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Richard Leitner - American International (Freshman, Forward, Los
Alamitos, Calif.) - Recorded both goals in the Yellow Jackets 2-2
(OT) tie with Canisius on Friday night. Found the back of the net
early in the third period to tie the score at 1-1, then just three
minutes later lit the lamp for the second time to give AIC a 2-1
lead. He now is in a three-way tie for third on the team in goals
with five.
Steve McLeod - American International (Junior, Forward, Atikokan,
Ontario) - Tallied three points in the Yellow Jackets second game
at Canisus. Dished out an assist on AIC’s first goal, and
then recorded his first goal of the night in the second period to
tie the score at 2-2. McLeod netted his second goal of the night in
the third period to again tie the score, this time at 3-3.
Joe Campanelli - Bentley (Freshman, Forward, Pierrefonds, Quebec)
- Campanelli had a goal and an assist in Saturday’s 4-2 win
over UConn. He assisted on Bentley’s first goal that tied the
game at one. With Bentley leading 3-2 in the third period, his
power play goal gave his team a two-goal cushion with 4:33
remaining.
Bobby Preece - Bentley (Senior, Defenseman, Bonita Springs, Fla.)
- Preece had three assists over the weekend, bringing his total to
17 on the season, second highest on the team. He assisted on
Bentley’s lone goal in Friday’s game and had two
assists in Saturday’s win. He assisted on what would be the
game-winning goal by Anders Olson in the second period, and had the
primary assist on Joe Campanelli’s third period goal that
gave Bentley a 4-2 lead.
Grant Blakey - Mercyhurst (Freshman, Forward, Canton, Mich.) -
Blakey scored two goals and added an assist as the Lakers went
1-0-1 against the Army Black Knights this past weekend at the
Mercyhurst Ice Center. Blakey extended his team-best point-streak
to seven games with two goals in a 4-4 tie on Friday and an assist
in a 4-2 victory on Saturday. He now has 10 goals and 14 assists
for 24 points.
Ryan Zapolski - Mercyhurst (Junior, Goaltender, Erie, Pa.) -
Zapolski helped the Lakers take three of four points from Army this
past weekend at the Mercyhurst Ice Center. The Erie, Pa., native
went 1-0-1 as the Lakers tied the Black Knights, 4-4, in front of a
soldout crowd on Friday before prevailing 4-2 on Saturday. He
turned aside 39 shots in Friday’s tie and 30 attempts on
Saturday to move his record to 14-14-3 on the season and help the
Lakers stay in the race for home ice in the AHA Tournament.
Dan Ringwald - RIT (Senior, Defenseman, Oakville, Ontario) -
Ringwald tallied two goals and added an assist, as RIT swept a
weekend series from Air Force and clinched the AHA regular season
title for the third time in the last four seasons. Ringwald was a
main reason that RIT allowed just two goals for the second straight
weekend series, and just 47 goals in 26 AHA games. On Friday,
Ringwald tallied a power-play goal and added an assist in
RIT’s 3-2 overtime win. On Saturday, Ringwald scored a
power-play goal and helped stymie Air Force’s offensive
attack in a 3-0 win. Ringwald leads all Tiger defensemen and is
third on overall the squad with 10 goals, 17 assists, and 27 points
in 32 games this season.
Chris Tanev, RIT (Freshman, Defenseman, Toronto, Ontario) - Tanev
tallied one goal and added an assist, as RIT swept a weekend series
from Air Force and clinched the AHA regular season title for the
third time in the last four seasons. Tanev was a main reason that
RIT allowed just two goals for the second straight weekend series,
and just 47 goals in 26 AHA games. On Friday, Tanev tallied an
assist in RIT’s 3-2 overtime win. On Saturday, Tanev scored a
4-on-4 goal and helped stymie Air Force’s offensive attack in
a 3-0 win. Tanev leads the AHA with a plus-21 rating and has 20
points (7-13-20) in 32 games this season.
