Andrew Volkening, Air Force (Jr., G, Genoa, Ill.) - Allowed
just three goals and made 51 saves in the series sweep of
Bentley...Started both games and had a 1.50 GAA and a .944 saves
percentage...Made a season-high 29 saves on Saturday...Ninth in the
nation in GAA, 1.49...14th in the nation in saves percentage,
.935...In AHA games this season, ranks first in GAA (1.66) and
second in sv% (.934).
Paul Weisgarber, Air Force (Fr., F, Fargo, N.D.) - Two goals in the
Bentley series, one in each game...AFA’s top freshman goal
scorer with three this season...Scored the first goal in
Friday’s 5-1 win...Scored the fourth goal on Saturday for a
4-0 lead in the second period.
Jay Clark, Army (So., G, Baudette, Minn.) - Clark made 74 saves
over the weekend to help Army earn a win and tie against Sacred
Heart. During a 3-3 overtime draw on Saturday, Clark posted a
career-best 42 saves, including five in overtime. During
Friday’s 6-3, he was credited with 32 saves in earning his
second win of his career. This weekend marked the first time Clark
has played in back-to-back games.
Owen Meyer, Army (Jr., F, Dundee, Ill.) - Meyer scored three goals
and handed out two assists as Army earned its first points of the
season with a win and tie against Sacred Heart. Meyer scored twice,
including a power play tally, and handed out two assists during a
6-3 win and then scored the next night, in a 3-3 tie. Meyer leads
the team with five goals and five assists.
Dave Kostuch, Canisius (Fr., F, Richmond Hill, ONT) - Kostuch
posted three points during a weekend sweep of AIC. During the
opener, the rookie scored a goal to give Canisius a 2-0 lead in the
first period. After the Yellow Jackets equaled the game at two,
Kostuch gave the Griffs the lead early in the third period. He made
a nice move to slip the puck past AIC’s goalie and teammate
Carl Hudson tipped the puck in for the game-winning score. Kostuch
then notched his first collegiate game winner in the final, helping
the Griffs to their first weekend sweep since the 2005-06
season.
Dan Morrison, Canisius (Fr., G, London, ONT) - Morrison won his
first collegiate game, anchoring the Griffs defense to a victory
over AIC. The rookie stopped 32 Yellow Jacket shots. Morrison also
helped kill all six power plays the Griffs faced, recording 12
saves while a man down.
Mike Daly, Holy Cross (Fr., D, South Burlington, Vt.) - Daly scored
on the power play for his first collegiate goal in the second game
against RIT. For the season, he also has one assist and two
points.
Rob Forshner, Holy Cross (Jr., F, Sundre, ALB) - Forshner had one
goal and one assist in the two-game series at RIT. He scored a
power play goal on Friday, while he had an assist in the second
game. Forshner is tied for the team lead in assists with three and
he is tied for second in points with four.
Brodie Sheahan, Holy Cross (Jr., F, Lethbridge, ALB) - Sheahan
scored one goal and had one assist in the games at RIT. In the
first game he assisted on Holy Cross’ goal, while in the
second game he netted a power play goal. Sheahan leads the team in
goals with four and is tied for the lead in points with five.
Tyler Brenner, R.I.T. (Fr., F, Linwood, ONT) - Brenner helped RIT
to a 5-1 win over Holy Cross on Friday night. The first-year
forward had a goal and an assist for the Tigers. He had the second
assist on the eventual game-winning goal and he added a power play
tally in the second period. He is currently tied for third on the
team in scoring with six points on three goals and three
assists.
Jesse Newman, R.I.T. (Jr., G, Chicoutimi, QUE) - Newman helped RIT
to a pair of wins over Holy Cross this past weekend. The senior
forward had four points on a goal and three assists as RIT swept
four points from the Crusaders. On Friday Newman dished out two
assists in a 5-1 win for RIT. On Saturday he had a goal and an
assist in a 5-2 victory for RIT. Both his points on Saturday came
short-handed. Newman moved into second on the team in scoring with
seven points on four goals and three assists.
Erik Boisvert, Sacred Heart (Jr., F, Drummondville, QUE) - Boisvert
had a three point week against Army. Friday night he assisted on
SHU’s first goal early in the second period. Saturday night
he scored the Pioneers first goal and then assisted on the game
tying goal late in the third period. Boisvert now leads the team in
scoring with two goals and three assists on the season.
Matt Gingera, Sacred Heart (Fr., F, Winnipeg, MAN) - Gingera
extended his point scoring streak to four straight games as he a
tallied two assists on the weekend against Army, one in each game.
Friday he assisted on the final Sacred Heart goal and Saturday he
had the primary assist on the Pioneers first goal of the game.
Gingera now has a team-leading four assists for the year.
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Air Force: 8-0 start ties as the best in school history. The
1971-72 team was also 8-0...8-0 start is the best ever vs. Division
I team...Eight-game winning streak is longest in school history vs.
