2016-17 RIT Men’s Ice Hockey RIT vs. Canisius College Friday. January 20, 2016 (Gene Polisseni Center - 4,300 - Rochester, N.Y.) - 7:05 p.m. EST Saturday. January 21, 2016 (HARBORCENTER - 2,100 - Buffalo, N.Y.) - 7:35 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 FM, with Ed Trefzger and Matt Phone: (585) 475-6154 or (585) 475-5598 - Fax: (585) 475-2617 - Website: www.ritathletics.com Campbell on the call from the Gene Polisseni Joe Venniro: Executive Director - [email protected] – Stephen Jaynes: Director - [email protected] Center Friday and HARBORCENTER Saturday. Fans can listen online at http://witr.rit.edu/ Big Home and Home Series ... RIT returns home Last 10 Meetings Between Television RIT and Canisius All RIT home games are on Time Warner Sports tonight, as Canisius visits the Gene Polisseni Center for channel 26 or 98 this season. As always, Gene the second time this season. Tomorrow night, the two Battaglia and John DiTullio bring you all the teams complete theeir regular season series at Date Place Score action from the Gene Polisseni Center. Saturday, HARBORCENTER in Buffalo at 7:35 p.m. 11/19/13 at Canisius L, 2-5 Kevin Sylvester and Randy Schultz are on the call 2/28/14 at Canisius W, 1-0 from HARBORCENTER for Time Warner. The Final Third of the Regular Season is Here/ 3/1/14 Ritter Arena W, 3-1 11/14/14 at Canisius T, 3-3 (OT) Video/Streaming Television Bunched up League Standings... RIT plays its final 11 11/15/14 at Canisius W, 3-0 All RIT home games and selected road contests regular season games against Atlantic Hockey opponents. 3/20/15 % Blue Cross Arena W, 2-1 will feature video streaming with audio by RIT enters the weekend tied for third in the Atlantic Stretch Internet on a subscription basis. For more 1/8/16 Polisseni Center L, 3-6 Hockey standings with 20 points, just three points out of 1/9/16 Polisseni Center W, 4-3 information, go to https://portal.stretchinternet. first place. Canisius is right behind in fifth place with 18 com/atlantichockey/. 11/4/16 at Canisius L, 0-1 points, having played two less games than RIT. 11/5/16 Polisseni Center L, 1-2 2016-2017 Schedule (10-12-1, 10-7-0 AHC) Last Weekend/Tale of Two Days… The Tigers split a % - Denotes 2015 AHC Semifinal pair of Atlantic Hockey games at American RIT leads the all-time series, 60-22-2 Date Opponent Time International, winning 5-0 on Friday and losing 5-3 Saturday. Erik Brown scored twice for his third two- RIT leads in Division I era, 21-12-1 10/1 BROCK (Exhibition) W, 3-0 goal game of the season in Friday’s win. Shawn 10/7 * ROBERT MORRIS W, 6-3 Cameron and Alex Perron-Fontaine scored goals, while Adam Brubacher added a goal and an 10/8 * ROBERT MORRIS L, 5-6 assist and Garrett McMullen set a career-high with two assists. Mike Rotolo made 18 saves for 10/15 ^ UCONN T, 1-1 (OT) his first shutout of the season. On Saturday, RIT rallied from a 3-1 third period deficit to tie the 10/21 at Union L, 2-5 game at 3-3 before AIC scored two late power-play goals. Ryan Kruper and Darren Brady had a 10/22 at RPI L, 3-6 goal and an assist apiece, while Chase Norrish also scored. The Tigers fired 81 shots on goal 10/28 * at Bentley W, 4-1 over the weekend. 10/29 * at Bentley W, 6-3 11/4 * at Canisius L, 0-1 Brown Enjoying Breakout Season... Erik Brown is currently tied for 17th nationally with 13 11/5 * CANISIUS L, 1-2 goals. He has already reached career-highs in goals (13) and points (21), in 23 games played 11/11 * at Air Force L, 3-4 this season, as both totals lead RIT. He has three two-goal games this season. 11/12 * at Air Force L, 3-4 11/18 * ARMY W, 6-2 Rotolo Reaches Milestone… Goaltender Mike Rotolo became the first goaltender in RIT’s 11/19 * ARMY W, 2-1 (OT) Division I era to surpass 2,000 career saves, doing so in the 5-0 win at American International. 