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Kyle De Laurell - Air Force (Freshman, Forward, Colorado
Springs, Colo.) - Two assists in the split with Holy Cross...One
assist in each game...On Saturday, assisted on the goal that tied
the game at 3-3 and forced overtime.
Jacques Lamoureux - Air Force (Junior, Forward, Grand Fork, N.D.)
- Four points in a split with Holy Cross (3-1-4)...Scored two goals
on Friday, one on the power play...Game high six shots in the
game...One goal and one assist in Saturday’s 4-3 overtime
win...Scored the goal that tied the game in the second period on
the power play...Had the first assist on the goal that tied the
game in the third period and forced overtime.
Carl Hudson - Canisius (Senior, Defenseman, Smooth Rock Falls,
Ontario) - Hudson led the Griffs back from three-different two-goal
deficits in Saturday’s game against Sacred Heart, recording
his first career hat trick. Hudson posted the 10th hat trick in the
program’s Division I history and the first by a Canisius
defenseman. He also set school records by netting three power play
goals in a single game and for the most points in a single season
by a Canisius defenseman with 26. The senior now ranks first
nationally among defensemen with 0.40 goals per game and fourth
with 1.04 points per game. He also ranks ninth among all players in
the country with seven power-play tallies.
Torrey Lindsay - Canisius (Freshman, Forward, Grosse Isle,
Manitoba) - Lindsay recorded three points against Sacred Heart
during the weekend. The rookie posted one assist in the opener and
then recorded a pair of helpers in the finale for his first career
multi-point game. In 20 games during his freshman campaign, Lindsay
has posted 10 assists.
Andrew Loewen - Canisius (Senior, Goaltender, Winnipeg, Manitoba)
- Loewen helped the Griffs rally from three-different two-goal
deficits to earn a 5-5 draw against Sacred Heart. The senior
goaltender relieved Dan Morrison and then recorded 35 saves,
including six in overtime, while yielding only one goal.
Rob Forshner - Holy Cross (Senior, Forward, Sundre, Alberta) -
Forshner recorded two goals and one assist for three points in the
games versus Air Force. In the 6-4 win on Jan. 22, he scored Holy
Cross’ fourth goal of the game and assisted on the game
winner, while in the 4-3 overtime loss on Jan. 23, he netted the
Crusaders’ third goal of the contest. For the season he has
four goals and one assist for five points, while for his career he
has 22 goals and 37 assists for 59 points.
Rob Linsmayer - Holy Cross (Freshman, Forward, Winnetka, Ill.) -
Linsmayer posted two assists in the 6-4 victory over Air Force on
Jan. 22. He assisted on Holy Cross’ fourth goal and then he
had an assist on the game winner. For the season, he has recorded
one goal and nine assists for 10 points. His nine assists are tied
for the team lead.
Nick Vandenbeld - Mercyhurst (Senior, Forward, Port Coquitlam,
British Columbia) - Vandenbeld scored three goals, including the
game-winner, as the Lakers topped Bentley, 6-3, Saturday night at
the Mercyhurst Ice Center. The Port Coquitlam, B.C. native netted
his first collegiate hat trick by scoring three times in a row
within a six minute and 33 second span in the second period. The
feat, which expanded the score from 2-1 to 5-1, marked the second
natural hat trick by a Laker this season, and the third hat trick
against an Atlantic Hockey team. Vandenbeld now has five goals and
seven points through 21 games this season.
Jared DeMichiel - RIT (Senior, Goaltender, Avon, Conn.) -
DeMichiel led RIT to a pair of wins this past weekend at American
International College. He improved his record to 13-7-1 on the
season and has won his last five games posting a 1.00 GAA and a
.957 save percentage in that span. On Saturday he posted his third
shut out of the season and second in three games as RIT won 4-0,
making 18 saves. On Friday he had his scoreless snapped early in
the second period. That broke a streak of 197:44 that had dated
back to Janaury 8 versus Holy Cross. DeMichiel leads the AHA in all
three major categories, GAA (2.10), save percentage (.919) and
winning percentage (.643).
