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Atlantic Hockey Weekly Award Winners for Games Through November 4
Atlantic Hockey Co-Players of the Week
	Marc Menzione- Bentley Sophomore, Forward, Darien, Ill. Menzione scored a hat trick on Saturday at American International. It was the Falcons' first hat trick since 2005 and the fifth hat trick for Bentley since the Falcons' joined Division I in 1999. Three goals in a game is also the Bentley Division I record. Menzione's first was the game-winner in a 5-1 win over the Yellow Jackets.
	Brodie Sheahan - Holy Cross Sophomore, Forward, Lethbridge, ALB Sheahan recorded two goals and two assists in the weekend series with Army. On Saturday, Sheahan had one assist, while in the 3-1 win on Sunday he scored the first two goals of the game and assisted on Holy Cross' third goal. His two goals were on the power play, while his game-winning goal was his second of the season. Sheahan leads the team in points with nine as he has three goals and six assists.
Atlantic Hockey Goaltender of the Week
	Stefan Drew - Sacred Heart Junior, Goaltender, Oakbank, MAN Playing back-to-back games for the first time in his career, Drew turned his two best performances of the season in SHU's sweep of UConn. Friday night he made 25 saves, allowing two goals, to earn a victory. Saturday night he was even better, again making 25 saves, but not a allowing a goal, earning his first shutout of the season. Drew's goals against average dropped nearly a full point with his play this weekend, down to 2.58 for the season.
Atlantic Hockey Rookie of the Week
	Joe Calvi - Bentley Freshman, Goaltender, New Lenox, Ill. Calvi stopped 66 of 68 shots he faced this weekend, allowing only one goal each in two games against American International, tallying a 0.96 goals against average and .971 save percentage. He made a season-high 38 saves on Saturday. He now ranks second in the league in both goals against average and save percentage for the season.
Atlantic Hockey Honor Roll
Jeff Hajner, Air Force (So, F, Las Vegas, Nev.) - Three assists in the Mercyhurst series...Career-best three assists in the 6-2 win over Saturday. Scott Kozlak, Air Force (Fr, F, Duluth, Minn.) - Two points in the Mercyhurst series...One goal and one assist in Saturday's 6-2 win...Assisted on the game-winner by Blake Page...Scored AFA's fourth goal to give the Falcons a 4-2 lead in the third period...Career-high six shots on Saturday. Chris Bolognino, American Int'l (Sr, D, Carol Stream, Ill.) - Bolognino has been handy on the offensive, even though he is a very strong defender for the Yellow Jackets. He scored a goal in a 3-2 loss to Quinnipiac and fired home a score in the Jackets 5-1 setback to the Bentley Falcons Saturday evening. Mark Pavli, American Int'l (Sr, F, Sarnia, ONT) - Pavli scored two goals last week. He notched a score in the Yellow Jackets 3-2 loss to Quinnipiac and earned the lone goal for AIC in a 1-1 tie Friday evening against Bentley. Pavli has two goals and an assist on the season to lead AIC's first-line attack. Dan Ramirez, American Int'l (Fr, G, Rochester, N.Y.) - Ramirez in his first collegiate start between the pipesFriday evening Ramirez sent back 22 shot attempts, as the Yellow Jackets posted their first point of the season in a 1-1 tie against the Bentley Falcons. David Kasch, Canisius (Sr, F, Sault Ste. Marie, ONT) - Kasch tallied three goals in a two-game set against RIT. The senior gave the Griffs in a 3-2 advantage with a goal early in the third period during the opening game and then led Canisius to its first victory of the year in the finale. Kasch scored two goals, including the game-winning score, in a dominating 6-2 victory over the Tigers. It was the eighth multiple-point night for the senior during his career. Pat Kenney, Canisius (Fr, F, Amherst, N.Y.) - Kenney posted a career-best two points in the Griffs' 6-2 victory over RIT. After a tight two periods of play, Kenney helped the Griffs dominate the third period, setting up teammate David Kasch just 59 seconds into the period. He would later add an assist on the Griffs' fifth goal of the evening, finding Peter MacDougall for his first goal of the season. Bryce Luker, Canisius (Sr, G, Rigaud, QUE) - Luker helped lead the Griffs to its first victory of the 2007-08 season. In the finale against RIT, Luker recorded 36 saves and helped anchor a Canisius defense that held the Tigers, who entered the game ranked fifth in the country in scoring offense, two goals below its season average. The senior recorded 18 saves in the third period as he earned his first victory with Canisius. Luker was also key in killing eight RIT power plays in nine attempts. The Tigers entered the evening with the top power-play