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Atlantic Hockey Weekly Award Winners for Games Through November 25
Atlantic Hockey Player of the Week
	ERIC EHN - AIR FORCE Senior, Forward, Dexter, Mich. Season-high three points (1-2-3) on Friday...Season-high five-point series vs. Holy Cross...On Friday, had a hand in on all three goals...His goal on Friday in the first period tied the game at 1-1...Then assisted on the game-winner and on the empty-netter to seal the win. Both assists were first assists...On Saturday, had the first assist on AFA's first goal of the game to tie the game at 1-1...Scored AFA's second goal for a 2-1 lead at that point...His five points on the weekend move him into a tie for 15th on AFA's career scoring list with 136 points in 120 games. He is just the third player in the last 22 years to crack the top 15 in career scoring and the first since 2003 (Andy Berg).
Atlantic Hockey Goaltender of the Week
	LOUIS MENARD - R.I.T. Sophomore, Goaltender, Chicoutimi, QUE  Menard helped the Tigers to two points over the weekend versus Army. He made 36 saves, allowing two goals in a 2-2 tie on Friday. He followed that performance up with 26 saves and one goal allowed in a 1-1 tie versus the Black Knights on Saturday.
Atlantic Hockey Rookie of the Week
	EVERETT SHEEN - HOLY CROSS Freshman, Forward, Lethbridge, ALB  Sheen recorded his first collegiate hat trick in the 5-5 tie at Air Force on Saturday night. Sheen scored the first goal of the game, while he tied the game at 3-3 with his second goal and gave the Crusaders a 5-4 lead with his third goal. He now has four goals and two assists for six points on the season.
Atlantic Hockey Honor Roll
Tom Fenton, American Int'l (Jr, G, Sarnia, ONT) - He had one of the most impressive performances in his three year collegiate stint Friday evening against No. 16 RPI. Fenton recorded 45 saves allowing only one goal against the nationally ranked Engineers. He stopped 29 shots in the Jackets 5-3 setback against UAH Saturday. Mike McMillan, American Int'l (So, F, Sault Ste. Marie, ONT) - With his fifth goal of the year against Alabama-Huntsville, McMillan tied his total number of scores from a year ago. He registered a goal and two assists in the 5-3 loss to UAH and currently leads the Yellow Jackets with 11 points. Jay Clark, Army (Fr, G, Baudette, Minn.) - Playing in just his third game this season, Clark turned away 36 shots during a 1-1 tie with Rochester Institute of Technology. Clark's biggest save came just 17 seconds into overtime when he stopped a penalty shot to preserve the tie. Clark was credited with five saves in the first, 17 in the second, 11 in the third and three in overtime. He also stopped all 17 of RIT's shots on the power play. Luke Flicek, Army (Sr, F, Burnsville, Minn.) - Flicek earned three points over the weekend and had a hand in all three goals to lead Army to a pair of ties against preseason favorite Rochester Institute of Technology. Flicek handed out a pair of assists in Friday's 2-2 tie and had a goal Saturday in a 1-1 contest. Flicek leads the league with 12 assists and 18 points. Owen Meyer, Army (So, F, Dundee, Ill.) - Scored his team-leading ninth goal of the season Friday during a 2-2 tie with RIT. Meyer's goal came during a first-period power play. Joe Calvi, Bentley (Fr, G, New Lenox, Ill.) - Calvi made a career-high 39 saves on Saturday at Dartmouth. He ranks second in Atlantic Hockey in goals against average and save percentage. Jeff Gumaer, Bentley (Jr, F, Webster Grove, Mo.) - Gumaer scored Bentley's lone goal on Saturday at Dartmouth. He is Bentley's Division I career goal leader. Eric Rex, Canisius (Fr, F, Fairview, Pa.) - Rex scored his first collegiate point against the nation's top-ranked team, Miami. Rex knocked in the puck during the second period of the series' finale, which was also his first collegiate point. Andrew Olson, Connecticut (Fr, F, Alexandria, Minn.) - Olson scored the game winning goal against Colgate in overtime. He also tied for team lead with four shots on goal in that game. Adam Roy, Holy Cross (Fr, G, Feeding Hills, Mass.) - Roy stopped 55 of 59 shots in the two-game series at Air Force. On Friday night, he made 30 saves and allowed two goals, while on Saturday night he stopped 25 shots and allowed two goals as he played in the last two periods in the 5-5 tie. Brodie Sheahan, Holy Cross (So, F, Lethbridge, ALB) - Sheahan