Tyler Mazzei - RIT (Junior, Forward, Kelowna, British Columbia) -
Mazzei helped RIT to a pair of wins at American International
College this past weekend. The junior forward tallied five points,
all on assists, as the Tigers swept the Yellowjackets. He had three
assists in a 5-3 win over AIC on Friday and added another two
assists in a 4-0 win on Saturday. His first assist on Saturday was
the primary assist in the eventual game-winning goal. With the five
assists he now has 10 on the season placing him in a tie for fourth
on the team.
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Here is the tiebreaker for two or more teams:
1. Points head-to-head...2. Goal differential head-to-head...3.
Conference wins...4. Goal differential – conference
games...5. Goals allowed – conference games...6. Goals scored
– conference games.
If three or more teams are tied and all played the same number of
games against one another, you would use the tiebreaker top to
bottom as a mini-conference. If three or more team are tied and all
played an uneven amount of games, we will use the tiebreaker above,
but break the teams up into a mini-mini-conference. If three teams
are tied and one team played two games against the other two, while
the other two faced each other four times, we will break the teams
that played four times and run the tiebreaker to see who would win
that series. Then take the team that won that tiebreaker and pit
them against the team that they played twice to see who would
garner the higher seed. Then you take the final two teams and run
the tiebreaker again to see who gains the next highest seed.
Air Force: AFA remained in a tie for first place in the AHA with
RIT with 29 points...Tim Kirby’s goal with 0.6 seconds left
in overtime gave Air Force a 4-3 win on Saturday...The goal was his
fourth of the season and his third game winner...Every game-winner
has come late in the third period...He scored a game winner with
2:46 left in the third to beat UConn and scored the game-winner
with 1:45 left to beat RIT...Jacques Lamoureux scored three goals
and four points in the series...Derrick Burnett had his best series
of the season with four points (2-2-4)...Tim Kirby had one goal and
one assist and was a team-best +3 in the series...Jeff
Hajner’s four-game point streak ended on
Saturday...AFA’s penalty kill is No. 2 in the nation at
89.2...The Falcons killed 5 of 7 vs. Holy Cross last weekend...AFA
is 9-2-2 when scoring the first goal and 2-7-2 when allowing the
first goal...Except that vs. Holy Cross, AFA scored the first goal
in the first and lost and then gave up the first goal in the second
game and won...AFA extended its sellout streak to four straight
games and eight overall this season...A season-high 3,113 watched
Saturday’s overtime win...AFA travels to West Point for a
two-game series at Army...The last time at Army, AFA was swept by
scores of 2-1...AFA has lost four straight and five of the last six
at West Point...Last season, Air Force swept Army in Colorado.
American International: The American International College
men’s ice hockey team lost both ends of their weekend
double-header with RIT, dropping the first game 5-3, and the second
4-0. With the losses the Yellow Jackets fall to 3-18-2 for the
season and to 3-14-2 in Atlantic Hockey play. In Friday
night’s 5-3 loss, RIT opened the game with three straight
goals in the first period. Sophomore Cameron Burt netted two goals,
one on the power-play, while classmate Tyler Brenner found the back
of the net once. AIC cut the Tigers lead to 3-1, when freshman Adam
Pleskach buried a goal 3:30 into the second period with an assist
from classmate Chris Markiewicz and sophomore Michael Penny.
Brenner gave RIT their three goal lead back when he tallied a goal
seven minutes later with an assist from junior Tyler Mazzei. Senior
Steven Matic put the Tigers up 5-1 scoring a goal late in the
second period with assist from senior Dan Ringwald and Mazzei. The
Yellow Jackets attempted to pull of the comeback as junior Tom Mele
tallied a goal on the power play at 3;07 of the third with an
assist from Nielsson Arcibal. Pleskach scored his second goal of
the night 13-minutes later, this time on the power play with
assists from Markiewicz and Penny. But, RIT held on for the 5-3
victory. Junior netminder Dan Ramirez stopped 39 shots in the loss,
while senior Jared DeMichiel made 23 saves in the victory. The
Yellow Jackets were outshot 44-26 on the night, but went 2-6 on the
power-play, while RIT was just 1-6. In Saturday’s 4-0
shutout, RIT got out to a 1-0 lead when Ringwald found the back of
the net at 14:59 of the first period. The Tigers netted two goals
in the second period to extend their lead to 3-0. Junior Sean
Murphy and sophomore Tyler Brenner both tallied a goal in the
period. Freshman Adam Hartley capped of the RIT shutout as he
buried a goal early in the third period. DeMicheil made 18 saves to
claim the shutout for the Tigers. The Yellow Jackets held RIT
scoreless on the power-play, as the Tigers went 0-3. Next up, the
Yellow Jackets host AHA foe Sacred Heart on Tuesday night at 7:05
p.m. at the Olympia Ice Center.
