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Kyle De Laurell - Air Force (Freshman, Forward, Colorado
Springs, Colo.) - Scored two goals in the Bentley series...Scored
the game-winner both nights...Has four goals on the season and
three have been game winners...All four goals have come in league
games...Leads the team and tied for 11th in the nation with three
game-winners this season.
Jeff Hajner - Air Force (Senior, Forward, Las Vegas, Nev.) - Three
points to help lead Air Force to a sweep at Bentley...Two points,
1-1-2, in the 6-3 win on Friday...One assist on Saturday.
Dan Ramirez - American Int’l (Junior, Goaltender, Rochester,
N.Y.) - Ramirez stopped 38 shots enroute to his second tie of the
season. Over the final two periods of regulation and overtime he
stopped 31 shots, including eight in the overtime frame to preserve
the tie for the Yellow Jackets
Preston Shupe - Canisius (Freshman, Forward, Weyburn,
Saskatchewan) - Shupe recorded a goal and an assist in a pair of
games against Army during the weekend. He recorded the primary
assist on the game-winning goal in the opener and then added a
power-play goal in a 4-4 draw on Saturday. Shupe, who has now
posted a point in a career-best seven-straight games, leads all
Atlantic Hockey freshmen with 19 points this season, scoring five
goals and adding 14 assists.
Garrett Bartus - Connecticut (Freshman, Goaltender, St. Charles,
Ill.) - Bartus finished the weekend with a 2.02 GAA in over 118
minutes played between the pipes. The rookie allowed just four
goals on the weekend making 57 saves to finish the weekend with a
.934 save percentage. On Saturday, Bartus made a number of key
saves to help earn his first career win, ending RIT’s 13-game
AHA unbeaten streak.
Daniel Naurato - Connecticut (Sophomore, Forward, Livonia, Mich.)
- Sophomre Daniel Naurato returned to the line up against RIT after
missing four games with a concussion. He finished the weekend with
one shot on goal in two games played, recording two assists.
Naurato earned both of his assists on Saturday night aiding on both
of UConn’s goals in the victory that ended RIT’s
13-game AHA unbeaten streak.
Thomas Tysowsky - Holy Cross (Freshman, Goaltender, Amherst, N.Y.)
- Tysowsky was outstanding in net as he only allowed two goals in
two games versus AIC as he recorded a 0.97 goals against average
and stopped 53 of 55 shots for a .964 save percentage. He also
earned his first collegiate point with an assist. In the 1-1 tie on
Jan. 15, he made 32 saves and also assisted on Holy Cross’
lone goal of the game. On Jan. 16 in the 1-0 loss to AIC, he
stopped 21 shots. For the season, Tysowsky leads Atlantic Hockey
with a .919 save percentage, while he is second with a 2.19 goals
against average.
Jared DeMichiel - RIT (Senior, Goaltender, Avon, Conn.) -
DeMichiel posted his second straight shut out on Friday night. He
shut out Connecticut as RIT beat the Huskies 4-0. DeMichiel made 25
saves lowering his conference goals against average to a
league-leading 1.57. The week before he shut out Holy Cross and has
not allowed a goal in the last 134:14 dating back to early in the
third period versus Holy Cross on January 8. DeMichiel leads the
conference with a .939 save percentage in conference games and has
an .821 winning percentage (11-2-1) in conference games.
Al Mazur - RIT (Senior, Defenseman, Burnaby, British Columbia) -
Mazur tallied four points in a weekend series at Connecticut this
past weekend. The senior defeneman had three assists on Friday as
RIT defeated the Huskies 4-0. He scored RIT’s lone goal on
Saturday in a 2-1 loss to UCONN. His goal at 10:51 of the third
pulled the Tigers to within a goal. He is third among defensemen in
the AHA in scoring with 16 points in conference games this season.
He is second with six power play goals in AHA contests and is tied
for the conference lead with 11 power play points in conference
games.
Steven Legatto - Sacred Heart (Freshman, Goaltender, Kelowna,
British Columbia) - Earned both wins in a series sweep over
Mercyhurst compiling a 2.50 goals against average and .919 save
percentage...Stopped 56 total shots on the weekend, inclduing 14
with his team on the penalty kill, which went a perfect seven for
seven on the series...Made 31 saves Saturday night as he improved
to 8-6-2 for the season...With the Pioneers up just one he stopped
a Chris Risi break away in the second, going into the splits and
coming up with a highlight reel glove save.
