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Matt Fairchild, Air Force (Senior, Forward, Ashburn, Va.) - Four
points on two goals and two assists in two wins over RIT...One goal
and two assists in Friday’s win...Assisted on Tim
Kirby’s game winner with 1:45 remaining in regulation in the
5-4 win...Scored the game-winning goal on the power play with one
second remaining in overtime on Saturday for a 3-2 win...Both goals
on the weekend came on the power play.
John Kruse - Air Force (Freshman, Forward, Eden Prairie, Minn.) -
Six points on one goal and five assists in the two wins over
RIT...Three assists on Friday night in the 5-4 win; Assisted on the
first three goals of the game...On Saturday, had one goal and two
assists and assisted on Fairchild’s game-winner with one
second remaining in overtime...Three assists are a career
best...Three points in each game tie as his career best...His goal
on Saturday was the first goal of the game and was his first career
goal. His goal marked the first time this season that Air Force
scored the first goal in the game.
Dan Koudys - Bentley (Freshman, Forward, Grimsby, ONT) - Koudys
scored his first two career goals, including the game-winner with
5:01 left in the third period, in Bentley’s come-from-behind,
4-3 win over UConn last Friday night. He also added a secondary
assist on Bentley’s third goal of the game.
Erik Peterson - Bentley (Junior, Forward, Shorewood, Minn.) -
Peterson scored two goals in Bentley’s 4-3 win over UConn
last Friday night. His first goal late in the second period tied
the score at two. He scored again early in the third period to give
Bentley a 3-2 lead.
Sean Ambrosie - Connecticut (Freshman, Forward, Moorhead, Minn.) -
Ambrosie tallied two goals on the weekend, both of the power play
kind, against Atlantic Hockey foe Bentley. The reigning Rookie of
the Week notched the Huskies’ first goal of the night at
Bentley, also recording the game-tying goal in the third period to
give the Huskies a chance against the Falcons.
Justin Hernandez - Connecticut (Junior, Forward, Farmington Hills,
Mich.) - Hernandez recorded a goal and two assists over the course
of the weekend. The junior forward tallied both of his assists in
the 4-3 loss against Bentley on UConn’s first two goals of
the game. On Sunday, Hernandez recorded the lone Husky goal of the
game against Hockey East opponent Merrimack on a power play
opportunity. Hernandez recorded four shots on the weekend.
Everett Sheen - Holy Cross (Junior, Forward, Lethbridge, ALB) -
Sheen recorded two goals and one assist for three points this
weekend on the road versus Canisius as Holy Cross won both games by
scores of 3-2. On Saturday he scored the first goal of the game and
assisted on Holy Cross’ second goal, while on Sunday he
netted the Crusaders’ second goal giving them a 2-1 lead. For
the season, Sheen leads the team with three goals and four points.
Thomas Tysowsky - Holy Cross (Freshman, Goaltender, Amherst, N.Y.)
- Tysowsky earned his first two collegiate victories as Holy Cross
won both road contests against Canisius, 3-2. He made 51 saves and
allowed four goals for a .927 save percentage and a 2.01 goals
against average. On Saturday he made 24 saves, while on Sunday he
made 27 saves.
Erik Vos - Holy Cross (Freshman, Forward, Carlisle, ONT) - Posted
his first two collegiate points with a goal and an assist as Holy
Cross defeated Canisius, 3-2, on the road on Saturday. He assisted
on Holy Cross’ first goal of the contest and then he scored a
power play goal to give the Crusaders a 2-1 advantage.
Steve Cameron - Mercyhurst (Junior, Forward, Mission, BC) -
Cameron scored two goals to help Mercyhurst pick up its first
points of the season in a 1-0-1 weekend against Army. Both of his
goals came in the third period of each game, including his second
in Sunday’s game that stretched the lead to 3-1 after the
Black Knight’s Eric Sefchick cut Lakers’ advantage to
one. He now has three goals and four points on the season.
Ryan Zapolski - Mercyhurst (Junior, Goaltender, Erie, Pa.) -
Zapolski earned his first win and a tie in the Lakers’ two-
game set at Army this past weekend. The Erie, Pa., native recorded
31 stops in a 3-3 tie before stopping 32 in the team’s first
win of the season, 4-1, on Sunday. He is now 1-4-1 on the season
and 1-0-1 in league play.
