2011–12 RIT Men’s Ice Hockey RIT vs. Niagara University Friday, Feb. 24, 2012 (Dwyer Arena, Niagara University, N.Y. - 2,100) - 7:05 p.m. EST Saturday, Feb. 25, 2012 (Ritter Arena, Rochester, N.Y. - 2,100) - 7:05 p.m. EST Radio Sports Information - 51 Lomb Memorial Drive - Clark Gym A261 - Rochester, NY 14623 Friday and Saturday’s games can be heard on WITR 89.7. Ed Trefzger and Nick Phelan will bring you all Phone: (585) 475-6154 or (585) 475-5598 - Fax: (585) 475-2617 - Website: www.ritathletics.com the action from Dwyer Arena online at http://witr. rit.edu/ Joe Venniro: Director - [email protected] – Stephen Jaynes: Director - [email protected] – Television This Weekend... The Tigers play a crucial two game home-and-home series against Niagara this weekend. On Friday, Dave Miller and Andrew Peters will Friday night, RIT travels to Dwyer Arena at Niagara and Saturday the two teams come back to Ritter Arena call the game for Time Warner Cable Sports to close out the regular season. Both teams are jockeying for position in the bunched up Atlantic Hockey channel 26. All home games are aired by Time Association. On Saturday, Taylor the Builders and M&E Engineering are the game sponsors. RIT is second in the Warner Cable Sports channel 26, or 1026 for HD AHA standings with 33 points, while Niagara is right behind in a three-way tie for third with 32 points. subscribers. Gene Battaglia and John DiTullio bring you all the action from Ritter Arena . Field Bunched Up as We Hit the Homestretch... RIT is currently in second place in the bunched up AHA standings, just one point behind leader Air Force who has 34 points. Niagara is in a three-way tie for Video/Streaming Television third with Mercyhurst and Bentley, one point behind the Tigers. Holy Cross is still in contention for the All RIT home games and selected road contests will conference title at 31 points, while Robert Morris could still steal a first-round bye, at 29 points. Two points feature video streaming with audio by America for the Tigers would guarentee a top-four finish, and a first-round bye in the upcoming AHA Tournament. One Network on a subscription basis. For more information, please go to www.b2livetv.com/ Last Time Out... RIT earned two points on two ties against Robert Morris. Friday’s game saw the Tigers take partner_members.asp?id=179. two seperate one-goal leads before seeing them disappear. RIT jumped out to a 1-0 lead at the 7:52 mark, with Greg Noyes notching his sixth goal of the season on a power play, but RMU’s Scott Jacklin tied the game up just five minutes later. The Tigers reclaimed the lead midway through the second on a power play goal by Cameron Burt, but couldn’t hold on, as the Colonials scored early in the third period. 2011-2012 Schedule (17-10-5, 14-6-5 AHA) Saturday was a much different story, as Robert Morris took a 2-0 lead less than 14 minutes into the game. The Tigers clawed their way back behind goals by Trevor Eckenswiller and Ben Lynch, and forced a tie. Date Opponent Time Breaking a Huge Drought... Trevor Eckenswiller scored his first goal of the season last Saturday against 10/1 BROCK (Ex.) W, 4-0 Robert Morris. It was his first goal since Jan. 22, 2009 vs. Canisius, spanning 75 games. 10/8 * NIAGARA T, 0-0 (OT) 10/15 ! ST. LAWRENCE W, 6-5 (OT) Fit to Be Tied... The last time RIT did not win at least one game at Ritter Arena during a two-game AHA 10/20 * at Canisius L, 1-3 series was Nov. 23-24, 2007 vs. Army. Ironically enough, the Tigers tied both meetings that weekend as well. 10/22 #12 UNION L, 0-5 All five of RIT’s ties this season have come at home. 10/28 * at Mercyhurst L, 1-2 Road Struggles... RIT is just 6-8-0 overall on the road this season and 6-6-0 in AHA play away from home. 11/4 * ARMY T, 2-2 (OT) RIT has never finished with a sub-.500 record on the road in conference play. Before Feb. 1, the Tigers were 11/5 * ARMY W, 5-3 20-3-4 on the road in conference games after January 1 since the 2008-09 season. 