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Air Force: AFA earned its first road sweep of the season with the
two wins at Bentley...AFA only scored one power play in the series,
but killed 12 of 13 Bentley power plays...AFA earned its first
sweep at Bentley since 2003 and the first ever as AHA
opponents...AFA moved into sole possession of first place with the
sweep...AFA had scored 10 goals in the previous six games entering
the Bentley series. AFA scored nine goals in the two games at
Bentley...Andrew Volkening earned his third shutout of the season
and the 14th of his career, a school record, on Saturday...AFA is
10-1-3 when it scores the first goal of the game...AFA was winless
in four games in December and early January...AFA is now on a
four-game unbeaten streak (3-0-1), tied for the sixth longest in
the nation...Air Force’s top line combined for just one
assist in the series...The Falcons’ fourth line combined for
seven of the team’s 15 points...Freshman Stephen Carew had
three points, sophomore Paul Weisgarber had two points and junior
Matt Becker had two points...AFA is now 5-5-2 on the road this
season...The AFA penatly kill No. 1 in the nation at 90.3
percent...Air Force hosts Holy Cross in a two-game league series,
Jan. 22-23, at Cadet Ice Arena...The teams met earlier this season
and the Falcons took three points in Worcester...Air Force holds a
16-4-6 lead in the series...AFA is unbeaten against Holy Cross in
AHA play. Since the 2006-07 season, Air Force is 7-0-4 against the
Crusaders.
American International: The Yellow Jackets went 1-0-1 in a
home-and-home with Holy Cross this past weekend. AIC tied the
Crusaders 1-1 in the series opener and then tallied the New
Year’s first win on Saturday in a 1-0 shutout. The Yellow
Jackets improved their record to 3-16-2 overall and to 3-12-2 in
the AHA. In Friday’s 1-1 tie, junior Steve McLeod gave AIC a
1-0 lead one-minute into the second period when he found the back
of the net with an assist from freshman Richard Leitner. Senior
Brodie Sheahan tied the score at 1-1 for Holy Cross, with just over
six-minutes remaining in the period, when the puck deflected off of
his skate and into the back of the net. The game was pushed to
overtime after a scoreless third period, where the Yellow Jackets
were outshot 8-2. Junior Dan Ramirez played very well between the
pipes making 38 stops on the night for AIC, while freshman Thomas
Tysowsky had 32 saves for the Crusaders. The Yellow Jackets were
outshot 39-33 by Holy Cross on the night, but held a 9-7 advantage
in the first period and a 15-13 in the second. Saturday
night’s 1-0 shutout snaps an 11-game winless streak and is
the first time since the 2000-01 season that AIC swept a season
series with Holy Cross. Junior Tom Mele netted the only goal of the
game at 2:17 of the first period with assists from senior Josh
Froese and freshman Steve Mele. Freshman Ben Meisner made 39 saves
in his third shutout of the season. Meisner now holds the all-time
individual school record for shutouts in a season with three.
AIC’s third shutout of this season is also an all-time school
record for shutouts in a single season. Holy Cross almost tied the
score at 1-1 early in the third period when junior J.P Martignetti
poked home a rebound but the play had already been blown dead after
Meisner covered up the initial shot. Tysowsky stopped 21 shots in
the loss. AIC was outshot 39-22 but held a 7-5 advantage in the
opening period of play. Next up, the Yellow Jackets host RIT this
weekend, beginning on Friday at 7:05 p.m. at the Olympia Ice
Center.
Army: The Black Knights moved to 7-11-4 overall and 6-7-3 in
league games after a tie and loss at Canisius … Army lost
5-2 and then skated to a 4-4 overtime tie on Saturday … Army
was 4-of-12 on the power play for the weekend … Kyle Maggard
scored his first goal of the season during Saturday’s contest
… Eric Sefchik posted two assists in both games. He has six
multiple-point games this season and 23 for his career …
Owen Meyer scored two power play goals in the third period Saturday
to continue his climb up the Atlantic Hockey Association and Army
record books. Meyer now has 58 goals and is in seventh place in the
AHA record books, passing Tyler McGregor of Holy Cross. Pierre-Luc
O’Brien of Sacred Heart is the all-time leading goal scorer
with 67 … Including the two goals Meyer scored against RMC,
he has 60 goals and 59 assists for 117 career points, moving him to
38th on Army’s career ledger, passing Ed Roubian (’73)
and Luke Flicek (’08) who each had 116. Meyer has three
multiple-point games this season and 27 for his career …
Freshman Andy Starczewski was credited with two assists on Saturday
and has five multiple-point games for his career … Army
returns home for a four-game homestand at Tate Rink beginning this
weekend. The Black Knights host Connecticut Friday and Saturday at
7:05 p.m. and then welcome service academy rival Air Force.
