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Eric Artman - Air Force (Freshman, Defenseman, East Lansing,
Mich.) - Two points in the Army series...Scored a goal in
Friday’s game...Assisted on AFA’s first goal on
Saturday.
Jacques Lamoureux - Air Force (Junior, Forward, Grand Forks, N.D.)
- Three points in the Army series (1-2-3)...Had a hand in boh of
Air Force’s goals in the 4-2 loss with a goal and
assist...One assist on Saturday...AFA’s leading scorer with
17 goals and 34 points.
Andrew Volkening - Air Force (Senior, Goaltender, Genoa, Ill.) -
2.89 GAA and a .918 saves percentage...Season-high 38 saves in
Friday’s game...29 saves in Friday’s 3-3 overtime
tie.
Jay Clark - Army (Junior, Goaltender, Baudette, Minn.) - Clark was
credited with 67 saves and allowed five goals as Army beat and tied
Air Force, knocking the Falcons from first place in the conference.
Clark made 30 saves in a 4-2 win on Friday and turned away 37 shots
during Saturday’s 3-3 overtime draw. For the weekend, Clark
had a 2.41 goals against average and .931 save percentage.
Kyle Maggard - Army (Sophomore, Forward, Cleveland, Ohio) -
Maggard scored twice over the weekend as Army earned three points
against Air Force. He scored a short-handed goal in Friday’s
4-2 win and netted an even strength tally on Saturday. His
short-handed goal was Army’s sixth of the season.
Eric ASefchik, Army (Senior, Forward, Brooklyn, Ohio) - A senior
captain, Sefchik scored twice and handed out two assists to help
Army earn three points against Air Force and knock the Falcons from
atop the conference standings. Sefchik scored the first goal in a
4-2 win on Friday and then netted the tying goal with just 11
seconds left in regulation during Saturday’s 3-3 overtime
tie. During Friday’s win, he scored a power play goal to get
the team off to a 1-0 lead then was credited with the assist on
Kyle Maggard’s short-handed goal. On Saturday, Sefchik had
the first assist as Army fought back from a 2-0 deficit. He scored
the extra skater goal with 11 seconds left.
Cameron Burt - R.I.T. (Sophomore, Forward, Detroit, Mich.) - Burt
scored two goals and added an assist in Saturday’s 5-4 loss
to Bentley. He scored back-to-back second period goals and assisted
on Chris Tanev’s third period power-play goal. Burt leads RIT
with 11 goals and is tied for second on the squad with 21 points.
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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 earned on point in the series at Army...Seven of
the 12 combined goals in the series were scored in the third
period...AFA killed 13 of the 14 Army power plays in the
series...AFA’s penalty kill is No. 2 in the nation...Air
Force is now 0-5-1 in the last six games at West Point...Jacques
Lamoureux had three points (1-2-3) in the series...Lamoureux has a
four-game point scoring streak (4-3-7)...Andrew Volkening had a
season high 38 saves vs. Army on Friday...Freshman defenseman tie a
career high with two points in the series, a goal on Friday and an
assist on Saturday...Jeff Hajner set a new Academy record by
playing in his 148th consecutive game. Hajner has never missed a
game at AFA. He broke the record of Scott Zwiers, a 2003 grad, who
also never missed a game in his career...The assist was the first
of his career. The goal was his fourth of the season to tie as the
most by a Falcon defenseman this season...Lamoureux is tied for
second in the nation in power play goals (10), 18th in goals per
game (0.61), 20th in the nation in points per game (1.21)...Air
Force faces two of the top teams in the nation in 11th-ranked
Colorado College and third-ranked Denver...Air Force beat Colorado
College last season when they were third in the nation, tying as
the highest ranked team AFA has ever beaten. The win broke a
25-game losing streak to the Tigers. This year’s game is at
the Colorado Springs World Arena, a building that Air Force has
never won in...The last time Denver came to Cadet Ice Arena, AFA
beat the Pioneers, 5-2, in 2008. That win broke a 19-game losing
streak to DU.
