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Atlantic Hockey Weekly Award Winners for Games Through January 27
Atlantic Hockey Player of the Week
	BEAU ERICKSON - CONNECTICUT Sophomore, Goaltender, Hinton, Iowa  Beau stopped 70 of 71 shots this weekend in leading the team to earning three points against first place RIT. It was the second strong weekend in a row for Erickson as he made another 70 saves last weekend against Mercyhurst. He is closing in on most saves for a goalie in the nation as he has now made 691 saves on the year, which is still second in nation but only 14 behind national leader Jeff Lerg of Michigan State. Lerg has made his 705 saves in 26 games, while Erickson has only needed 23 games to make his 691.
Atlantic Hockey Goaltender of the Week
	JOSH KASSEL - ARMY Junior, Goaltender, Greensburg, Pa. Kassel allowed just two goals and made 58 saves to help Army sweep #20 Air Force with a pair of 2-1 victories. Kassel was credited with 34 stops during Friday's victory and then made 24 on Sunday as Army beat its service academy rival. Kassel made double-digit saves in every period Friday in a game telecast by CSTV and then stopped 11 in the first period of Sunday's contest, which was broadcast on ESPNU.
Atlantic Hockey Rookie of the Week
	ERIK PETERSON - BENTLEY Freshman, Forward, Shorewood, Minn. Peterson scored four goals this weekend, two each in a pair of 3-3 draws with Mercyhurst. On Saturday, he scored the game-tying goal with 13 second remaining in regulation to send the game to overtime. Peterson is now tied for the league lead among rookie scorers and leads the Falcons with 12 goals. He has scored eight goals in the last five games.
Atlantic Hockey Honor Roll
Chris Campanale, American International (So, F, Chester Springs, Pa.) - Campanale tied the game at two in the third period pulling up on a one-on-one break away and blasting a wrist-shot past Dartmouth goalie Joe Grossman. Campanale also added an assist on the game's first goal. Dan Ramirez, American International (Fr, G, Rochester, N.Y.) - Ramirez played in what was unquestionably his best performance in his short time with the Yellow Jacket program against the ECAC's Dartmouth Big Green. He stopped 36 shots and made several phenomenal saves late in the third period and in overtime. Tom Mele, American International (Fr, F, Bronx, N.Y.) - Mele continues to build on his productivity after scoring his first goal only a short while ago against Robert Morris. Mele notched the game's first score against Dartmouth, putting the Jackets up 1-0 while also adding in assist on the second goal of the game. Cody Omilusik, Army (Fr, F, Traverse City, Mich.) - Omilusik's first experience in the Army-Air Force service academy rivalry turned out to be a great one. Omilusik scored the game-winning goal on Friday and then assisted on the game-winner Sunday to help Army to a sweep of #20 Air Force with a pair of 2-1 victories. Omilusik netted his second game-winning goal of the season with 8:42 left in the contest on Friday. On Sunday, he fed Ken Rowe for the game-winning tally with less than two minutes to play. Ken Rowe, Army (Sr, F, Faribault, Minn.) - Rowe scored the game-winning goal on Sunday and assisted on the game-winning score on Friday to help Army to a weekend sweep of #20 Air Force. Rowe netted the game-winning goal on Sunday with 1:47 remaining in the contest. He was also credited with the assist on Cody Omilusik's game-winning score on Friday. Joe Calvi, Bentley (Fr, G, New Lenox, Ill.) - Calvi made 36 saves on Saturday night, including five in overtime, to earn the tie with Mercyhurst. Jason Kearney, Bentley (Jr, G, Gibsonia, Pa.) - Kearney stopped 34 shots to earn the tie with Mercyhurst on Friday night. He stopped a penalty shot in the second period and made four saves in overtime to preserve the draw. Andrew Olson, Connecticut (Fr, F, Alexandria, Minn.) - Olson scored twice within 1:22 on the same power play to give the Huskies the win against RIT Friday. While he didn't score on Saturday, he was key throughout the entire weekend as the leader of the Huskies penalty kill. He took a shift on almost every penalty kill and helped the UConn hold RIT to a 0-for-13 performance over the weekend. He is second on the team with 13 points, courtesy of his team leading nine goals along with four assists. Joe Brock, Holy Cross (Fr, F, Cumming, Ga.) - Brock scored the game-winning goal in the 4-2 victory over Sacred Heart on Saturday. His eight goals on the season