Bentley: Bentley suffered a sweep at the hands of Air Force over
the weekend, losing by scores of 6-3 and 3-0. In the first game Air
Force jumped out to a 2-0 lead before sophomore Jamie Nudy scored
with 1:11 left in the first period. Air Force extended its lead to
3-1 in the second period, then to 4-1 in the third period with a
goal 40 seconds in. Junior Jeremy Robert got Bentley to within 4-2
with his second goal of the year, but Air Force tacked on two more
goals for a 6-2 lead with 12 minutes to play. In Saturday’s
game, senior goalie Andrew Volkening shut out Bentley for the
second time this season in a 3-0 win for the visitors.
Saturday’s game was the first time Bentley has been shut out
at home since a 3-0 loss to RIT on Feb. 23, 2007. It’s also
the first time the Falcons have been swept since last Jan. 2 and 3
to RIT. The Falcons will play their next six games on the road,
starting with this weekend’s series at Mercyhurst. The teams
split a series in Watertown in late October, with Bentley winning
the first game 4-2 and the Lakers taking the second 6-2. Bentley
took three points in a series at Mercyhurst last season.
Canisius: Canisius took 3-of-4 points against Army this past
weekend, defeating the Black Knights in the opener, 5-2, and
playing to a 4-4 draw in the finale. The Griffs are now 9-7-2 in
Atlantic Hockey play and currently stand in fourth place with 20
points. Senior Jason Weeks tallied a power-play goal in each game
and in the process, tied the program’s Division I record for
career goals. Weeks has now tallied 49 career scores, tying the
mark set by David Deeves from 1998 to 2002. Weeks also passed
Deeves to move into third on the school’s power play goals
list. Weeks has netted 18 career extra-man goals, one more than
Deeves’ 17. Weeks has tallied 11 points (4g, 7a) in the last
seven games after recording just six points (4g, 2a) in his first
15 contests of the season. Junior Cory Conacher continued his
impressive run against Army, totaling five points during the
weekend on two goals and three assists. Conacher recorded three
points on a pair of goals and one assist in the opener, including
the game-winning goal. In the finale, the junior registered a pair
of assist, including the primary helper on the game-tying score.
Conacher has now recorded a point in his last 12 games, the longest
by a Griff since Chris Duggan recorded a point in the final 15
games of the 2001-02 season. The junior has not been held off the
scoreboard sine the Griffs’ 1-0 victory over Connecticut on
Nov. 15. Conacher also posted his 10th and 11th multi-point games
of the season and his fourth-consecutive. During his 12-game run,
Conacher has recorded 25 points. In total, Conacher has recorded a
point in 18-of-22 games this season. In 22 games this season,
Conacher has amassed 36 points on 17 goals and 19 assists. He has
also tallied five power-play goals and five game-winning scores.
Conacher’s 36 points already are the third-most in the
program’s Division I history, while his five game-winning
goals are tied for first and his 17 total goals rank fourth.
Conacher currently is tied for the national lead with his 17 goals,
ranks second with 36 points, 10th with 19 assists, 24th with five
power-play goals and first with five game-winning scores. Junior
Vincent Scarsella added four points during the weekend, scoring the
game-tying goal in Saturday’s game and registering three
assists. Scarsella has posted 29 points on the season, scoring nine
goals and adding 20 assists. With 65 combined points, Conacher and
Scarsella are currently the third-highest scoring duo in the
country, behind only Minnesota-Duluth’s Jack Connolly and
Justin Fontaine (69 points) and Massachusetts James Marcou and
Casey Wellman (67 points). Freshman Preston Shupe added a
power-play goal and an assist during the weekend, extending his
career-best streak of recording a point to seven games. Shupe has
recorded 19 points on five goals and 14 assists this season. He
currently leads all Atlantic freshmen with his 19 points this
season. Canisius is back in action next weekend, playing two games
at Sacred Heart. Canisius took of 3-of-4 points in Buffalo against
the Pioneers last season.