American International: The American International College
men’s Ice hockey team fell 6-1 to Sacred Heart in their only
game of the week on Tuesday. With the loss the Yellow Jackets fall
to 3-19-2 overall and to 3-15-2 in Atlantic Hockey, while the win
improves the Pioneers unbeaten streak to 10-games and their record
to 11-9-4 for the season and to 9-6-3 in the conference. AIC came
out strong in the first period, but allowed back-to-back goals
late, to go down 2-0 at the first intermission. Freshman Eric
Delong and junior David Berube netted goals 9-seconds apart to give
Sacred Heart the 2-0 advantage. Freshman Adam Pleskach cut the
Pioneer lead to 2-1 when he buried a power-play goal just over
four- minutes into the second period. Defensemen, freshman Chris
Markiewicz and junior Mike Little were credited with the assists on
the goal. Berube put Sacred Heart back on top by two goals, by
finding the back of the net for the second time on the night, early
in the third period. Seniors Nick Johnson and Gregg Rodriguez put
the Pioneers up 5-1, when they tallied back-to-back goals just
10-seconds apart, late in the period. Berube completed the victory
by collecting the hat-trick with his third goal of the night with
2-seconds remaining in the game. Freshman goaltender Ben Meisner
turned aside 34 shots in the loss, while classmate Steven Legatto
made 32 saves in his 10th victory of the season. AIC was outshot
40-33 on the evening, but went 1-2 on the power-play. Next up, the
Yellow Jackets take this coming weekend off and return to action
February 5, to start a weekend double-header at the Olympia Ice
Center against Bentley. Puck drops at 7:05 p.m. in the first game
and 3:05 p.m. in the finale.
Army: The Black Knights moved into sixth place in the conference
standings by earning three points against Air Force and knocking
their service academy-rivals from atop the conference standings.
Army posted a 4-2 win on Friday and then played to a 3-3- overtime
draw with a dramatic last-second goal on Saturday. Eric Sefchik,
who had two goals and two assists over the weekend, scored an extra
skater goal with 11 seconds left in regulation during
Saturday’s tie … Army is 4-0-1 in its last five home
games against Air Force … Army’s senior class went
4-4- 1 against Air Force … Saturday’s tie against Air
Force was just the third in the series … Kyle Maggard scored
two goals over the weekend, including a short-handed tally on
Friday, Army’s sixth short-handed goal this season …
Cheyne Rocha had two assists on Friday, his first multiple-point
game of the season. He was also +3 for the weekend …
ESPN’s John Buccigross was among the crowd on Saturday
… Army wore its gold alternate sweaters on Friday and is now
3-1-0 in that jersey … Col. Ed Naessens and legendary hockey
coach Jack Riley dropped ceremonial pucks as part of Hockey Weekend
Across America. Naessens is Army’s head Officer
Representative and Riley racked up 542 wins during his tenure at
Army and coached the 1960 U.S. Olympic hockey team to a gold medal
in Squaw Valley … Cody Omilusik had a point in each game and
now has an assist in four straight games and five out of his last
six … Eric Sefchik has eight points (3G, 5A) in his last six
games … Drew Pierson scored the game-winning goal on Friday,
his first goal of the season … Owen Meyer has a point in
each of his last six games with five assists and two goals over
that stretch … Kyle Maggard has four goals and two assists
in his last five games … Army will play at Holy Cross Friday
and Saturday at 7:05 p.m. at the Hart Center.
Bentley: Bentley split with first-place RIT over the weekend at
Ritter Arena. In Friday’s 4-1 win for RIT, four different
Tigers scored and goalie Jared DeMichiel made 30 saves in the win.
Junior Erik Peterson had a power play goal for Bentley in the third
period, which got the Falcons to within 2-1. RIT though scored just
over three minutes later for a 3-1 lead, and added an empty net
goal in the final seconds for the final margin. The Falcons then
took the second game 5-4. Senior defenseman Bobby Preece scored his
first career hat trick and also assisted on the go-ahead goal. With
the game tied at three in the third period, Preece assisted on
senior Brendan Harrison’s goal 41 seconds in for a 4-3 lead.
Preece then scored his third goal of the game at 7:49 to give
Bentley a 5-3 lead. Preece scored his first two goals in the first
period. The hat trick is the first by a Bentley player since Jeff
Gumaer against Canisius on March 15, 2009. It was also the first
time a Bentley player had four points in a game since Anthony
Canzoneri against UConn on Feb. 15 against UConn. The
Falcons’ win on Saturday was their first at Ritter in more
than three years and was the first win over RIT since Feb. 24,
2007. It also snapped RIT’s nine-game home Atlantic Hockey
winning streak. Bentley will complete its six-game road trip this
weekend against AIC. It will be the first series of the season
between the two teams.
