Golden Griffins' Forsman Earns Atlantic Hockey Rookie of the Week (1/15/07)

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Atlantic Hockey Player of the Week

Brent Patry, R.I.T.
Junior, Defenseman, Ottawa, ONT

Patry recorded six points last week helping RIT to a 3-0-0 record and first place in the Atlantic Hockey Association. Patry had two goals and an assist in a 6-3 win over Canisius on Tuesday. His lone assist was the primary assist on the game-winning goal. He added two more goals in a 4-0 shut out of Sacred Heart on Friday and another goal in a 6-3 win over Sacred Heart on Saturday. He now had seven goals and 16 assists on the season.

Atlantic Hockey Goaltender of the Week

Jocelyn Guimond - R.I.T. 
Junior, Goaltender, Quebec City, QUE 

Guimond had his best week as a Tiger, posting a 3-0-0 record. The junior netminder posted three wins over conference foes Canisius and Sacred Heart, helping vault RIT into first place in the Atlantic Hockey standings. On Tuesday Guimond made 12 saves, allowing three goals in a 6-3 win over Canisius. He recorded his first collegiate shut out on Friday, holding Sacred Heart scoreless and making 30 saves in a 4-0 win for RIT. He picked up his third win of the week on Saturday, allowing three goals and making 32 saves in a 6-3 win for the Tigers. For the week Guimond posted a 3-0-0 record, a 2.00 goals against average and a .925 save percentage. He made 74 saves and allowed six goals.

Weekly Honor Roll
 

Mark Phillipich, Air Force (So., F, Lansing, Mich.) - Friday's game was his 10th multiple game of the season...Second on the team with 18 assists and 28 points...Is a +15 on the season, second on the team and in the league...Assisted on AFA's first goal on Friday and then scored the second goal on a rebound...Scored AFA's second goal on Saturday for a 2-1 lead in the second period.

Ben Worker, Air Force (Sr., G, Thief River Falls, Minn.) - Career-best 28 saves on Saturday...Saturday's game was just his second career start and second in as many weeks...Stopped a penalty shot in overtime to preserve the tie...That was the first penalty shot he has ever faced.

Jeremy Leroux, American International (Sr., D, Lunenburg, ONT) - Had three assists against Bentley Friday night.

Neil Sullivan, American International (Sr., F, Buffalo, N.Y.) - Had a pair of goals, including a short-handed tally, in Friday night's win over Bentley.

Jereme Tendler, American International (Jr., F, Viceroy, SASK) - Registered his first career hat trick with three goals and an assist in a 6-1 win over Bentley Friday night. Added an assist in Saturday's setback to the Falcons.

Josh Kassel, Army (So., G, Greensburg, Pa.) - Kassel stopped 54 of 58 shots as Army swept Mercyhurst this past weekend at West Point. The sophomore goaltender recorded his fifth 30 save effort of the season turning away 32 shots in Friday's 6-3 win over the Lakers. He followed up that showing with 22 saves in Saturday's 2-1 victory including a series of saves in the final 40 seconds when Mercyhurst was attempting to tie the game with an extra skater.

Owen Meyer, Army (Fr., F, Littleton, Colo.) - Meyer recorded a point in each game as Army defeated Mercyhurst twice this past weekend. In Friday's 6-3 victory, the Littleton, Colo., native recorded an assist on Luke Flicek's goal in the second period. He then notched the game-winning goal in Saturday's 2-1 win over the Lakers.

Anthony Canzoneri, Bentley (So., F, Homer Glen, Ill.) - Canzoneri scored two goals, including the game-winner, and added an assist in Saturday's 5-3 win over American International.

Ray Jean, Bentley (Sr., G, Randolph, Maine) - Jean made 38 saves in two games this weekend.

Anthony Menzione, Bentley (Fr., F, Darien, Ill.) - Menzione recorded a goal and two assists this weekend. Scored the Falcons' lone goal on Friday, then notched two assists on Saturday, including an assist on the game-winning goal.

Andrew Loewen, Canisius (Fr., G, Winnipeg, MAN.) - The freshman earned the win in his only start of the weekend, making 25 saves against Connecticut. Loewen, making his sixth straight conference start for the team, is 5-4-1 in his last 10 starts.