had two goals and one assist in the series at Air Force. On Friday he netted a goal, while on Saturday he tied the game at 4-4 with his team-best sixth goal of the season and he assisted on Holy Cross' fifth goal of the game. Steve Cameron, Mercyhurst (Fr, F, Leamington, ONT) - Cameron scored his second goal of the season in a 4 on 4 situation Friday to give the Lakers a 2-1 lead in the second period. He then assisted on a first period goal Saturday that tied the game at 1-1. He led the team with 10 shots in the two games and was a combined +2. Matt Lundin, Mercyhurst (Jr, G, Apple Valley, Minn.) - Lundin posted an 0-1-1 mark for the weekend series with Sacred Heart. Friday night he stopped 36 shots, while Saturday evening he made 30 saves to pick up his first tie of the season. Stefan Drew, Sacred Heart (Jr, G, Oakbank, MAN) - Drew made 59 saves in two games against Mercyhurst to help the Pioneer earn three of a possible four points on the road. Friday night he stopped 31 shots, including double digit saves in each period. Saturday night he turned in a 28 saves performance, inlcuding three saves in overtime highlighted a by a game-saver on a shot from the doorstep with 13.5 seconds left. Eric Giosa, Sacred Heart (Jr, F, Detroit, Mich.) - Giosa recorded a goal and two assists in SHU's series with Mercyhurst over the weekend. He scored the game winning goal in overtime Friday night after assisting on the game tying goal early in the third period. Saturday he had a helper on SHU's first goal. The junior now has three goals and four assists for seven points on the season. Bear Trapp, Sacred Heart (Jr, F, Balcarres, SASK) - Trapp led the Pioneer attack with two goals and two assists in SHU's series against Mercyhurst. He got the Pioneers off to quick starts, scoring the first goal of the game both nights. He went on to assist on the game winning goal Friday night and then on the game tying goal Saturday night. Trapp has scored a goal in four of his last five games and now leads the team in scoring with 10 points including four goals and six assists.
Atlantic Hockey Team Notes
Air Force: Josh Frider tied his career-best with two goals in Saturday's game...Frider's game-tying goal on Saturday was the second of his career...Frider had three goals and four points in the HC series...Brent Olson scored his first career-game winner on Friday...Olson, who was skating on the right wing with Ehn and Frider, collected three points in the series (1-2-3)...On Friday, all seven AFA points (three goals and four assists) came from the top line of Frider, Ehn and Olson...Freshman defenseman Brad Sellers collected his first career point on Saturday with an assist...Saturday's tie was AFA's first of the season...The Falcons are now 1-1-1 in three overtime games this season...AFA's power play was last in the AHA and 55th in the nation entering the series. After going 0-for-5 on the PP on Friday, the Falcons erupted for a season-high three power-play goals on Saturday in six chances. The Falcons' power play improved from 7.8 percent at the beginning of the series to 10.7 at the end of the series. AFA connected on 3-of-11 power plays for a 27.3 conversion rate in the series...AFA out-shot Holy Cross, 70-29, in the series...AFA scored five of its eight goals in the series in the first period...Three of the last five games with Holy Cross have ended in a tie dating back to last season. In the last 13 meetings between AFA and HC, the Falcons have won five, the Crusaders have won four and four have ended in a tie dating back to 2001...AFA is at AIC next weekend. AFA is 12-0 vs. AIC in the series that dates back to 1980. The Falcons are 4-0 in games played in Springfield, including a two-game sweep last season by scores of 6-2 and 5-1.AFA won all four games last season, sweeping at the Academy by scores of 6-1 and 3-0...Since a 4-0 loss at Bentley, AFA is 5-3-1 in the last nine games. The three losses have been by two goals, one goal in regulation and one goal in overtime. American International: AIC recorded a tie against nationally ranked RPI before falling 5-3 to Alabama-Huntsville over the weekend. Mike McMillan had a good showing tallying a goal and two assists Saturday evening. He currently leads the team with 11 points while his five goals equal his output from last season. Freshman goalie Dan Ramirez's .927 save percentage currently ranks him 18th