Syracuse Game Notes NEW YORK’S COLLEGE TEAM Release #5 - Friday, Nov. 14 and Sat., Nov. 15, 2008 SYRACUSE ICE HOCKEY Inaugural Contact: Mark Majewski • 315-443-2608 • Fax (2076) • [email protected] Athletic Communications Office • Manley Field House • 1301 E. Colvin St. Syracuse, N.Y. 13244 Season 2008-09 Schedule and Results (3-6-0) Games 10 and 11 Syracuse Orange OCTOBER (3-6, 0-2) vs. Mercyhurst (4-4, 0-0) Oct. 1 ........Colgate (7 p.m.) .................... L, 3-4 Nov. 14 • 7:00 p.m. Oct. 3 ........Wisconsin (7 p.m.) ............... L, 0-3 Nov. 15 • 2:00 p.m. Onondaga War Memorial • Syracuse, N.Y. Oct. 4 ........Wisconsin (Noon) ................ L, 0-8 Oct. 10 ......Robert Morris * (7:30 p.m.) ... L, 0-1 CENTER ICE Oct. 11 ......Robert Morris * (7:30 p.m.) ... L, 2-3 Syracuse hosted its first home weekend series in program history two weeks ago at the Tennity Ice Pavilion where Oct. 17 ......Quinnipiac (5 p.m.) .............. L, 2-4 the Orange defeated Sacred Heart in convincing fashion, 10-0 and 7-3. This weekend, SU looks to continue its Oct. 18 ......Quinnipiac (2 p.m.) .............. W, 2-0 three-game win streak at the Onondaga County War Memorial; the home to the AHL’s Syracuse Crunch since 1994. OCT. 31 ....SACRED HEART (7 p.m.) .. W, 10-0 This will be the first time the Orange will be featured in downtown Syracuse’s ice rink. Syracuse will be put to the NOVEMBER test when six-time CHA defending champion Mercyhurst skates into Central New York. The clash between SU and NOV. 1 .....SACRED HEART (2 p.m.) .. W, 7-3 Mercyhurst opens up the main portion of league play for the Orange. NOV. 14 ...MERCYHURST * (7 p.m.) Orange.Crush Syracuse.Streaks Over Halloween weekend, the Orange put on a show for There are eight Orange players carrying a pointstreak into NOV. 15 ...MERCYHURST * (2 p.m.) those in attendance at Syracuse’s first home hockey game the Mercyhurst weekend. Stefanie.Marty has assembled a Nov. 21 .....Wayne State * (7 p.m.) ......... against Sacred Heart. The Orange grounded the Pioneers, five-game point streak, including three goals and four assists. Nov. 22 .....Wayne State * (2 p.m.) ......... 10-0, in its first game and maintained its poise on Saturday’s Julie.Rising has been on a four game tear by attaining four Nov. 29 .....Carleton Univ. (7 p.m.). ....... backend with a 7-3 victory. In the combined 17-3 total, the goals and four assists in the Quinnipiac and Sacred Heart Nov. 30 .....Univ. of Ottawa (2 p.m.) ...... Orange delivered numerous program records and firsts at series. Nikki.Leone, Janelle.Malcolm, Lisa.Mullan, Megan. DECEMBER Tennity Ice Pavilion. Some of those marks include: Syracuse Skelly and Rachel.Tilford each look to add another couple DEC. 5 .....Mercyhurst * (7 p.m.) ................ posted six goals in the first period on Friday night…SU games to their stretch against Mercyhurst. Dec. 6 .......Mercyhurst * (2 p.m.) ........... attempted 49 shots on net in the first home game…The JANUARY Orange scored its first short-handed goal in program Rising.to.the.Occasion history on Friday and repeated the feat twice more in the Co-captain Julie.Rising tallied a program-best four points JAN. 9 ......ROBERT MORRIS * (7 p.m.) contest…Five players scored their first goal for Syracuse on in a single game on Friday against Sacred Heart. The JAN. 10 ....ROBERT MORRIS * (2 p.m.) Friday and seven secured their first points…Three powerplay Millbrae, Calif. native scored two goals, including her first Jan. 17 ......Niagara * (7 p.m.) ................ tallies were recorded on Saturday…SU secured its second short-handed marker, and two assists in the 10-0 triumph. Jan. 18 ......Niagara * (2 p.m.) ................ consecutive shutout after Friday’s victory…Head coach Paul. Rising went on to dump in her first powerplay goal for the JAN. 23 ....WAYNE STATE * (7 p.m.) .. Flanagan won his 233rd career game on Saturday. Orange in the 7-3 win to continue her four-game pointstreak. JAN. 24 ....WAYNE STATE * (2 p.m.) .. The sophomore forward is tied for sixth in the CHA with 0.89 JAN. 30 ....NIAGARA * (7 p.m.) ........... Orange.Originals points per game and tied for seventh in goals and assists JAN. 31 ....NIAGARA * (2 p.m.) ........... The home opening weekend for the Orange yielded the with 0.44 per game, each. FEBRUARY first points for numerous Syracuse skaters. On Friday night against Sacred Heart, Jessica.Frump, Rebecca.Gordon, Schoedel.Shuts.Out.Second.Consecutive.Squad Feb. 13 .....Sacred Heart (7 p.m.) ........... Kylie.Klassen, Nikki.Leone and Rachel.Tilford each netted Lucy.Schoedel achieved her second consecutive shutout Feb. 14 .....Sacred Heart (2 p.m.) ........... their first goal for SU while Keeta.Koalska churned out game after thwarting 19 Pioneers’ shots on