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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 closes out the regular season at home against
Sacred Heart...It will mark the final regular season home games for
five seniors: Matt Fairchild, Jeff Hajner, Brandon Johnson, Brett
Nylander and Andrew Volkening...AFA was swept by RIT last weekend
and suffered its second shutout loss in the last four games...AFA
had a streak of 106 consecutive games without being shutout before
falling to Colorado College, 2-0, two weeks ago...Senior Matt
Fairchild played his 151st career game on Saturday vs. RIT to tie
the school record set by Josh Frider last season...Senior Jeff
Hajner’s consecutive games streak of 150, a school record,
was snapped as he missed the RIT series...Kyle DeLaurell had a goal
and an assist on Friday night. He is Air Force’s top scoring
freshman with 5-11-16...AFA is 0-5-1 in the last six games and has
scored just eight goals...AFA is No. 2 in the nation in penalty
kill at 88.1 percent
American International: The American International College
men’s ice hockey team went 0-1-1 in their weekend series with
Canisius. The Yellow Jackets played to a 2-2 (OT) tie in the series
opener on Saturday and then lost the back end on Sunday 5-3 when
the Golden Griffins rallied late in the third period. Freshman
netminder Ben Meisner played exceptionally well with 42 saves for
the Yellow Jackets. AIC was outshot 44-38 on the evening, but held
a 20-11 advantage in the second period. Shots were 1-1 in overtime
and both teams were 0-2 on the power-play. In Saturday’s
loss, Meisner turned aside 30 shots. The Yellow Jackets were
outshot 35-23 on the evening, but held a 10-9 advantage in the
second. Next up, AIC finishes out their regular season against Army
in a home-and-home series, beginning on Friday at 7:05 p.m. with
the Yellow Jackets final home game of the season at the Olympia Ice
Center.
Army: The Black Knights remained in sixth place after securing a
tie and losing at Mercyhurst … Army has 23 points on a
9-12-5 record after a 4-4 overtime tie and a 4-2 loss … The
Black Knights scored two third-period goals to secure a tie on
Friday in a game televised nationally on CBS College Sports Network
… In Saturday’s loss, Army led 2-0 before Mercyhurst
scored four straight goals … Friday’s tie was just the
second in the series and the first in Erie, Pa. … Both ties
have happened this season … Army is now 4-0-2 in games on
national television in the last three years … Mike Santee
and Mike Hull each had a goal and assist and Owen Meyer and Kyle
Maggard had two assists on Friday. It marked Santee’s first
career multiple-point game … Mike Hull had a point in each
game, including a highlight-reel goal on Friday in which he slid
the puck through the defenders’ legs and then went
“five hole” … Meyer had three assists over the
weekend … Danny Colvin scored a goal on Friday and extended
his point streak to three games … Cheyne Rocha had an assist
in both games … Maggard collected two assists and a goal
over the weekend and has a point in each of his last three games
… Army will close the regular season with a home-and-home
series against AIC. Friday’s contest is in Springfield,
Mass., while the Black Knights will honor their seniors Saturday at
Tate Rink.
Bentley: Bentley earned a split with Connecticut over the weekend
in a home-and-home series with each team protecting its home ice.
The Huskies captured the first game 4-1 behind four different goal
scorers, a power play and a shorthanded goal. The loss was
Bentley’s fifth straight. The Falcons bounced back on
Saturday with a 4-2 win. Bentley fell behind 1-0, but tied the game
in the first period on a goal by freshman Dan Koudys. Seniors
Brendan Harrison and Anders Olson scored second period goals, and
freshman Joe Campanelli put the Falcons up 4-2 late in the third
period after UConn made it a one-goal game. Sophomore Kyle Rank
made 19 saves for his eighth win of the season. Jamie Nudy, Aaron
Stonacek and Bobby Preece each had two assists in the game. Bentley
took the season series from UConn 3-1 with the win. Bentley is tied
for seventh with Holy Cross entering the final weekend, and can
finish anywhere from sixth to eighth place. The Falcons and
Crusaders meet this weekend in a home-and-home series after just
playing two weekends ago.