Canisius: Canisius was off this past weekend and now stands in
fifth place of the Atlantic Hockey standings with 20 points. The
Griffs start a key six-game stretch where they went 5-0-1 during
their first run against their three opponents. Canisius plays at
Connecticut this weekend. Earlier in the season, the Griffs took
3-of-4 points in Buffalo, tying in the opener, 4-4, and winning the
finale, 1-0. Despite not playing a game last weekend, junior
forward Cory Conacher continued his climb up the national rankings.
Conacher now leads the country with 1.58 points per game, passing
Massachusetts’ James Marcou, who averages 1.54 points per
game.
Connecticut: The Huskies competed in three games this week,
starting the week off at Princeton in their final non-conference
game of the year. On Monday night, UConn faced off in what would be
a 8-1 loss for the Huskies against their third ECAC opponent of the
season. Dan Naurato recorded the Huskies’ lone goal of the
night, of the shorthanded variety, and was aided by Sean Ambrosie.
The Huskies buckled down for their weekend series with Sacred
Heart, battling to a 4-3 overtime loss on Friday and a 3-2 loss on
Saturday night. On Friday, the Huskies were the first to get on the
board as Justin Hernandez (Farmington Hills, Mich.) recorded his
third goal of the season with some help from Andrew Olson
(Alexandria, Minn.) and Jason Krispel (Cypress, Calif.). Sacred
Heart rebounded scoring two goals before the end of the first to
enter the middle period of play with a one-goal advantage. In the
second, the Huskies tied things up after killing back-to-back
penalties that saw a five-on-three SHU advantage. This time Michael
Coppola (Old Brookville, N.Y.) knocked in the goal for the Huskies
with some assistance from Tom Janosz (Elma, N.Y.) and Chris
Waterstradt (Tulsa, Okla.). SHU took the lead once again before the
end of the period, but in the third the Huskies bounced back as
both Waterstradt and Krispel notched their second points of the
game, Waterstradt on the game-tying goal and Krispel with his
second assist of the night forcing overtime. Just 1:45 into the
overtime period, the Pioneers pressure was too much as SHU went on
to score the game winning goal. On Saturday, SHU was the first team
to get on the board, but on their first shot on goal of the night
the Huskies tied things up at one-all. Hernandez recorded the first
UConn goal of the game for the second-straight night as Janosz
aided for the second game in a row as well. SHU went ahead in the
second period but the Huskies battled in the third to tie
everything up at two as Sean Ambrosie (Moorhead, Minn.) recorded
his team leading sixth goal of the year with some help from
Marcello Ranallo (Burnaby, B.C.) and Waterstradt. But at the end of
the third, just one second after the Huskies killed off a Sacred
Heart power play, the Pioneers knocked in the game-winner. Over the
course of the weekend, Garrett Bartus (St. Charles, Ill.) made 59
saves for the Huskies recording a .894 save percentage.
Holy Cross: The Crusaders return to action on Feb. 5-6, when they
play two home contests versus Atlantic Hockey opponent Army at the
Hart Center 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 at
7:00 p.m. 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
Levine Cancer Center in Worcester. Also a limited amount of special
edition “Pink The Rink” T-shirts will be available for
purchase. There will be 28 game jerseys available to bid on during
the silent auction with a minimum bid of $200.00 for each jersey.
The auction will start at 6:00 p.m. David Joy (Class of 1974)
generously donated the jerseys so all of the proceeds from the
auction of the jerseys will go to the Levine Cancer Center. A
ceremonial puck drop will feature Holy Cross professors and breast
cancer survivors Kathy Kiel (Economics) and Helen Freear-Papio
(Modern Languages and Literature). The jersey numbers that will be
available in the auction are #1, #2, #3, #4, #5, #6, #7, #8, #11,
#12, #14, #15, #17, #18, #19, #20, #21, #22, #24, #26, #27, #28,
#29, #30, #32, #33, #35 and #44. The Crusaders are 13-52 (.250)
over the last 12 games while on the power play. 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. 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.
