To view the entire release click here (PDF).

Atlantic Hockey Weekly Award Winners for Games Through January 13
Atlantic Hockey Player of the Week
	BRODIE SHEAHAN - HOLY CROSS Sophomore, Forward, Lethbridge, ALB Sheahan had one goal and four assists for five points on the week. He recorded three assists against Bentley on Friday night, while he had a power play goal and one assist in the 4-2 win over the Falcons on Saturday. Sheahan leads the team in assists with 14 and in points with 21.
Atlantic Hockey Goaltender of the Week
	MATT LUNDIN - MERCYHURST Junior, Goaltender, Apple Valley, Minn.   Lundin recorded the fourth shutout of his career and the first in a Mercyhurst uniform in Friday's 3-0 win. He stopped all 29 Army shots and played the last few minutes of the game in obvious discomfort after a goal-mouth collision. He was also spectacular late in the third when Army, trailing 2-0, had a 5-on-3 power play for a full two minutes and couldn't score.
Atlantic Hockey Rookie of the Week
	ERIK PETERSON - BENTLEY Freshman, Forward, Shorewood, Minn.  Peterson scored a hat trick, netting Bentley's final three goals to lead the Falcons to a 6-4 win over Holy Cross on Friday. It was the first hat trick of Peterson's career and the first by a Bentley rookie since 2005. Among Peterson's goals were the first game-winning goal and first short-handed goal of his career.
Atlantic Hockey Honor Roll
Derrick Burnett, Air Force (Fr, F, Corona, Calif.) - Had nine assists, but no goals, in his first 19 games as a collegian...Scored two goals vs. RIT on Saturday to bring the Falcons back from a 2-0 deficit...His first goal came midway through the first period and made the score 2-1 RIT...His second goal came midway through the second period and tied the game at 2-2 on the power play...Now has 11 points on the season to rank 10th in the league in points by a rookie. Greg Flynn, Air Force (Jr, D, Lino Lakes, Minn.) - Career-best three assists in Friday's win over RIT...Assisted on Matt Charbonneau's game winner...Career-best five assists in the series...Extended his point-streak to five games, a career-best...The top scoring defenseman in the AHA with 18 points in 22 games...Ranks seventh in the nation in scoring by a defenseman. Andrew Volkening, Air Force (So, G, Genoa, Ill.) - Led Air Force to a 5-2 win over second-place RIT by stopping 21 of 23 shots on Friday...On Saturday, gave up two quick goals in the first period and then stopped 11 of then next 12 shots through the next 54 minutes before allowing the game-winner in overtime. Tom Mele, American International (Fr, F, Bronx, N.Y.) - Mele has had a coming out party over the last two weeks. He scored his first collegiate goal last weekend against Robert Morris. This week, he posted two goals and an assist in the Jackets three contests. Mele scored the first goal of the game for AIC against Holy Cross, while also adding the game tying score with under 10 minutes to play against Sacred Heart Friday. His assist Saturday evening was a textbook centering pass that enabled sophomore Josh Froese to score his first goal of the season. Dan Ramirez, American International (Fr, G, Rochester, N.Y.) - Ramirez earned his fifth victory of the year Tuesday stopping 19 shots in AIC's win over Holy Cross. Friday, he turned away a career-high 39 shot attempts despite the teams 5-4 overtime setback. Saturday he posted 24 saves, again in an extra period of action, which ended in a 2-2 tie. Jereme Tendler, American International (Sr, F, Viceroy, SASK) - Tendler scored two goals and added an assist in three games this week for AIC. He scored the first goal of the evening Saturday night against Scared Heart and added a power-play goal, the third of the game for AIC, Friday. Tom Dickhudt, Bentley (Jr, F, Woodbury, Minn.) - Dickhudt notched four assists this weekend, matching a career high with three assists on Friday and adding another on Saturday. He is now tied for the team lead with 10 assists this season. Jason Kearney, Bentley (Jr, G, Gibsonia, Pa.) - Kearney played the final period of Saturday's game at Holy Cross and stopped all 15 shots he faced, the most saves in a single period by a Bentley goalie in over a month. Andrew Loewen, Canisius (So, G, Winnipieg, MAN) - Loewen continued his impressive run, allowing only two goals during a two-game series against Connecticut. In the finale, Loewen stopped all 26 shots he faced to record his second shutout of the season. The sophomore also stopped 23 shots in the opener and helped kill all 11 power plays the Griffs faced. Loewen has allowed only four goals in four games during January and in his last nine games, he has recorded a goals against average of 1.85 and a save percentage of .945. Loewen has jumped up the Atlantic Hockey leaderboard and now ranks fourth in goals against average (2.72) and third in save percentage (.916). In league play, Loewen leads all goalies with a goals against average