11/23 * at Mercyhurst W, 4-3 He picked up his fifth career shutout in that victory. Earlier in the year, he became the 12/2 * at Niagara W, 7-1 university’s all-time leader at the Division I level in games played (81) and saves (2,032). He 12/3 * at Niagara W, 6-2 surpassed former RIT goaltender and teammate Jordan Ruby, who played at the university from 12/9 PROVIDENCE L, 1-5 2011-15 in both categories. 12/10 PROVIDENCE L, 1-3 Tale of the Tape 12/30 ! at Bowling Green L, 0-3 Brubacher off to Torrid Start in League Play/Earned Second Atlantic Hockey Defensive Player of the Week Overall 1/6 * SACRED HEART W, 3-1 Honor… First-year defenseman Adam Brubacher leads 1/7 * SACRED HEART L, 1-5 RIT Stats Canisius all Atlantic Hockey rookies in scoring during league 10-12-1 2016-17 Record 8-10-5 1/13 * at AIC W, 5-0 play with 15 points, two game-winning tallies, 62 shots 3.17 Goals For 1.96 1/14 * at AIC L, 3-5 on goal, and is also first at plus-14 in 17 conference 2.91 Goals Against 2.48 1/20 * CANISIUS 7:05 p.m. contests. On Tuesday, he was named the Atlantic 35.1 Shots For 24.9 1/21 * at Canisius 7:05 p.m. 25.8 Shots Against 35.8 Hockey Defensive Player of thw Week for the second 21 PPG 14 1/27 * BENTLEY 7:05 p.m. time in 2016-17. He had a goal and two assists and was 23 PPA 14 1/28 * BENTLEY 7:05 p.m. plus-2 in the weekend split at American International. 2 SHG 1 2/3 * at Robert Morris 7:05 p.m. 2 SHA 4 2/4 * at Robert Morris 7:05 p.m. Wilson Closing in on 600 Games Coached... RIT head 15.6 Penalty Mins. 11.5 21.0% Power-Play 14.1% 2/10 * HOLY CROSS 7:05 p.m. coach Wayne Wilson, now in his 18th season at the 78.9% Penalty-Kill 86.4% 2/11 * HOLY CROSS 7:05 p.m. university, reached the 300-win milestone against 53.9% Face-Offs Won 47.1% 2/17 * AIR FORCE 7:05 p.m. Canisius on March 20, 2015. Wilson has eight 20-win 2/18 * AIR FORCE 7:05 p.m. seasons and 11 with at least 19 wins. He is 330-207-61 Conference Games Only 2/25 * at Mercyhurst 7:05 p.m. in his RIT career and won the Spencer Penrose Award RIT Stats Canisius as Division I National Coach of the Year in 2010. 10-7-0 Record 7-4-4 3/3-5 AHC First Round Series TBA 3.82 Goals For 2.33 3/10-12 AHC Quarterfinal Series TBA Wilson became the first coach to win the National 2.59 Goals Against 2.13 3/17 AHC Semifinal TBA Coach of the Year at both the Division I and Division III 37.5 Shots For 27.1 3/18 AHC Championship TBA levels. He is just two games shy of coaching in his 600th 24.1 Shots Against 34.3 career game at RIT and will reach the milestone 21 PPG 13 Saturday night. 15 PPA 6 Home Games in BOLD 2 SHG 0 * - Denotes AHC Contests About Canisius… Canisius earned three points at 1 SHA 2 ^ - Game Played at Blue Cross Arena 15.8 Penalty Mins. 11.3 league foe Air Force last weekend, winning 4-1 on 26.2% Power-Play 18.8% ! - Game Played at Huntington Center Friday and skating to a 2-2 tie Saturday. Goaltender 81.9% Penalty-Kill 90.8% Charles Williams stopped 84 of 87 shots over the 54.5% Face-Offs Won 48.0% 2016-17 By the Numbers weekend to be named the Atlantic Hockey Goaltender of the Week. Williams has appeared in Record 10-12-1 18 games this season and is 8-6-3 with a 2.06 goals against average and a .941 save percentage, Home 4-5-0 which is second among all Division I goaltenders. Nick Hutchison and Ryan Schmelzer lead Away 6-7-0 the team in scoring with 12 points apiece. Hutchison has seven goals and five assists, while Neutral 0-0-1 Overtime 1-0-1 Schmelzer has five goals and seven assists. After 1st Period/2nd Period When Leading 8-2-0/6-0-0 Earlier This Season/All-Time Series… RIT leads the all-time series between the two schools, When Trailing 1-7-0/1-10-0 When Tied 1-3-1/3-2-1 60-22-2, including a 21-12-1 edge since the Tigers moved to Division I in 2005. This weekend When Scoring/Allowing marks the third and fourth regular season meetings between the two schools this season. < 3 Goals 1-7-1/7-2-1 Canisius won both meetings earlier in the season, by scores of 1-0 and 2-1, on Nov.