Division I teams...AFA is the only undefeated and untied team in
the nation that has played more than one game...The
“FLO” line of Frider, Lamoureux and Olson has scored 21
of the team’s 41 goals this season...AFA is now 14-5-2
all-time vs. Bentley. In the last four games vs. Bentley, AFA has
outscored BC, 25-6, dating back to the playoffs last season...AFA
has four of the top scorers in the nation as Lamoureux leads the
nation with 19 points, Olson is second with 17 and Frider is fourth
with 12...Scored first in seven of the eight games...Only trailed
for 26 minutes all season. All came early in the Sacred Heart game
on Oct. 11...Killed 13 straight opponent power plays, all in the
Bentley series...Scored a PPG in three straight games. AFA is seven
for 23 on the PP in the last three games...Out-scored opponents
25-5 in four home games this season...The top scoring team in the
nation with 5.12 goals per game (among teams who have played more
than one game)...Defenseman Greg Flynn is third in the nation in
scoring by defensemen with 11 points (2-9-11). Flynn has a point in
seven of the eight games this season...Lamoureux and Frider have
scored in every game this season and have eight-game scoring
streaks...Lamoureux has scored a goal in seven of the eight games
this season...AFA is off this week with the next series coming at
Holy Cross, Nov. 14-15.
Army: The Black Knights earned their first points of the season
with a win and tie against Sacred Heart. Army posted a 6-3 home
victory on Saturday and settled for a 3-3 tie in Milford, Conn.,
the next night. Army is now 1-3-1 overall and 1-2-1 in conference
competition … Army was outshot for the first two times this
season and still managed a win and a tie … Sophomore goalie
Jay Clark, playing in back-to-back games for the first time in his
career, made 74 saves over the weekend, including a career-best 42
during the tie on Saturday … Owen Meyer totaled three goals
and two assists over the weekend, following a two-goal, two-assist
performance on Friday … Meyer leads the team in scoring with
five goals and three assists … Matt Hickey posted his first
career multiple point game with a goal and two assists on Friday
and then scored again on Saturday … Kyle Maggard scored his
first career goal Saturday at Sacred Heart … Joey Ammon
scored his first goal of the season on Friday … Fourteen
different players have earned points for the Black Knights …
Army will play a home and home with American International this
weekend with Friday’s game in Springfield, Mass., and
Saturday at Tate Rink. Saturday’s game will be Army’s
last home game until Jan. 9, 2009.
Bentley: Bentley suffered two lopsided losses at the hands of Air
Force, losing 5-1 on Oct. 31 and 8-2 on Nov. 1 … freshman
goalie Kyle Rank started his second straight game on Oct. 31 and
stopped 27 shots, he has saved 47 shots in his two starts this
season … senior Dain Prewitt scored in the first game on
Friday, the native of Westminster, Colo., has now scored five goals
in eight career games in his native state … Bentley had six
freshman in the lineup on Friday, four of whom were defensemen
… freshman defensemen Mike Switzer notched his second assist
in as many games on Oct. 31 … freshman forward Aaron
Stonacek tallied his first career goal in the second period of
Saturday’s game … after four straight games on the
road, Bentley opens at home this Friday against Connecticut at Ryan
Skating Arena … the Falcons went 3-1 against the Huskies
last season and 1-1 at home … UConn won the first game 3-2
in overtime on Nov. 10, but Bentley took the second game at home
6-0 … the following night, Bentley will take on another team
of Huskies, Northeastern, at Matthews Arena … it will the
first ever meeting between the two programs despite them only being
separated by a few miles.
Canisius: The Griffs swept a weekend series from AIC, defeating the
Griffs by scores of 3-2 and 4-1. The weekend sweep was the first
for Canisius since taking two games from Connecticut on Jan. 27 and
28, 2006. The Griffs also improved to 3-2-1 on the road this
season, surpassing its road win total from a year ago. Canisius
complied a 2-15-5 record away from home during the 2007-08 season.
Juniors Josh Heidinger and Jason Weeks led Canisius during the two
victories. Heidinger compiled five points on three goals and two
assists. In the finale of the series, the junior scored three goals
and added an assist for a career-best four points. His hat trick
matched the program’s Division I record for goals in a game
and was the fifth time a player scored three goals in a game. Weeks
was the last player to accomplish the feat (vs. Army, Jan. 6,
2007), while Chris Duggan (vs. Fairfield, Jan. 15, 1999; vs. Sacred
Heart, Feb. 19, 1999) and Brad Kenny (vs. Holy Cross, Jan. 30,
1999) also posted hat tricks. Heidinger moved into sixth place in
the program’s Division I record book with 71 career points.
He now has totaled 21 goals and 50 assists in two-plus seasons.
