Black Knights' Manthey Earned Atlantic Hockey Rookie of the Week (1/16/2006)

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Atlantic Hockey Player of the Week

Dave Borelli - Mercyhurst 

Senior, Forward, Sault Ste. Marie, ONT 

Borrelli had a five-point weekend as Mercyhurst swept UConn 6-3 and 4-3 in OT. Both his Friday goals came in the third period. The second was a shorthanded empty net. His power play goal Saturday tied the game at 2. He then assisted on both the third and fourth goals, the 4th being the overtime game-winner. Borrelli leads the team in goals with 14 and is tied for second in points with 29.

Atlantic Hockey Goaltender of the Week

Brad Roberts - Army 

Senior, Goaltender, Cassville, N.Y. 

Roberts stopped 55 of 61 shots in a weekend split with Holy Cross, earning a .902 save percentage. Roberts’ 29 saves on Saturday night, including 12 in the second period, helped Army defeat the Crusaders.

Weekly Honor Roll

Ryan Robin, American International (Jr., F, Prince Albert, SASK) - Totaled a goal and an assist in a 2-1 win over Bentley.

Jereme Tendler, American International (So., F, Viceroy, SASK) - Totaled a goal and an assist in a 2-1 win over Bentley. Notched the game-winning goal with 29 seconds remaining in the second period.

Dain Prewitt, Bentley (Fr., F, Westminster, Colo.) - Notched a career-high three points in Bentley’s 7-3 win over AIC Friday night. Helped the Falcons to build an early lead with a goal and an assist in the first period and later added a second assist in the second period. Freshman now has four goals and eight assists this season.

Marc Zwicky, Bentley (Jr., F, Basel, Switzerland) - Scored two goals and added an assist in Bentley’s 7-3 win over AIC Friday night. Marked the fourth straight game that Zwicky had tallied a goal. (Note: The streak was snapped Saturday night when he left the game with an injury in the second period.)

Max Buetow, Canisius (Jr., G, Denver, Colo.) - Buetow stopped 28 of the 30 shots he faced in Saturday night’s game for a .933 save percentage, which was his second best save percentage in Buetow’s 10 starts this season. The two goals Buetow allowed were also the second lowest.

Tommy Flikeid, Canisius (Fr., F, Lakeville, Minn.) - Flikeid recorded his first career assist, winning the draw to set up Canisius’ only goal in Friday night’s contest. Flikeid was the only Canisius player to have a positive plus/minus rating (+1) on the weekend.

(Fr., F, Lakeville, Minn.) - Flikeid recorded his first career assist, winning the draw to set up Canisius’ only goal in Friday night’s contest. Flikeid was the only Canisius player to have a positive plus/minus rating (+1) on the weekend.

B.J. Bayers, Connecticut (Fr., F, St. Louis Park, Minn.) - B.J. Bayers tallied two assists this weekend in a two-game series against Mercyhurst College. These two assists were his first of his collegiate career. Bayers assisted on the second goal of the first game of the series on Friday night and the first goal in the second game. The rookie’s totals now add up to four points on two goals and two assists.

Marty Dams - Holy Cross (Fr., D, Manotick, ONT) - Dams scored his first collegiate goal and added an assist in the weekend series at Army. On Friday, he assisted on the first goal of the game in the 4-3 win, while on Saturday he broke a scoreless tie in the second period giving Holy Cross a 1-0 lead. Dams, who was waiting in front of the goal, received a pass from behind the net and sent a wrist shot past the Army goaltender. He now has a goal and two assists on the season.

Tyler McGregor - Holy Cross (Sr., F, Ajax, ONT) - McGregor scored two goals in the 4-3 win over Army on Friday night to give him 15 goals on the season. McGregor’s first goal came midway through the first period and gave Holy Cross a 2-0 lead. His second goal of the game increased the Crusaders’ lead to 3-1 in the second period. While on the power play he fired a shot into the net from the far side of the left face off circle. McGregor leads the team in scoring with 15 goals and six assists for 21 points.

Tyler Small - Mercyhurst (Fr., G, Kincardine, ONT) - Small stopped a combined 72 of 78 shots (.923) as Mercyhurst won a pair of games at UConn to snap a two-game slide. Small made 40 stops Friday and 32 Saturday. He improved his overall record to 5-2 and his conference mark to 4-2.

Peter Giatrelis, Sacred Heart (Sr., F, Hamden, Conn.) - Giatrelis was the key force behind the Pioneers offense in Sacred Heart’s sweep of Canisius. Playing in just his second game since returning from a wrist injury, Giatrelis scored two goals Friday night, including the game winner, to propel the Pioneers to a 4-1 win. In the second game of the weekend, Giatrelis scored the first goal of the game in what ended up as a 3-1 win for the Pioneers. Giatrelis now has four goals on the season.

Team Notes

American International: AIC snapped a seven-game winless streak against Bentley with a 2-1 win over the Falcons Saturday night. The string dated back to November, 2003. AIC, which has allowed two or fewer goals in nine of its last 11 games, has won each of its last three games at home, the longest home win streak at the Olympia Ice Center since the Yellow Jackets won five in a row at home during the 2000-01 season. Since December 1, American International has earned the third-most points in Atlantic Hockey play (9) trailing only Mercyhurst (12) and Sacred Heart (10) while tied with Army. The Yellow Jackets have earned at least one point in each of the last five weekends of conference play. AIC has already matched last season’s win total.