tie him for first on the team. Dale Reinhardt, Holy Cross (Sr, F, Livingston, N.J.) - Reinhardt recorded two goals and two assists for four points in the two games against Sacred Heart on the weekend. On Friday night he scored one goal, while in the 4-2 win on Saturday he had one goal and two assists, including an assist on the game-winner. Reinhardt leads the team in assists with 17, while he is second in points with 23. Steve Cameron, Mercyhurst (Fr, F, Mission, BC) - Had game-tying goal at Bentley in Friday's 3-3 tie. Matt Lundin, Mercyhurst (Jr, G, Apple Valley, Minn.) - Stopped a combined 77 of 83 shots (.928) in pair of 3-3 overtime ties at Bentley. Matt Pierce, Mercyhurst (Jr, F, Parkham, ONT) - Had first multiple-goal game of career Saturday in 3-3 overtime tie at Bentley. Eric Giosa, Sacred Heart (Jr, F, Northville, Mich.) - Giosa led the Pioneer attack with two goals in Friday's night's win over Holy Cross. The junior got SHU off to a fast start with two tallies in the first period. The second goal turned out to be the game winner. Giosa is now tied for the team lead in goal scoring with nine on the season. Alexandre Parent, Sacred Heart (Sr, F, Boisbriand, QUE) - Parent had a goal and an assist in SHU's weekend series with Holy Cross. The goal came in Friday's win with the helper coming Saturday night. The assist was the 77th of Parent's career, tying him for third in SHU history. Parent now has a six game point scoring streak and has tallied a point in seven of his last eight games. Reade Wolansky (Fr, D, St. Albert, ALB) - Wolansky had three assists in SHU's win over Holy Cross Friday night. It was the first multi-point game of the rookie's career. Wolanksy is now tied for the lead in scoring among SHU rookies with seven points on the year.
Atlantic Hockey Team Notes
Air Force AFA has scored just three goals in its last three games...AFA's three-game losing streak is the longest of the season...AFA was swept for the first time all season...Jeff Hajner had a hand in on both AFA goals. He assisted on AFA's only goal on Friday and then scored AFA's only goal on Saturday...Freshman Brad Sellers scored his first career goal on Friday...The Falcons lost for the first time in the last two years when winning the battle of the special teams. AFA is now 20-1-5 over the last two years when winning the special teams...Air Force killed all nine Army power plays in the series...Andrew Volkening made a career-high 39 saves on Sunday. He made 62 saves in the series and had a saves percentage of 93.9 percent in the two games...AFA led 1-0 in the third period of both games but fell 2-1...AFA was out-scored 4-1 in third period in the Army series...Air Force hosts Bentley on Feb. 1-2 at the Academy. The two teams split the two game series at Bentley in October...AFA plays four of its final eight regular season game at home. American International The American International College ice hockey team played only once this past week. The Jackets held a lead very late in the final stages of the third period but gave up a goal with one second on the clock to Big Green forward Jon Grecu, who sent the game into overtime and an eventual 3-3 tie. Freshman goalie Dan Ramirez played what was unquestionably the best game of his young collegiate career. Ramirez totaled 36 saves and at no point was he more clutch than down the stretch of the contest. Freshman Tom Mele and sophomore Chris Campanale each tallied two points off of a goal and an assist. With the tie AIC is now 0-1-2 against ECAC teams. The Yellow Jackets tied then nationally ranked RPI 1-1 and dropped a closely played 3-2 contest to USA Today/USA Magazine No. 16 Quinnipiac. For AIC it was their final contest played out of conference as their final ten match-ups are all opponents who reside in the AHA. The Jackets will hit the road to take on RIT next weekend. Army The Black Knights improved to 9-12-3 overall and 9-7-2 in league play with a weekend sweep of #20 Air Force. Army won both games by identical 2-1 scores. Friday's contest was broadcast on CSTV while ESPNU carried Sunday's, marking Army's second and third national television appearances of the season. Army is 2-1 in those games ... Goalie Josh Kassel allowed just two goals over the weekend and was credited with 58 saves ... Ken Rowe and Cody Omilusik were the only players with a multiple-point weekend and had huge parts in the wins. Rowe scored the game-winning goal with 1:47 left in Sunday's contest and assisted on Omilusik's