in the country while his 1.82 goals-against-average put him 13th nationally. In the Jackets last four games they have grabbed five out of a possible eight points. AIC has named Brian Burns their new volunteer assistant coach. Burns name should ring a bell as he was a four-year member of the Connecticut Huskies before signing on with the Yellow Jackets. Jereme Tendler notched AIC's second power-play score of the season Saturday. Army: The Black Knights skated to a pair of ties with the Rochester Institute of Technology over the weekend ... In Army's first trip to RIT, 130 minutes was not enough to determine a winner. Neither team led by more than a goal all weekend in a 2-2 and 1-1 draws ... Army held RIT's league-leading power play without a goal all weekend (0-5 on Friday and 0-8 on Saturday) ... Freshman goalie Jay Clark turned in his best performance to date. Playing in just his third game, Clark made 36 saves, including a penalty shot in overtime, during Saturday's 1-1 contest. Clark was credited with 17 saves in the second period alone and turned away three shots in overtime to run his record to 1-1-1. Junior goalie Josh Kassel made 34 saves during Friday's 2-2 draw ... Luke Flicek had three points over the weekend with a goal Saturday and two assists Friday ... Owen Meyer scored his team-leading ninth goal on Friday ... Sophomore goalie Joe Spracklen is now eligible to play ... Spracklen, a native of Sennewick, Wash., was ineligible for a season and 10 games because he played major juniors. He will wear No. 1. Chris Spracklen is in the same situation as his brother. He will sit out the season and the first 10 games of next season ... Army will play a home-and-home series with Sacred Heart this weekend's. Friday's game will begin at 7:05 p.m. at Tate Rink while Saturday's contest is set for Milford, Conn., at the same time. Bentley: Bentley fell to Dartmouth, 5-1, on Saturday in the first ever meeting between the two schools ... Freshman goalie Joe Calvi made 39 saves against Dartmouth, a personal best in his young career ... Bentley was whistled for only two minor penalties in Saturday's game, the fewest penalties the Falcons have taken since Nov. 21, 2003 ... Junior Jeff Gumaer scored Bentley's lone goal this weekend. It was his 39th career goal, extending his Bentley Division I record ... Gumaer also moved into a tie for fifth among Bentley's Division I career scoring leaders with his 65th point ... This weekend, the Falcons host defending Atlantic Hockey regular season champions Rochester Institute of Technology for a two-game series ... The Falcons and Tigers split series last season in both Watertown and Rochester. Canisius: The Griffs lost a pair of games to the country's top-ranked team Miami during the weekend. Canisius, who is now a 2-9-2, was playing the No. 1 team for the fourth and fifth time in school history. Freshman Eric Rex scored his first collegiate goal against the RedHawks. Rex knocked in a puck during the second period of the finale to score the Griffs' lone goal of the series. He is the third Canisius freshman to score a goal this season and the sixth to register a point. Classmate Scott Jenks posted the assist on the goal for his fourth assist of the season. Sophomore Andrew Loewen and freshman Taylor Anderson each saw time in goal during the weekend. Loewen totaled 38 saves during the two games while Anderson recorded 21 saves in his first collegiate appearance. It was the second-straight season that a Canisius goaltender made his debut against Miami. Last year, Loewen recorded a school-record 61 saves in his first colligate appearance at Miami. In the opener against Miami, senior Scott Follett missed a game for the first time in 55 matches due to an injury. Follett's streak of 55-consecutive games played was the sixth-longest since the school moved to Division I. Sophomore Josh Heidinger now owns the longest active streak, playing in 48-consecutive contests. The Griffs return to Atlantic Hockey play next weekend with a home-and-home series against Mercyhurst. Connecticut: UConn's four wins have all come when the opposition has scored the first goal of the contest. The last three Husky victories have been via overtime. They are the only three overtime games the Huskies have played so far, so UConn is a perfect 3-0-0 in OT. Andrew Olson is nearly halfway to Chris Myhro's UConn Division I freshman record of 