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Atlantic Hockey Weekly Award Winners for Games Through January 20
Atlantic Hockey Co-Players of the Week
	MATT FAIRCHILD - AIR FORCE Sophomore, Forward, Ashburn, Va.  First career hat trick in 5-2 win over fourth-ranked Denver...Entered the game with just three goals this season and just six in his career, but had three vs. DU...His hat trick was the first by a Falcon this season and the first since Andrew Ramsey last season vs. AIC...Scored a short-handed goal in the first period to give the Falcons a 2-0 lead...Also scored an empty-net goal with just under five minutes remaining to seal the 5-2 win.
	SIMON LAMBERT - R.I.T. Senior, Forward, Ste. Therese, QUE  Lambert scored a goal and added three assists as RIT went 2-0 on the week to take over first place in the Atlantic Hockey standings. Lambert scored the game-winning goal, snapping a 2-2 third period tie and added two assists to lead the Tigers to a 4-2 win over the Pioneers on Friday. The following night, he added an empty net goal in another 4-2 win over the Pioneers. Lambert moved into first place in conference scoring. He has 12 goals and 17 assists for 29 points this season.
Atlantic Hockey Goaltender of the Week
	ANDREW LOEWEN - CANISIUS Sophomore, Goaltender, Winnipeg, MAN Loewen continued his dominance as of late. The sophomore goalie shutout Army in the opener of the series. It was his third shutout of the season and his second-consecutive. He matched his season-best with 40 saves to blank the Black Knights. Loewen then held Army scoreless for the first 51:28 of the finale. He held opponents scoreless for a school-record 201 minutes of play, which is also the second-longest streak by any goalie in the nation this season. During the month of January, Loewen has posted a goals against average of 0.99 and a save percentage of .969.
Atlantic Hockey Rookie of the Week
	ANDREW FAVOT - R.I.T. Freshman, Forward, King City, ONT  Favot scored a goal in each of the two Tigers wins this weekend. He scored an empty net goal with 1:57 left in regulation to complete the scoring in a 4-2 win over Sacred Heart. He then opened the scoring with a power-play goal in the first period, as the Tigers defeated the Pioneers by the same 4-2 score. Favot has four goals and an assist this season, but three tallies in his last three games.
Atlantic Hockey Honor Roll
Andrew Volkening, Air Force (So, G, Genoa, Ill.) - 1-1 record, 2.01 GAA, .935 saves percentage, 4 ga, 58 saves...Led Air Force to a 5-2 win over fourth-ranked Denver by making 29 saves...Made 29 saves in the 2-1 loss to thrid-ranked Colorado College...Held two of the nation's top 10 scoring teams to just four goals in two games. Denver was 10th in the nation in scoring while Colorado College was seventh. Luke Flicek, Army (Sr, F, Burnsville, Minn.) - Flicek scored his 100th career point, the game-winning goal in a hard-fought 2-1 victory over Canisius. Flicek knocked home the game-winning goal in the third period and helped Army end an eight-game winless streak. Vincent Scarsella, Canisius (Fr, F, Lackawanna, N.Y.) - Scarsella tallied two points on a goal and an assist in a series against Army. The freshman posted an assist on the game-winning goal in the opener against the Black Knights. In the finale, Scarsella knotted the game with 4:01 remaining. It was the third time this season that Scarsella has tied a game in the final five minutes of regulation. He leads all Atlantic Hockey freshmen with 19 points this season. Jason Weeks, Canisius (So, F, Seattle, Wash.) - Weeks tallied a goal and an assist in the Griffs' 3-0 victory over Army on Friday. He tallied an assist on the second goal for Griffs and then scored his eighth goal of the season to seal the victory in the third period to continue his strong play as of late. During the Griffs' first 13 games of the season, Weeks totaled only three points and one goal. In his last 11 games, the sophomore has 10 points and seven goals. For the year, Weeks has totaled 13 points on eight goals and five assists. Beau Erickson, Connecticut (So, G, Hinton, Iowa) - Erickson made 70 saves on the weekend on 75 shots. On Saturday he robbed Mercyhurst's Ben Cottreau of a goal when he gloved a point blank slap shot in midair. The 41 saves he made Saturday was a season high and only two off his career high. Chris Myhro, Connecticut (Jr, F, Mound West Tonka, Minn.) - He has really come on offensively the last couple of weeks and topped it off by scoring two goals against Mercyhurst, including the game winner on January 19. He also recorded a key assist with a great pass to Matt Pedemonti the night before to give the Huskies their third goal