Cole Koidahl, Connecticut (Sr., F, Minneapolis, Minn.) - Koidahl scored a goal Friday night in a 4-3 overtime loss to Canisius. He then added two more goals Saturday night in a 4-3 victory over the Golden Griffins for three points over the weekend. He is now just six points shy of 100 for his career.

Tyler Chestnut, Holy Cross (Fr., G, Faribault, Minn.) - Chestnut stopped 32 of 34 shots in Holy Cross' 2-2 tie with Air Force on Saturday night. He is now 2-2-2 on the season.

Charlie Lockwood, Holy Cross (So., G, Breckenridge, Colo.) - Lockwood stopped 33 out of 35 shots as Holy Cross tied Air Force, 2-2, on Friday night. His 33 saves is a career high.

James Sixsmith, Holy Cross (Sr., F, Alexandria, Va.) - Sixsmith had two goals and an assist in the two games with Air Force. On Friday night he scored a shorthanded goal to cut the Falcons' lead to 2-1 and then he assisted on the game-tying goal. On Saturday, he scored his second shorthanded goal of the weekend when he tied the game at 2-2. Sixsmith leads the team in assists (24) and points (36), while he is tied for first in goals (12). His 1.57 points per game are third in the nation and his 1.04 assists per game are second nationally.

Al Mazur, R.I.T. (Fr., D, Burnby, BC) - Mazur helped RIT to three wins last week over AHA foes Canisius and Sacred Heart. On Tuesday Mazur dished out three assists in a 6-3 win over Canisius. He added two more assists on Friday in a 4-0 win over Sacred Heart. Mazur dished out one more assist on Saturday in a 6-3 win for the Tigers over Sacred Heart.

Alexandre Parent, Sacred Heart (Jr., F, Boisbriand, QUE) - Parent led the Pioneer attack this week with four points, two goals and two assists. He had a goal and assist in Tuesday's win over AIC and then added a goal and an assist in Saturday's loss to RIT. Parent is third on the team with 12 goals and 15 assists, 27 points.

Team Notes

Air Force: Michael Mayra's two points on Friday tied a season high...Eric Ehn had his 11th multiple-point game of the season on Friday...Has scored in six straight games and 14 of the last 15...Ehn had three assists on the weekend and leads the nation with 43 points...Ehn scored his 100th career point with an assist on Saturday...Mike Phillipich had his 10th multiple point game of the season...AFA now has five ties on the season, all in league play, AFA has been to overtime five times and all have ended in a tie...AFA's five ties are the most since the 1996 team tied five times...Senior Ben Worker made his second career start, and his second start in as many weeks, on Saturday...Made a career best 28 saves...AFA hosts Army on Jan. 19-20...The game will be AFA's first national telecast of the season (CSTV)...AFA is 12-4-2 vs. Army at Cadet Ice Arena. However, in the last six games in Colorado, AFA and Army have each won three times. AFA swept the series in Colorado in 2005. Army swept the series at West Point last season. The home team has swept the series eight times...AFA leads the all-time series, 23-15-2.

American International: Jereme Tendler (Viceroy, SK) notched his first career hat trick with three goals and an assist Friday night against Bentley. It was the first hat trick by an AIC player since CJ McConnell had three goals in AIC's Atlantic Hockey first round playoff game against Army on March 9, 2005, and was the highest point output since Ryan Robin had two goals and two assists in a win over UConn last February 10. Senior Ben Ellsworth (Saranac Lake, N.Y.) played in his 100th career game Friday night. Junior Mike Field (Marquette, Mich.) scored his first career goal Tuesday against Sacred Heart The Yellow Jackets have scored at least three goals four times in the last five games, with their six-goal effort Friday night against Bentley a season high. AIC has held a lead at some point in each of the last six games. The Yellow Jackets killed off all 14 of opponents' power play opportunities last week.

Army: Army's 10 Atlantic Hockey victories matches their season total from a year ago ... the Black Knights swept Mercyhurst at West Point for the second straight season this past weekend ... also gives Army their second consecutive season series win over the Lakers, having never won a season series prior to the 2005-06 campaign ... the Black Knights have now beaten Mercyhurst in five of their last meetings, after collecting only two wins in the teams first 15 meetings ... marked third weekend sweep of an AHA opponent this season (at Connecticut, home and home with AIC) ... sophomore goalie Josh Kassel recorded his fifth 30 save performance of the season in Friday nights 6-3 victory ... Friday's game marked the first time since Oct. 21, 2006 that Army had six different goal scorers in a game as Zach McKelvie, Luke Flicek, Brady Dolim, Ken Rowe, Jeff Fearing and Bill Leahy each had one goal ... Owen Meyer recorded his first career game-winning goal in Saturday's 2-1 victory ... Meyer now has a point in eight of Army's last 10 games (3 goals, 7 assists) ... the Black Knights travel to Colorado next weekend to take on service Academy rival Air Force for two ... it marks the first time in the 37 year history of the rivalry that the two teams meet with conference implications ... Saturday's contest will be shown live on CSTV.

