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Atlantic Hockey Weekly Award Winners for Games Through February 10
Atlantic Hockey Player of the Week
	TOM DIKCHUDT - BENTLEY Junior, Forward, Woodbury, Minn.  Dickhudt notched six points this weekend with a goal and five assists in two games against American International. He tallied two assists on Friday, then posted a career-high four points with a goal and three assists in Saturday's game.
Atlantic Hockey Goaltender of the Week
	JOSH KASSEL - ARMY Junior, Goaltender, Greensburg, Pa. Kassel allowed posted his second straight shutout and made 56 saves as Army beat Holy Cross and then skated to a 1-1 tie. Kassel made 29 saves in Friday's 2-0 victory for his second consecutive shutout and extended his stretch to seven periods where he did now allow a goal. Kassel allowed a first period power play goal on Saturday but made 27 saves to help keep the Black Knights in a second-place tie in the conference standings.
Atlantic Hockey Rookie of the Week
	ADAM ROY - HOLY CROSS Freshman, Goaltender, Feeding Hills, Mass. Roy stopped 63 of 66 shots in the two games against Army. On Friday he made 40 saves on 42 shots, while on Saturday he stopped 23 of 24 shots in the 1-1 tie. This is the second time this season he has made 40 or more saves as he stopped 44 shots at Mercyhurst in the 4-1 win on October 26.
Atlantic Hockey Honor Roll
Josh Frider, Air Force (Jr, F, Moorhead, Minn.) - Led Air Force with two goals and three points in the Mercyhurst series...One power-play goal...Scored Air Force's second goal of the game on Friday...Scored the seventh goal of the game, his career-best 10th of the season...Also has a career best 19 points this season and leads the team with six power-play goals. Andrew Volkening, Air Force (So, G, Genoa, Ill.) - In two games vs. Mercyhurst, allowed just two goals and made 44 saves. Had a 1.01 GAA and a .957 saves percentage...Did not allow an even-strength goal in the series...Allowed two goals and made 19 saves in a 3-1 loss (including an empty-netter) on Friday...Posted his first shutout of the season, and the second of his career, on Saturday by stopping all 25 shots he faced....Has allowed two or less goals in seven of his last eight starts...Has a 2.27 GAA and a .907 saves percentage this season...Is on pace to set new school records for goals-against average and saves percentage in a season. The current records are 2.66 by Peter Foster in 2004-05 and .907 by Marc Kielkucki in 1999-00. Greg Genovese, American International (Sr, F, Hingham, Mass.) - Genovese scored twice over the weekend and added an assist, totaling three points. He notched the game winning goal Saturday night as the Jackets defeated Bentley 6-5 to complete their first weekend sweep of the Falcons in the Division I era. Dan Ramirez, American International (Fr, G, Rochester, N.Y.) - Ramirez was in net for both wins over Bentley this weekend. Ramirez turned away 46 shots in the two games. He stopped 13 shots in the first period Saturday night against Bentley. Dustin Cloutier, Bentley (Fr, F, Berkley, Mich.) - Cloutier had four points this weekend with a goal and three assists against American International. He notched an assist on Friday, then recorded his first three-point game on Saturday with a goal and two assists. David Kasch, Canisius (Sr, F, Sault Ste. Marie, ONT) - Kasch helped lead the Griffs to a split against RIT, recording three points on one goal and two assists. For the year, Kasch has thrived against the Tigers, posting six points on four goals and two assists this season. In the Griffs' victory, Kasch skated down the ice and ripped a shot past the RIT goaltender to knot the game at three. The senior then posted an assist on the Griffs' game-winning goal. Kasch has now posted 20 points on nine goals and 11 assists this season. His 20 points and nine goals are both career highs. Bryce Luker, Canisius (Sr, G, Rigaud, QUE) - Luker posted 37 saves to help