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Atlantic Hockey Weekly Award Winners for Games Through February 25
Atlantic Hockey Player and Goaltender of the Week
	SIMON LAMBERT - R.I.T. Senior, Forward, Ste. Therese, QUE Lambert scored two goals and added two assists to lead to a 1-0-1 weekend against Mercyhurst. He dished out two assists, including the primary assist on the game-tying goal in Friday's 3-3 draw. Lambert scored two goals in RIT's 4-2 win on Saturday. He set a career-high for goals in a season with 19 and tied his career-high with 42 points. He leads Atlantic Hockey in points.
Atlantic Hockey Goaltender of the Week
	STEFAN DREW - SACRED HEART Junior, Goaltender, Oakbank, MAN Drew made 31 saves to record his third shutout of the season Saturday night against Holy Cross. The performance included 24 saves over the final two periods to get SHU the vcitory. Drew made 24 saves in a losing effort Friday night. Overall for the weekend, Drew stopped 55 of the 57 shots he saw in two games against Holy Cross, allowing just two goals.
Atlantic Hockey Rookie of the Week
	JON GLANT - CONNECTICUT Freshman, Goaltender, Garden Grove, Calif. Glant won his first two career games this week giving up only four goals combined. He made 50 saves and had a .926 save percentage on the weekend.
Atlantic Hockey Honor Roll
Derrick Burnett, Air Force (Fr, F, Corona, Calif.) - Scored the game-winner on Friday with the first goal of the game...Scored in three straight games...His two assists on Saturday tie a career high...Has scored in six of the last seven games. Andrew Volkening, Air Force (So, G, Genoa, Ill.) - Recorded back-to-back shutouts for the first time in his career...Set a new school record with a consecutive scoreless streak vs. Division I teams of 138 minutes. Volkening's streak is the second-longest in school history as Pat Kielb had a streak of 168 minutes in 1994 vs. Division II teams...Now has two shutouts this season and three in his career...Is the first Air Force goalie to post back-to-back shutouts since Pat Kielb blanked Mankato State twice in 1994. Cody Omilusik, Army (Fr, F, Traverse City, Mich.) - Omilusik had the first multiple point game of his career and helped Army remain in first place in the conference standings with a split at Bentley. Omilusik had two goals and an assist during a 6-3 win on Saturday. Omilusik scored what turned out to be the game-winning goal in the pivotal second period and then added an empty net insurance goal late in the game. He was credited with an assist on Army's third goal as well. Joe Calvi, Bentley (Fr, G, New Lenox, Ill.) - Calvi posted a .938 save percentage and 2.51 goals against average in a 1-1 weekend against Army. He made a season-best 43 saves while allowing only one goal to earn the win on Friday, then stopped 33 shots on Saturday. Anthony Canzoneri, Bentley (Jr, F, Homer Glen, Ill.) - Canzoneri scored a goal and added an assist this weekend. He notched an assist on Friday night and scored on Saturday. Canzoneri now has a four-game point-scoring streak. Dain Prewitt, Bentley (Jr, F, Westminster, Colo.) - Prewitt scored a goal and added an assist this weekend, netting the first goal in a 2-1 win over Army on Friday and tallying an assist on Saturday. Prewitt is the Falcons' leading scorer and has a four-game point-scoring streak. Cory Conacher, Canisius (Fr, F, Burlington, ONT) - Conacher netted a pair of goals against Air Force this weekend. The rookie has now posted 16 points (seven goals and nine assists) in just 16 career games. Jason Krispel, Connecticut (Fr, F, Cypress, Calif.) - Krispel continued his hot streak with his second straight three-point week. He recorded an assist on the tying goal on Friday and sealed the win with an empty net goal. On Saturday he recorded an assist on the winning goal. He had seven shots over the weekend and was also an impressive plus 4. Jordan Behler, Connecticut (Jr, D, Port Jefferson, N.Y.) - Behler recorded a career high two assists on Saturday and was plus five for the weekend, tops on the team. Rob Forshner, Holy Cross (So, F, Sundre, ALB) - Forshner scored two goals including the game-winner in the 3-1 win over Sacred Heart on Friday. He now has two game-winning goals on the season. Forshner has five goals and 15 assists for 20 points on the year, which are all career best marks. Adam Roy, Holy Cross (Fr, G, Feeding Hills, Mass.) - Roy stopped 37 of 38 shots in the 3-1 victory over Sacred Heart on Friday. He had 15 saves in the first period, seven in the second and 15 in the third. Roy's 667 saves this season are the most for a Holy Cross freshman goalie in a single-season since the program started playing a full Division I schedule in the 1998-99 