 PPG in a Game: vs. Brown 1/16/10 (8-5 W) Scored 10+ goals in a Game: vs. Holy Cross 1/2/11 (10-3) Allowed 4 PPG in a Game: Brown 10/29/10 (4-for-9) Allowed a hat trick: vs. St. Lawrence (Travis Vermeulen) 2/19/10 (3-1-4) Allowed a SHG: vs. Minnesota Duluth (Mike Connolly) 3/26/11 (NCAAs) Won in OT: vs. Air Force (2-1, 3/25/11) Lost in OT: vs. St. Lawrence 3/11/11 (4-3) Played in a Shootout: at Wisconsin 1/3/10 (2-1 Wisconsin) 2010-11 AWARDS Broc Little ECAC Hockey MLX Skates Player of the Week Denny Kearney, Nov. 2 (4-4-8 vs. Brown/Princeton) All-ECAC Broc Litt le, Nov. 22 (2-1-3 at Cornell/Colgate); 1st Team: Andrew Miller, Brian O’Neill March 14 (2-5-7 in SLU playoff series) 3rd Team: Chris Cahill Chris Cahill, Dec. 6 (3-1-4 vs. RPI/Union) All-Ivy League ECAC Hockey MLX Skates Goalie of the Week 1st Team: Broc Litt le, Andrew Miller Ryan Rondeau, Dec. 6, Jan. 10, Feb. 7 2nd Team: Jimmy Marti n, Ryan Rondeau, Chris Cahill ECAC Hockey MLX Skates Rookie of the Week HM: Brian O’Neill Kenny Agosti no, Jan. 25 (3 goals vs. Clarkson/SLU) insidecollegehockey.com ECAC All-Tournament Team Brian O’Neill, Andrew Miller, Chris Cahill, Jimmy Marti n, Hockey Commissioner’s Associati on Rookie of Month Ryan Rondeau (MOP) Kenny Agosti no (Jan.) 2011-12 YALE MEN’S ICE HOCKEY GAME NOTES PAGE 2 20 helped Yale win 5-4 at Princeton. Brian O’Neill netted four points against Old Nassau, while Miller had a goal and four assists. Yale’s power play went 4 for 12 over the two games. LAST YEAR WITH BIG GREEN Yale won both meetings in 2010-11 by a combined score of 6-3. Ryan Rondeau ’11 stopped 57 shots over the two games while Dartmouth netminder James Mello made 73 saves. No Bulldog had multiple goals. NEW BLUE The class of 2015 includes four forwards, three defensemen and a goalie. Here are some quick facts on each newcomer: D Bennett Carroccio was an EJHL All-Star for the Boston Jr. Bruins… F Anthony Day scored 30 goals St. Francis High School... D Tommy Fallen played on the U.S. Team that captured gold at the 2010 World Junior A Challenge... D Matt Killian notched 30 career goals at Delbarton School... F Trent Ruffolo scored 129 points over 89 games for the New Hampshire Jr. Monarchs… F Alex Ward was a three-sport star at Deerfi eld Academy… F Nicholas Weberg played high school hockey in Minnesota while skating for Team Norway U20s at the 2011 World Junior Championships… G Connor Wilson, a goalie for Chicago in the USHL, was a three- sport standout at the Berkshire School.