Atlantic Hockey Weekly Award Winners for Games Through Novmeber 8

Atlantic Hockey Players of the Week

Atlantic Hockey Goalie of the Week

Jared DeMichiel - R.I.T.

Senior, Goaltender, Avon, Conn.

DeMichiel was spectacular over the weekend, stopping 47-of-49 shots to help the Tigers sweep Army, 6-1 and 2-1. On Saturday, DeMichiel was named the game’s first star after stopping 23 shots. He made a handful of great saves early in the third period, while RIT was down 1-0. DeMichiel is 4-5 with a 2.48 goals against average this season. He has a 2.11 goals against average and .922 save percentage in conference play.

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Air Force: Air Force stayed in first place in the AHA with nine points by taking three points from Bentley...After an 0-4 start, Air Force is 4-1-1 in the last six games...AFA is 4-5-1 overall...AFA was 3-10 on the power play vs. Bentley while killing all nine Bentley power plays in the series...Jacques Lamoureux had four points in the series, including a career high three assists on Friday and the game winner on Saturday...Freshman Kyle De Laurell had three points in the series, including the game-tying goal on Friday and assisting on the game-winner on Saturday...Andrew Volkening played his 100th career game, fourth most in school history, on Saturday...First shutout of the season, and 12th of his career, on Saturday as he stopped all 27 shots he faced...Derrick Burnett, Scott Mathis and Paul Weisgarber all scored their first goals of the season in the series...Sophomore defenseman Mark Williams had his first career point with an assist on Friday...AFA’s power play is sixth in the nation at 27.1...AFA’s penalty kill is eighth at 87.1...AFA plays the next four games on the road, starting with a series at Holy Cross this weekend...AFA and Holy Cross have played 24 times and AFA holds a 15-4-5 lead in the series...The teams played four times last season and AFA won all four, two in Worcester and two in Colorado...AFA beat Holy Cross, 1-0 in overtime and 5-1 last year in Worcester...AFA is 5-2-3 in games played in Worcester.

American International: The Yellow Jackets went 0-2-0 this weekend in there series with Connecticut bringing their record to 1-5-1 overall and to 1-3-1 in the AHA. In the first game of the weekend, AIC lost 3-1. Freshman Adam Pleskach tallied his team leading sixth goal of the season, unassisted, while classmate Ben Meisner stopped 27 shots in his third career start. In the weekend finale, the Huskies completed the sweep with a 4-1 win. Senior Mike McMillan found the back of the net for AIC with assists from junior Mike Little and senior Josh Froese. Junior Jake Anderson made 23 saves in his first career start for the Yellow Jackets. Next up, AIC takes on Army in a home-and-home series beginning on Friday at 7:05 p.m. in West Point, N.Y.

Army: The Black Knights fell to 1-6-2 overall and 0-3-1 in conference games with a pair of losses at RIT. RIT won the opener 6-1 and then secured the sweep with a come-from-behind 2-1 victory. Owen Meyer scored his second goal in as many games with a power play goal on Friday … Meyer now has 53 career goals (he scored twice vs. Ryerson) and is within one goal of tying Alexandre Parent of Sacred Heart and Matt Pierce of Mercyhurst for ninth-place on the AHA all-time scoring records … Cody Omilusik scored a short-handed goal for Army on Saturday. Omilusik scored during an RIT 5-on-3 for Army’s third short-handed goal of the season … Senior Joe Spracklen made 33 saves in Saturday’s loss, the second time in his last two starts that he has posted at least 30 saves … Army limited RIT to one goal in 10 power play chances over the weekend … Cody Omilusik continues to lead the team in scoring with five goals and five assists … Eric Sefchik picked up his fifth assist on Omilusik’s short-handed goal on Saturday … Marcel Alvarez and Meyer each have six points on two goals and four assists … Army will return home and play at Tate Rink on Friday for the first time since Oct. 25. Army will host AIC on Friday and then travel to West Springfield, Mass., Saturday to conclude the home-and-home series.

Bentley: Bentley earned one point out of its series at Air Force. The Falcons tied Air Force 3-3 in the first game on Friday night, then dropped a 3-0 decision on Saturday night. The tie was Bentley’s best result at Air Force since a 4-4 tie on Feb. 1, 2008. After Air Force jumped out to an early 1-0 lead, Bentley scored three unanswered goals into the second period. Freshman Brett Hartung scored his first career goal to tie the game in the first period, then Erik Peterson gave Bentley a 2-1 lead five minutes later with his team leading fourth goal of the year. In the second period, senior Justin Kemmerer scored his first goal of the season to give the Falcons a 3-1 lead. Air Force however scored the final two goals of the game to force the tie. Junior goalie Joe Calvi continued his strong start to the season with 29 saves. He’s unbeaten in his last three starts and is 2-1-1 on the year with a 2.71 goals against average and a .900 save percentage. In Saturday’s game, Bentley could not generate any offense and were shutout for just the second time in 79 games dating back to the 2007-08 season. Sophomore goalie Kyle Rank bounced back after a rough game against Mercyhurst and made 26 saves while just allowing two goals. Bentley returns home this weekend for a series against Sacred Heart, the first of two straight home series for Bentley. Sacred Heart’s visit will be their first to Watertown in more than 23 months. In two games last year in Connecticut, the teams spilt a two-game series.