lead the Griffs to a victory against RIT on Sunday. The senior goalie earned his second victory of the season, both against the Tigers. Luker also stopped 13 shots on the power play to earn the victory. Vincent Scarsella, Canisius (Fr, F, Lackawanna, N.Y.) - Scarsella posted a goal and an assist to lead the Griffs to a 5-4 victory over RIT on Sunday. Scarsella won a draw in the first period and teammate Chris Forsman scored immediately on the power play to give Canisius a 2-1 advantage. After the Tigers knotted the game, the freshman then gave the Griffs the lead for good, scoring on the power play with 12 seconds remaining in the second period. Scarsella leads all Atlantic Hockey freshmen with 23 points on seven goals and 16 assists. Justin Hernandez, Connecticut (Fr, F, Farmington Hills, Mich.) - In Friday's game he had a goal and an assist. He has taken the team lead for assists with 11. With 13 points, he is third on the team. Frederic Jean, Connecticut (So, F, Gatineau, QUE) - After not playing much at all his freshman year as well as the first half of his sophomore year, he has taken advantage of increased playing time due to injuries of his teammates. In Friday's 6-4 loss to Sacred Heart he scored his first career goal off a one-timer from a pass behind the net. Later in the game he repaid the favor with a pass of his own from behind the net to Jeff Sapieha who scored. The assist gave Jean his first career two-point game. He was also a team high plus 2 for the game. Brodie Sheahan, Holy Cross (So, F, Lethbridge, ALB) - Sheahan scored Holy Cross' goal in the 1-1 tie with Army on Saturday. He leads the team with 26 points, while he is second on the team in goals with 10 and assists with 16, which are all career best marks. Brandon Coccimiglio, Mercyhurst (Fr, F, Burlington, ONT) - Coccimiglio tallied his team-leading 6th power play goal of the season and second game-winner in Mercyhurst's 3-1 win over Air Force Friday. He is third on the team in scoring with 17 points. Matt Smith, RIT (Sr, F, Toronto, ONT) - Smith reached a milestone this weekend becoming the 45th player in RIT history to score 100 career points. He reached the historic milestone with a power play goal on Sunday versus Canisius. It came in the first period and was a slap shot from the slot that found the top right corner. On the weekend the senior forward had four points on three goals and an assist. On Saturday he tallied a power play goal in a 4-1 win over Canisius. He followed that up with two goals and an assist on Sunday in a 5-4 loss to the Golden Griffins. Smith is now in 43rd place on RIT's all time scoring list with 102 career points. He has 54 career goals and 48 career assists. Earlier in the season he became the 32nd player to reach 50 career goals. Stefan Drew, Sacred Heart (So, G, Oakbank, MAN) - Drew notched two wins in SHU's sweep of UConn. Friday night he made 26 saves to earn the victory. Saturday he stopped 29 Husky shots to earn his second shutout of the season. Drew's weekend included double digit saves in three of the six periods he played. Alexandre Parent, Sacred Heart (Sr, F, Boisbriand, QUE) - Parent had a four point weekend, scoring a goal and adding three assists in SHU's sweep of UConn. Friday night he assisted on SHU's first two goals. Saturday Parent scored SHU's second goal and assisted on the third as the Pioneers completed the sweep. The three assists gave Parent 82 for his career, which is second in SHU history. The four points moved Parent into sole possession of fourth place on SHU's career points list with 127. Bear Trapp, Sacred Heart (Jr, F, Balcarres, SASK) - Trapp scored two goals and added an assist to record a three point weekend against UConn. He scored the Pioneers' second and third goals in SHU's comeback win Friday night. Saturday he assisted on the Pioneers' first goal, which turned out to be the game winner. Trapp leads the team in scoring with 29 points, 10 goals and 19 assists.
