Melissa Piacentini Sophomore Forward 15 goals, 11 assists 1301 East Colvin St. 2013-14 point leader Syracuse, N.Y. 13244 Ice Hockey Contact: Laura Devine Cell: (774) 254-6378 Office: (315) 443-2608 [email protected] Schedule/Results Date Opponent Time 9/27 University of Guelph (EXH) W, 3-1 Syracuse Ice Hockey Game Notes 10/4 at #10 Northeastern W, 4-1 10/5 at New Hampshire L, 3-2 10/11 #3 CLARKSON L, 2-1 Syracuse (18-11-3) rit (14-15-3) 10/12 at #3 Clarkson L, 4-0 at 10/18 at Providence L, 2-1 Feb. 21, 2014 • 7 P.M. 10/19 at Providence W, 4-1 Ritter Arena 10/25 #4/3 BOSTON COLLEGE W, 4-1 Streaming Video: AmericaOneSports.com 10/26 UNION W, 5-2 11/9 at Penn State* W, 2-1 Live Stats: sidearmstats.com/rit/whockey 11/10 at Penn State* W, 4-3 OT 11/15 at #10 Mercyhurst* T, 3-3 11/16 at #10 Mercyhurst* L, 5-3 11/22 RV ROBERT MORRIS* T, 1-1 Syracuse (18-11-3) vs. rit (14-15-3) 11/23 RV ROBERT MORRIS* L, 2-1 Feb. 22, 2014 • 4 P.M. 11/26 COLGATE % W, 2-1 12/3 CORNELL % L, 5-2 Tennity Ice Pavilion 12/6 LINDENWOOD* L, 2-1 Streaming Video: AmericaOneSports.com 12/7 LINDENWOOD* W, 4-1 Live Stats: sidearmstats.com/syracuse/whockey 1/4 at Vermont W, 4-3 1/5 at Vermont W, 3-2 1/10 at RIT* L, 4-3 1/14 at Colgate W, 2-0 SCOUTING THE TIGERS 1/17 RIT* W, 5-4 OT • RIT is 14-15-3 on the year and 9-7-2 in College Hockey America play, which currently puts them one 1/24 PENN STATE* W, 3-2 OT 1/25 PENN STATE* W, 3-0 point behind the Orange in the conference standings. This series will determine who each team will 1/31 MERCYHURST* L, 3-2 play in the first round of the CHA playoffs. As of now, Syracuse is set to face Penn State and RIT will 2/1 MERCYHURST* L, 2-1 2/4 ST. LAWRENCE % W, 3-0 play Lindenwood. In order to maintain this scenario, SU cannot lose a game this weekend. 2/7 at Robert Morris* T, 3-3 • Melissa Maugeri leads the team in points (25) and assists (16) and has nine goals on the season. 2/8 at Robert Morris* W, 3-1 2/14 at Lindenwood* W, 5-2 She has been responsible for a game-winner and a game-tying goal. 2/15 at Lindenwood* W, 2-1 • Kolbee McCrea has 23 points on the season and leads the team with 15 goals, also notching a 2/21 at RIT* 7 p.m. game-winner and game-tying goal. Celeste Brown is the Tigers’ second-leading goal scorer with 10, 2/22 RIT* 4 p.m. 2/28 CHA Playoffs TBA three of which were game winners and one was a game-tying score. 3/1 CHA Playoffs TBA • Ali Binnington is the main goalie for RIT and has a 10-9-2 record on the season. She has a .934 save 3/7 CHA Semifinal TBA 3/8 CHA Championship TBA percentage and 1.99 GAA. Last time the two team squared off, however, Jetta Rackleff was in net. She has a 3-3-0 record, .880 save percentage and 3.84 GAA. Home games in BOLD CAPS Home games played at Tennity Ice Pavilion SYRACUSE RIT % Home game played at the War Memorial #SUICEFACTS * College Hockey America contest Stat CHA Rank Tweetables - Notes about the SU All games listed in local time Stat CHA Rank Goals 4th 70 ice hockey team in 140 characters Dates and times are subject to to change Goals 3rd 84 Goals/GM 3rd 2.71 Goals/GM 4th 2.19 or less! Team information GA/GM 3rd 2.01 GA/GM 4th 2.68 PIM/GM 5th 10.3 PIM/GM 3rd 10.38 • Head coach Paul Flanagan is the Head Coach: ............................... Paul Flanagan Power Play 2nd 28-156 (17.9%) Power Play 3rd 27-160 (16.9%) ninth all-time winningest coach in Overall Record/Years ................ 319-180-41/15 Penalty Kill 3rd 125-147 (85.0%) Penalty Kill 4th 131-157 (83.4%) women’s college hockey after defeat- SU Record/Years ............................. 89-97-17/6 Assists/GM 4.1 Assists/GM 3.8 ing LU on Saturday! #SUIceFacts CHA Record ...............................41-45-13 (.480) Penalties/GM 5.1 Penalties/GM 5.1 (134/140) Assistant Coach ..................... Alison Domenico Shots/GM 32.3 Shots/GM 29.5 • Larissa Martyniuk earned her Assistant Coach ....................... Brendon Knight SH Goals 2 SH Goals 1 second CHA Rookie of the Week 2012-13 Overall ..........................20-15-1 (.569) Home Record 8-6-1 Home Record 9-6-0 honor after scoring three points 2012-13 CHA/Finish ..............13-6-1 (.675)/2nd Away Record 10-5-2 Away Record 3-9-3 against Lindenwood last weekend. Letterwinners Returning/Lost ...................15/5 Neutral Record 0-0-0 Neutral Record 2-0-0 #SUIceFacts (137/140) Program Record/Years .................... 