Army: The Black Knights earned a split with second-place Holy Cross over the weekend, falling 4-3 on Friday night, but rebounding for a come-from-behind 3-2 decision on Saturday ... Army is unbeaten in 10 of its last 13 and has moved into fifth place in the Atlantic Hockey standings on the strength of two spectacular weekends ... coming off a sweep of division-leader Mercyhurst the week before, Army split with second-place Holy Cross ... the Black Knights earned six points against the top two schools in the league ... sophomore center Chris Bilec has two goals and two assists in Army’s last four games, solidifying his spot on the second line ... classmate Chase Podsiad brings a five-game scoring streak into Tuesday’s contests against American International College ... Podsiad has six points (2G, 4A) over that span ... the converted defenseman has pointed in 8 of Army’s last 10 games, accounting for 10 points in that span ... sophomore winger, Lyle Gal, scored the game-winning goal on Saturday with just 2:31 remaining in the game ... it was his first career goal in 26 games.

Bentley: Bentley’s 7-3 win on Friday night marked the first three-game winning streak for the Falcon’s in over three years - last three-game streak was December 11, 2002 to January 4, 2003 ... the seven Bentley goals Friday night were the most since the Falcons scored seven also against AIC on Friday, February 15, 2002 ... three Bentley players registered career-highs of three points on Friday night: junior transfer Marc Zwicky had two goals and an assist, freshman Dain Prewitt had a goal and two assists and freshman Tom Dickhudt had three assists ... with an assist on Friday night senior Paul Markarian became just the third Falcon to record 70 points at the Division I level ... freshman Anthony Canzoneri continued to lead the team in scoring with 19 points (six goals, 13 assists) and is currently 9th in Division I in terms of points per game (0.95) and the only rookie averaging more than a point per game (1.07) in Atlantic Hockey play ... the freshman have been a key part of the Falcons’ offense in AHA play as four Falcons rank in the top eight in terms of points for rookies in league play: Canzoneri is tied for first (4-11-15), Jeff Gumaer is tied for fifth (8-3-11), Dain Prewitt is seventh (3-7-10) and Tom Dickhudt is tied for eighth (0-8-8) ... speaking of influence Gumaer’s eight goals this season is a team-high and leads all rookies in AHA play.

Connecticut: The University of Connecticut men’s hockey team dropped two heartbreaking games to Mercyhurst this weekend. In the first game, UConn came out strong with two goals in the first period, but Mercyhurst came out strong in the second to overpower the Husky defense and score four goals. A late goal by the Huskies in the second period would not be enough, and in the third, the Lakers notched two more to bring the score to 6-3. The second game on Friday proved to be much more of a tough game. The Lakers scored first within the initial minute of the game, but the Huskies roared back. The game went into overtime with a 3-3 tie and was not settled until 1:45 remained in the overtime period. The Huskies are currently on a six game slide and are set to face-off against Holy Cross on Jan. 19.

Canisius: Freshman Tommy Flikeid (Lakeville, Minn.) recorded the first assist of his career in Friday night’s game. Senior defenseman Brandon Irish-Baker (Clarence, N.Y.) continued his career offensive season when he notched his career-best ninth assist of the season. Canisius has killed the last 30 power plays, which is the most since the Griffs killed 36 straight last season. The Griffs haven’t allowed a power play goal during the past six games, which is longest stretch since a six-game stretch from Dec. 10, 1993 to Jan. 19, 1994. The Blue and Gold allowed the first goal in both weekend games. The Griffs have done that in the past five contests, 10 of the past 12, and 14 of 17. The Griffs matched a school record with their 10th straight loss, which also happened from Dec. 9, 1988 to Jan. 22, 1989.

Holy Cross: Senior goaltender Tony Quesada made 18 saves and set a school record for career wins with 46 in the 4-3 win over Army on Friday night. The record for career wins was held by Paul Pijanowski (1984-87). He is now 7-3-1 on the season. Quesada is currently second all-time at Holy Cross in save percentage (.911), games played (86) and minutes played (4924:26), while he is third in goals against average (2.57) and saves (2172). Senior Tyler McGregor scored two goals in the 4-3 win at Army on Friday night. He leads the team in scoring with 15 goals and six assists for 21 points. McGregor’s .83 goals per game average this season is third in the nation. His 104 career points ranks him 33rd all-time at Holy Cross. Freshman Marty Dams scored his first collegiate goal at Army on Saturday night.

Mercyhurst: Mercyhurst is now 20-5-1 all time against UConn. The Mercyhurst/Army and Mercyhurst/UConn series in successive had similarities. A week ago Friday, Army scored on a penalty shot in a 5-0 win and then won in OT 3-2 the next night. Against UConn Friday, the Lakers scored the game-winning goal on a second period penalty shot (sophomore forward, Ryan Toomey) and defeated the Huskies in OT the next night. Senior defenseman Conrad Martin, who has been out of action until the Army series, scored his first goal of the season Friday. Senior defenseman Preston brigs also scored his first of the year Friday. Mercyhurst returns to the Ice Center next Friday and Saturday for games against AIC. The Lakers lead the all-time series 18-1-1 and won both prior meetings this season at AIC by scores of 4-1 and 9-3.

Sacred Heart: The Pioneers completed a season sweep of Canisius, winning a pair of games in Buffalo over the weekend. Friday night, senior Peter Giatrelis scored two goals as the Pioneers won 4-1. Saturday, the Pioneers scored one goal in each period to finish the sweep with a 3-1 win. Junior Pierre-Luc O’Brien scored two goals over the weekend and still leads the team in goal scoring with 13 goals to go along with 18 assists for a team high 31 points. Junior Jason Smith has allowed just six goals in his last four games, lowering his goals against average to 2.07 The Pioneers finish out their non-conference season with a visit to Dartmouth Friday night before returning to conference play when they host Bentley Saturday night.