and allow them to earn a point in the 3-3 tie. He was plus 3 over the weekend. Matt Pedemonti, Connecticut (Fr, F, Enfield, Conn.) - Pedemonti scored the final goal in the 3-3 tie on Friday. He was a presence all weekend as he was on the ice for three of the six goals scored by the Huskies. He is now the team's fifth leading scorer with nine points on the year. Everett Sheen, Holy Cross (Fr, F, Lethbridge, ALB) - Sheen had one goal and one assist in the 5-3 win at AIC on Tuesday. He assisted on Holy Cross' first goal, while he scored the Crusaders' third goal. Sheen has scored 11 goals in the last 13 games as his 12 goals lead the team and are tied for second in the nation by rookies. Brandon Coccimiglio, Mercyhurst (Fr, F, Burlington, ONT) - Coccimiglio had a goal and an assist at UConn. He assisted on Mercyhurst's first goal Friday that tied the game at 1-1 and scored the Lakers' first goal Saturday that cut the Huskies' lead to 2-1. He is tied for second on the team in scoring with 7 goals and 7 assists. Ben Cottreau, Mercyhurst (Sr, F, Toronto, ONT) - Cottreau stretched his scoring streak to 9 games with a goal and two assists over the weekend at UConn. Cottreau leads the team in goals (8), assists (15) and points (23). He moved into 10th place all-time in points with 143, surpassing Scott Champagne's (2003-06) total of 141. Louis Menard, R.I.T. (So, G, Chicoutimi, QUE) - Menard stopped 57-of-61 shots, as the Tigers swept Sacred Heart to move into sole possession of first place in the Atlantic Hockey standings. Menard was excellent on Friday, as he made 37 saves and was named the game's first star in Friday's 4-2 win. On Saturday, Menard stopped 20 shots in the 4-2 victory. Menard improved to 11-7-3 overall and 9-4-3 in AHA play. Stefan Drew, Sacred Heart (Jr, G, Oakbank, MAN) - Drew had another strong weekend in goal, stopping 60 of the 66 shots he saw against RIT. He allowed three goals in each game, making double digit saves in two of three periods Saturday night when he stopped 33 shots. Friday night he made 27 saves. Drew also tallied an assist on SHU's second goal Saturday night. Dave Jarman, Sacred Heart (SO, F, Toronto, ONT) - Jarman was the only Poineer to tally multi-point game this weekend, as he recorded a goal and an assist in Saturday's game against RIT. The sophomore now has eight goals and eight assists on the year. Reade Wolansky, Sacred Heart (Fr, D, St. Albert, ALB) - Wolansky scored the Pioneers second goal Saturday night against RIT. It was his second goal of his rookie season.
Atlantic Hockey Team Notes
Air Force Air Force's win over Denver on Friday was the first win over DU since 1980, ending a 19-game losing streak to the Pioneers...The win was AFA's first over Denver at the Academy ever (11-game losing streak)...The win was the first over a WCHA team since beating Colorado College, 6-5 in overtime, in 1985 at the Broadmoor World Arena...The win was the first over a top five team since beating fourth-ranked Colorado College, 7-6 in overtime in 1975 at the Academy. The win over the No. 4 team in the nation ties as the highest ranked team Air Force has ever beaten...The win by a Frank Serratore coached Air Force team over a WCHA team...Air Force is 3-2-1 vs. ranked teams this season The Falcons opened the season by sweeping then No. 14 Quinnipiac at the Academy by scores of 4-1 and 3-1. Quinnipiac is currently ranked 14th. The Falcons lost to then No. 14 and current No. 11 Boston College, 8-2. The Falcons tied then No. 12 and current No. 18 Minnesota, 2-2 in overtime...Air Force has scored first in just 10 games this season, but the Falcons are 8-0-2 in those games...Air Force is 1-1-1 vs. the WCHA this season (win over Denver, tie with Minnesota, lost to Colorado College)...In three games vs. the WCHA, Air Force out-scored its opponents, 8-6). AFA has held all three opponents to just two goals...Greg Flynn is the top scoring defenseman in the AHA and the No. 7 scoring defenseman in the nation with 19 points (3-16-19) in 24 games. He had one assist vs. Denver on Friday. He has scored in 10 of the last 13 games and has 13 points (0-13-13) in the last 12...Brent Olson has 10 goals in his last 14 games. He had two assists on Friday vs. Denver and now has a point in 11 of his last 14 games. He leads the team with 11 goals Freshman Derrick Burnett did not score a goal in his first 19 games. However, he now has three goals in his last three games. He had two vs. RIT, Jan. 12, and scored the first goal of the game on Friday vs. Denver...Josh Schaffer's goal on Friday marked his first game-winner of the season and his first game-winner since his sophomore year. It was just his second goal of the season