Canisius: Canisius swept a weekend series with rival Mercyhurst during the weekend, winning the opener on the road, 6-4, and the finale at home, 4-3. The sweep over the Lakers was the first for Canisius in the rivalry’s 21-year, 60-game history. Canisius also won consecutive games against Mercyhurst for the first time since the program’s were in Division III on Dec. 2, 1995 and Jan. 19, 1996. The Griffs have played the Lakers more than any other school in the school’s history. Canisius also won for the second time in three tries at Mercyhurst after going winless in its previous 10 contests at the Mercyhurst Ice Center. The Griffs jumped to early leads in both contests en route to the victories. Canisius entered the weekend having scored three goals in the first period during the first eight games of the season. However, the Griffs totaled five first-period goals during the series (three on Friday and two on Saturday) to get off to the strong starts. Canisius is now 0-4-0 on the season when leading or tied after the first period and 0-6-0 when trailing after the opening stanza. Senior Josh Heidinger scored the game’s opening goals in both contests to give the Griffs the early advantage. Heidinger, who also sealed the Griffs’ victory on Friday with an empty-net goal, tallied his first three goals of the season and has accumulated 98 points during his career, just two points shy of becoming the fourth Griff in the program’s Division I history to record 100 career points. Junior Cory Conacher led the Griffs with four points during the weekend, posting multiple-points games in both contests. Conacher recorded two assists in the opener and then followed with a goal and an assist in the finale. The junior broke a 3-3 tie on Saturday with just 5:36 remaining in the game, scoring on a penalty shot for his second game-winner of the season. He is the first Griff to attempt and make a penalty shot since Dave Kostuch scored against Air Force on Jan. 16, 2009. Conacher is tied for the team lead with 10 points this season, recording a Canisius best five goals and five assists. Canisius returns to action next weekend with a pair of home games against Connecticut. Last season, the Griffs won 3-of-4 games against the Huskies with three of the games being decided in overtime.

Connecticut: The Huskies were undefeated on the weekend sweeping American International and garnering their first points of the season in their first home games of the season. UConn defeated AIC 3-1 on Friday and 4-1 on Saturday to earn their first weekend sweep since they did it against Army in their home weekend openers last season. Six different Huskies scored a goal on the weekend as five of them recorded their first goal of the season in the games against AIC. Freshman Alex Gerke (Tomah, Wisc.) recorded a goal in each game while junior Matt Miller (Bayonne, N.J.) and freshman Sean Ambrosie (Moorhead, Minn.) each had multi-point games on the weekend. In game one, Gerke started things off for the Huskies getting them on the board first at 17:36 in the first period. Junior Jeff Sapieha (Calgary, Alberta) added to the lead in the second scoring the ultimate gamewinner, but Bentey cut that lead in half before the end of the period. At the very end of the game, with the Bentley goalie pulled, junior Andrew Olson slapped a laser shot into the open net to seal the 3-1 victory for the Huskies. On Saturday, it was another freshman, Jim Gallagher (Marquette, Mich.) who got the Huskies out to a 1-0 lead. Bentley tied the game up before the end of the first period, but in the second after a 5-minute major hitting from behind call, the Huskies tacked on two power play goals to earn a 3-1 lead. Sophomore Marcello Ranallo (Burnaby, B.C.) recorded UConn’s second goal of the night, and the gamewinner, while Gerke tacked on the third. AIC pulled their goalie once again in the final minute of play and senior captain Michael Coppola (Old Brookville, N.Y.) stole the puck on a breakaway. The Yellow Jackets were able to stop Coppola but couldnt stop junior Matt Turner (Colorado Springs, Colo.) scooped up the loose puck and sealed the victory for the Huskies. The Huskies are back in action next weekend in Buffalo, N.Y. when they take on the Canisius Griffs. The weekend series is a little skewed as the two teams will meet on Saturday and Sunday at 3:05 p.m.