Bentley: The Falcons split a two-game series with American International, the team's sixth split in eight AHA series this season ... The Falcons have not lost to AIC at home since 1984-85, a stretch of 11 straight meetings ... Neil Sullivan of AIC scored the first short-handed goal against the Falcons in almost exactly a year on Friday. The last short-handed goal scored against Bentley also came from Sullivan on Jan. 13, 2006 ... Sophomore Anthony Canzoneri scored two goals, including the game-winner, and notched an assist to match his career-high three points in Saturday's 5-3 win over AIC ... Freshman Marc Menzione scored a goal on Friday and tallied two assists on Saturday, including an assist on the game-winning goal ... Sophomore Dain Prewitt now has a four-game point-scoring streak after recording an assist on Friday and a goal and an assist on Saturday ... Freshman Brendan Harrison scored his first collegiate goal on Saturday, an unassisted tally in the second period ... The Falcons travel to Erie, Pa., next weekend for a two-game series against AHA preseason favorite Mercyhurst ... The Falcons were swept by the Lakers in the regular season last year, but ended Mercyhurst's season with a double-overtime upset win in the AHA semifinals ... Bentley is winless in its last seven games at Mercyhurst, with the last win coming on Feb. 1, 2003.

Canisius: Canisius split its weekend series at Connecticut in the only regular-season matchups between the teams. The Griffs picked up their first road win of the season in the 4-3 overtime win on Jan. 12. The split was the third straight of a weekend conference series for the Griffs. Canisius has won seven of the last nine games over the Huskies. Chris Forsman (Powell River, B.C.) led the team with five points on the weekend. He had a career-high four points in the 4-3 overtime victory. The freshman tied a school record since the program went to Division I for points by a defenseman, which was held by Joel Tarvudd on Jan. 8, 2000. Josh Heidinger (Buffalo, N.Y.) extended his point streak to four games with three assists on the weekend. Heidinger is tied for 11th on the single-season points list and fourth on the single-season assists list at the Division I level. Carl Hudson (Smooth Rock Falls, Ont.) scored the game-winner for the Griffs on a 4-on-3 power play. Hudson's power-play goal was his eighth of the season, which is one away from the program record. His third game-winner of the season is the most by a Canisius player since Joel Kitchen (Orilla, Ont.) had three during the 2004-05 season. The road win for Canisius ended a stretch of 12 straight regular-season losses away from home for the Blue and Gold. Canisius won in overtime on the road for the first time since Jan. 17, 2004, at Sacred Heart. This season, Canisius has outshot its two opponents 6-0 in overtime. Under coach Dave Smith, the Griffs are 3-1-3 in overtime games. Canisius recorded power-play goals in each game and extended its stretch of games with a power-play goal to 10, which is the longest in the last eight seasons. In the 4-3 loss to Connecticut, Canisius had a season-low eight penalty minutes. Canisius returns home for its second straight Tuesday game when the Griffs host rival Mercyhurst in the 47th all-time meeting between the schools. Canisius took three of four points earlier this season. The Griffs close out their non-conference schedule Jan. 19, at Dartmouth in the first-ever meeting between the schools.

Connecticut: The University of Connecticut men's hockey team suffered its first lost of 2007 as the Huskies were beaten by Canisius in overtime, 4-3, Friday evening in Storrs. The Huskies rallied by three goals in the third period to even the score at three goals apiece, before the Golden Griffins netted the game-winning goal 1:12 into overtime. For the Huskies, sophomore Ryan Hawkins and senior B.J. Crum each netted their first goals of the season. The following night, UConn snapped a four-game losing streak to Canisius with a 4-3 win of their own Saturday evening. Senior Cole Koidahl scored a pair of power-play goals to give the Huskies the lead before Canisius would eventually snag the lead early in the second period. Sophomore Chris Myhro tied the game in the third period with his team-leading 13th goal of the season before Hawkins scored the game-winning goal with under four minutes remaining in play. Koidahl now owns the team lead with 21 points and now has 94 points in his career, leaving him just six points shy of the century mark. UConn returns to the ice this weekend with a pair of games at RIT.