unit in the country, converting 38.1 percent of its attempts. Luker also recorded 28 saves in the opener of the series. Ian Dams, Holy Cross (So, G, Manotick, ONT) - Dams stopped 25 of 26 shots in Holy Cross' 3-1 win over Army on Sunday to improve to 2-0-1 on the season. Everett Sheen, Holy Cross (Fr, F, Lethbridge, ALB) - Sheen scored his first collegiate goal in the 3-1 win over Army on Sunday. He scored on the power play for the third goal of the game for the Crusaders. Sheen now has one goal and one assist for two points on the season. Ben Cottreau, Mercyhurst (Sr, F, Toronto, ONT) - Cottreau stretched his scoring streak to six games with three assists. One of his assists came on Friday's power play game-winner. Scott Pitt, Mercyhurst (Fr, F, Ottawa, ONT) - Pitt scored a pair of power play goals, including his first collegiate game-winner Friday in Mercyhurst's 5-3 win at Air Force. He has three lamplighters on the season, all on the power play. Ryan Zapolski, Mercyhurst (Fr, G, Erie, Pa.) - Picked up his first collegiate victory in Friday's 5-3 win at Air Force. He stopped 34 of 37 shots. Matt Smith, R.I.T. (Sr, F, Toronto, ONT) - Smith had four points in two games this weekend. He had a goal and two assists in a 4-3 win over Canisius on Friday. Smith backed that up with an assist in a 6-2 loss at Canisius on Saturday. He now leads the Tigers in scoring with eight points on four goals and four assists. Matt Gordon, Sacred Heart (So, F, Lynnfield, Mass.) - Gordon had a career night in SHU's win over UConn Saturday night. He scored two goals in the victory, to register the first multi-goal and multi-point game of his career. The goals each came on the back end of a pair of quick SHU strikes early in the second and third periods. The tallies were Gordon's first goals of the season. Dave Jarman, Sacred Heart (So, F, Toronto, ONT) - Jarman rang up a goal and two assists in SHU's weekend sweep of the UConn. He had the secondary assist on SHU's second goal Friday night, then had the primary helper on SHU's third period goal that helped put the game away. Saturday night he scored the Pioneers' third goal early in the third period. Jarman now has a team leading six points on the year (2 goals, 4 assists).
Atlantic Hockey Team Notes
Air Force: AFA earned its first ever win at home over Mercyhurst after losing three straight to the Lakers at Cadet Ice Arena...AFA improved to 4-2 overall, to tie as the best six-game start under Serratore and ties as the best Division I start in school history...Frank Serratore needs two wins to become the all-time winningest coach in AFA hockey history. He has 153 career wins and needs two to pass Chuck Delich (1986-97) and John Matchefts (1975-85) who each had 154 career coaching wins...Junior Brent Olson had a career-high three assists on Saturday...Freshman Blake Page scored his first career goal vs. Mercyhurst on Saturday. The goal was the eventual game winner...Freshman Matt Becker played in his first collegiate game on Saturday vs. Mercyhurst. He scored his first career goal to tie the game at 2-2 in the third period...Freshman Derrick Burnett had an assist in each game vs. Mercyhurst and now has a point in three consecutive games...Sophomore defenseman Brandon Johnson had a career-high two assists on Saturday...Senior Eric Ehn scored his first goal of the season on Saturday...Through the first six games, AFA has four players with five points and three players with four points...Goalie Andrew Volkening has started all six games and has a 2.03 goals against average and a .921 saves percentage...Two of AFA's top four scorers are defensemen (Michael Mayra and Greg Flynn)...AFA travels to RIT this weekend...The Falcons and Tigers have played 13 times and RIT holds a 6-5-2 lead in the series...RIT won the series last season with a 2-1-1 record vs. AFA...RIT swept Air Force in Rochester last season by scores of 5-4 and 2-1...Six of the last seven games in the series have either been decided by one goal or ended in a tie. American International: The Yellow Jackets played in three games last week. AIC lost a closely played 3-2 contest to the Quinnipiac Bobcats Tuesday evening. In that game, freshman Steve McLeod and T.J. Smith earned their first collegiate point after registering assists on a Chris Bologino goal. Bolognino, playing from the blue-line, is tied for the team-lead with two goals. On Friday, AIC garnered their first point of the season, after playing to a 1-1 tie with Bentley. The tie in only the third game of the season is a noted improvement after the Yellow Jackets started off their 2006-2007 campaign without a point until their 13th game of the season. Sophomore Chris Campanale who only dressed in 10 games last season as a