89-97-17/6 Scoring Margin: Scoring Margin: • 1 goal 8-8 • 1 goal 9-8 • With 23 points, Jessica Sibley has MEdia information • 2 goals 2-1 • 2 goals 3-1 the second-most points among CHA • 3 goals 2-6 Live Streaming Video ........America One Network • 3 goals 8-2 rookies. #SUIceFacts (88/140) Live Stats............................................... cuse.com Ice Hockey SID ................................ Laura Devine • .@CuseIce can clinch third place Phone ..........................................(774) 254-6378 www.facebook.com/ and play Penn State in 1st round of Email [email protected] SyracuseOrange CHA Playoffs as long as the team Website ................................................Cuse.com does not lose to RIT #SUIceFacts (135/140) 2 • SU ICE HOCKEY vs. RIT February 21-22, 2014 2012-13 Leading Scorers SU SWEEPS LINDENWOOD FRESHMEN PHENOMS • The Orange won both of its games against • Rookies Jessica Sibley and Larissa Martyniuk Name GP G A Pts +/- PIM Lindenwood last weekend to become third in have become stand-out performers for the Or- PIACENTINI 31 15 11 26 +12 8-16 CHA standings, one point ahead of RIT. On Friday, ange. Both have been named CHA Rookie of the RENAULT 32 5 19 24 +9 17-34 Syracuse had a dominant 5-2 victory, matching its Week on two occasions. SIBLEY 32 11 12 23 +4 24-48 season-high single game goal total. On Saturday, • Sibley, a forward, has 23 points on the season, SCHARFE 32 8 12 20 +8 13-26 SU came from behind to take a 2-1 victory due to the third-most on the team, and the second- ROACH 32 4 14 18 +8 3-6 two goals in the third period. most goals will 11. Martyniuk, a defenseman, has LaCOMBE 30 9 7 16 +9 9-18 • Saturday’s win was head coach Paul Flanagan’s 15 points this year on five goals and 11 assists. 319th, which bumped him up to the 9th all-time • Sibley and Martyniuk are two of the best fresh- Name GP/GS Min. GAA Sv.% W-L-T winningest coach in women’s college hockey. man in CHA, ranking second and third, respec- DRINKWATER 19/19 1147:15 1.88 .927 14-4-1 • Freshman Larissa Martyniuk scored the most tively, in rookie scoring. Martyniuk also ranks BILLADEAU 13/13 763:25 2.12 .933 4-7-2 points among the Orange with a goal and two fifth overall in defenseman scoring. assists. Her 15 points on the season is the • Sibley has recorded two-three point games Coaching matchup second-most among Syracuse rookies and third so far this year, the first in the 5-4 overtime win SYRACUSE among conference freshman. She also ranks fifth against RIT and in the 3-1 win over No. 9 RMU. Head Coach ........Paul Flanagan (St. Lawrence ‘80) in defenseman scoring in CHA. Martyniuk was • Martyniuk led the team in points against named Rookie of the Week for the performance. Lindenwood last weekend with three off of a goal Record at SU/Years ..............................89-97-17/6 • Jenesica Drinkwater made 29 saves on the and two assists. Career Record/Years ......................319-180-41/15 weekend and allowed three goals for a .906 save percentage and 1.50 goals against average. With NOT SO ‘TINI RIT her two wins, Drinkwater improves to 14-4-2 on • Sophomore forward Melissa Piacentini, who Head Coach ............Scott McDonald (Niagara ‘00) the season, a .763 save percentage that ranks stands tall at five feet and two inches, has been Record at RIT/Years ...........................165-52-18/8 eighth nationally and second in College Hockey stellar in 2014, going on a 10-game point streak Career Record /Years .........................165-52-18/8 America behind Jessica Dodds, who failed to out- which included a seven-game goal spurt, both do Drinkwater last weekend. the longest in school history. Series vs. The tigers • Senior Cara Johnson scored the first game-win- • She has a team-leading 26 points and 15 goals, ning goal of her career when she notched an un- including five power-play goals, also team-lead- • Syracuse leads the series 5-1-1. assisted score in the first period in the 5-2 win on ing. In total, she has nine man-up points this year. • The Orange faced off against the Tigers just over Friday. She also assisted on Sadie St.