Lakers' Borelli Earns Atlantic Hockey Player of the Week (2/13/2006)

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Atlantic Hockey Player of the Week


Dave Borelli - Mercyhurst 

Senior, Forward, Sault Ste. Marie, ONT

Borrelli had four goals and an assist for the Lakers in their sweep of Bentley. He scored the first and last (pp) goals of the game Friday and the final two goals of the game Saturday. He has a four-game scoring streak (5 goals and 2 assists). He leads the team with 22 goals and is tied for second in points with 40.

Atlantic Hockey Goaltender of the Week


Tyler Small - Mercyhurst

Freshman, Goaltender, Kincardine, ONT

Small stopped a combined 84 of 88 Bentley shots (.955) as the Lakers swept the Falcons by identical 5-2 scores. Small recorded his 9th and 10th career wins and improved his conference mark to 8-3.

Atlantic Hockey Rookie of the Week


Dan Giffin - Canisius 

Freshman, Goaltender, Milton, ONT 

Giffin split his starts at first-place Holy Cross. In Saturday night’s 3-1 win, Giffin made 39 saves, and he has a save percentage of at least .950 in six of his last nine starts. Giffin has won four of his last five starts.

Weekly Honor Roll


Ryan Robin - American International (Jr., F, Prince Albert, SASK) - Totaled three goals and two assists in a 1-1-1 week. Registered four points (2 goals, 2 assists) in a 7-5 win over Connecticut.

Jereme Tendler - American International (So. F, Viceroy, SASK) - Registered two goals and an assist in a 7-5 win over Connecticut.

Fred Coccimiglio - Canisius (Sr., F, Sault Ste. Marie, ONT) - Coccimiglio scored the game-winner in the 3-1 victory in Saturday night’s game. The game-winner was the second of Coccimiglio’s career and gave the Griffs their first win over the Crusaders since 2002.

Cole Koidahl - Connecticut (Jr., F, Minneapolis, Minn.) - Koidahl recorded four goals and two assists in this weekend’s final series match-up between UConn and American International. On Saturday night, Koidhal helped to lead the Huskies to their first victory in 2006 with two goals and two assists. He scored his tow goals in the final period of the game and assisted on the first and third goal. On Friday night, Koidahl tallied two goals, both in the first period.

Brad Smith - Connecticut (So., G, Detroit, Mich.) - Smith notched the Huskies’ first victory in 2006 with a 6-0 shutout of AIC on Saturday night. Smith made a total of 25 saves in the game. On Friday night, Smith replaced Anderson in goal after the first period. In his two periods between the pipes he made 18 saves and allowed only one goal.

Chris Uber - Connecticut (Sr., F, Ithaca, N.Y.) - Uber was a driving force in the Huskies’ streak-snapping victory on Saturday night. Uber dished out four assists on the night. This brings his total numbers this season to 21 points on six goals and 15 assists.

Tyler McGregor - Holy Cross (Sr., F, Ajax, ONT) - McGregor had a four-point weekend with two goals and two assists. In the 5-2 win over Canisius on Friday night, he scored two goals and added an assist, while on Saturday he assisted on Holy Cross’ lone goal. McGregor is on a nine game scoring streak with six goals and 14 assists for 20 points.

Bobby Phillips - Mercyhurst (Fr., D, Carmel, Ind.) - Phillips had two assists Saturday, his first points since November 4 at AIC and his first multiple-point game of his career. One of his assists came on the game-winning goal in the second period.


Team Notes


American International: AIC has already eclipsed last season’s win total. Sophomore Jereme Tendler (Viceroy, Sask.) leads the Yellow Jackets with 12 goals and 10 assists for 22 points, two more than 2004-05 leading scorer Ron Miller accumulated all of last season. The seven goals scored in Friday night’s 7-5 win over Connecticut were the most since an 8-3 win over the Huskies on February 16, 2003.

Army: Army traveled north of the border for the 75th renewal of the oldest continuous international rivalry in sports on Saturday. The Black Knights took on the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) in Kingston, Ontario, and battled the Paladins to a 3-3 overtime tie … Army leads the overall series 39-29-7 … the Black Knights are unbeaten in their last four games against RMC (3-0-1) as the Class of 2006 graduates with an unbeaten mark against their Canadian rivals … Bryce Hollweg notched his second career goal against RMC in the contest … Army steps back into conference play this weekend with a two-game series against Connecticut at West Point’s Tate Rink.

Bentley: After playing to a 3-3 tie with AIC midweek and dropping a weekend series with Mercyhurst, Bentley is 0-6-3 in its last nine games ... The Falcons are now even on games played with Army and trail the Black Knights by two points in the Atlantic Hockey standings for the final home ice spot in the Quarterfinals ... Mercyhurst scored at least five goals in each of the four games against Bentley this season ... senior Ryan Mayhew became just the second player in school history to net 30 career goals at the Division I level with a goal on Friday night, he trails fellow senior Paul Markarian by one goal in terms of Division I goals ... Markarian and Josh Thompson became just the fourth and fifth players in school history to appear in 120 career games on Tuesday night, they now have both played in 122 career games and are just three games short of tying the school record of 125. Josh Thompson became the sixth player to reach the 120 games played mark on Saturday night ... The sixth and seventh players of the season reached the 100 games played plateau on Friday night. Brendan McCartin and Ryan Lessnau reached the century mark and became the 20th and 21st players in school history to reach 100 games played ... Freshman Anthony Canzoneri is now tied for 13th in terms of season scoring at the Division I level with his 23 points (7-16-23) this season.