walk-on, earned an assist on the game's lone goal. Campanale has a goal and an assist skating on the front-line of the Yellow Jackets much improved attack. Army: The Black Knights split a series at Holy Cross, winning 5-2 Saturday and losing Sunday 3-1. Saturday's win was Army's first in Worcester since Feb. 1, 2003. Sunday's game was live on ESPNU with E.J. Hradek and Barry Melrose calling the action ... Army will be on national televise twice more this season with both Air Force games scheduled. The Friday game will be on CSTV while the Sunday contest is set for ESPNU ... Army will play four Sunday games this season. The second day of the UConn/Toyota Classic is scheduled for Dec. 30, the non-conference game at Merrimack is Jan. 6 and the second Air Force contest is Jan. 27 ... The Black Knights had 24 shots on goal Sunday, stopping a streak of four straight games with at least 30 shots ... Ken Rowe scored a goal in each game against Holy Cross, his first points of the season ... Luke Flicek handed out three assists on Saturday giving him 53 for his career ... Chase Podsiad scored twice on Saturday for his first points of the season ... Zach McKelvie had an assist in each games for his points of the season ... Will Ryan scored a goal Saturday and Drew Pierson had an assist during the same contest for their first points of the season ... The series at Holy Cross was the first two-game weekend for Army since opening the season at Bemidji State Oct. 12 and 13 ... The Black Knights will play at American International Friday and host AIC Saturday. Saturday's game at Tate Rink will be the first home game since an Oct. 19 game against RPI. Bentley: Bentley earned three points this weekend with a 1-1 tie and a 5-1 win in a home-and-home series against American International ... Sophomore Marc Menzione scored a hat trick on Saturday, the Falcons' first hat trick since 2005 and the fifth hat trick for Bentley since the Falcons joined Division I in 1999 ... Menzione's three goals in a game also ties the Bentley Division I record ... Freshman Joe Calvi had another stellar week in goal for the Falcons, allowing only one goal in each of the Falcons' two games ... Calvi ranks second in Atlantic Hockey with a 1.65 goals against average and .943 save percentage this season ... Bentley won its first game at AIC since Dec. 10, 2005 ... The Falcons have a busy week coming up, hosting Sacred Heart on Tuesday before a home-and-home set with Connecticut on Friday and Saturday ... The Falcons have lost their last four games to the Pioneers. Canisius: The Griffs split a pair of Atlantic Hockey games this past weekend, falling to RIT, 4-3, in the opener before dominating the Tigers for a 6-2 victory in the Griffs' home opener. A total of 1,131 fans came out to see Canisius defeat the Tigers, just 104 people shy of the Buffalo State Sports Arena record. Seniors David Kasch and Bryce Luker led the Griffs to the victory in the series finale. Kasch tallied two goals and recorded his first multiple-point effort since posting two assists, also against RIT on Feb. 2, 2007. Luker recorded 36 saves and earned his first victory with the Blue and Gold. Luker had recorded four previous victories in his career, all as a member of Michigan Tech. The duo helped the Griffs' hand the Tigers its biggest Atlantic Hockey defeat. The four-goal margin of defeat also tied the Tigers' worst defeat since moving to Division I. The dominating victory came after a tight 4-3 loss in the opener. The Tigers won the game by scoring on a penalty shot. It was the first time that a Canisius opponent attempted a penalty shot since Nov. 9, 2002 and the first time an opponent has made one since the Griffs moved to Division I. The game was also the fifth-consecutive contest decided by one or fewer goals for Canisius. It was the longest streak for the Griffs since moving to Division I. Freshman Derek Danowski and junior Spencer Chuchill both extended their point streaks to a career-best five games. Danowski tallied an assist in the opener against RIT before missing the finale. Churchill recorded an assist on Friday and added two assists in the victory against Saturday. Churchill has recorded six assists on the season, which is one shy of his career-high total and is tied for the Atlantic Hockey lead. Connecticut: When Brad McInnis stepped onto the ice to replace Beau Erickson in goal Saturday, he became the 13th player (12 of them freshman) to play for UConn, who did not play for the team last season. Despite the large turnover in players, this season start is similar to last season's start when the team lost its first five games. This is the first four game losing streak for the Huskies since that streak. UConn is not shut out that