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your favorite Atlantic Hockey institution in action during the
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You can see updates, stories, weekly releases and upcoming
schedules on Facebook and Twitter. Hockey on Campus returns this
season on hockeyoncampus.com. Tune into Bernie Corbett and Paul
McNamara every Wednesday from 7-10 pm for all Atlantic Hockey News
each and every week.
Air Force: Air Force earned its first win of the season on Friday
and broke a four-game losing streak, the longest since late in the
2006-07 season...AFA’s win on Saturday gave the Falcons its
first ever AHA sweep of RIT...AFA extended its home consecutive
regular-season sellout streak to 11 straight games dating back to
last season...The streak is the longest in school history in any
sport. Last night, 2,822 games packed the 2,470-seat Cadet Ice
Arena. The streak ended on Saturday night...Air Force now leads the
all-time series with RIT, 12-10-2. AFA???is 7-5-2 vs. RIT at home.
Of the 22 non-ties in the series, 12 have been decided by one goal,
four others???by two goals and eight???have gone into
overtime...AFA???is now 3-1 in AHA home openers since joining the
league for the 2006-07 season. AFA???now 6-2 all-time the first
AHA???home series...Frank Serratore earned his 200th win at Air
Force with Saturday night’s victory. He is in his 13th season
with the Falcons and is the all-time winningest hockey coach at Air
Force...AFA???has now won three straight over RIT dating back to
last year...Freshman John Kruse had six points in the series with
one goal and five assists...Kruse scored his first career goal on
Saturday night...Freshman Kyle De Laurell and Kruse each had
career-highs of three assists on Saturday...Air Force’s
freshman line of De Laurell, Kruse and Danny Durham combined for
one goal and six assists on Friday and had two goals and four
assists on Saturday...Brad Sellers matched his career high with two
points last night. He scored his first goal since his freshman
year...Matt Fairchild has scored a goal in each of his last three
games. He has six points in his last three games, including
Saturday’s game-winner...Freshman Stephen Carew scored Air
Force’s first short-handed goal of the season on Friday...Tim
Kirby’s game-winner was the first of his career...Andrew
Volkening’s 37 saves were a season high and the third most of
his career...Air Force was outshot in both games by RIT...Air Force
had 23 points in the RIT series and 14 came from freshmen...Air
Force has been outscored in every period this season, except
overtime...AFA has been outscored 9-3 in the first period this
season...Air Force travels to Canisius, Oct. 31 and Nov. 1...Air
Force lost 11 games all of last season, but two of those losses
came against Cansius as the Golden Griffs swept Air Force at the
Academy...Since Air Force joined the AHA in 2006-07, the Falcons
are 4-4-2 vs. Canisius.
American International: The American International College
men’s ice hockey team opened their season this past weekend.
In their season opener on Friday night, the Yellow Jackets played
well but fell 4-2 to Union. After falling down 2-0 in the first
period, the AIC came out strong in the second period to tie the
score at 2-2. Freshman Adam Pleskach (Beausejour, Man.) cut the
Union lead to 2-1 when he found the back of the net, for the first
time in his career, on the power-play, seven-minutes into the
period. Sophomore Tom Mele (Bronx, N.Y.) and freshman Richard
Leitner (Los Alamistos, Calif.) handed out the assists on the goal.
Just over seven-minutes later, Leitner tied the score at 2-2 when
he tallied the first goal of his collegiate career with an assist
from Pleskach. Junior Dan Ramirez made 31 saves for the Yellow
Jackets. In the weekend finale, AIC again played well but came up
short losing 3-2 at RPI. The Engineers took a 2-0 advantage, before
the Yellow Jackets started the comeback. In the 18th-minute of the
second period, Pleskach buried a shot with assists from junior
Tomas Benovic (Trencin, Slovakia) and senior Josh Froese (Winkler,
Man.). The Yellow Jackets tied the game at 2-2 three-minutes into
the third period as Pleskach recorded his second goal of the game,
this time with an assist from Mele. Freshman Ben Meisner (Halifax,
N.S.) stopped 34 shots in his collegiate debut for AIC. Next up,
the Yellow Jackets head to Sacred Heart on Tuesday to open Atlantic
Hockey play at 7:05 p.m.