Holy Cross: The Crusaders will play Air Force on Friday and Saturday, Nov. 13-14 at the HartCenter. Last season, the Falcons swept the season-series from the Crusaders, 4-0. Junior Jordan Cyr leads the team with five goals and 11 points, while he is tied for first with six assists. Over the last three games, he has recorded four goals and four assists for eight points. The Crusaders are 0-1-1 at home so far this season. Last season Holy Cross went 7-8-2 at the HartCenter. Holy Cross has a 294-184-29 (.608) all-time record at the HartCenter since it started playing there in 1975-1976. On Friday, freshman Evan Zych made his collegiate debut. On Saturday, freshman Brendan Baker scored his first collegiate goal. Junior Mark Znutas has recorded one assist three straight games and has four assists for the season which are tied for third on the team. Freshman Rob Linsmayer is tied for the team-lead with six assists and he is third with six points. He has four assists over the weekend. Junior Everett Sheen is second on the team with four goals and eight points. 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. Holy Cross held the event for the first time two years ago.

Mercyhurst: Mercyhurst suffered its first Atlantic Hockey sweep of the season this past weekend with a pair of losses to Canisius…The Lakers fell by a score of 6-4 on Friday night in Erie, before dropping a 4-3 decision Saturday night in Buffalo…Junior Steve Cameron led the team with three goals, improving his league-leading total to seven …Junior Brandon Coccimiglio added assists in both games to extend his team-leading point streak to seven games… Coccimiglio has scored four goals and totaled 10 points during that stretch…Freshman Grant Blakey also extended his point-streak to four games with three helpers in the series…Sophomore Max Strang made his second-career start on Saturday, stopping 29 shots and allowing four goals…Mercyhurst resumes league play this weekend with a two-game set against RIT at the Mercyhurst Ice Center…Last season, the Tigers won the regular-season series, 2-0, but were handed a 5-4 OT loss in the AHA semifinals on Chris Risi’s game-winner…Mercyhurst trails in the all-time series, 13-23-4.

Rochester Institute of Technology: RIT has now won four straight games, after sweeping Army, 6-1 and 2-1 this weekend at Ritter Arena. On Friday, Scott Knowles, Cameron Burt, and Sean Murphy tallied three points apiece. On Saturday, RIT rallied from a 1-0 third period deficit with two goals in the final 11 minutes. Andrew Favot scored the game-winner with 2:46 left. Goaltender Jared DeMichiel was named the first star on Saturday. He stopped 47-of-49 shots on the weekend. DeMichiel has allowed just four goals in his last four games, loweing his goals against average to 2.49 this season. The Tigers have won six straight games at home dating back to last season. The Tigers have scored 21 goals in four home games this season (5.25 per game). RIT has allowed just four goals in the last four games. The have outscored foes 21-4 during the winning streak. RIT has allowed four shorthanded goals in nine games lthis season after allowing three in 38 contests last season. RIT has out-shot its opponents in eight of the nine games this season. Andrew Favot, Cameron Burt, and Dan Ringwald are all riding seven-game point scoring streaks. Ringwald, who had 10 career goals in her first 110 games, now has five goals in his last three contests. He needs one point to become the second Tiger to record 100 points at the DI level. Ringwald is also tied for first nationally among all defensemen with five goals. RIT defensemen have 15 of the team’s 33 goals this season. Favot and Ringwald are tied for the conference lead in scoring. RIT leads the AHA in goals per game and goals allowed per game in conference play. The Tigers have just 92 penalty minutes in nine games this season (10.1 per game), seventh lowest in the nation. The Tigers had its streak of games with a power-play goal snapped at six on Saturday. RIT travels to Mercyhurst this weekend for a pair of games against the Lakers. Mercyhurst ended RIT’s season in 2008-09, with a 5-4 overtime victory in the AHA semifinals at Blue Cross Arena. The Lakers come in with a 2-7-1 record and are 2-3-1 in conference play. RIT is 23-13-4 all-time against the Lakers. RIT went 2-1 against Mercyhurst last season, with all three games being played in Rochester. The Tigers are 7-4-1 against Mercyhurst since moving to Division I in 2005.

Sacred Heart: Sacred Heart leads Atlatnic Hockey and is fifth in the NCAA in scoring offense, averaging 3.86 goals per game...Sacred Heart has had to rebounded in the second game of a weekend series three times this season (W, RPI 6-5 (OT), T, 3-3, St. Lawrence, and W, Holy Cross, 5-4)...The Pioneers have had tough outings in each series opening game this season (Union, 4-3 (OT), St. Lawrence, 6-3, and Holy Cross, 4-2)...Senior Paul Ferraro has scored a point in four consecutive games and now ranks second in Atlatnic Hockey for points per game for defenseman with eight points in seven games...Sacred Heart is now 3-3-0 in their last six games at the Hart Center in Worcester, MA...Freshman Reid MacLeod redirected a Feraro shot into the net to score his first collegiate goal Saturday night and give SHU a 4-3 lead early in the third period.