of 2.03 and a save percentage of .934. Vincent Scarsella, Canisius (Fr, F, Lackawanna, N.Y.) - Scarsella tallied three points in two games against Connecticut over the weekend. The rookie tallied an assist on the Griffs' lone score on Friday and then posted two helpers in the 4-0 victory on Saturday. He posted an assist on the Griffs' game-winning goal in the first period and then helped seal the victory by setting up teammate Jason Weeks for a goal. Scarsella leads Atlantic Hockey freshman in scoring with 17 points. He also ranks 10th among all players with 12 assists. Jason Weeks, Canisius (So, F, Seattle, Wash.) - Weeks helped lead the Griffs to a 4-0 victory over Connecticut on Saturday. The sophomore posted two goals to anchor the Canisius offense. He scored a short-handed goal, the fourth of his career, with 5:03 left in the second period to give the Griffs a two-goal advantage. He then sealed the victory with his second goal of the night with just 3:32 left, scoring on a breakaway to give Canisius a 3-0 advantage. After a slow start to the season (three points in his first 13 games), Weeks has posted eight points and six goals during the Griffs' last nine games. Beau Erickson, Connecticut (So, G, Hinton, Iowa) - Erickson made 35 saves in leading UConn to 3-1 victory on Friday. Followed it up with 22 more saves on Saturday. Adam Roy, Holy Cross (Fr, G, Feeding Hills, Mass.) - Roy stopped 73 of 78 shots in two games on the week. On Tuesday he made 37 saves in the 3-2 loss at AIC, while on Saturday he stopped 36 shots in the 4-2 win over Bentley. Everett Sheen, Holy Cross (Fr, F, Lethbridge, ALB) - Sheen had one goal and two assist for three points on the week. He recorded one assist against AIC on Tuesday, while he scored the game-winner and had an assist in the 4-2 win over Bentley on Saturday. Sheen has scored 10 goals in the last 11 games as his 11 goals lead the team and are third in the nation by rookies. Steve Cameron, Mercyhurst (Fr, F, Mission, BC) - Cameron scored goals in back-to-back games for the first time in his collegiate career over the weekend. He scored the first power play goal of his career late in the third period Friday against Army and scored Mercyhurst's second goal Saturday to snap a 1-1 second period tie and put the Lakers ahead to stay. That goal came just :32 seconds after Army had tied the game on a power play. Cameron had 8 shots in the 2 games and finished +1. Matt Fennell, Mercyhurst (So, D, Melfort, SASK) - Fennell recorded the first multiple goal game of his career Saturday in a 4-2 win over Army. He scored the game's first and last goals (EV, PP). He was also instrumental in killing 17 of 19 Army power plays in the two games, all seven in a 3-0 win Friday and 10 of 12 Saturday. Army had four 5-on-3 advantages in the two games (full two minutes, 1:18, full two minutes, and 1:43) and scored only one goal. The Black Knights had nine straight power play chances in Saturday's game. Fennell's first goal Saturday was his first since a 6-2 loss at Air Force November 3. Fennell finished the two games with a +2 rating and six shots. He also received Atlantic Hockey's Scholar Athlete of the Year Award before Friday's contest. Al Mazur, RIT (So, D, Burnaby, BC) - Mazur had two goals and an assist from the blue-line, as the Tigers earned a big split with conference leader Air Force. On Friday, Mazur scored a power-play goal in a 5-2 loss. On Saturday, Mazur scored a power-play goal and added an assist, as the Tigers pulled out a dramatic, 4-3 overtime win over Air Force. Sean Murphy, RIT (Fr, F, Owatonna, Minn.) - Murphy recorded a goal and two assists on the weekend, as the Tigers earned a big split with conference leader Air Force. On Friday, Murphy had a hand on both RIT goals, with a goal and an assist in a 5-2 loss. On Saturday, Murphy set up Matt Smith for the overtime game-winner in the Tigers dramatic, 4-3 win over the Falcons. Nick Johnson, Sacred Heart (So, F, Windsor, Conn.) - Johnson registered three points in the weekend series with AIC. The sophomore scored SHU's second goal Friday night and then got the primary assist on the overtime game-winner. Saturday night he scored the game-tying goal to help SHU get a point in the game. Johnson is now second on the team with seven goals and 11 assists for 18 points. Olivier St. Onge, Sacred Heart (Fr, G, Wickham, QUE) - The rookie made 28 saves Saturday night to help the Pioneers earn a tie against AIC. The performance included 15 saves in the first period. Bear Trapp, Sacred Heart (Jr, F, Balcarres, SASK) - Trapp had four points (two goals and two assists) in SHU's weekend series with AIC. He scored the game winning goal in Friday's overtime victory and also tallied an assist in the win. The helper was Trapp's one hundreth point of his career. Saturday he recorded assists on both SHU goals. The Hobey Baker nominee leads the Pioneers in scoring with six goals and 13 assists.