Army: The Black Knights moved to 0-4-1 overall and 0-1-1 in
conference play following a tie and loss against Mercyhurst
… Army held the Lakers scoreless on the power play on its
first home weekend of the season and scored a power play goal
… Army limited Mercyhurst to no goals in seven chances,
including a 5-on-3 late in regulation, in a 3-3 overtime tie on
Saturday and limited the Lakers to an 0-2 on Sunday … Cody
Omilusik, Bryant Skarda and Danny Colvin scored goals for Army on
Saturday while Jay Clark made 37 saves to preserve the tie …
Eric Sefchik scored Army’s lone goal during a 4-1 loss on
Sunday on the power play … Army has allowed six goals in 24
opponent power plays while scoring five times in 24 chances
… Cody Omilusik continues to lead the team in scoring with
six points on three goals and three assists … Mike Hull has
two goals and two assists while Marcel Alvarez has three assists
and a goal … Sefchik, Skarda and Owen Meyer all have three
points … Freshman defenseman Cody Ikkala made his collegiate
debut over the weekend … Army will continue its road-heavy
early-season schedule with non-conferences games at Colgate
(Friday, 7:30 p.m.) and RPI (Saturday, 7 p.m.) before returning to
conference play at RIT the next weekend.
Bentley: Bentley defeated UConn 4-3 last Friday night for the
Falcons’ first win of the season. The game was
Bentley’s only of the week, and also its Atlantic Hockey and
home-opener. It’s the fifth straight year Bentley has won its
home-opener. The Falcons fell behind 2-0 in the second period to
the Huskies, but goals by freshman Dan Koudys and junior Erik
Peterson knotted the score at two heading into the third period.
With the score tied at three, Koudys put the Falcons ahead for good
with his second tally of the game with 5:01 to play. The goals were
the first two of Koudys’ career. Peterson’s two goals
gives him a team-leading three on the season, while freshman Joe
Campanelli also had two assists in this game. Junior Joe Calvi got
the start in net and made 17 saves for the win. Bentley hosts
Mercyhurst for two games this weekend. The Falcons won the season
series 2-1-1 last season, and the two teams spilt a series at Ryan
Skating Arena last Feburary.
Canisius: The Griffs lost a pair of games to Holy Cross during the
weekend, losing both games 3-2. Canisius is now 1-5-0 and 0-2-0 in
Atlantic Hockey play. Canisius has now lost four–straight
regular season games for the first time since Nov. 16 to Nov. 24,
2007, which included a pair of losses to No. 1 Miami. The Griffs
have also started 0-2-0 in conference play for the first time since
the 2005-06 season. The Griffs have struggled in the first period
of play this season. During the weekend, the Crusaders scored five
of their six goals in the first period, outscoring Canisius, 5-2.
Through six games this season, Canisius has been outscored 11-2 in
the first period and has yet to hold the lead after one period. The
11 goals allowed in the first are three more than the second and
third periods combined. Juniors Cory Conacher and Vincent Scarsella
lead the Griffs with four points this season, forming a dynamic
connection on the ice. Scarsella has posted the primary assist on
all three of Conacher’s goals, while Conacher posted the
primary assist on Scarsella’s goal. Canisius remains home for
a pair of Atlantic Hockey games against Air Force. The two teams
will play at the Buffalo State Sports Arena on Saturday and Sunday,
beginning at 3:05 p.m.
Connecticut: The Huskies went 0-2 last weekend playing in their
first Atlantic Hockey game of the season at Bentley on Friday
night. UConn was able to get out to a two-goal lead in the second
period, but allowed Bentley to tie the game up before the end of
the period. The Falcons went ahead in the third but UConn was able
to tie it up at three-all before Dan Koudys netted the gamewinner
late into the third period. AHA Rookie of the Week Sean Ambrosie
recorded two power play goals in the loss. On Sunday, the Huskies
wrapped up their weekend with a game at Hockey East opponent
Merrimack. The Warriors scored two goals in the first period and
never looked back to take the 4-1 game from UConn. The
Huskies’ lone goal was scored by Justin Hernandez on a power
play opportunity.
Holy Cross: Holy Cross swept the two-game series with Canisius to
open the Atlantic Hockey season. This is the first time that the
Crusaders have started the Atlantic Hockey season with a perfect
2-0-0 record since the 2005-2006 season when they started 3-0-0.