and his first since Dec. 7 vs. Canisius. American International The American International College ice hockey squad fell 5-3 to Holy Cross in their only contest of the week. AIC led 1-0 in the first period, and out shot the Crusaders 34-28, despite the loss. Senior captain Bryan Jurynec, sophomore Chris Campanale and junior Keith Rodger all scored for the Yellow Jackets. David Turco and Mark Pavli each added two assists. AIC doesn't play again until they take on non-conference foe Dartmouth, Sunday evening on the road. Army The Black Knights split a weekend series with Canisius and in the process stopped an eight-game winless streak. Senior alternate captain Luke Flicek scored the game-winning goal, his 100th career point, in a 2-1 victory Saturday night. Flicek became the 52nd Army hockey player to reach the milestone. He has 36 goals and 64 assists in 123 career games ... Owen Meyer scored his team-best 13th goal on Saturday, a short-handed tally ... Army had 70 shots on goal over the weekend ... Senior captain Chase Podsiad returned from an injury and had a pair of assists over the weekend ... The Black Knights had a streak of seven straight periods of double-digit shots stopped in the third period Saturday ... The Army hockey team played a 20-minute game of sled hockey following Saturday's game. Army played the Long Island RoughRiders and despite a quick tutorial on the proper way to push off and shoot, lost 5-0 ... Army will play a pair of nationally televised contests this weekend against service academy rival Air Force. Friday's game will begin at 8 p.m. on CSTV while Sunday's contest will face-off at 4 p.m. on ESPNU. This weekend marks Army's second and third national television appearances this season. Bentley After an idle week, Bentley hosts Mercyhurst for a two-game series on Friday and Saturday ... The Lakers have a 22-5-2 lead in the all-time series between the schools ... Mercyhurst swept the two-game series last season in Erie, Pa. ... The Falcons have not swept or been swept in a weekend league series all season, collecting between one and three points in each Atlantic Hockey series. Canisius The Griffs split a pair of games at Army during the weekend. Canisius won the opener, 3-0, while the Black Knights on Saturday, 2-1. The Griffs, who are now 7-12-5 and 6-8-4 against league foes, remained tied with Army in the Atlantic Hockey standings. The two teams are tied for fifth with 16 points. Sophomore Andrew Loewen continued his dominance in goal against the Black Knights. Loewen recorded his third shutout of the season, and second-consecutive, in the opener against Army, matching a season best with 40 saves. The sophomore goalie then kept the Black Knights off the scoreboard for the first 51:28 of the finale. Loewen held opponents without a goal for exactly 201 minutes during a four-game stretch, setting a new school record. Dan Giffin held the previous mark of 147:34 during the 2005-06 season. Loewen's stretch is also the second-longest in the nation this season. Michigan's Billy Sauer held opponents without a goal for 206:14 earlier in the year thanks to a 2OT shutout against Michigan Tech during the Great Lakes Invitational. Loewen stopped 104 shots during the stretch. Loewen has dominated opponents during the month of January. He owns a goals against average of 0.99 and a save percentage of .969. For the season, Loewen lead all Atlantic Hockey goalies with a save percentage of .923 and ranks second with a goals against average of 2.53. Against league competition, Loewen leads all goalies with a 1.89 GAA and a .940 save percentage. In the opener, freshman Pat Kenney, senior Scott Follett and sophomore Jason Weeks all tallied goals to lead the Griffs to victory. Kenney's score was his first collegiate goals, while Follett's was his first of the season. The two are the 18th and 19th players to score for the Griffs this season. Of the 19, 14 are either freshmen or sophomores. Weeks continued his strong play as of late with his goal plus an assist. During the Griffs' first 13 games of the season, Weeks totaled only three points and one goal. In his last 11 games, the sophomore has 10 points and seven goals. In the finale, Loewen recorded 30 saves and freshman Vincent Scarsella scored the Griffs' lone goal with 4:01 remaining in the game, Scarsella, who leads all Atlantic Hockey freshmen with 19 points, knotted a game in the final five minutes of regulation for the third time this season. Against the Black Knights, the Griffs continued their dominance on the penalty kill. Canisius killed all 13 power plays it faced during the series. In its last 11 games, Canisius has allowed only one power-play goal in 