13 goals (set in 2004-05) with six of his own. The overall freshman record for a UConn hockey player is 22 by Dave L'Ecuyer in 1978-79. Beau Erickson has started every game and has 314 total saves in 11 games. With the Huskies guaranteed to play at least 36 games this season, that projects to 1,028 total saves. The UConn all-time record for a season is 942 saves, set by Scott Tomes in 2003-04. UConn faces Holy Cross this weekend. The Crusaders are the most played opponent for Connecticut with 85 total games. The Huskies hold a 43-41-1 all-time series record lead. Holy Cross: Holy Cross' 30.2 power play percentage is ranked first in the nation. The Crusaders are 16-53 on power play opportunities. Freshman Everett Sheen recorded his first collegiate hat trick in the 5-5 tie at Air Force on Saturday night. Sophomore Ryan Driscoll's five power play goals are tied for sixth in the nation. Senior Dale Reinhardt has 104 career points (41 goals & 63 assists). He is currently ranked eighth on the all-time Holy Cross Division I points and goals list, while he is ninth in assists. Reinhardt has recorded at least one point in eight of the last nine games, while sophomore Brodie Sheahan has recorded at least one point in five of the last six games. Mercyhurst: Mercyhurst has now played in three straight overtime contests (0-2-1), the longest such streak in program history. Saturday's 2-2 tie against Sacred Heart snapped the Pioneers' 7-game winning streak against the Lakers. The Lakers got goals from two freshmen Friday and two juniors Saturday. Defenseman Kirk Medernach scored his second career goal Saturday. The Pioneers picked up three points in the two games despite leading for only 7:24. The overtime game-winner Friday was the only lead SHU had in the game. Freshman winger Brandon Coccimiglio tallied his 5th goal of the season Friday and recorded his 4th career assists Saturday. He's tied for second on the team in scoring with 9 points. Freshman Steve Cameron snapped a 5-game dry spell with a goal Friday and an assist Saturday. Junior Matt Lundin stopped a combined 66 shots in the two games. SHU's overtime game-winner Friday deflected off a Mercyhurst defenseman. Mercyhurst and Canisius will play a home-and-home next weekend. The Lakers lead the all-time series 28-13-7 but were only 0-1-3 last season in which they played a team-record ten overtime contests. Rochester Institute of Technology: RIT tied a pair of games versus Army last weekend. The Tigers led throughout much of the game on Friday but a goal with 30 seconds remaining in regulation forced overtime and a tie. The Tigers had plenty of chances on Saturday, including a penalty shot and a power play in overtime but could not get the game-winner as they tied Army 1-1. RIT went 0-for-13 on the power play and and out shot Army 73-65. The Tigers penalty kill unit stopped the Black Knights 17-of-19 times. This weekend the Tigers return to the place where they clinched the AHA regular season title last season at Bentley. The Tigers went 2-2-0 versus the Falcons last season and look to move closer to first place in this year's standings with a sweep. Sacred Heart: The Pioneers took three out of four points in their series at Mercyhurst, nabbing a 3-2 overtime victory Friday night and then skating to a 2-2 draw Saturday. Juniors Bear Trapp and Eric Giosa led the SHU attack. Trapp had two goals and two assists while Giosa netted the game winning goal Friday and had a pair of assists on the weekend. Freshman Adam DeJong scored a goal Friday night and now has three goals and five points on the year to lead all SHU rookies. Trapp has now scored a goal in four of his last five games. Sophomore Nick Johnson had an assist in each game and has now registered at least one point in seven straight games. Sophomore Erik Boisvert had his consecutive games with a point streak stopped at five, being held scoreless Saturday night. The Pioneers have now played five overtime games in their first eleven contests, going 2-1-2 in those games. Sacred Heart is unbeaten in its last eight meetings with Mercyhurst, turning in a 7-0-1 record. SHU is now 2-3-1 on their current seven game road trip which ends Friday night. The Pioneers face Army in a home-and-home series this weekend. The teams meet Friday night at Tate Rink with the rematch coming Saturday in Milford. Coverage of Saturday's game can be heard on WICC 600 AM.