The Union and RPI Series 2014-15 Schedule #19 St. Lawrence (18-11-3, 14-5-1) at Union (14-16-2, 6-13-1) 18-11-3, 14-5-1 ECAC #19 St. Lawrence (18-11-3, 14-5-1) at Rensselaer (9-13-2, 7-12-1) Oct. 4 CARLETON (ex) W, 4-0 February 27-28, 2015 Oct. 10 at RIT L, 5-2 Radio: WFLK 95.3 • Greg Lapinsky, Wally Johnson Oct. 11 at Niagara W, 10-2 Zeebs Du Jour: Oct. 17 #4 FERRIS STATE L 3-2 OT Friday: Mike Baker, Kyle Allen Lines: Matt Brady, Mike Emanatian Oct. 18 #4 FERRIS STATE W, 2-0 Saturday: Kyle Allen, Joe Carusone; Lines: Mike Emanatian, Matt Brady. Oct. 24 at #10 Miami (OH) W, 5-4 Oct. 25 at #10 Miami (OH) L, 2-1 OT THE FINAL WEEKEND: The Skating Saints will be out to nail down the 15th 20-or- Oct. 31 CLARKSON T, 2-2 OT more win season in program history and enhance their ratings percentage index standing when they conclude the 2014-15 ECAC regular season at Union and Rensse- Nov. 1 at Clarkson W, 4-0 laer. The Saints, who swept the Capital District duo in Canton two weeks ago, take an Nov. 7 at Brown* W, 5-2 18-11-3 overall mark and a 14-5-1 league record into the weekend games. The Saints Nov. 8 at Yale* W, 4-0 clinched second place in the ECAC standings and a first-round bye with their sweep Nov. 14 at #6 Colgate* L, 5-2 of Harvard and Dartmouth and mathematically could tie for the Cleary Cup with two Nov. 15 at Cornell* W, 4-2 wins this weekend and two Quinnipiac losses in its games with Harvard and Dart- mouth. Quinnipiac has clinched the top seed in the upcoming tournament by virtue Nov. 21 PRINCETON* W, 3-0 of its sweep of the season series with the Saints. The Saints last won 20 games in a Nov. 22 QUINNIPIAC* L, 3-2 OT season in the 2008-09 season and last finished second in the ECAC in 2000-01. They Dec. 6 CLARKSON* L, 2-1 were league regular season champions in 2006-07. Dec. 12 at Vermont L, 2-1 Dec. 13 VERMONT L, 2-0 ANOTHER BIG WEEKEND: The Saints swept the final weekend of the home sea- son with a 5-1 win over Harvard and a 6-3 win over Dartmouth at Appleton Arena, Jan. 2 at Northeastern T, 3-3 snapping a seven-game home losing streak to the Big Green in the process. It was the Jan. 3 at Northeastern L, 4-2 fifth weekend sweep of the season for the Saints and the first time they have swept a Jan. 9 CORNELL* W, 3-1 season set with Harvard and Dartmouth since 2006-07. The Saint top line of Gunnar Jan. 10 COLGATE* L, 2-0 Hughes, Pat Doherty and Tommy Thompson had three goals and eight points in the Jan. 16 at Dartmouth* W, 3-2 Harvard game, Hughes scoring twice and Thompson once, and Mike Marnell and Joe Sullivan scored the others to back a 25-save night by Kyle Hayton. Woody Hudson had Jan. 17 at Harvard* W, 5-1 two goals against Dartmouth, his first collegiate multi-goal game, Thompson, Marnell Jan. 23 YALE* W,3-2 OT and Sullivan all scored their second of the weekend and Christian Horn opened the Jan. 24 BROWN* W, 5-2 scoring with his sixth of the year. Hayton made 28 saves, but was nicked for more Jan. 31 at Clarkson* W, 2-1 than two goals in a game for the first time in his last dozen starts. Feb. 6 RENSSELAER* W, 3-1 THE SAINT STAFF: Greg Carvel is in his third season as Saint head coach after posting Feb. 7 UNION* W, 7-1 one of the best records for a first-year coach in program history in his rookie season. Feb. 13 at Quinnipiac* L, 2-1 The Saints 18-16-4 mark is the best for a first-year Saint coach since George Menard Feb. 14 at Princeton* T 1-1 OT went 18-5-0 in his first season, 1955-56. Carvel was named the second Charles W. Feb. 20 HARVARD* W, 5-1 Appleton II Head Men’s Hockey Coach in the spring of 2012. A 1993 graduate of St. Feb. 21 DARTMOUTH* W, 6-3 Lawrence and a former Saint hockey captain, he joined the staff as an assistant coach in the fall of 2011. He is the 13th head coach in program history. Carvel came to the Feb. 27 at Union* 7:00 Saints after a 15-year professional hockey coaching career that included assisting Feb. 28 at Rensselaer* 7:00 coach duties with the Ottawa