Army: The Black Knights are now 8-12-4 overall and 7-8-3 on
conference games following a split with Connecticut … Jay
Clark recorded his first career shutout and five different players
scored goals in a 5-0 win on Friday while UConn earned the split
with a late power play goal in a 2-1 Saturday contest …
Clark made 31 saves on Friday, including 12 in the final period for
his first blanking and was also credited with his third assist of
the season … The shutout was Army’s first since
blanking AIC March 7, 2008 … Chris Spracklen scored his
first goal of the season and Drew Pierson picked up his first
assist … Danny Colvin, Mike Hull and Eric Sefchik also
scored goals … Army drew at least 2,500 fans to both games
this weekend … Army is 24 of 135 on the power play this
season (17.8) … Cody Omilusik has an assist in each of his
last two games … Mike Hull has a point in his last three
games … Owen Meyer is riding a four-game scoring streak,
including an assist on Saturday that moved him into a tie for 37th
place on Army’s all-time scoring charts with 119 points.
Gerry Stonehouse totaled 119 points prior to his graduation in
1963. … Kyle Maggard had three points in the UConn series
… Army will continue its four-game homestand with a pair of
games against service academy-rival Air Force this weekend. Both
games are sellouts at Tate Rink.
Bentley: Bentley split a two-game series with Mercyhurst over the
weekend, the first two games of a six-game road trip for the
Falcons. Bentley won the first game 4-2 which snapped a three-game
losing streak. The Falcons were trailing 2-1 entering the third
period but reeled off three unanswered goals. Senior Justin
Kemmerer tied the game at 7:48, then freshman Brett Hartung scored
the go-ahead goal with 4:58 left. Hartung then scored an
empty-netter with 18 seconds remaining to seal the win. The Falcons
then dropped the second game 6-3 as a natural hat trick by Nick
Vandenbeld in the second period led the way. Hartung’s
game-winner on Friday was his second of the year and team-leading
ninth goal of the season. The Falcons continue their road trip this
weekend at RIT. It’ll be Bentley’s first trip to Ritter
Arena since the 2007-08 season.
Canisius: Canisius played at Sacred Heart this past weekend,
losing the opener, 4-2, and rallying for a draw in the finale, 5-5.
In Canisius’ 5-5 tie against the Pioneers on Saturday, senior
defenseman Carl Hudson recorded the program’s 10th hat trick
since moving to the Division I level and the first by a Canisius
defender. The senior netted all three of his goals on the power
play, becoming the first player in the DI era to tally three
extra-man goals in a single game. Hudson, who owns the
program’s Division I record with 27 career goals, has scored
67.5 percent of his career goals on the power play (27-40). With
his three goals, Hudson raised his season point total, setting the
program’s Division I record for a defenseman. Hudson, who has
10 goals and 16 assists, surpassed the previous high of 25, set by
Derek Gilham during the 1998-99 season (5g, 20a). In total, Hudson
owns three of the top four marks in school history. Hudson
currently ranks first in Atlantic Hockey and fourth nationally
among defensemen with 1.04 points per game. The senior also leads
all defenders in the country with 0.40 goals per game and ranks
ninth among all players with seven power-play goals. Hudson has
anchored a strong power-play unit for Canisius as of late. Canisius
was 3-for-8 with the extra man during the weekend and finished the
month of January converting 39.3 percent of its power plays
(11-28). Canisius now ranks second in Atlantic Hockey and eighth
nationally with a power-play unit that converts 21.6 percent of its
chances. Senior goaltender Andrew Loewen also helped Canisius earn
the draw on Saturday as the Griffs rallied from three-different
two-goal deficits. Loewen recorded 35 saves, while yielding only
one goal, to earn the draw. Junior Matt Zuke scored a goal in each
game against the Pioneers. Zuke has now netted a score in five of
his last eight games after recording just one goal in his first 55
career contests. Zuke’s goal 20 seconds into the game on
Saturday was the second-quickest goal by a Griff to start a game.