game-winning score with 8:41 remaining on Friday. Omilusik scored the game-winner on Friday and then fed Rowe for Sunday's game-winning score ... Matt Hickey scored his first goal of the season on Friday and Will Ryan netted his second of the season on Sunday ... Army trailed 1-0 in both games and scored all four of its goals in the third period ... Luke Flicek, Bryce Hollweg and Lyle Gal all picked up assists over the weekend ... Army swept Air Force for the fifth time in series history - 1989 (4-2, 4-0), 1996 (3-1, 7-0), 2003 (2-1, 2-1) and 2005 (3-0, 4-3) ... Boomer Esiason was among the crowd of 2,645 at Tate Rink on Sunday ... Army has outshot seven of its last nine opponents ... Army has won its last three games by 2-1 scores and trailed 1-0 in each victory ... Army will continue its nine-game homestand with a pair of 7:05 p.m. games against Connecticut this weekend. Bentley Bentley and Mercyhurst battled to consecutive ties, both 3-3, in Watertown this weekend ... Freshman Erik Peterson scored two goals in each game, including the game-tying goal with 13 seconds remaining in regulation on Saturday night ... Peterson has scored eight goals in the last five games and now leads the team with 12 goals ... Peterson is also tied for the league lead in scoring among rookies with 19 points ... Redshirt freshman Justin Kemmerer scored his first collegiate goal on Friday night ... The Falcons have now scored a power-play goal in each of the last four games ... Next weekend, Bentley travels to Air Force for a two-game set ... Since Air Force joined Atlantic Hockey in 2006, Air Force and Bentley have split all three series the teams have played. Canisius The Griffs concluded non-conference play with a 4-0 loss at Merrimack. Canisius finished its non-conference schedule with a 1-5-1 record. Freshman Taylor Anderson started his first collegiate game in goal for the Griffs. The rookie recorded 19 saves. Canisius killed Merrimack's first power play, the team's 37th-consecutive kill. The run of penalty kills, which ended on the Warrior's second power play, set a new school record, breaking the previous mark of 36 set in 2005. In their last 12 games, Canisius has allowed only three extra-man scores in its last 59 penalty kills (94.9 percent penalty kill), while scoring three short-handed goals. Freshman Vincent Scarsella was held without a point against the Warriors, ending a career-best five-game point streak. Scarsella is tied for first in Atlantic Hockey among freshmen with 19 points. The Griffs return to Atlantic Hockey play next weekend with a pair of home games against Sacred Heart. Connecticut The Huskies season best four game unbeaten streak is currently the top unbeaten streak in the AHA. Only seven schools in all of Division I hockey currently have a longer streak. Erickson continues to rise on the Husky career and single season lists. With a goals against average of 2.83 for his career, it is by far the best for a Husky all-time. Second place goes to Marc Senerchia with a career GAA of 3.00. His 1239 saves are fourth all-time for the division I era, despite playing in only 34 career games. The single season saves record (which is held by a Division I era goalie) is also in reach. Scott Tomes made 942 saves in 2003-04. The youth of the team is very evident at this point. With injuries being a factor the team that Connecticut fielded this weekend featured only four upperclassmen in senior Charles Solberg and juniors Nick Schneider, B.J. Bayers, and Jordan Behler (who is actually only playing his first career season of college hockey, he has junior eligibility however). Everyone else that played this weekend was either a freshman or sophomore. Olson had his third two goal game of the season on Friday. He is on pace to beat Chris Myhro's division I era freshman record of 13 goals on the season. Army is next for the Huskies and is a key series as the Black Knights are four points ahead of UConn. The two teams have had vastly different games against each other during their first two meetings as Army won the first game 4-1 on October 27, while UConn returned the favor with a 4-1 win in their holiday tournament on December 29. Both these games are in West Point, and it will be the last time this season that the Huskies play both games of a two-game weekend series in the same location. The last four weekend series of the season will feature home-and-home matchups. Holy Cross Holy Cross went 3-8 on the power play in the 4-2 win over Sacred