Connecticut: The Huskies returned home to take on RIT who was on a
12-game AHA unbeaten streak entering the series. On Friday night,
RIT came out strong scoring just a couple of minutes into the game
and adding at least one goal in each of the three periods,
including an empty netter, to take the 4-0 victory. On Saturday
night, however, the tables were turned as the Huskies were the team
to come out firing scoring their first goal of the night just 4:17
into the game when freshman Tom Janosz (Elma, N.Y.) netted the
first goal of his collegiate career with some help from sophomore
Daniel Naurato (Livonia, Mich.) and Chris Waterstradt (Tulsa,
Okla.). The Huskies hung on to their lead adding a second goal to
the total in the second period as sophomore Josh Bernard recorded
his first goal of the season, also aided by Naurato and freshman
James Gallagher (Marquette, Mich.). RIT cut into the lead in the
third period but the Huskies were able to hang on as freshman
Garrett Bartus (St. Charles, Ill.) recorded his first career win
making 30 saves in the process. With the victory, the Huskies ended
RIT’s 13-game AHA unbeaten streak.
Holy Cross: On Saturday, Feb. 13, the Holy Cross men’s
hockey program will host Pink The Rink at the HartCenter during its
game versus Bentley. The team will be wearing a special edition
pink jersey to show its support for breast cancer awareness. The
jerseys will be auctioned off throughout the game with all proceeds
going to the LevineCancerCenter in Worcester. The Crusaders have
already played in six overtime games this season with a 0-1-5
record in those games. The five ties are tied for the third most
ties in a season at the school as the record is seven set in the
2007-2008 season. The most overtime games played in a single-season
at Holy Cross was last season when the Crusaders played 10 and went
2-3-5 in those games. Since the 2006-2007 season and 132 total
games, the Crusaders have played 32 overtime contests with a 2-8-22
(.406) record as .242 percent of their games have gone to overtime.
Earlier this season, Holy Cross played three straight games that
went to overtime as it tied RIT, 1-1, lost to RIT, 3-2, and tied
No. 7 Quinnipiac, 1-1. This was the fourth time in program history
that the Crusaders had played three straight overtime contests as
Holy Cross did it twice in the 2008-2009 season and once in the
1986-1987 season. The school record is four consecutive overtime
games set in the 2007-2008 season. Freshman goalie Thomas Tysowsky
leads Atlantic Hockey with a .919 save percentage, while he is
second with a 2.19 goals against average. Last week he only allowed
two goals in two games versus AIC as he recorded a 0.97 goals
against average and stopped 53 of 55 shots for a .964 save
percentage. He also earned his first collegiate point with an
assist on Jan. 15. His 521 saves this season are 10th on the Holy
Cross Division I single-season list. The Crusaders return to action
on Jan. 22-23, when they travel to Colorado Springs, Colo., to play
Atlantic Hockey opponent Air Force. The Falcons lead the season
series, 1-0-1. Earlier this season in Worcester on Nov. 13, Air
Force won, 1-0, while on Nov. 14 the two teams tied, 2-2. Eleven of
Holy Cross’ last 14 goals have been scored on the power play.
All three of the Crusaders’ goals against No. 11 Yale were on
the man-advantage and all three of Holy Cross’ goals over the
two games versus RIT were on the power play. The Crusaders then
went 0-1 versus No. 7 Quinnipiac and 0-5 against No. 14 UMass
Lowell, but then went 3-7 in the 4-2 win over Dartmouth and 2-7 in
the 5-2 loss at RIT on Jan. 8. Holy Cross went 0-2 against RIT on
Jan. 9. In the games against AIC the Crusaders went a combined 0-6
on the power play as their lone goal of the series came at even
strength. The Crusaders are 11-45 (.244) over the last 10 games
while on the power play. Junior co-captain Everett Sheen leads the
team with 15 points and is tied for first with eight goals, while
he is tied for fourth with seven assists. For his career, he has 34
goals and 30 assists for 64 points. Senior Brodie Sheahan has the
most career goals (38), assists (51) and points (89) of any current
Crusader. His 38 goals are tied for ninth on the all-time Holy
Cross Division I goals list and his 89 points are 10th. Also his 21
career power play goals are tied for fifth on the all-time Holy
Cross Division I list. So far this season he has posted eight goals
and four assists for 12 points. His eight goals are tied for the
team lead and his 12 points are third. Junior forward Jordan Cyr is
second on the team with 14 points, while his eight assists are tied
for first and his six goals are tied for third. Junior defenseman
Mark Znutas and sophomore defender Mike Daly are tied with Cyr for
the team lead in assists with eight. Znutas has 10 goals and 29
assists for 39 career points. Daly’s eight assists are a
career best as he also has a goal this season as his career-best
nine points are tied for fourth on the team. For his career, he has
three goals and 13 assists for 16 points. The Crusaders are 1-4-5
at home this season and are 4-8-0 on its opponents’ home ice
this season. Holy Cross will host the 2010 NCAA Men’s Hockey
Division I Northeast Regional. The dates are Saturday and Sunday,
March 27-28 at the DCU Center in Worcester. The semifinals will be
at 1:30 p.m. and 5:00 p.m. on March. 27, while the finals will be
at 5:30 p.m. on March 28. All three games will be on ESPNU. HC held
the event for the first time in 2008.