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. Freshman goalie Thomas
Tysowsky’s 2.34 goals against average is ranked second in
Atlantic Hockey, while his .914 save percentage is third. 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 takes a break from Atlantic Hockey play this
weekend with games at No. 3 Denver on Friday, Feb. 5 at 7:37 p.m.
and at No. 11 Colorado College on Saturday, Feb. 6 at 7:07
p.m…The Lakers enter the weekend 12-14-2 on the season and
12-8-2 in conference play…In their last time out, the Lakers
split a two-game series with Bentley, falling in the first game 4-2
before downing the Falcons 6-3 on senior Nick Vandenbeld’s
first-career natural hat trick…Mercyhurst this season is 0-6
against teams outside of Atlantic Hockey, including 0-2 against
teams from the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA)...MC is
0-2 lifetime against Denver and 0-1 against Colorado
College…The Lakers are 2-1-1 against teams ranked in the
top-10 over the past two seasons, with wins over then-No. 7
Princeton and then-No. 19 Air Force…Head coach Rick Gotkin
enters the weekend four wins shy of 400, standing at
396-266-51.
Rochester Institute of Technology: RIT moved into sole possession
of first place in the Atlantic Hockey Standings with a win and a
loss last weekend. On Saturday, RIT had its nine-game home winning
streak against AHA foes snapped on Saturday, 5-4 to Bentley, as RIT
celebrated “Make the Rink Pink” night with a sellout
crowd. RIT wore special pink jerseys that were auctioned off online
the following afternoon. Goaltender Jared DeMichiel’s jersey
sold for a team-high $500.01. All monies raised will go to the
Lipton Cancer Center at Rochester General Hospital. In total, the
25 men’s jerseys went for $4,969.64. Saturday’s sellout
was the third of the season at Ritter Arena. Cameron Burt scored
two goals and added an assist in Saturday’s loss to Bentley.
RIT out-shot Bentley, 40-23 in that contest. On Friday, DeMichiel
stopped 30 shots in a 4-1 win. Four different Tigers scored in that
victory. DeMichiel also had a personal six-game winning streak
snapped in the loss on Saturday. Before Saturday, DeMichiel had
allowed just six goals in his previous six games. He ended the
month with three shutouts, a Tiger record. DeMichiel is 11th
nationally with a 2.18 goals against average. Junior forward Tyler
Mazzei is riding a six-game point scoring streak, with eight points
(2-6-8) during that span. RIT leads Atlantic Hockey and is seventh
defensively in all of Division I, allowing just 2.27 goals per
game. The Tigers return to action this weekend, as they travel to
play Sacred Heart, Division I’s hottest team. The Pioneers
are riding a 12-game unbeaten streak (10-0-2), having out-scored
foes 52-24 during that stretch. RIT is 2-0 against Sacred Heart
this season, having defeated the Pioneers 3-2 on Nov. 20 and 5-3 on
Nov. 21. RIT is 7-3-1 all-time against the Pioneers, including a
2-2-1 mark at the Milford Ice Pavilion.
Sacred Heart: Sacred Heart extended the nation’s longest
unbeaten streak to 12 games with a perfect 3-0-0 week on the road
against Atlantic Hockey opponents...The Pioneers opened play with a
6-1 victory in West Springfield, MA over the AIC Yellow
Jackets...SHU allowed just one power play goal as David Berube lit
the lamp three times for a hat trick...He put in the finishing
touches of his three goal effort with just 1.5 seconds remaining in
regulation...Sacred Heart followed that up with a dramatic 4-3
overtime victory in Storrs, CT against UConn Friday night...The
Pioneers held 2-1 and 3-2 advantages before the Huskies forced the
game into the extra session...SHU would get the win on Erik
Boisvert’s eighth goal of the season as he banked a shot off
the shoulder off the UConn goaltender 1:45 into overtime...Sacred
Heart would earn the series sweep Saturday night thanks largely to
the glove of Steven Legatto...Despite making just 24 the freshman
goaltender made two outstanding glove stops on UConn
breakaways...The Pioneers will put the programs longest unbeaten
streak on the line at home next weekend as they welcome the first
place RIT Tigers to the Milford Ice Pavilion.
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