often. This was only the third shutout in the previous three seasons. The last two years have seen one shutout each, a 5-0 loss to Canisius in 2005-06 and a 3-0 loss to Army in 2006-07. Holy Cross: Holy Cross' 33.3 power play percentage is ranked second in the country. Freshman Everett Sheen scored his first collegiate goal in the 3-1 win over Army on Nov. 4. Sophomore Ryan Driscoll's four power play goals are tied for fourth nationally. Brodie Sheahan's two game-winning goals are tied for second in the nation. Senior Dale Reinhardt now has 98 career points with 41 goals and 57 assists. His 98 points and 41 goals are eighth on the all-time Holy Cross Division I list, while his 57 assists are tied for 10th. Mercyhurst: Mercyhurst hadn't scored a first period goal this season until freshman Steve Cameron (Mission, BC) notched his first collegiate lamplighter with 11 seconds left in the opening frame Friday at Air Force. Cameron's goal gave the Lakers the lead for only the second time this season (1-0 over Ohio State in first game of season). The Lakers then scored the first two goals of the game, also in the first period, Saturday. Sophomore Derek Fisher's (International Falls, Minn.) first career goal came in his 29th career game Friday. Senior winger Kerry Bowman's (Leamington, Ontario) assist on Fisher's marker was his first since March 4, 2006, in a 4-2 win over Canisius at the Ice Center. Bowman had two goals in 19 games last season. Senior captain Ben Cottreau (Toronto, Ontario) extended his scoring streak to six games this weekend. All three of Scott Pitt's (Ottawa, Ontario) goals this season have come with the man advantage. He had two power play goals Friday, including his first collegiate game-winner. The Lakers had scored only seven goals in their first six games and no more than two in any one contest before Friday's outburst. The Lakers have scored at least one power play goal in four straight games and six of their first eight. Eleven different players had points in the two-game series at Air Force and four players scored their first goals of the season. Freshman goalie Ryan Zapolski (Erie, Pa.) picked up his first collegiate win Friday by turning aside 34 Air Force shots. Mercyhurst will travel next weekend to East Lansing, Mich. to play Michigan State twice. The Spartans are the defending national champions and ranked in the Top 10. Rochester Institute of Technology: The Tiger special teams have been extremely successful this season. RIT's power-play is fourth in the nation, clicking along at a 30 percent (9 for 30) success rate. Before the Tigers went 1 for 9 on the power-play against Canisius on Saturday, they had the top power-play percentage scoring 38.1 (8 for 21) percent of the time with the man-advantage. After allowing a first period power-play goal to Bowling Green on October 19, the Tiger penalty killing unit has successfully killed off 24 of their opponents last 25 attempts with the man-advantage, including 18 straight. RIT is seventh nationally in goals per game (3.6). Seniors Simon Lambert and Matt Smith are tied for 10th nationally in points per game (1.6). Both men have eight points in five games. Lambert is sixth in assists per game (1.2). This weekend's home series against Air Force pits the 2006-07 regular season AHA Champs (RIT) vs. the playoff champions (Air Force). The Tigers went 2-1-1 against the Falcons last season and 1-2-1 in 2005-06. The two teams could very well meet five times in the regular season, with four conference games and a possibility of meeting in the Dodge Holiday Classic at Minnesota right before the new year. Tiger Head Coach Wayne Wilson is two wins away from 150 at RIT. RIT suffered its worst loss in Atlantic Hockey and tied for its worst loss as a Division I program after falling to Canisius 6-2 on Saturday. RIT lost to Quinnipiac, 6-2 in its very first game as a Division I program on October 13, 2005. Sacred Heart: The Pioneers swept UConn this weekend, winning Friday night in Milford by a 4-2 score and following that up witha 5-0 triumph in Storrs Saturday night. Sophomore Matt Gordon scored two goals in Saturday's win, his first multi-goal game of the season. Junior Paul Ferraro and sophomore Dave Jarman each tallied a goal and two assists on the week. Goaltender Stefan Drew made 25 saves each game, earning a shutout Saturday night. It was the first shutout for the Pioneers' since blanking AIC, 4-0, in last year's AHA quarterfinal playoff game. Saturday was the first time SHU had won in Storrs since January 31, 2004. It was the first time the Pioneers had swept a weekend series from the Huskies since winning a pair January 30-31, 2004. Sacred Heart travels to Bentley Tuesday night in their only contest of the week.