Mercyhurst: Mercyhurst suffered its first two-game sweep since
mid-November this past weekend, as Sacred Heart defeated the Lakers
by the scores 6-3 and 3-2…It was the first time that the
Lakers were swept since Nov. 13-14 when RIT did it at the
Mercyhurst Ice Center…Mercyhurst also suffered its first
conference loss in 10 games, going 9-0-1 since that last defeat to
RIT…Five different Lakers found the back of the net in the
series, including team-leader junior Brandon Coccimiglio with his
14th goal of the season and classmate Mike Gurtler with his
nation-leading fourth short-handed goal…Freshman Paul
Chiasson scored a goal and added an assist for the second time in
three games on Friday. He also added an assist in game two to
extend his point streak to four games…Junior Scott Pitt also
extended his point streak to four games with an assist on Saturday.
In Friday’s contest, he marked his third-consecutive game
with two assists. He currently ranks second on the team with 24
points and is 10 away from cracking 100 for his career…With
the wins, Sacred Heart moved to 18-14-3 in the all-time
series…The Lakers return home this weekend to host AHA foe
Bentley on Friday, Jan. 22 and Saturday, Jan. 23 at 7:05 p.m. at
the Mercyhurst Ice Center. The Lakers and Falcons split a two-game
series in Watertown, Mass., earlier this season…Overall,
Mercyhurst leads the all-time series 24-8-5.
Rochester Institute of Technology: RIT had their 13-game unbeaten
streak in AHA games snapped on Saturday with a 2-1 loss at UCONN.
Prior to Saturday, the Tigers had not lost a conference game since
October 24 at Air Force posting a 12-0-1 record in that span. The
Tigers posted their third shut out of the season on Friday,
defeating Connecticut 4-0. It was the second shut out of the season
over the Huskies, shutting them out 7-0 back on October 31, and
second in as many AHA games. RIT head coach Wayne Wilson picked up
his 200th career win on Friday. He is 200-100-25 in his 11 seasons
behind the Tigers bench and is the all-time leader in wins at RIT.
The Tigers had their scoreless streak snapped on Saturday. Prior to
Saturday’s goal at 4:17 of the first period by UCONN, RIT had
not allowed since 5:46 of the third period on January 8 versus Holy
Cross, a span of 138:31. RIT out shot the Huskies 62-54 on the
weekend as the Tigers split with UCONN. The Tigers went 3-for-17
(17.6%) on the power play versus UCONN and held the Huskies
scoreless in 13 power play attempts. RIT scored three special teams
goals on Friday with a short-handed goal and two power play goals
in a 4-0 win. They also added an empty-net tally late in the third
period.
Sacred Heart: The Pioneers are now officially the hottest team in
the nation as they boast the longest unbeaten streak going 6-0-1 in
their last seven games. Sacred Heart is currently 5-0-1 on its
current eight game homestand which concludes next weekend...SHU lit
the lamp in every period in their weekend sweep of Mercyhurst, 6-3
and 3-2. Evan Mladenoff made the play of the game Friday night,
creating a turnover on the forecheck in the third period and
beating Laker goaltender Ryan Zapolski for the unassisted game
winner...Earlier in the game the Pioneers scored twice off the
stick of senior Paul Ferraro on a five minute major power play to
take a 3-1 lead...Sacred Heart’s top line of Nick Johnson,
Dave Jarman, and Patrick Knowlton all netted a goal and two assists
in the series opening victory...The Pioneers fell behind 1-0
Saturday night for the second consecutive evening...SHU would go on
to score three unanswered goals by Eric Delong, Knowlton, and
Johnson...Freshman Steven Legatto had another sparkling weekend
between the pipes for Sacred Heart, making 56 total saves, but
coming up huge at crucial points of both games...Special teams was
also a crucial element in the Pioneer sweep...Sacred Heart went
4-for-10 on the weekend on the power play and a perfect 7-for-7 on
the penalty kill...The Pioneer power play currently ranks first in
the conference and seventh in the nation...Nick Johnson is fifth in
the country in goals per game while Eric Delong leads the AHA and
is ninth in the country in points per games for rookies...Senior
Dave Jarman has 20 assists in 2009-10, tying him for first in
Atlantic Hockey...Sacred Heart has certainly found their groove
offensively now boasting the conference’s highest goals per
game average.
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