Friday. Schoedel FEB. 20 ....ST. ANSELM (7 p.m.) ......... her first points of the season with two assists. On Saturday, has turned away 44 straight shots in roughly seven and a FEB. 21 ....ST. ANSELM (2 p.m.) ......... Taylor.Metcalfe earned her first point of the year on an half scoreless frames. On Saturday, Schoedel had a tranquil Feb. 24 .....McGill Univ. (7 p.m.) ........... assist. In that game, junior netminder Alison.Lee made her first period as she faced only four shots in the first period. * CHA Conference Game first appearance in net for Syracuse. Lee turned away eight Schoedel’s streak of stopped shots rests at 44, stretching HOME GAMES IN CAPS shots and surrendered two goals. back to the backend of the Quinnipiac weekend. Through nine games, Schoedel has stopped 212 shots for a .910 save 2008-09 Standings Odd.Man.Out percentage, which is currently tied for third in the CHA. The The Syracuse powerplay and penalty killing units were in Ithaca, N.Y. product has allowed 2.63 goals per game. Team CHA Overall full-effect in Tennity’s first action last weekend. Stefanie. Robert Morris 2-0-0 4-6-0 Marty notched the Orange’s first short-handed goal in Malcolm.in.the.Middle…of.the.ice Wayne State 0-0-0 5-2-1 Mercyhurst 0-0-0 4-4-0 program history after stealing the puck and faking out SHU’s In SU’s 10-0 win against SHU, Janelle.Malcolm was Niagara 0-0-0 1-8-1 goaltender. Syracuse piled on Marty’s momentum as Megan. awarded a rare occasion of two penalty shots for Syracuse; Syracuse 0-2-0 3-6-0 Skelly and Julie.Rising each added another short-handed marking the first time the Orange attempted the one-on-one tally later in Friday’s affair for three short-handed tallies crowd pleaser in program history. Malcolm was not able to New Names…New Pronunciations in a single game. On the flipside, the Syracuse powerplay capitalize on either chance, but she did record three points attacked the Pioneers defense for a program-record three in two games, including two goals and one helper. Malcolm is Klassen..................................CLAH-son Nikki.Leone Bero......................................... BEE-row times. , Rising and Marty all found the back of tied for seventh in the conference with 0.44 goals per game. Feltes....................................... Fell-TISS the net with the man-advantage in Syracuse’s second game Skelly........................................ SKELL-e against SHU. Scrappy.Skelly Bojeski............................... bo-JESS-kee Megan.Skelly may be easy to locate on the ice because she Leone.......................................LEE-own Keeta.Koalska.......... KEY-ta.ko-ALL-ska Plus/Minus.Positives is usually tussling around on the boards with the opponent, Beaudry................................... BO-dree After SU’s thrashing of Sacred Heart, 14 of 17 student- but her uncompromising demeanor on the ice can be backed Schoedel.................................SHAY-dul athletes possess a positive plus/minus rating. Defensemen up with her team-leading five goals and two CHA Rookie of Rising....................................... RISE-ing Taylor.Metcalfe and Nikki.Leone.have compiled a team- the Week awards. In the SHU weekend, Skelly recorded four leading +5 rating while Kelly.Dimmen, Kylie.Klassen, points, including her second powerplay goal en route to her Media Information Stefanie.Marty and.Lisa.Mullan all rest at +4. first career three-point game. Skelly is tied for second in the CHA in freshmen scoring with 0.89 points per game, which is Interview Policy: Head coach Paul Flanagan and selected players are available for interviews Two-Point.Tango also good enough to be tied for sixth, overall, in the league. after games following a cooling off period. Three Orange secured their first two-point games over The Taber, Alberta native is tied for third in the CHA with Interviews may be conducted outside the the Sacred Heart weekend. Kylie.Klassen scored her first 0.22 powerplay goals per contestand 0.56 goals per game. dressing room in the designated media area. career goal and dished out an assist on Friday whereas Her 0.56 gpg mark is tied for 43rd in the nation. For interviews, please contact Mark Majewski Cheyenne.Bojeski put in her second goal of the year and in the athletic communications office 24-hours registered her first assist on Saturday. Nikki.Leone put Frump’s.First in advance to set up times and places for forth a strong showing in each game against the Pioneers, Newly-added forward Jessica.Frump made a splash in interviews with Flanagan or players, or to manufacturing a goal and an assist on Friday and then her first game wearing the Orange sweater in the weekend confirm practice times. scoring two goals on Saturday, including her first powerplay opener.