11/11 * AIR FORCE W, 3-1 11/18 * HOLY CROSS W, 2-0 Domination against AHA Opponents at Home... The Tigers are 33-2-9 against AHA foes at Ritter Arena 11/19 * HOLY CROSS W, 6-5 dating back to the start of the 2009-10 season. RIT is 8-0-5 this season. 11/25 RENSSELAER L, 0-2 Niagara the Last AHA Team to Beat RIT at Ritter Arena...The Tigers had their 18-game unbeaten streak 12/2 * at Connecticut L, 2-3 (14-0-4) at Ritter Arena against conference foes dating back to Jan. 30, 2010 snapped last Feb. 25 against 12/3 * at Connecticut W, 2-1 Niagara. RIT had not lost at home to a conference foe in over a calendar year. RIT is also 32-6-9 at Ritter 12/9 * AIC W, 3-1 overall since the start of the 2009-10 season. 12/10 * AIC W, 4-2 AHA Milestone Reached/Conference Success...RIT has an impeccable 106-37-21 mark in AHA play 12/17 * at Robert Morris L, 0-4 since joining the league at the start of the 2006-07 season, including a 59-12-11 mark at home. RIT is 12/29 ^ vs. #11 Ferris State W, 3-0 gunning for its fourth straight and fifth AHA regular season title in six years. In 2009-10 they set regular 12/30 ^ vs. #16 Lake Superior W, 3-1 season records of 22 conference wins and 45 points. In 2008-09, RIT and Air Force recorded a then record 1/6 at Wisconsin L, 3-6 20 wins and 42 points. RIT has only been swept twice in an AHA weekend series, both times at Air Force 1/7 at Wisconsin L, 1-2 2009 and 2012. RIT is 47-25-10 on the road in AHA play. On Jan. 14, the Tigers picked up their 100th 1/14 * at Sacred Heart W, 10-0 AHA win in just 153 games against Sacred Heart. 1/15 * at Sacred Heart W, 3-0 West is Best/Tigers Need to Improve Against Those Teams...The Tigers are 10-1-1 against Eastern pod 1/20 * at Bentley W, 2-0 AHA teams this season, but are just 4-5-4 against teams from the Western pod. RIT plays its final 10 1/21 * at Bentley W, 2-1 games against teams from the West. The top four teams in the AHA standings currently hail from the 1/27 * MERCYHURST W, 5-1 Western pod. 1/28 * MERCYHURST T, 2-2 (OT) About Niagara... Niagara enters this weekend just one point back of the Tigers in the AHA standings and 2/3 * at Air Force L, 0-3 is riding a three-game unbeaten streak. Last week, the Purple Eagles cruised to a pair of wins over Canisius, 2/4 * at Air Force L, 2-4 winning 4-1 at Canisius on Feb. 14, then coming back two nights later to earn a 4-2 win at home. Niagara 2/9 * at Canisius W, 3-1 has balanced scoring, with 11 players scoring between 11 and 22 points. Marc Zanette leads the team in 2/11 * CANISIUS W, 5-3 scoring with 11 goals and 22 points, while Ryan Rashid and Patrick Divjak each have 15 assists. In net, Chris 2/17 * ROBERT MORRIS T, 2-2 (OT) Noonan is 11-5-4 and among the national leaders with a 1.73 goals against average and .939 save percentage. 2/18 * ROBERT MORRIS T, 2-2 (OT) This Season/All-Time Against Niagara...RIT is 2-8-5 all-time against Niagara, including 0-6-3 at the 2/24 * at Niagara 7:05 p.m. Division I level. The Tigers tied the Purple Eagles 0-0 to kick 2/25 * NIAGARA 7:05 p.m. off the 2011-12 season in front of a sold-out Ritter Arena on Last 10 Meetings Between 3/2-4 AHA First Round (best-of-3) TBA October 8. RIT has not defeated Niagara since February 8, RIT and Niagara 3/9-11 AHA Quarterfinals (best-of-3) TBA 1997, when the Tigers took down the Purple Eagles 4-3 atRitter Arena. Niagara was in its first season as a varsity program and Date Place Score 3/16 ! AHA Semifinal TBA 10/8/11 Ritter Arena T, 0-0 (OT) 3/17 ! AHA Championship TBA current RIT women’s hockey head coach Scott McDonald was freshman a defenseman. 2/26/11 at Niagara T, 3-3 (OT) Goaltender Shane Madolora is 0-1-2 all-time against 2/25/11 Ritter Arena L, 2-5 Home Games in BOLD Niagara with a 2.21 goals against average and .925 save 11/19/10 at Niagara L, 1-4 * - Denotes AHA Contests percentage in three career games. Mike Colavecchia, Adam 12/12/09 Ritter Arena L, 2-3 ! - Blue Cross Arena, Rochester, N.Y. Mitchell, and Ben Lynch all recorded two points against the 11/7/08 at Niagara L, 2-6 Purple Eagles last season.