Holy Cross: The Crusaders will face Dartmouth on the road on Tuesday, January 16. Holy Cross defeated the Big Green last year in Hanover, N.H. by score of 3-2 on January 21, 2006. James Sixsmith scored a shorthanded game-winning goal with 28 seconds left in the third period...Holy Cross is 3-1 in the last four games against ECACHL opponents...Senior captain James Sixsmith now has 141 career points with 43 goals and 98 assists as he is second on the Holy Cross all-time Division I points list. The record is 143 set by current San Jose Shark Patrick Rissmiller (1998-2002). Sixsmith leads the team in assists (24) and points (36), while he is tied for first in goals (12). His 1.57 points per game are third in the nation and his 1.04 assists per game are second nationally...Senior Jon Landry's 1.13 points per game by a defenseman lead the nation. For the season he has nine goals and 17 assists for 26 points...Sophomore goaltender Charlie Lockwood had a career high 33 saves in the 2-2 tie with Air Force on Friday night...Holy Cross' 22.4 power play percentage is fourth in the nation. Mercyhurst: Mercyhurst is now winless in its last nine games (0-8-1). Brett Robinson and Kerry Bowman snapped ten-game goal-scoring droughts in the weekend series at Army while Matt Pierce snapped an 8-game dry spell and Ryan Toomey a six-game. The Lakers have gone seven games without a power play goal and are 0 for their last 28. Junior Ben Cottreau and senior Scott Champagne, the team's leading and third-leading scorers respectively, have missed the last 6 and 4 games. The Lakers are 1-5 in one-goal games, including three overtime losses and 1-5 in two-goal contests. Army has won five of the last six against Mercyhurst but still trails the all-time series 14-7. Mercyhurst plays three games this week; at Canisius Tuesday and home to Bentley Friday and Saturday. Canisius is 1-0-1 against Mercyhurst this season. The Griffs won 3-1 at home on November 17 and tied 3-3 in Erie the next night. Mercyhurst leads the all-time series 28-13-5. The Lakers lead the all-time series against Bentley 20-5 and, although they won four of five meetings last season, the Falcons nipped the Lakers 3-2 in double overtime in the conference semifinals.

Rochester Institute of Technology: RIT vaulted their way into first place with three wins last week. The Tigers outscored Canisius and Sacred Heart 16-6. RIT held Sacred Heart's power play to two goals in 19 chances this past weekend. RIT goaltender Jocelyn Guimond posted a 3-0-0 last weekend including a shut out of Sacred Heart on Friday night. The shut out was the first of his career at RIT. He is ninth in Division I with a .929 save percentage. Ten players have at least 10 points for RIT this season and four players have 20+ points on the season. Eighteen players have scored at least one goal for the Tigers this season. RIT is sixth in scoring offense, averaging 3.95 goals per game. The Tigers are 16th in scoring defense (2.59 goals per game), third in power play (23.2%) and 12th in penalty killing (87.6%). Since an overtime loss to Bentley in November RIT is 10-2-0 and 9-1-0 versus Atlantic Hockey Association foes. The Tigers have had winning streaks of five, two and three in that stretch.

Sacred Heart: The Pioneers went 1-2 on the week, beating AIC before being swept at home by RIT. Friday night's 4-0 loss was the first time the Pioneers had been shutout this season. It was the first time SHU had been held scoreless on home ice since March 15, 2003 when they were blanked 2-0 by Bentley in the first round of the MAAC playoffs. The weekend sweep was the first time the Pioneers were swept at home since Canisius beat them twice on December 4th and 5th, 1998. The two defeats were the first two on home ice for the Pioneers this year, equaling their total number of home-ice losses in each of the last two seasons. The losses snapped a four game winning streak and a seven game unbeaten streak for SHU. Senior Pierre-Luc O'Brien had three assists on the week, giving him 145 career points, and 82 career assists, both of which are new school records. He needs three more goals to break Martin Paquet's school record for goals scored in a career (65). The Pioneers close out the non-conference portion of their schedule Saturday when they travel to Dartmouth and coverage can be heard on WICC 600 AM.