Canisius: Canisus closed its six-game, four-week road trip with a split at Holy Cross. The Griffs have won four of their last five games. The Griffs have seven road wins on the season, the second most since the team went to the Division I level for the 1998-99 season. The Blue and Gold defeated the Crusaders for the first time in 15 matchups and won for the first time since Jan. 18, 2002. Senior defenseman Tim Songin (Hamburg, N.Y.) and junior forward Michael Cohen (Williamsville, N.Y.) led the Griffs with three assists apiece on the weekend. Songin has tallied six points in the last four games, the most in his career, and his four-game point streak is also a career-best. Cohen has scored eight points in his last five games, and his five-game point streak ties his career best. Songin is one assist away from tying his career high of nine while Cohen’s 28 points on the season is a career best, and is the most for a Canisius player since 2001-02. Freshman goaltender Dan Giffin (Milton, Ont.) stopped 39 shots in Saturday night’s game and has at least 39 saves in three of his last five starts, with the Griffs winning all three of those games. Senior forward Andrew Dawe (Kitchener, Ont.) scored his career-best 11th goal of the year. Junior forward Joey Coccimiglio (Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.) also set a new career high, registering his 18th point. Senior forward Fred Coccimiglio (Sault Ste. Marie, Ont.) recorded the second game-winning goal of his career. Junior forward Billy Irish-Baker (Clarence, N.Y.) tallied two points in Saturday night’s game and scored his first goal since Dec. 29, 2005, against UMass Lowell. The Canisius power play scored four goals on the weekend against a Holy Cross penalty kill that ranked second nationally coming into the weekend. In its last four games, the power play has scored seven goals in its last 21 opportunities. The Canisius penalty kill also continued its success, killing 12 of 14 power plays against the Crusaders and allowed power play goals in consecutive games for the first time since Dec. 9 and 10. The Griffs have killed 68 of their opponents’ last 71 power plays.

Holy Cross: With 20 wins so far this season, the Crusaders are approaching the school single season record for wins (22) and have reached the 20 win mark for the fifth time in school history. Both the 1998-99 and 2003-04 teams had 22 victories. Holy Cross had 21 wins in the 1979-80 season and 20 wins in the 1982-83 season. Senior Tyler McGregor is on a nine-game scoring streak with six goals and 14 assists for 20 points. He had a four-point weekend with two goals and two assists. In the 5-2 win over Canisius on Friday night, he scored two goals and added an assist, while on Saturday he assisted on Holy Cross’ lone goal. McGregor leads the team in scoring with 21 goals and 20 assists for 41 points. His .78 goals per game ranks him third in the country. McGregor and senior Pierre Napert-Frenette each have 124 career points which ties them with Mike Robben (1979-83) for 22nd all-time at Holy Cross. Napert-Frenette’s 135 games played ties him with Greg Kealey (2000-04) for fourth all-time. The record is 138 by Tim Coskren (2000-04). Senior goaltender Tony Quesada made 22 saves in the 5-2 win over Canisius on Friday night. He is now 15-3-1 on the season and his .816 winning percentage is second in the nation. The Crusaders have won nine games in a row when Quesada has been in net. Quesada currently owns the Holy Cross all-time records for career save percentage (.914) and career wins (54), while he is tied for first all-time in goals against average (2.51). The Crusaders enter this weekend with an 11-2 record on their opponent’s home ice this season. Holy Cross’ .732 winning percentage ranks third in the nation.

Mercyhurst: Both junior winger Scott Champagne and senior captain Scott Reynolds reached the 100 career point plateau Friday. Champagne’s three assists gave him 102 career markers at game’s end while Reynolds’ lone assist gave him 100 even. Champagne had two assists and Reynolds one the next night. Senior Dave Borrelli (5 goals, 2 assists) and sophomore Ben Cottreau (4 goals, 3 assists) have four-game scoring streaks. Freshman defenseman Bobby Phillips had two assists Saturday, his first points since November 4 at AIC and his first multiple-point game of his career. Freshman winger Brett Robinson’s game-winning goal Saturday was the first of his career. The Lakers won all four games against the Falcons this season (combined score 27-13) and now lead 20-4-2 all-time. #1 Holy Cross (33 points) comes to Erie next weekend with first-place in Atlantic Hockey on the line. The Lakers have 32 points. Both have played the same number of conference games. The teams split two games last November in Worcester, Mass. The Crusaders won 10-3 before Mercyhurst prevailed 4-3 the second night. The Lakers lead the all-time series 14-6-1.

Sacred Heart: Sacred Heart had the weekend off for the first time since December 29-30. Junior Pierre-Luc O’Brien leads the team in scoring with 37 points including 15 goals and 22 assists. Junior goaltender Jason Smith is 13th best in the country in goals against average with a 2.14 mark. His .932 save percentage ranks him fifth in the country in that category. The Pioneers play a home and home series with American International this weekend. The opener is Friday night in Milford with the rematch in Springfield on Saturday night.