54 opportunities (98.1 percent penalty kill). The Griffs have also scored three short-handed goals during the stretch. The Griffs take a break from league play next weekend, playing at Merrimack on Saturday. Connecticut This was the first time this season that the Huskies were able to grab three of a possible four points in a weekend series. Before Myhro's two goals, the first four goals of the weekend were scored by freshman. Rookies now account for 21 of the 43 goals by UConn this year which is 49 percent of the total. Jeff Sapieha was able to give UConn a rare power-play goal over the weekend. The Huskies have one of the nation's best penalty kills, and are now emphasizing improving on the power play, which has resulted in nine goals in their first 97 chances. With 621 saves on the year, only Jeff Lerg of Michigan State (650) has made more in the nation this year than Beau Erickson. Holy Cross Holy Cross went 1-2 on the power play in the 5-3 win at AIC on Tuesday. The Crusaders' 24.6 power play percentage is ranked second in the nation. The Crusaders are 28-114 on power play opportunities, including a 3-5 performance at Providence (10/20), a 3-7 performance at Mercyhurst (10/26), a 3-8 performance against Army (11/4), a 3-8 performance against Connecticut (12/1) and a 4-5 performance against Bentley (1/12). Holy Cross' seven goals on the week were scored by sevendifferent players. Freshman forward Everett Sheen's 12 goals lead the team and are tied for second in the nation by rookies. He has scored 11 goals in the last 13 games. Senior Dale Reinhardt currently has 42 goals and 69 assists for 111 points in 125 career games. Reinhardt is ranked eighth on the all-time Holy Cross Division I points and goals list, while he is tied for seventh in assists. Freshman defenseman Matt Celin earned his first collegiate point with an assist on the game-winning goal in the 5-3 victory at AIC on Tuesday. Holy Cross is 4-2-3 on its opponent's home ice so far this season. The Crusaders will play three of their next four games at home. Mercyhurst Mercyhurst's 6-game unbeaten streak in the conference (5-0-1) came to an end Saturday at UConn with a 3-2 loss, the 5th one-goal loss of the season, two of which came in overtime. Despite the 0-1-1 weekend at UConn, Mercyhurst still leads the all-time series 21-8-2. The teams played only their second overtime tie in their 30+ game history Friday. The Lakers never led in the two games. Senior Ben Cottreau extended his scoring streak to 9 games. Cottreau leads the team in goals (8), assists (15) and points (23). He moved into 10th place all-time in points with 143, surpassing Scott Champagne's (2003-06) total of 141. Mercyhurst continues its 6-game road trip next weekend at Bentley. The Lakers lead the all-time series 22-5-2 and won both games in Erie last season by scores of 7-4 and 5-2. Rochester Institute of Technology The Tigers are now 5-1 in January and are 9-3-3 in their last 15 games, as they took over sole possession of first place in Atlantic Hockey after sweeping Sacred Heart this past weekend. RIT was 7-2 in January a season ago. The Tigers are now 4-1 all-time against Sacred Heart and swept the Pioneers this year and last. It was RIT's first win of the season after trailing after two periods. Both times, the second win over Sacred Heart lifted RIT into first place in Atlantic Hockey. Senior Matt Smith scored two power-play goals on Friday, giving him 50 for his career at RIT. He is the 32nd player in the history of the program to tally 50 career goals. He needs just three points to reach 100 for his career. Senior Brent Patry played in his 100th career game on Friday. Fellow senior Darrell Draper's next game will be the 100th of his career. RIT's power-play is 7-for-19 over the last five games, after going 2-for-46 on the man-advantage over the 10 games prior. Goaltender Louis Menard is now 20-4-3 all-time in Atlantic Hockey play in his career. Sacred Heart The Pioneers were swept by RIT in a two game series, losing by identical 4-2 scores. It marked the second straight year SHU has been swept by RIT. The weekend mark the first time Sacred Heart had ever played at RIT. Four different Pioneers scored goals on the weekend. Junior Dave Jarman and senior Alex Parent each had two points on the weekend. Parent had a pair of assists, giving him 76 for his career, one shy of third all-time in school history. Parent and junior Bear Trapp have been nominated for the Hobey Baker award. Fans can vote until March 9th on HobeyBaker.com. The Pioneers will face Holy Cross in a home-and-home set this weekend. The teams meet Friday in Milford and Saturday in Worcester for their first games this year.