Atlantic Hockey Team Notes
Air Force Despite the split, AFA remained in first place in the league, two points ahead of RIT and Sacred Heart. However, RIT has two games in hand while Sacred Heart has four...The Falcons lost a conference game in overtime for the second time this season, UConn was the other...AFA has yet to sweep a league series at home this season...RIT leads the all-time series with AFA, 8-7-2. Ten of the last 12 games between the two teams have been decided by one goal or ended in a tie...Brent Olson's six-game scoring streak ended on Saturday. He has scored a point in 10 of his last 12 games and has 10 goals in his last 12 games. He leads the team with 11 goals and is second with 22 points...AFA has played seven overtime games this season and the Falcons a 1-2-4 in those games...The Falcons continue to limit their opponents shots this season. RIT was held to 42 shots in the series. AFA is allowing just 23 shots per game this season. The Falcons have held their opponent under 20 shots seven times this season...In 18 league games, the opponent has scored first 12 times. In the six games the Falcons have scored first, AFA is 5-0-1...Eric Ehn had three assists in the series, Ehn now has 145 career points in 130 games. He became the top Air Force scorer of the last 22 years. Ehn moved past Justin Kieffer (1996-99) and current assistant coach Andy Berg (2000-03) who each had 142 points and also past Jim Skalko (1970-74) who had 143 points...AFA won the battle of special teams on Friday and is now 20-0-5 over the last two years when winning the battle of special teams...Air Force steps out of conference next week to face two of the top five teams in the nation. The Falcons host third-ranked Denver, Friday, Jan. 18, at 7:05 at the Cadet Ice Arena. The game will be televised live on Fox Sports Rocky Mountain. Air Force then travels down I-25 to face fourth-ranked Colorado College, Saturday, Jan. 19, at 7:07 p.m. at the Colorado Springs World Arena...AFA has lost 24 straight to Colorado College and is winless in the last 29 games. AFA's last win over CC was in 1985...AFA has lost 19 straight to Denver. The last Falcon win came in 1980. American International The American International College ice hockey team added three points to its 2007-2008 resume last week. The Jackets concluded a three-game home stand by earning a 3-2 victory over Holy Cross Tuesday evening. AIC, trailing by two goals after the first period grabbed a score in the second and two in the third to overcome the pesky Crusaders. The win was career number 250 for the dean of Atlantic Hockey, head coach Gary Wright. The Yellow Jackets then hit the road to play back-to-back overtime contests against Sacred Heart. Friday night, freshman goalie Dan Ramirez stopped a career-high 39 shots but AIC fell in overtime, after Pioneer junior Bear Trapp scored a goal under two minutes into the extra frame. Saturday night the two teams skated to a 2-2 tie, with all four goals coming in the second period. It was only the second time in the last nine match-ups with Sacred Heart that AIC was able to garner a point from the Pioneers. The Yellow Jackets, who continue to skate more competitively this year, have 12 conference points, only three off of last season's 15, with 11 AHA contests remaining on the schedule. AIC will host Holy Cross on Tuesday before taking the weekend off. Army Owen Meyer, Luke Flicek and Bryce Hollweg are all listed on the initial Hobey Baker Award ballot ... The Black Knights are 6-11-3, 6-6-2 in conference competition following a pair of losses to Mercyhurst ... Freshman G Jay Clark made 19 saves during Friday's 3-0 loss ... Zach McKelvie scored his first goal of the season and Luke Flicek ended a five-game scoreless streak in a 4-2 loss on Saturday ... Both Army goals came on the power play ... Flicek also had an assist Saturday, giving his 99 career points ... Sophomore Joe Spracklen made 27 saves on Saturday ... Senior Bryce Hollweg had an assist Saturday after sitting out Friday's game with an injury ... Army explored different options after a flue bug ran through the locker room. As many as 16 players were affected and plans were being considered if the team was not healthy enough to travel. By Thursday morning, most of the bug had past and the team made the long trek to Pennsylvania ... Senior captain Chase Podsiad and junior forward Billy Leahy, as well as Chief Warrant Officer 5 Dan Jollota, spoke at Erie Cathedral Prep High School. The three spoke of the United States Military Academy, the challenges and the opportunities for success, to a class of Junior ROTC students. More than a dozen students were in attendance for the 40-minute question and answer session ... Army begins a nine-game homestand this weekend with Canisius. Games on Friday and Saturday are set for 7:05 p.m. at Tate Rink. Bentley Bentley split a two-game set at Holy Cross, exploding for a 6-4 win on Friday before suffering a 4-2 setback on Saturday ... Six goals in a game was a season-high for Bentley ... The Falcons scored three goals in 18 seconds in the second period of Friday's game, the fastest Bentley has ever scored three goals in its Division I history ... Freshman Erik Peterson scored the second two of the trio and added a short-handed empty-netter in the third period for his first career hat trick ... Peterson also scored his first career game-winning goal and first career short-handed goal in the game ... Junior Tom Dickhudt matched his career best with three assists in Friday's game ... Sophomore defenseman Bobby Preece scored his first collegiate goal on Friday ... Bentley has a week off before hosting Mercyhurst on Jan. 25-26. Canisius The Griffs split a pair of games against Connecticut during the weekend, falling to the Huskies, 3-1, in the opener, before winning the finale, 4-0. Canisius completed its four-game home-stand at the Amherst Pepsi Center with a record of 2-1-1. Sophomore Andrew Loewen continued his impressive play as of late. He recorded 49 saves in the two games, while allowing only two scores. In the finale, Loewen recorded 26 saves and posted his second shutout of the season. In his last nine games, Loewen has posted a goals against average of 1.85 and a save percentage of .945 to help him jump to the top of the Atlantic Hockey leaderboard. His season GAA of 2.72 ranks fourth in the league, while his .916 save percentage ranks third. In league play, Loewen leads all goalies with a goals against average of 2.03 and a save percentage of .934. Sophomore Jason Weeks scored two goals in the Griffs' 4-0 victory on Saturday. Weeks' first goal was a short-handed score, the fourth of his career. He now shares the school record for short-handed goals with five other players. After a slow start to the season (three points in the first 13 games of the season), Weeks is beginning to heat up. He has recorded eight points and six goals in the Griffs' last nine games. Junior Spencer Churchill and sophomores David Cianfrini and Vincent Amigone also scored for the Griffs. Amigone is the 17th student-athlete to score a goal for Canisius this season. Of the 17 to post a goal, 13 are either freshmen or sophomores. The Griffs' penalty kill has excelled during their last nine games. Canisius has successfully killed 40 of its opponent's last 41 power plays (97.6 percent) and has scored three short-handed goals during the stretch. Canisius hits the road for a pair of games at Army next weekend. Connecticut With nearly half of the team being freshman, experience is a valuable commodity for the Huskies. Charles Solberg provides it as the team's only senior. He played in his 100th game on Friday, the only player to have hit the century mark in games played on the current team. With his 34th career goal Friday, Chris Myhro moved into sixth all-time on the Husky's career Division I list. In only 19 games, Beau Erickson has made 551 saves, which is already sixth for a season during the Division I era. He passed his performance from last season, when he made 548 saves in 21 games. He is also fifth all-time in career saves in the Division I era with 1,099. Connecticut has a two-game set with what has become their AHA playoff rival Mercyhurst this week. The two teams have managed to pair off in two of the first four quarterfinal games during the first four years of the Atlantic Hockey Association. Sacred Heart is the only other team the Huskies have faced twice in the playoffs. Holy Cross Holy Cross went 4-5 on the power play in the 4-2 win over Bentley on Saturday night. The Crusaders' 25.5 power play percentage is ranked second in the nation. The Crusaders are 27-106 on power play