season. He is currently ranked fourth on the Holy Cross Division I single-season saves list. Steve Cameron, Mercyhurst (Fr, F, Mission, BC) - Had one goal and two assists in 0-1-1 weekend against RIT. Second multi-point game of the season in Saturday's 4-2 loss. Matt Pierce, Mercyhurst (Jr, F, Pakenham, ONT) - Had two goals and one assist against the Tigers. His two points came in Saturday's loss, his third multi-point game of the season. Brett Robinson, Mercyhurst (Jr, F, Alton, ONT) - A goal and two assists in 0-1-1 weekend against RIT. First multiple-point game of the season in Friday's 3-3 tie. Louis Menard, R.I.T. (So, G, Chicoutimi, QUE) - Menard stopped 58-of-63 shots in leading RIT to three road points at Mercyhurst to move into second place. He stopped 34 shots in a 3-3 tie on Friday, then turned away 24 shots in a 4-2 win over the Lakers on Saturday. Menard is now 14-9-5 this season with a 2.65 goals against average and .907 save percentage. Alexandre Parent, Sacred Heart (Sr, F, Boisbriand, QUE) - Parent had a three point weekend, scoring a goal and adding two assists in SHU's split the Holy Cross. Friday night he assisted on the Pioneers' only goal. Saturday night he assisted on the first Pioneer goal and scored the third goal of the night. It's the seventh straight series that Parent has recoreded multiple points. The captain now has a 14 game point scoring streak and has scored a team best 14 goals.
Atlantic Hockey Team Notes
Air Force Has won three straight for the first time all season...Earned just its third series sweep of the season, and the second in league play with the two wins over Canisius...Clinched home ice in the first-round of the playoffs for the second straight year. AFA will host a quarterfinal series, March 7-9, at Cadet Ice Arena. The opponent is yet to be determined...AFA recorded back-to-back shutouts for the first time in 14 years. AFA shutout Mercyhurst, 7-0, on Feb. 9 and then beat Canisius, 3-0, Feb. 22...The 4-3 win over Canisius Saturday marked the first time AFA has won a one-goal game since early November. AFA was 0-6 in one-goal games prior to last Saturday...AFA held Canisius to just 24 shots in the series. AFA held the Griffs to a season-low 11 shots on Friday and just 13 on Saturday. The Falcons are allowing just 24 shots per game this season...Andrew Volkening set a new school record with a consecutive scoreless streak vs. Division I teams of 138 minutes. Volkening's streak is the second-longest in school history as Pat Kielb had a streak of 168 minutes in 1994 vs. Division II teams...Jeff Hajner tied a career high with two goals on Saturday...Derrick Burnett tied a career high with two assists on Saturday...Senior winger Josh Print returned to the lineup after missing six games with an injury. He had an assist in each game...Matt Charbonneau had three assists in the Canisius series and has now scored in four straight games (six assists in his last four games)...AFA has won eight league road games this season, more than any other AHA team. The Falcons are 8-6-0 in league road games and 8-8-1 in all road games this season...Close out the regular season with a two-game series vs. AIC, Feb. 29-March 1, at Cadet Ice Arena. AFA swept AIC earlier this season in Springfield, 6-3 and 4-2. AFA is 14-0 vs. AIC all-time. American International The AIC hockey team suffered back-to-back losses at the hands of the Connecticut Huskies over the weekend. The Yellow Jackets dropped Friday's contest, on the road, 4-2. Senior Mike Field and sophomore Chris Campanale each scored in the losing effort. On Saturday, AIC fell in the same manner, 4-2, this time it was seniors Bryan Jurynec and Greg Genovese who registered the goals for the Yellow Jackets. AIC capitalized twice on the power-play Saturday (2-7). The Jackets led three out of the six periods played over the weekend, but gave up two separate three goal stanzas they couldn't overcome. AIC trailed 3-2 in the waning moments of both games, but gave up empty net goals to extend the lead both evenings. Next up for the Yellow Jackets is a trip to Colorado to square off against the Air Force Falcons. Army The Black Knights remained in first place in the conference standings with a series split at Bentley. Army lost the opening game 2-1 to snap a nine-game unbeaten streak but won the final game 6-3 to improve to 9-1-1 in its last 11 games ... Freshman Cody Omilusik had his first multiple-point game with two goals and an assist in Saturday's contest ... Owen Meyer also had three points with a goal and two assists. Luke Flicek and Ken Rowe each had a goal and assist and Jeff Fearing and Zach McKelvie had two assists. McKelvie played in his 100th career game on Saturday and set a new