Against the Yellow Jackets, he became just the sixth player in
school history to record 50 career assists since Canisius moved to
Division I. Heidinger has posted 11 points on four goals and seven
assists this season. His 11 points currently rank seventh in the
nation. Weeks also played a big role in the Griffs 4-1 victory over
AIC. The junior recorded an assist on each of Canisius’ four
scores, matching the school record for assists in a game. His four
helpers tied the Division I mark set by Chris Duggan, who also
posted four assists against AIC on March 13, 1999. Weeks has
recorded nine assists this season, already surpassing his 2007-08
total of eight and ranks second in the country. Freshman Dave
Kostuch also tallied two goals during the weekend to go along with
an assist. His assist was on the game-winning goal in the opener
and the rookie then tallied his first collegiate game winner in the
finale. Kostuch currently ranks 23rd in the country among rookies
with 0.86 points per game and he is the only freshman in the
country with five goals this season. Junior Andrew Loewen and
freshman Dan Morrison both posted wins in goal for the Griffs
during the weekend. Loewen recorded 22 saves in the opener, while
Morrison stopped 32 shots in the finale to earn his first
collegiate victory. The Griffs are off the next weekend and resume
play on Nov. 11 against Niagara in the annual Battle of the Bridge
grudge match.
Holy Cross: The Crusaders will host Mercyhurst in a two-game series
on Nov. 7-8. Holy Cross is 1-1-1 so far this season in Worcester.
Freshman defenseman Mike Daly (South Burlington, Mass.) scored his
first collegiate goal in the second game at RIT. Junior Brodie
Sheahan (Lethbridge, Alberta) netted his fourth goal of the year in
the second game against RIT. His four goals this year are the most
on the team, while he is tied for the team-lead in points with
five. Junior Rob Forshner (Sundre, Alberta) netted his first goal
of the year in the first game at RIT. For the season, he is tied
for second on the team in assists with three and in points with
four. For the fourth straight season, the Crusaders will be on
ESPNU. Holy Cross’ game at Army on Jan. 18 will mark the
fifth time a Crusader game has been on ESPNU as Holy Cross is 2-2-0
in those games. The previous four times were the 3-1 win over Army
at the Hart Center on Nov. 4, 2007, the 7-0 loss at Quinnipiac on
Jan. 28, 2007, the 4-3 overtime victory over Minnesota in the first
round of the NCAA West Regional Semifinals on Mar. 24, 2006, and
the 5-2 loss at North Dakota in the NCAA West Regional Finals on
Mar. 25, 2006.
Mercyhurst: The Mercyhurst College Men’s Hockey team
concluded its non-conference slate two weeks ago with back-to-back
losses to Nebraska-Omaha. The Lakers fell in both games by the
scores of 3-1 and 5-2. Senior Ryan Toomey tallied his first goal of
the season in game one while sophomores Dan Bremner and Steve
Cameron added scores in the second. Mercyhurst is now 0-6 on the
season, with all six losses coming on the road. Cameron currently
leads the team with three goals and four assists for seven points.
Senior Matt Lundin has started in five games this season with a
goals against average of 5.83 and a save percentage of .866. The
Lakers open up Atlantic Hockey play this weekend with a pair of
games against Holy Cross in Worcester, Mass. Mercyhurst was 2-1-1
against the Crusaders last season and is 16-10-4 over the past ten
seasons.
Rochester Institute of Technology: RIT swept Holy Cross this past
weekend, scoring five goals in each game. The Tigers have scored
five goals versus the Crusaders in seven straight games dating back
to 2007. RIT has won the last 10 games versus Holy Cross, including
eight at the Division I level. The Tigers penalty-killing was
excellent over the weekend. RIT held Holy Cross to three power play
goals in 21 chances (14.2%), including 1-for-10 on Saturday and
2-for-11 on Friday. RIT also tallied two short-handed goals on
Saturday. It was the first time RIT had tallied two short-handed
goals since February 14, 2003. The Tigers power play went 5-for-14
(35.7%) over the weekend including 3-for-7 on Friday and 2-for-7 on
Saturday. The five goals scored by RIT were the most goals scored
by the Tigers so far this season. The previous high was four goals
versus Clarkson back on October 17. RIT had 13 different players
tally points this past weekend. Seven of the 13 players had
multiple-point nights, including Dan Ringwald who had three assists
on Friday night.
Sacred Heart: The Pioneers lost three of four points to Army over
the weekend, falling in West Point on Friday and skating to a 3-3
tie Saturday in Milford. Junior Erik Boisvert led the offense with
a goal and two assists. Freshman Matt Gingera had two assists for
the second straight week and now has a four game point scoring
streak. Sophomore Dave Berube scored his first collegiate goal
Saturday night The Pioneers are idle this week, their first weekend
off of the season, after playing eight games in the season’s
first four weeks. In the first four weeks of the season the
Pioneers faced the defending AHA tournament champions (Air Force),
defending AHA regular season champions (Army), the national runner
up (Notre Dame) and AHA semifinalist RIT. SHU returns to action
November 14-15 in a home-and-home series with AIC.
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