Canisius: Canisius took 3-of-4 points against AIC during the
weekend, playing to a 2-2 draw on Saturday before winning 5-3 on
Sunday. Canisius is now 13-9-4 in conference play and is tied with
Air Force for fourth in the Atlantic Hockey standings and one point
behind Mercyhurst for third. The Griffs will need to gain one point
on one of those teams to earn home ice for the Atlantic Hockey
quarterfinals. Senior Josh Heidinger recorded an assist on each of
Canisius’ first six goals of the weekend. The only goal that
he did not register an assist on was the team’s empty-net
goal with one second remaining on Sunday. The senior’s six
helpers give him 123 points for career, making him the
program’s Division I all-time leading scorer. Heidinger
passed the mark of 119 held by David Deeves (1998-2002). Heidinger
already owns the program’s career assists record and raised
his total to 89 helpers, 19 more than Deeves recorded. This season,
Heidinger has recorded 30 points on eight goals and 22 assists. He
has now recorded a point in a career-best seven-consecutive games,
totaling 13 helpers during the streak. Heidinger’s four
assists on Sunday also matched the program’s Division I
record, tying a record held by Chris Duggan, Joel Tarvudd, Deeves
plus teammates Jason Weeks and Cory Conacher. Heidinger along with
his classmates Vincent Amigone, Dave Cianfrini, Carl Hudson, Ryan
Klusendorf, Andrew Loewen, Peter MacDougall and Jason Weeks were
honored following Sunday’s game in a senior day ceremony. The
eight players have combined to play in 875 career games, recording
421 points, 161 goals, 260 assists and 2,429 saves. The eight have
combined to set or match 11 Canisius career records and 28 total
marks during their tenure. Cianfrini, Hudson and Loewen each played
a role in the Griffs’ victory on Senior Day. Cianfrini scored
an empty-net goal with one second left with Loewen registering his
first career assist on the score. Loewen also recorded 20 saves to
earn the victory. Hudson scored a power-play goal in the first
period to give Canisius a 2-0 lead. Hudson’s power-play goal
was his ninth of the season, tying the school record. Hudson
matched the record set by Deeves (1998-99). Hudson, who already
owns the career record with 29 extra-man goals, has scored 69.0
percent of his goals on the power play (29-42). Junior Cory
Conacher added two assists during the weekend. Conacher has now
posted 47 points, 20 goals and 27 helpers this season. He set the
program’s single-season record with his 27 assists,
surpassing the record of 26 held by Duggan (1998-99) and Heidinger
(2006-07). Conacher’s 47 points this season are just one
point shy of the record held by Duggan. It would also give Conacher
100 career points, making him the first junior to reach the mark in
the program’s Division I history. Canisius will play at RIT
next weekend. The two teams have not met this season and the Tigers
swept a pair of games in Buffalo last year. RIT holds an 8-4-0
advantage in the series since both teams moved to the Division
I.
Connecticut: After 10 days off, the Huskies returned to the ice
for a home-and-home series with Bentley on Friday. Three Huskies
recorded a multi-point effort via a goal and an assist. Justin
Hernandez, one of those Huskies scored the first goal of the night
for UConn early into the first period. Bentley was able to tie
things up at the halfway point, but before the end of the first,
Brad Cooper tallied the would-be gamewinner for UConn on a power
play goal at 19:28 to give UConn the lead entering the second
period. In the second, the Huskies continued to add to their lead
as Andrew Olson and Chris Waterstradt each notched their second
point of the night. Waterstradt’s goal came on a shorthanded
opportunity, the Huskies fourth shorthanded goal of the year as
UConn cruised to a 4-1 victory over the Falcons. On Saturday, UConn
finished out the second half of their home-and-home series on the
road at Bentley. The Huskies jumped out to an early lead for the
third straight game, but this time after Bentley tied the game up
in the first, they went on to score three-straight goals to enter
the final period of play with a two-goal advantage. UConn would not
be deterred though as Hernandez recorded his third point of the
weekend bringing the Huskies within one, but Bentley sealed the
victory with a power play goal at 15:27. Ten different Huskies
recorded a point on the weekend with four finishing the series with
a multi point effort. Garrett Bartus finished the weekend with a
2.53 GAA and a .868 save percentage in just over 118 minutes of
play.
Holy Cross: The Crusaders will conclude the regular season when
they play a key home-and-home series with Bentley on Feb. 26-27 at
7:00 p.m. Friday’s game will be Senior Day at the HartCenter,
while Saturday’s contest will be at the John A. Ryan Arena in
Watertown, Mass. The Crusaders just recently swept a home-and-home
series with Bentley on Feb. 12-13. Holy Cross is now tied with
Bentley for seventh place in the Atlantic Hockey standings with 22
points with just two games to go and is just one point behind Army
who is in sixth place with 23 points. The first six teams in the
standings automatically earn a spot in the Atlantic Hockey
Tournament quarterfinals, while seventh through 10th place play in
the Atlantic Hockey Tournament first round on March 6, to earn a
position in the quarterfinals. Army holds the tie-breaker over the
Crusaders as the two teams split the two-game regular season series
but Army outscored Holy Cross by a 7-6 margin which is the second
tie-breaker. The Black Knights take on AIC next week in a
home-and-home series. As of now the Crusaders hold the tie-break
over Bentley as Holy Cross has a 2-0-0 record versus the Falcons.
Sophomore Matt Celin has recorded one point in four straight games
with one goal and three assists. For the season he has one goal and
seven assists for eight points, while for his career he has seven
goals and 15 assists for 22 points. Holy Cross, who has only
averaged 2.3 goals scored per game this season, has scored 32 goals
over the last nine contests for a 3.6 goals per game average.