The Crusaders remain undefeated in Atlantic Hockey season openers
with a 6-0-1 record, including a 2-0-1 record versus Canisius as
this was the third time that these teams have started the league
season against each other. The Crusaders return to action when they
play two games versus American International on Friday and
Saturday, Oct. 30-31. Holy Cross will play on the road on Friday
and then play its first game at home this season on Saturday. Both
games are set to start at 7:00 p.m. Last season, the Crusaders won
the season series over the Yellow Jackets, 4-1-0. Holy Cross is
23-16-4 all-time in home openers. Both of sophomore Jay
Silvia’s goals this season are game-winners as he scored the
game-winning goal both times versus Canisius. His two game-winning
goals are tied for first nationally. For his career, Silvia has 13
goals and 10 assists for 23 points. Freshman forward Erik Vos
posted his first two collegiate points with a goal and an assist as
Holy Cross defeated Canisius, 3-2, on the road on Saturday. Also
against Canisius, sophomore Matt Gordon recorded her first two
collegiate points with an assist in each game, while freshman
Brendan Baker had his first collegiate point with an assist on
Saturday and freshman Kyle Fletcher had his first collegiate point
with an assist on Sunday. Freshman goalie Thomas Tysowsky earned
his first two collegiate victories as Holy Cross won both road
contests against Canisius, 3-2. For the weekend, he made 51 saves
and allowed four goals for a .927 save percentage and a 2.01 goals
against average. Junior co-captain Everett Sheen leads the team
with three goals and four points. For his career, he has recorded
29 goals and 24 assists for 53 points.
Mercyhurst: Mercyhurst (1-4-1, 1-0-1 AHA) picked up its first
points of the season with a 1-0-1 outing against Army this past
weekend in West Point…The Lakers tied the Black Knights 3-3
on Saturday night before winning for the first time this season in
a 4-1 victory on Sunday…Saturday’s result was the
first-ever draw in the all-time series, which Mercyhurst leads
22-9-1…The 3-3 tie was also coach Gotkin’s 50th career
draw, as he now stands at 385-256-50 in 22 seasons at
Mercyhurst…Junior Steve Cameron led the offense with two
goals, both of which came in the third periods…Junior Ryan
Zapolski combined for 63 saves on the weekend, stopping 31 shots on
Saturday and 32 on Sunday…He improves 1-4-1 overall and
1-0-1 in league play…The Lakers return to league action this
weekend with a two-game series at Bentley…In 35 career
meetings against the Falcons, the Lakers have won 23 times, lost
seven and skated to five draws.
Rochester Institute of Technology: The Tigers were swept in an
Atlantic Hockey Association weekend series for the first time since
joining the league full-time in 2006. RIT was swept by Air Force,
5-4 on Friday and 3-2 in overtime on Saturday. RIT’s 0-5-0
start is the Tigers worst start since joining the AHA back in
2006-07. RIT got out to an early lead on Friday, but, allowed three
straight second period goals. The Tigers rebounded to pull within a
goal heading into the third period. Andrew Favot’s
short-handed goal early in the third tied the game at 4-4 but the
Falcons scored the game-winner with 1:45 to play in regulation to
win 5-4. Saturday looked to be headed for a tie on Saturday, but
the Tigers were snake-bit again, allowing the game-winner with time
running out, losing 3-2 in overtime. RIT went 2-for-7 with the man
advantage versus Air Force, scoring one power play goal in each of
the weekend’s games. The Tigers penalty killers killed off
five of seven Air Force power plays on the weekend. RIT out-shot
the Falcons 41-38 on Friday and 30-26 on Saturday. It’s the
first time RIT has out-shot the Falcons in a weekend series in
Colorado Springs since 2006. RIT had six different goal scorers at
Air Force. Andrew Favot, Mike Janda (Glen Ellyn, IL), Sean Murphy
(Owatonna, MN) and Chris Haltigin (Oakville, ON) each scored on
Friday. Cameron Burt (Detroit, MI) and Alan Mazur (Burnaby, BC)
scored on Saturday. Favot had three points on the weekend. He had a
goal in Friday night’s game, which tied the score at 4-4 and
tallied two assists in Saturday’s game.
Sacred Heart: CJ Marottolo earns first career
victory...SHU’s first ever win against Union, previously
0-2-0...First time since October 18-19, 2001 SHU has started season
with two overtime games (Bemidji St. 1-1, 2-2)...Anthony Yelovich
opened the scoring in the RPI game with his first career
goal...Steven Legatto earned his first career win in net against
Union.
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