career mark with his 13th assist of the season ... Army goalie Josh Kassel had his two-game shutout streak snapped when he allowed a first-period goal during Friday's contest ... Kassel made 52 saves over the weekend ... Army outshot Bentley in both games 39-31 and 44-26 .... Freshman Joey Ammon scored his sixth goal of the season in Friday's loss ... Army will conclude its regular season with a pivotal series with Sacred Heart. Sacred Heart is just two points behind Army and will host Friday's game. Army will honor its seniors Saturday at 7:05 p.m. at Tate Rink. Bentley Bentley earned a split with Army this weekend, winning a 2-1 contest on Friday before falling by a 6-3 margin on Saturday ... Friday's win gave the Falcons a three-game winning streak, matching Bentley's longest winning streak of the season ... Freshman Joe Calvi made a season-best 43 saves on Friday night, allowing only one goal to earn the win ... Junior Pat Percella scored the game-winning goal on Friday night, breaking a 1-1 tie in the first period ... It was Percella's fourth career game-winning goal, tying him for second among Bentley's Division I career leaders, alongside classmates Tom Dickhudt and Dain Prewitt, among others ... The Falcons conclude the regular season with a pair at Rochester Institute of Technology next weekend ... The Falcons managed one point against the Tigers when the teams met in Watertown this fall ... Bentley is still alive for a first-round playoff series at home ... The Falcons would need to sweep RIT and see Canisius sweep Mercyhurst. Canisius The Griffs lost a pair of games to the Air Force Falcons, 3-0 and 4-3, at the Buffalo State Sports Arena over the weekend. The two losses eliminated Canisius from home ice contention for the Atlantic Hockey Quarterfinals. Canisius fell to 8-5-1 at home this season with the two losses. The Griffs were swept at home for the first time since March 4 and 5 in 2005. Freshman Cory Conacher led the Griffs' offense with two goals against the Falcons, scoring twice on the power play. Conacher has now posted 16 points this season on seven goals and nine assists in just 16 games. Despite missing the first 17 games of the season due to injury, Conacher ranks 10th in Atlantic Hockey for scoring among freshmen. Classmate Vincent Scarsella recorded an assist on both of Conacher's goals this weekend. Scarsella now leads the team with 26 points on the season with seven goals and 19 assists. His 26 points are the most in Atlantic Hockey among rookies. He also ranks sixth in the league with 19 assists and seventh with 15 power-play points. Sophomore Andrew Loewen returned from injury and recorded 58 saves in the two games. Loewen had missed the last four games. The Griffs return to the ice on Friday, February 29 when it will honor their five senior on Senior Day. Canisius will honor the accomplishment of captain Greg Brown, Kyle Bushee, Scott Follett, David Kasch and Bryce Luker prior to its game against Mercyhurst. Connecticut This was the first weekend all year that UConn was able to earn four points. Jon Glant became the first Husky goalie other than Beau Erickson to win a game since February 23, 2007 when Scott Tomes beat Holy Cross. Andrew Olson is now one goal short of matching Chris Myhro for the Division I Connecticut freshman record of 13 goals in a season. After out shooting opponents only once in first 28 games, UConn has now out shot its opponent three times in the last four. Four of the top seven scorers for UConn are freshman in Andrew Olson, Justin Hernandez, Jason Krispel and Matt Pedemonti. UConn closes out the regular season just looking to improve and get ready for the Atlantic Hockey Association playoffs. The Huskies close with Holy Cross, the opponent they have played the most all-time with 87 games against. UConn is 44-42-1 all-time against the Crusaders. Holy Cross Freshman goalie Adam Roy's 667 saves this season are the most for a Holy Cross freshman goalie in a single-season since the program started playing a full Division I schedule in the 1998-99 season. He is currently ranked fourth on the Holy Cross Division I single-season saves list. Seniors Matt Burke and Dale Reinhardt have each played in 134 career games which are tied for eighth on the Holy Cross all-time career games played list. This season's group of 10 seniors: Matt Burke, Brent Franklin, Brian Gabriel, Bryce Nantes, Frank O'Grady, Dale Reinhardt, Cal St. Denis, Chris Trovato, Jim Tselikis and Matt Werry has been a part of 63 wins, one Atlantic Hockey regular season and tournament title and a victory in the NCAA Tournament. Holy Cross is tied for second in the nation and leads the league in fewest penalty minutes per game with 10.6. The Crusaders' 