During these nine games, junior Jordan Cyr has recorded four goals
and six assists for 10 points, while sophomore Matt Clune has
posted two goals and five assists for seven points. There are also
five Crusaders with six points over the last nine games. Sophomore
Luke Miller has four goals and two assists, sophomore Andrew Cox
and senior Rob Forshner each have three goals and three assists,
and Celin and freshman Rob Linsmayer each have one goal and five
assists. Senior Ryan Driscoll has played 137 career games which are
seventh all-time at Holy Cross. He has 21 goals and 36 assists for
57 points, while his 13 career power play goals are tied for 10th
on the all-time Holy Cross Division I list. Cyr leads the team with
14 assists and 24 points, while he is tied for the lead with 10
goals. Junior Everett Sheen is second on the team with 19 points
with nine goals and 10 assists. Sophomore Jay Silvia is tied for
the team-lead with 10 goals. Freshman goalie Thomas Tysowsky has a
2.43 goals against average which is second in Atlantic Hockey and
his .912 save percentage is fifth. His 753 saves are ranked third
on the all-time Holy Cross Division I single-season saves list,
while his 10 wins are sixth. Out of the 20 Crusaders who have seen
game action in the last nine contests, 15 of them have scored a
goal and 18 of them have at least one point. Over the last nine
games Holy Cross has outscored its opponents, 32-29. The Crusaders
are 18-85 (.212) over the last 19 games while on the power play.
The Crusaders are 4-6-5 (.433) at home so far this season. Last
season Holy Cross went 7-8-2 (.471) at the HartCenter. Holy Cross
has a 298-189-33 (.605) all-time record at the HartCenter since it
started playing there in 1975-1976. The Crusaders have 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 141 total
games, the Crusaders have played 33 overtime contests with a 2-9-22
(.394) record as .234 percent of their games have gone to overtime.
The Crusaders are 6-10-0 (.375) on its opponent’s home ice
this season. Last season, HC compiled a 5-12-3 (.325) record in
away games. The Crusaders have the third ranked defense in Atlantic
Hockey by allowing only 2.81 goals per contest. HC has allowed 90
goals in 32 games. Last season, Holy Cross was sixth in the
conference with 3.42 goals allowed per contest. On Feb. 13, in
front of a crowd of 2,009 at the HartCenter, The Crusaders held
“Pink The Rink” night. Holy Cross wore a special
edition pink jersey to show its support for breast cancer
awareness. The jerseys were auctioned off throughout the game as
they raised $8,070 with all the proceeds going to the
LevineCancerCenter in Worcester. A ceremonial puck drop featured
Holy Cross professors and breast cancer survivors Kathy Kiel
(Economics) and Helen Freear-Papio (Modern Languages and
Literature). Kevin Shea from WCTR-TV 3 was the MC for the event as
he went through the crowd during the game talking to fans and
keeping people up to date on the auction. Between the first and
second period the men’s hockey program honored David Joy
(Class of 1974) and his wife Michele for generously donating the
jerseys so all of the proceeds from the auction of the jerseys will
go to the LevineCancerCenter. Holy Cross coach Paul Pearl presented
David and Michele with a pink jersey of their own. Michele’s
sister and breast cancer survivor Mary Keenan was also honored at
the ceremony and given a pink jersey with her name on the back.
After the game each player personally handed the auction winners
their jerseys as Shea announced the winners. 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 DCUCenter 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 wrapped up its home schedule with a
two-game series against Army this past weekend at the Mercyhurst
Ice Center…The Lakers tied the Black Knights, 4-4, in front
of a sold-out crowd on Friday night before prevailing 4-2 on Senior
Night Saturday. Additionally, Friday’s game marked the
second-straight season that Army and Mercyhurst played in front of
a national audience, with the game being broadcast live on CBS
College Sports. It was also the first time that a Mercyhurst
sporting event was broadcast live from Erie on national
television… Mercyhurst finishes the season series with a
2-0-2 record and moves to 23-9-2 in the all-time
series…Freshman Grant Blakey extended his team- best
point-streak to seven games with two goals on Friday and an assist
on Saturday…Senior assistant captain Cody Collins also
scored two goals, marking a score in each game…Junior Ryan
Zapolski went 1-0-1 with 39 saves in the 4-4 draw and 30 in the 4-2
victory. He is now 14-14-3 on the season…With the win on
Saturday, head coach Rick Gotkin is now two wins away from 400 for
his career…Mercyhurst, which moved into third place in the
AHA standings with Air Force’s two losses to RIT, looks to
lock up home-ice for the AHA Tournament this weekend with a
two-game set at Connecticut…MC swept the Huskies earlier
this season at the MIC, winning by the scores of 5-0 and 3-1.