Rob Martin scored 17 seconds in against Holy Cross on Nov. 3, 2001.
Junior Cory Conacher had his career-long point streak of 12 games
snapped on Friday but responded with the primary assist on the
final two goals of the game on Saturday as Canisius fought back for
a 2-2 draw. Conacher, who registered his 12th multi-point game of
the season, has now recorded a point in 19-of-24 games this season
and has not been held without a point in consecutive games all
season. Conacher currently ranks second nationally with 1.58 points
per game, sixth with 0.71 goals per game, ninth with 0.88 assists
per game and first with five game-winning goals. Conacher was one
of four players to register multiple assists on Saturday, including
two helpers from freshman Torrey Lindsay. The game marked the first
multi-point game of Lindsay’s career. Canisius is off this
next week and returns to the ice on Friday, Feb. 5, starting a
two-game series at Connecticut.
Connecticut: This weekend the Huskies headed out to West Point,
N.Y. where they took on Army in their lone weekend series of the
year. On Friday night, Army was the first to get on the board and
never backed down as the Huskies dropped a 5-0 decision to the
Black Knights with five different Army hockey players scoring
goals. On Saturday night, however, it was the Huskies to strike
first. Freshman Sean Ambrosie tallied his fifth goal of the season
aided by junior Brian Regan and sophomore Marcello Ranallo. The
assist was the first point of the season for Regan while it was
Ranallo’s third on the year. With just minutes remaining in
the game, Army took advantage of a power play opportunity to even
things up at one-all, but the Huskies responded with a power play
goal of their own to seal the victory. Junior Justin Hernandez
recorded the game-winner, his second goal of the season, aided by
junior Andrew Olson and sophomore Daniel Naurato. The assist was
the fourth of the year for Olson and the fifth for Naurato who has
had an assist in UConn’s last two victories. The Huskies
return to action Monday night at Princeton where the two teams will
meet for the first time in the 50 year history of the UConn hockey
program. UConn will continue play this upcoming weekend at home at
the Mark Edward Freitas Ice Forum where they will take on Sacred
Heart on Friday and Saturday night.
Holy Cross: After a week off from games, the Crusaders will return
to action on Feb. 5-6, when they play two home contests versus
Atlantic Hockey opponent Army at the HartCenter at 7:00 p.m. These
are the only two regular season games between the two teams this
season. On Saturday, Feb. 13, the Holy Cross men’s hockey
program will host Pink The Rink at the Hart Center 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. Holy Cross scored nine
goals over the two games versus Air Force with eight different goal
scorers. Senior Rob Forshner scored two goals with one in each
game. Holy Cross’ six goals on Jan. 22 in the victory over
Air Force were a season-best for the season. The Crusaders previous
best was five in the 5-0 win over UConn on Nov. 24. The Crusaders
are 13-52 (.250) over the last 12 games while on the power play.
The 6-4 win over Air Force on Jan. 22, was Holy Cross’ first
victory over the Falcons since the Crusaders defeated Air Force,
5-2, in Worcester on Oct. 30, 2004. This was also the first Holy
Cross victory since Air Force joined Atlantic Hockey as the Falcons
were 7-0-4 versus the Crusaders in the previous 11 conference
games. The Crusaders have already played in seven overtime games
this season with a 0-2-5 (.357) 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 (.450) in those games. Since
the 2006-2007 season and 134 total games, the Crusaders have played
33 overtime contests with a 2-9-22 (.394) record as .246 percent of
their games have gone to overtime. The Crusaders are 5-9-0 (.357)
on its opponent’s home ice this season. Last season, HC
compiled a 5-12-3 record in away games. The Crusaders are 1-4-5
(.350) at home so far this season. Last season Holy Cross went
7-8-2 (.471) at the Hart Center. Holy Cross has a 295-187-33 (.605)
all-time record at the Hart Center since it started playing there
in 1975-1976. Junior Jordan Cyr and freshman Rob Linsmayer are each
tied for the team-lead in assists with nine. Cyr also leads the
team with 16 points and he is third with seven goals. Junior
Everett Sheen and senior Brodie Sheahan are tied for the team-lead
with eight goals. Sheen is also second in points with 15. 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: The Mercyhurst College men’s hockey team split
its two-game series with Bentley this past weekend at the
Mercyhurst Ice Center. The Lakers dropped Friday’s game by a
score of 4-2 before prevailing 6-3 on Saturday…Senior Nick
Vandenbeld led all goal scorers with three-consecutive goals in
game two, marking his first collegiate hat trick and second natural
hat trick by a Laker this season. It also marked the third hat
trick against an Atlantic Hockey team this season…Senior
Chris Risi tallied a goal and three assists on the weekend while
sophomore Derek Elliott nabbed a goal in each game…Junior
Ryan Zapolski recorded both decisions, turning aside 31 shots on
Friday and 23 on Saturday. He is now 12-12-2 on the
season…With the split, the Lakers finish with a 2-2-0 record
against the Falcons this season and move to 29-9-5 in the all-time
series….Mercyhurst has this weekend off before traveling to
Colorado for games at No. 1 Denver on Friday, Feb. 5 at 7:37 p.m.