23.1 power play percentage is ranked fourth in the nation. The Crusaders are 36-156 on power play opportunities. Senior Dale Reinhardt currently has 45 goals and 71 assists for 116 points in 134 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 is second on the team in assists with 17 and points with 24, while he is fourth in goals with seven. He is a finalist for the Frozen Four Skills Challenge. Freshman forward Everett Sheen's 14 goals lead the team. Sheen also has eight assists as he is third on the team in points with 22. Sophomore Brodie Sheahan leads the team with 20 assists and 31 points, while he is second on the team in goals with 11, which are all career best marks. Holy Cross will host the 2008 NCAA Men's Ice Hockey Division I Northeast Regional at Worcester's DCU Center on March 29-30. Holy Cross will host again in 2010. Mercyhurst Mercyhurst needs one point against Canisius next weekend to clinch a top-five playoff spot and the right to host a quarterfinal series or anything but a Bentley sweep of RIT. RIT won the season series, 2-1-1. Mercyhurst has now allowed a short-handed goal in four straight games and a total of nine this season. RIT leads the all-time series, 21-12-4. Junior goaltender Matt Lundin stopped a second-period penalty shot Saturday night. Freshman netminder Ryan Zapolski saw his first action in Saturday's game since a 4-2 win over Army on January 12. Mercyhurst has now played in eight overtime games this season (0-5-3). Junior forward Brett Robinson played in his 100th career game on Friday. Mercyhurst and Canisius will conclude the regular season with a home-and-home beginning in Buffalo on Friday. The teams split earlier this season with each team winning at home. Mercyhurst leads the all-time series, 29-14-7. Rochester Institute of Technology RIT enters the final weekend of the regular season having clinched home-ice for the first round of the Atlantic Hockey Tournament. They can finish as high as first and as low as fifth. Two wins over Bentley this weekend would clinch at least a #2 seed. Senior forward Simon Lambert recorded four more points this weekend and now has a seven-game points scoring streak. Lambert has seven goals and six assists during that span. He now has a career-high 19 goals and matched his career-best with 42 points. He leads the AHA in scoring and is tied for eighth in the nation in points per game. Lambert moved into to a tie for 20th in all-time scoring at RIT with 143 points. Sophomore defenseman Dan Ringwald now has a seven-game point scoring streak, with two goals and 11 assists during that span. He leads the nation in scoring by a defenseman with 31 points in 31 games. Senior Matt Smith is tied for second in the nation with 13 power-play goals and is tied for eighth with 21 goals. The Tiger power-play is on fire, converting on 37 percent with 13 goals in 33 chances over the last seven games. They have moved up to seventh in the nation, converting 21.9 percent of their chances with the man-advantage. RIT's penalty-killing unit scored two shorthanded goals in the weekend and had a penalty shot by Brennan Sarazin stopped. Sarazin and Draper scored shorthanded goals on the weekend. RIT rallied from a 3-1 deficit on Friday to earn the tie. The Tigers went 2-1-1 against Mercyhurst this season, firing 177 shots (44.3 per game) int eh four games this season. RIT hosts Bentley this weekend to close out the regular season. The Tigers went 1-0-1 against the Falcons on Nov. 30 and Dec. 1, winning 3-2 and securing a 2-2 tie. RIT broke two school records on Friday with the 3-3 tie. It was their ninth overtime game and sixth tie. RIT is 2-1-6 in overtime this season. Sacred Heart The Pioneers split a weekend series with Holy Cross, losing in Worcester 3-1 Friday night before rebounding for a 4-0 victory on home ice Saturday. Senior Alex Parent had a goal and two assists to record his seventh straight multi-point weekend. Parent now has a 14 game point-scoring streak. The captain has 134 career points, good for third place in SHU history. Junior Bear Trapp had a goal and an assist on the weekend. He now has 72 career assists, moving him into fifth place all-time. Sophomores Erik Boisvert and Dave Jarman had their point streaks snapped Friday night at seven and nine, respectively. Junior Stefan Drew made 31 saves Saturday night to earn his third shutout of the season. Saturday's win clinched a home ice spot for the Pioneers in the first round of the Atlantic Hockey playoffs. The Pioneers meet Army in a home-and-home series to close out the regular season with the regular season championship on the line. The teams meet Friday night in Milford with the regular season closing out in West Point on Saturday.