Rochester Institute of Technology: The Tigers clinched their third
Atlantic Hockey Association Regular Season Championship in the last
four seasons after a weekend sweep of Air Force. Tyler Mazzei
scored 1:10 into overtime to lift RIT to a wild, 3-2 win over the
Falcons on Friday, while the strong play of goaltender Jared
DeMichiel and a stout Tiger defense lifted RIT to a 3-0 shutout win
on Saturday. On Saturday, RIT’s defense allowed very few high
quality chances while scoring all three goals. Chris Haltigin,
Chris Tanev, and Dan Ringwald tallied the goals. Ringwald is sixth
in the nation in scoring among defensemen with 27 points. Tanev
leads the AHA with a plus-21 rating. The Tiger defense has six
shutouts this season, including five over its last 13 games.
RIT’s defense is tied for third nationally, allowing just
2.19 goals per game. Goaltender Jared DeMichiel is fourth
nationally with a 2.11 goals against average. In AHA play, he is is
19-4-1 with a 1.75 goals against average and .933 save percentage,
which leads all goalies. RIT has a 20-5-1 record in AHA play, good
for 41 points. RIT needs just two more points to break the AHA
record of 42 points, which RIT and Air Force accomplished last
season. Junior forward Andrew Favot has 18 points (6-12-18) over
the last 10 games, and has moved into third place in AHA scoring
with 37 points (11-26-37) in 31 games. Sophomore Cameron Burt has
15 points (3-12-15) over his last seven games. Burt is second among
RIT skaters with 33 points on a team-best 12 goals and 21 assists.
RIT skaters are a combined plus-161 in AHA play. Every RIT skaters
is a plus in conference play. The Tigers are 20-6-1 over their last
27 games after starting the regular season 0-5. Since Jan. 8, RIT
is 11-3-0. RIT has won 20 games for the third time in the last four
seasons (19 in 2007-08). RIT is 75-26-9 in AHA play over the last
four seasons. The Tigers have scored a power-play in goal in eight
straight games. RIT is 14-for-49 (28.6 percent) with the
man-advantage during that time. RIT is 14th nationally in
power-play percentage, and 13th in penalty killing. The Tigers are
11-2-0 at home this season. RIT closes the regular season out with
a pair of home games against AHA foe Canisius on Friday and
Saturday, with both games starting at 7:05 p.m. Amazingly enough,
this will be the first and only two meetings between the two
schools who are 65 miles apart this season. It will be the first
meeting in Rochester since Feb. 9, 2008. In that game, the two
teams combined for an AHA record 251 penalty minutes, including 243
in the third period after a brawl that saw several players ejected.
RIT leads the all-time series between the two schools, 47-14-1.
Since the start of the 2005-06 season, RIT is 8-4-0 against the
Golden Griffins. Last season, RIT won both games against Canisius
in Buffalo, 5-2 and 4-3.
Sacred Heart: After having the nation’s longest unbeaten
streak snapped three weeks ago the Pioneers have rebounded and have
won five straight...This weekend the Pioneers completed a sweep of
Holy Cross and are now locked into the #2 seed in this year’s
Atlantic Hockey tournament...In the series opener Friday night
against the Crusaders the Pioneers won for the first time all
season when trailing after two periods...Junior Patrick Knowlton
(Colorado Springs, CO) scored on a break away to tie the game at
one with just over ten minutes remaining in regulation...From there
it was all Pioneers as freshman Eric Delong (Oakville, MB) took
center stage on Senior Night at the Milford Ice Pavilion, netting
two goals to give the Pioneers the 3-1 victory...Sacred Heart would
survive several anxious moments the next night in Worcester, MA but
would survive and post several milestone points as they used a 5-3
final score to sweep the Crusaders...Nick Johnson (Windsor, CT) put
the Pioneers up 2-1 in the second period with his 24th goal of the
season, breaking the all-time SHU record for goals in a single
season, it was also the 100th point of his career...The senior
forward was not done yet as he ripped a one timer into the net for
his NCAA leading 25th marker with just under five minutes
remaining, the goal was also his national best seventh game winner
of the year...The play was set up by fellow senior Dave Jarman
(Toronto, ON) who is now tied for first in Division I with 34
assists in 2009-10...Erik Boisvert (Drummondville, QC) iced the
game for the Pioneers with an empty net goal, he would also keep
the puck, the goal was the 100th point of his collegiate
career...As the Pioneers enter the final weekend of the regular
season they are assured the #2 seed in the AHA tournament,
guaranteeing a bye in the first round and home ice in the
quarterfinals...Sacred Heart travels to Air Force to closes out the
year against the conference’s three time defending champion,
who the Pioneers swept for the first time in program history
earlier this season.
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