Heart on Saturday. The Crusaders 24.0 power play percentage is ranked third in the nation. The Crusaders are 31-129 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), a 4-5 performance against Bentley (1/12) and a 1-2 performance against AIC (1/15). Sophomore forwards Ryan Driscoll and Brodie Sheahan each have six power play goals on the season which are tied for 16th in the nation. Freshman forward Everett Sheen's 12 goals lead the team and are tied for fourth in the nation by rookies. He has scored 11 goals in the last 15 games. Senior Dale Reinhardt had two goals and two assists on the weekend. He currently has 44 goals and 71 assists for 115 points in 127 career games. Reinhardt is ranked seventh on the all-time Holy Cross Division I assists list, while he is eighth in points and goals. Senior captain and defenseman Matt Burke scored his second goal of the season in the 4-2 victory over Sacred Heart on Saturday. For his career he has 14 goals and 45 assists for 59 points in 127 career games. Burke has two goals and six assists so far this season. Holy Cross ranks first in the nation in fewest penalty minutes per game with 9.6. The Crusaders play two games in Worcester with Mercyhurst this upcoming weekend before playing four straight games on the road with two at Army (2/8-9) and at Canisius (2/16-17). Mercyhurst Sophomores Cullen Eddy (D) and Chris Risi (F) scored their first goals of the season in Friday's 3-3 tie. Meanwhile, senior forward Ben Cottreau's nine-game scoring streak ended Friday. He was also shut out in Saturday's contest. Junior forward Matt Pierce had his first multiple-goal game of his career Saturday with two goals against the Falcons. Mercyhurst has played seven overtime games this season (0-2-5) and three of the last four games. Mercyhurst and Bentley had played only two ties in their prior 29 meetings until the weekend. Mercyhurst had produced power play goals in four straight games before being denied Friday. The Lakers play at Holy Cross next weekend. Mercyhurst leads the all-time series 16-9-4 but Holy Cross got a 4-1 win and a 2-2 overtime tie in Erie in late October. Rochester Institute of Technology Despite going 0-1-1 over the weekend at Connecticut the Tigers remained in first place in the Atlantic Hockey Association standings, increasing their lead to three points over Air Force and Sacred Heart. On Friday night RIT out-shot the Huskies by a 2-to-1 margin but were held scoreless for only the second time this season. The Tigers went 0-for-9 on the power play, including 0-for-2 with a two-man advantage as the Tigers were shut out for the first time since December 30 (Boston College). Louis Menard took the loss on Friday night, allowing three goals and making 20 saves. Saturday saw RIT out-shoot the Huskies by a two-to-one margin again but could only muster a goal. Andrew Favot broke an 80+ minute scoreless streak with his tally at 6:39 of the second period on an assist from Brent Patry. It also gave RIT its first lead of the weekend. RIT had several good scoring chances in the third period an in overtime but were stymied by the Huskies. Louis Menard turned in another solid performance, turning away 17 shots and allowing one goal on Saturday as RIT salvaged a point out of the weekend. RIT's power play struggled this weekend, going 0-for-13. The penalty killing unit was solid, stopping 7-of-9 power play chances by the Huskies. The Tigers host American International College for a pair of AHA tilts this weekend at Frank Ritter Memorial Arena. RIT is 1-1-0 versus the Yellow Jackets this season and will look to remain in first place atop the AHA standings. Sacred Heart The Pioneers split a weekend set with Holy Cross, winning Friday night in Milford, 5-1, before dropping a 4-2 decision in Worcester Saturday. Junior Eric Giosa scored two goals in Friday's win. Senior Alex Parent had an assist in Saturday's game to move into a tie for third all-time in career assists with 77. He is tied with Martin Paquet ‘03. Parent now has a six game point scoring streak and has tallied a point in seven of his last eight games. Freshman Reade Wolansky had three assists Friday night to record his first career multi-point game. Sophomore Mike Rosata tallied his first career point Friday night by recording an assist. Saturday's loss snapped the Pioneers seven game winning streak over Holy Cross. The Pioneers travel to Canisius for a two game series this weekend. SHU won and tied against the Griffs in Milford in October.