ELMIRA COLLEGE MEN’S ICE HOCKEY GAME NOTES
10 ECAC West Championships
17 NCAA Tournament Appearances
THIS WEEKEND’S OPPONENTS Friday, January 9th, 2015 Ira S. Wilson Ice Arena -- Geneseo, NY -- 7:00 p.m.
Saturday, January 10th, 2015 Murray Athletic Center -- Pine Valley, NY -- 7:00 p.m.
SUNY Geneseo KNIGHTS (6-4-2, 5-4-0 SUNYAC)
Brockport State GOLDEN EAGLES (7-5-1, 3-3-1 SUNYAC)
2014-15 Schedule (5-4-2, 2-2-2 ECAC West) Day Date Opponent Time-Result NOV. 7 at Neumann* L, 2-3 OT 8 at Manhattanville* T, 1-1 OT 14 Utica* W, 4-3 21 at Hobart* W, 4-2 22 at Hobart* L, 2-4 29 at Amherst L, 4-5 30 at #6 Babson L, 1-2 DEC. 2 at Fredonia W, 7-2 5 Nazareth* T, 3-3 OT 6 Wesleyan# W, 7-6 JAN. 6 Buffalo State W, 6-4 9 at SUNY Geneseo 7:00 p.m. 10 Brockport State 7:00 p.m. 13 at SUNY Potsdam 7:00 p.m. 16 Oswego State 7:00 p.m. 17 Salve Regina 7:00 p.m. 23 Manhattanville* 7:00 p.m. 24 Manhattanville* 7:00 p.m. 30 at Nazareth* 7:00 p.m. 31 at Nazareth* 7:00 p.m. FEB. 6 Neumann* 7:00 p.m. 7 Neumann* 7:00 p.m. 13 at Utica* 7:30 p.m. 14 at Utica* 7:30 p.m. 20 Hobart* 7:00 p.m. Home contests are bolded *Denotes ECAC West contest #Game to be played at First Arena in Elmira, NY
Last Time Out
Elmira is coming off a thrilling 6-4 win at home against Buffalo State. The Soaring Eagles trailed 3-2 with less than three minutes to play but three unanswered goals by Brian Depp ’16, Carter Shinkaruk ’16, and Andrew Ciampichini ’15 in the final 2:14 of the third period sealed a two-goal victory for Elmira.
Thrilling Comeback
In Elmira’s two-goal win over Buffalo State, the Soaring Eagles evened the game with 2:14 to play and scored the game-winning goal with just 1:41 remaining in regulation. The last time Elmira trailed as late in a game and still managed to pull out the victory in regulation play dates back to January 10, 2001 when EC scored the gametying-goal against SUNY Geneseo with 6:31 left in the third period before knocking-in the game-winner with 3:26 left in regulation.
High Scoring Games
Elmira’s 6-4 win over Buffalo State marked the fourth game this season that the Soaring Eagles have played in a game with a combined total of eight or more goals. EC is 3-1-0 in those three games and own a 10-5-1 record in eight-goal games dating back to last season.
First Game of the New Year
With a 6-4 win over Bufalo State, Elmira imrpoves to 8-6-2 in the first game of the New Year dating back to the 1999-00 season. Additionally, Elmira is now 2-2-2 in New Year games over the last six seasons.
Sports Information: Don Sherman (dsherman@elmira.edu); Steffan Waters ’13 (stwaters@elmira.edu); Nick Zwald (nzwald@elmira.edu) Phone: 607.735.1131 Fax: 607.735.1768 Website: athletics.elmira.edu Address: One Park Place, Elmira, NY 14901