Atlantic Hockey Team Notes
Air Force Air Force has earned points in all but one weekend this season (Army)...AFA and Mercyhurst have played six career games and each team has won three...Air Force posted its first shutout of the season with a 7-0 win over Mercyhurst, Feb. 9...AFA's seven goals were the most this season and the most since scoring seven vs. Alabama-Huntsville, Oct. 27, 2006...Prior to Saturday's win over Mercyhurst, Air Force had only scored 25 goals in 11 league road games for an average of just 2.2 goals per game. However, AFA exploded for seven vs. the Lakers...Air Force continues to be among the stingiest teams in the nation in shots allowed. The Falcons held Mercyhurst to just 22 and 25 shots in the two-game series and is allowing just 24.8 shots per game this season...Air Force scored first vs. the Lakers on Saturday and is now 10-2-3 when scoring first this season. The only two losses came at Army...Air Force tied its season-high with four power-play goals this season in the second game vs. Mercyhurst...The Falcons are 7-2-1 this season and 22-2-5 in the last two years when winning the special teams. The only two losses are vs. Army...Greg Flynn is still the top scoring defenseman in the AHA with 23 points (4-19-23). He had two assists on Saturday vs. MC...Brent Olson continues to lead Air Force is scoring with 29 points in 30 games this season. He had two assists on Saturday...Josh Frider tied his career high with two goals and three points on Saturday...Matt Fairchild tied his career-high with two assists and three points on Saturday...Freshman Owen Kelly scored his first career game-winner on Saturday with the first goal of the game...Sophomore Andrew Volkening posted his first shutout of the season and the second of his career on Saturday by stopping all 25 shots...Freshman Derrick Burnett has an assist in four of his last five games...Sophomore Jeff Hajner had two points (1-1-2) on Saturday and now has a point in five of his last six games. He has scored in 15 of his last 19 games. American International The AIC Hockey team won a pair of contests to Bentley this weekend. It marked the first time the Yellow Jackets had ever defeated the Falcons on back-to-back nights in the Division 1 era. Since losing to Robert Morris to begin the New Year, AIC is now 4-3-2 pushing their way up to a three way tie for seventh in the conference. The victory Friday night helped AIC surpass their total number of points from last season, while the win Saturday gave them one more victory than last year, with six games still remaining on the schedule. Both Jereme Tendler and Greg Genovese scored twice over the weekend while five other Yellow Jackets tailed three points. Dan Ramirez was in net for both games, turning away 46 shots on net. Next up, AIC will face Army in a home-in-home series, the Yellow Jackets entertain Saturday afternoon. Army The Black Knights remained in a second-place tie in the conference standings after winning a weekend series against Holy Cross. Junior Josh Kassel recorded his second consecutive shutout in a 2-0 win on Friday with 29 saves. Saturday, Kassel made 27 saves in a 1-1 tie ... Kassel ran his scoreless period streak to seven and had a span of 160:12 where he did now allow a goal ... Three different players scored goals over the weekend - Bryce Hollweg, Jeff Fearing and Robb Ross ... Hollweg's came on the power play ... Army limited Holy Cross to one power play goal in nine chances ... Army had its first sellout of the season Saturday with a crowd of 2,674 ... Friday's 2-0 win against Holy Cross was the first shutout against the Crusaders since Nov. 19, 2004, a 4-0 victory at Tate Rink ... Army's streak of four straight games with at least 40 shots on goal was ended Saturday ... Army is now 0-0-3 in overtime conference games ... Army will conclude its nine-game homestand Friday night with a contest against American International at 7:05 p.m. at Tate Rink. Saturday, Army will play at AIC at 3:05 p.m., its first road game since Jan. 12 when it played at Mercyhurst. Bentley Bentley was swept for the first time this season, falling to American International by a 5-2 margin on Friday in West Springfield and dropping a 6-5 game on Saturday in Watertown ... The Falcons are now winless in their last seven games and have lost three straight ... Junior Tom Dickhudt paced the Bentley offense