opportunities, including a 3-5 performance at Providence (10/20), a 3-7performance at Mercyhurst (10/26), a 3-8 performance against Army (11/4) and a 3-8 performance against Connecticut (12/1). The Crusaders had 10 different goal scorers on 10 goals in the three games on the week. Freshman Jamie Jelinek scored his first collegiate goal in the game with AIC on Tuesday, while senior Brent Franklin netted his first collegiate goal in the game against Bentley on Friday. Freshman forward Everett Sheen's 11 goals lead the team and are third in the nation by rookies. He has scored 10 goals in the last 11games. Holy Cross is 3-2-3 on its opponent's home ice so far this season. After Tuesday's game at AIC, the Crusaders will play four of their next five games at home. Mercyhurst The Lakers have now won five successive conference games, the most since late in the 2004-05 season when they won six straight to close the regular season and then won the conference playoffs. Sophomore defenseman Matt Fennell recorded the first multiple-goal game of his career Saturday. Freshman forward Mike Gurtler's first shorthanded goal of his career Saturday proved be his first-ever game-winner. Junior goalie Matt Lundin had his first shutout in a Mercyhurst uniform Friday. Freshman Ryan Zapolski collected his second career win between the pipes Saturday by stopping 35 of 37 Army shots. The only two goals allowed came on 5-on-3 and 5-on-4 power plays. The Lakers killed 17 of 19 Army power plays in the two games, all seven in a 3-0 win Friday and 10 of 12 Saturday. Army had four 5-on-3 advantages in the two games (full two minutes, 1:18, full two minutes, and 1:43) and scored only one goal. The Black Knights had nine straight power play chances in Saturday's game. Freshman forward Steve Cameron had a goal in each game including his first career power play marker. Senior Ben Cottreau had three assists in the two games and extended his scoring streak to seven games. Junior forward Matt Pierce had a point in each game. Mercyhurst begins a 6-game road trip next weekend at UConn. The Lakers lead the all-time series 21-7-1. Mercyhurst's shutout of Army Friday was its first since a 4-0 shutout over Army February 12, 2005, at the Ice Center. The Lakers did not record a shutout in either 2005-2006 or 2006-2007. Rochester Institute of Technology Matt Smith scored two goals, including the game-winner 1:48 into overtime, giving RIT a 4-3 win over Air Force on Saturday night, putting the Tigers back into a tie for second place in Atlantic Hockey with Sacred Heart, just two points behind Air Force. The Tigers host Sacred Heart this weekend, marking the first time in 54 days (Nov. 25) that the Tigers will have a home game. RIT played 10 games away from Ritter Arena during that span, going 6-3-1, with big wins over Minnesota and Air Force. Smith's two goals on Saturday put him two tallies shy of 50 for his career and five points from 100. RIT's win over Air Force on Saturday knotted the season series between the two squads at 2-2, with both teams pulling out an overtime road win. It was RIT's first win at Cadet Ice Arena since the Tigers moved to Division I in 2005 (1-3-2) and first there since Dec. 9, 2000. The Tigers now lead the all-time series 8-7-2 and have played Air Force 12 times since 2005 (5-5-2). The Tiger power-play, which scored just three goals in its 11 previous games heading into weekend, awoke this weekend with three goals in nine attempts against Air Force. RIT now has six players with over 10 points this season. Sacred Heart The Pioneers took three of four points from American International over the weekend in Milford. SHU posted a 5-4 win Friday night and then settled for a 2-2 draw Saturday night. Junior Bear Trapp registered four points (two goals and two assists) on the weekend including the overtime game-winning goal Friday night. The points put Trapp over the 100 point mark for his career. Sophomores Dave Jarman and Nick Johnson each tallied two goals and an assist on the weekend. Sacred Heart is now unbeaten in their last nine games against AIC, going 7-0-2. Trapp and senior Alex Parent were nominated for the Hobey Baker Award. Fans can vote from now until March 9th at Hobey Baker.com. The Pioneers will travel to Rochester this weekend for a series with RIT. Both games can be heard on WICC 600 AM.