Senators and Anaheim Ducks of the National Hockey Mar 6-8 ECAC 1st round# 7:00 League, helping both teams reach the Stanley Cup finals. He began his professional Mar. 13-15 ECAC Quarterfinals# 7:00 career as director of hockey operations for the Lowell Lock Monsters of the American Mar. 20 ECAC Semifinal TBA Hockey League and joined Anaheim as scouting coordinator in 1999. He added video coaching duties to his title in Anaheim in 2002 and was promoted to assistant coach Mar. 21 ECAC Finals 7:30 in 2003. He joined the Senators in 2004. The winner of the ECAC’s Best Defensive For- Mar. 27-29 NCAA Regionals TBA ward Award as a senior at St. Lawrence, Carvel graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Apr. 9 NCAA Semifinals (Boston) TBA political science and mathematics. He was an Academic All America and a three-time Apr. 11 NCAA Finals TBA winner of the Brian McFarlane Award for academic and athletic accomplishments. He is joined behind the Saint bench by Associate Head Coach Mike Hurlbut ‘89, a former All America defenseman who was part of two ECAC Championship teams at SLU and *-ECAC Games had a 14-year professional playing career and assistant coach Jared DeMichiel, who #-Best of three series is in his first season with the Saints after assisting at Nazareth last season. DeMichiel was an outstanding goaltender for RIT, leading that team to the Frozen Four as a senior. The Record When: The Tale of The Tape St. Lawrence Union RPI Overall Record: 18-11-3 At Home: 9-5-1 Record 18-11-3/14-5-1 14-16-2/6-13-1 9-23-1/7-12-1 On the Road: 9-6-2 Offense 3.09/3.25 3.06/2.60 1.85/2.30 Neutral: 0-0-0 Defense 1.97/1.70 2.78/2.95 3.26/3.00 League: 14-5-1 Power Play 16.1/10.8 19.3/17.2 12.8/14.3 League Home: 8-3-0 Penalty Kill 88.6/88.0 80.5/78.1 77.2/78.2 League Away: 6-2-1 Special Teams Net +9/+4 +11/+2 -23/-11 Non-League: 4-6-2 Pen. Min. Gm. 13.9/15.0 11.6/10.8 11.9/11.0 Non-League Home: 1-2-1 Non-League Away: 3-4-1 Non-League Neutral: 0-0-0 Leading after One: 14-4-2 SAINT SUPPORT STAFF: Aisha Visram, a 2007 graduate of the University of Guelph, is in her Trailing after One: 0-4-0 second season as athletic trainer for the Saint men’s hockey team. Mike Elberty, a 1979 St. Tied after One: 4-3-1 Lawrence graduate is the strength and conditioning coach and Brenden McHugh is the video Leading after Two: 16-1-1 coordinator for the 2012-13 Saints. Wally Johnson is the sports information contact and is in Trailing after Two: 0-7-1 his 39th year of working with the Saint program. He also works with the Saint radio broadcasts during games. Tied after Two: 2-3-1 In Overtime: 1-3-3 Scoring First: 16-5-3 THE BREAKDOWN: The 2014-15 Saint roster includes four seniors, six juniors, eight soph- Opp. Scores First: 2-6-0 omores and nine freshmen. The Saints lost four of their top five scorers from last season Outshooting Opp.: 10-3-1 and workhorse goaltender Matt Weninger, who played in 132 games during his four Opp. Outshoots SLU: 7-8-2 seasons including 34 of 38 last year. Of the 18 returnees, seven played in all 38 games last Shots are Even: 1-0-0 year, and an eighth in 37. The Saints also return junior Tommy Thompson who sat out last Scoring 3 or More: 16-0-1 season and will have two years of eligibility. Scoring 2 or Less: 2-11-2 Scoring on the PP: 9-2-1 THE SAINT CAPTAINS: Senior wing Gunnar Hughes will be the Saint captain this season Allowing a PP Goal: 6-4-1 while classmate Patrick Doherty and junior forward Brian Ward will be the assistant cap- In October: 3-3-1 tains. Hughes, an assistant captain last year, follows in the footsteps of his brother George In November: 5-2-0 as a two-year captain for the Saints and joins Sean and Kyle Flanagan and Mike and Pete In December: 0-3-0 Lappin as the only brothers in SLU hockey history to both captain teams. Hughes scored In January: 6-2-1 five goals and had 13 assists last season and has played in 109 career games with 16 goals In February: 5-1-1 and 35 assists for 51 points.