with six points this weekend, a goal and five assists ... Dickhudt tallied a career-high four points on Saturday with a goal and three assists ... Freshman Dustin Cloutier recorded his first collegiate three-point game with a goal and two assists in Saturday's game ... Sophomore Blake Hamilton netted two goals on Saturday, the first multiple-point game of his career ... Junior Jeff Gumaer scored a goal in each game this weekend for 44 career goals, a Bentley Division I record ... Next weekend, the Falcons have a home-and-home series with Connecticut, playing Friday in Watertown and Saturday in Storrs ... The Huskies are one point behind Bentley in the Atlantic Hockey standings ... Bentley and Connecticut split their earlier meetings this season with each team winning on the other's home ice. Canisius The Griffs split a pair of games with rival RIT, losing in Rochester on Saturday in a physical game, 4-1, before defeating the Tigers on Sunday, 5-4. The two schools split the four-game this series, with each team sweeping their home games. Canisius scored three power-play goals in the victory against RIT. It was the first time that the Griffs scored three extra-man goals since Nov 4, 2006. Canisius, who went 3-for-6 on the power play, had scored only three extra-man goals in its previous 44 attempts. Sophomores Chris Forsman and Alec Wright and freshman Vincent Scarsella each posted a power play goal. The Griffs scored on the power play in three of their last four attempts to earn the victory. Scarsella now leads all Atlantic Hockey freshmen with 23 points on seven goals and 16 assists. Senior David Kasch and freshman Brandon Cummings also tallied goals for the Griffs. Cummings' goal was the first of his collegiate career. Kasch has posted six points in four games against the Tigers this season (4g, 2a). The fifth-year senior raised his season total to 20 points, setting a new career-best total. The four goals allowed were the most for the Griffs in a victory since defeating Robert Morris 6-4 on Oct. 9, 2005. Canisius is now 2-14-3 this season when allowing three or more goals. In the series opener, the Tigers won a physical contest. Freshman goalie Taylor Anderson stopped a career-best 39 shots. Anderson and Luker filled in for starter Andrew Loewen, who did not start an Atlantic Hockey contest for the first time since Nov. 17. The Griffs continue their homestand next weekend, hosting Holy Cross on Saturday and Sunday at the Buffalo State Sports Arena. Connecticut Goalie Beau Erickson's season came to an end Friday night with a severe knee injury. He joins a growing injury list for the Huskies that includes junior captain Sean Erickson and forward Ryan Hawkins. Erickson finished the season with 801 saves. Despite playing only 25 games, that ranks as the second best total during the Division I era and third best overall for the Huskies in their 48 season history of playing hockey. When he returns next season he will begin to target some of the all-time career records for UConn. He has 1,349 saves in his first two seasons, despite not being a full time starter until the second half of his freshman year and then having this year cut short. He already ranks fourth on the career list for D1 saves by a UConn goalie. The Division I all-time leader is Scott Tomes with 2,165 saves. If Erickson is able to remain healthy he has a solid chance of breaking the all-time Husky career saves list before he is done, which is currently held by J.T. Marcoux, who stopped 2,793 shots from 1984-88. While UConn currently sits in 10th place with 17 points, the Huskies have control of their own destiny with plenty of opportunity to move up. Pending Canisius Sunday game versus RIT, the next four teams in front of the Huskies have only one more point at 18. It also helps that their final three weekends are against Bentley, AIC and Holy Cross, the other three teams besides Canisius with 18 points. Holy Cross Holy Cross ranks third in the nation and leads the league in fewest penalty minutes per game with 9.8...The Crusaders' 22.4 power play percentage is ranked third in the nation and leads Atlantic Hockey. The Crusaders are 32-143 on power play opportunities...Senior Dale Reinhardt currently has 44 goals and 71 assists for 115 points in 130 career games. Reinhardt is ranked seventh on the all-time Holy Cross Division I assists list, while