and No. 8 Colorado College on Saturday, Feb. 6 at 7:07 p.m.
Rochester Institute of Technology: RIT picked up a pair of wins
over the weekend, sweeping American International, 5-3 and 4-0. RIT
is now 14-2-1 all-time against the AIC. The Tigers posted their
third shut out of the month and fourth of season in
Saturday’s win. Goaltender Jared DeMichiel is now 13-2-1 in
AHA play this season, with conference leading goals against average
(1.56) and save percentage (.938). He is ninth nationally with a
2.10 goals against average. RIT is seventh nationally, allowing
just 2.21 goals per game. RIT out shot AIC 90-44 on the weekend.
RIT has allowed just 30 goals in 18 AHA games this season. The four
shutouts are a Division I team record. Senior defensemen Dan
Ringwald and Alan Mazur are bot in the top-10 nationally in scoring
by blueliners. Ringwald has 21 points (7-14-21), while Mazur has 18
(7-11-18). Freshman defenseman Chris Tanev leads the squad with a
plus-17 rating. Junior forwards Tyler Mazzei and Andrew Favor each
dished out our assists in the two weekend games. Dan Ringwald had a
goal and three assists, while Tyler Brenner had three goals. RIT is
tied for first in the conference standings with Air Force, but have
four games in hand. RIT has 10 players with at least 10 points this
season, led by Andrew Favot, who has 23 points (5-18-23). The
Tigers return to action on Friday and Saturday, as they host
Bentley for a pair of games. RIT is 9-3-1 all-time against the
Falcons and 7-2-1 since 2005. Last season, the Tigers posted 4-2
and 3-2 wins at Bentley. Rochester Institute of Technology hockey
fans will be asked to put away their orange Tiger apparel on Jan.
30. Instead, they are asked to “Make the Rink Pink” in
an effort to cure cancer. RIT men’s and women’s hockey
teams are working with Zeta Tau Alpha sorority to raise money for
cancer. Both teams will don pink jerseys that will be auctioned off
in the fund-raiser, while fans can also purchase pink T-shirts. For
more information, visit: www.rit.edu/pink.
Sacred Heart: The Pioneers remained the hottest team in the nation
earning three points against Canisius as they now have a nine game
unbeaten streak with a 7-0-2 record...Sacred Heart started the
weekend with a 4-2 win over the Golden Griffins before settling for
a 5-5 tie Saturday night...The Pioneer have given up the first goal
in each of their last four games but have scored three unanswerd in
each of those contests...Dave Jarman (Toronto, ON) and Nick Johnson
(Windsor, CT) each posted five points over the weekend...In the
series opener Anthony Yelovich (Little Falls, NJ) netted the game
winning goal on an impossible angle back handed shot that went
through the five hole in the third period...The two teams played a
wild game Saturday night that saw seven goals in the first period,
80 total shots, and 15 combined power play chances...Sacred Heart
surrendered the game tying goal Saturday night on a Canisius 2:00
minute five-on-three power play...Freshman Eric Delong (Oakville,
MB) netted the game tying goal in the series finale after coralling
his own rebound...Delong leads the conference in points per game
among rookies with 16 points...Sacred Heart rounded out their eight
game homestand with a 6-0-2 record and having the highest home
winning percentage in the conference...The Pioneers will look to
continue their streak as they take on AIC Tuesday night before
heading to UConn for a weekend series.
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