he is eighth in points and goals. This season he leads the team in assists with 17 and is second in points with 26. He is a finalist for the Frozen Four Skills Challenge...Freshman forward Everett Sheen's 13 goals lead the team. Sheen also has six assists as he is third on the team in points with 19...Brodie Sheahan leads the team with 26 points, while he is second on the team in goals with 10 and assists with 16, which are all career best marks...Freshman goalie Adam Roy made 40 saves against Army on Friday. This is the second time this season he has made 40 or more saves as he stopped 44 shots at Mercyhurst in the 4-1 win on October 26...Holy Cross' seven ties this season are a school record...The Crusaders will conclude their four-game road trip with two games at Canisius (2/16-17). Holy Cross is 4-4-4 on its opponent's home ice this season. Mercyhurst The Lakers were shutout at home Saturday for the first time since Sacred Heart posted a 5-0 win February 23, 2002. The Lakers were outshot by Air Force 74-47 and outscored 8-3 in the two games, but earned a split. The all-time series is tied 4-4. Each team has won 3 of 4 on the road. Mercyhurst had scored at least one power play goal in four straight games and 8 of its last 9 before being stopped in all 10 chances against Air Force Saturday. Conversely, the four power play goals allowed against Air Force Saturday were the most in any one game this season. The Lakers gave up four at RIT February 16, 2007 in a 6-5 loss. The 12 penalties assessed Mercyhurst Saturday were the second most this season at home. The Lakers were hit with 15 minor penalties in a 4-2 win over Army January 16. The 7 goals allowed to Air Force Saturday were the most given up at home since the U.S. Under-18 Team scored 7 in the Lakers' 8-7 exhibition win January 31, 2006 and the most in a regular season game since Sacred Heart posted an 8-3 win February 14, 2003 at the Ice Center. The Lakers, battling for a top tier playoff spot, have six conference games left, 3 at home and 3 on the road. The 3-1 win over Air Force Friday was the Lakers' 10th of the season, eclipsing both overall and conference wins (9) in all of 2006-07. Rochester Institute of Technology RIT went 1-1-0 on the weekend versus Canisius but remained atop the AHA standings with 28 points, one point ahead of Army and Sacred Heart. This weekend the Tigers host Niagara University on Saturday evening in a non-conference tilt at Ritter Arena. The Tigers defeated the Golden Griffins 4-1 on Saturday in front of 1,743 fans at Frank Ritter Memorial Arena. Sophomore Dan Ringwald had a goal and an assist and Simon Lambert and Bobby Raymond each had two assists. Both teams combined for 251 penalty minutes, most coming in a third-period melee. Sunday RIT squandered two, one-goal leads, losing to Canisius 5-4. Matt Smith had two goals and an assist becoming the 45th player in RIT history to score 100 career points. Dan Ringwald had an assist on all four RIT goals and Simon Lambert had a goal and an assist. Ringwald had six points on the weekend, scoring a goal and an assist on Saturday and four assists on Sunday. Lambert had four points on a goal and three assists. RIT's power play went for 5-for-15 (33.3%) on the weekend, going 2-for-6 on Saturday and 3-for-9 on Sunday. The Tigers out shot the Golden Griffins 96-47 over the weekend, scoring nine goals. Sacred Heart The Pioneers swept a weekend set with UConn, winning Friday night 6-4 in Storrs, and posting a 4-0 shutout Saturday in Millford. Senior Alex Parent had a four point weekend, posting a goal and three assists. Parent now has 82 career assists putting him second in SHU history. He also has 127 career points, good for fourth place in school history. Junior Bear Trapp tallied a three point weekend with two goals and three assists. His 69 career assists put him one helper shy of fifth place on the all-time SHU list. Goaltender Stefan Drew made 29 saves Saturday night to earn his second shutout of the year. The sweep was the second weekend sweep of the season for the Pioneers, the other coming against UConn in November. Sacred Heart swept the season series from UConn for the first time ever. It also marks the first time the Pioneers have won a season series from Uconn since the 2003-04 season. The Pioneers will host Mercyhurst in a two game series next weekend at the Milford Ice Pavilion.