RMU Men's Hockey Game Notes: Dec. 5-6 vs. Sacred Heart

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ROBERT

MORRIS

No. 20 ROBERT MORRIS COLONIALS

SACRED HEART PIONEERS

Dec. 5-6, 2014 · vs. Sacred Heart

84 Lumber Arena · Pittsburgh, Pa.

(8-1-3 · 6-1-3 AHC)

S C H E D U L E DATE OPPONENT

RESULT/TIME

OCT. 10 (FRI.) LAKE SUPERIOR ST. OCT. 11 (SAT.) LAKE SUPERIOR ST.

(5-6-2 · 4-4-2 AHC)

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OCT. 17 (FRI.) NIAGARA * OCT. 18 (SAT.) @ NIAGARA *

W 3-1 - The 20th-ranked Colonials return to the ice W 3-0 after their Thanksgiving off week, hosting Sacred Heart to begin the final four-game W 5-2 stretch before the semester break W 4-1

OCT. 24 (FRI.) @ ARMY * OCT. 25 (SAT.) @ ARMY *

W 3-0 T 3-3

OCT. 31 (FRI.) RIT * NOV. 1 (SAT.) RIT * NOV. 14 (FRI.) AIR FORCE * NOV. 15 (SAT.) AIR FORCE * NOV. 21 (FRI.) @ AMERICAN INT’L * NOV. 22 (SAT.) @ AMERICAN INT’L * DEC. 5 (FRI.) SACRED HEART * DEC. 6 (SAT.) SACRED HEART *

- In previous action, Robert Morris needed a three-goal third period to force a 5-5 tie at AIC on Nov. 21. The Colonials kept the pedal down W 6-3 the next day, scoring a dominant 6-0 victory W 4-2 to stay unbeaten on the road at 3-0-2 T 3-3 L 1-2 (OT) - The line of David Friedmann, Brady Ferguson and Daniel Leavens continued to churn out T 5-5 points, combining for 11 (6g, 5a) on the weekW 6-0 end at AIC. The junior Friedmann capped the 7:05 effort with his first NCAA hat trick Nov. 22 7:05

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- Like the Colonials, the visiting Pioneers are coming off an idle weekend, as they last played Nov. 21-22 at RIT, splitting a pair to remain .500 in Atlantic Hockey play (4-4-2) - Although they finished 10th in the AHC standings last season, the Pioneers are in a fourth-place tie as December begins. Sacred Heart went 3-1-2 in November after winning just two of its first seven games - Led by sixth-year coach C.J. Marottolo, the Pioneers have done their best work on the road, going 4-2-1 away from the Milford Ice Pavilion. That record will be challenged at 84 Lumber Arena, where RMU is 5-1-1 this season

- Junior Zach Luczyk has nearly been on a DEC. 13 (SAT.) @ MERCYHURST * 7:05 - RMU outshot AIC by a combined count of 8453, including a season-high 52 shots on Nov. point-per-game pace this season, getting 12 DEC. 14 (SUN.) @ MERCYHURST * 4:05 21. The Colonials also controlled the faceoff (5g, 7a) in Sacred Heart’s 13 contests. The THREE RIVERS CLASSIC PITTSBURGH, PA. circle, winning 91 of 151 draws (60 percent) fiesty forward also leads the Pioneers in DEC. 29 (MON.) PENN STATE % 7:35 penalty minutes with 38 DEC. 30 (TUE.) COLGATE/WMU % 4:35/7:35 - Friedmann, goalie Terry Shafer and defenseman Rob Mann each earned Atlantic Hockey - The line of Drew George, Evan Jasper and Ben WALLEYE WINTERFEST TOLEDO, OHIO weekly honors for their performances at AIC. Lake have combined to create at least one JAN. 3 (SAT.) BOWLING GREEN $ 12:00 JAN. 4 (SUN.) BOWLING GREEN 7:05 Shafer bagged his first shutout of the season goal in each of the past four games. George, a Nov. 22, and Mann collected the Defensive senior, carries a five-game point streak and is JAN. 9 (FRI.) BENTLEY * 7:05 Player of the Week prize with five blocked tied for the team lead with five goals JAN. 10 (SAT.) BENTLEY * 7:05 shots, two points (1g, 1a) and a plus-5 rating - Much like RMU, Sacred Heart is operating a JAN. 16 (FRI.) AMERICAN INT’L * 7:05 JAN. 17 (SAT.) AMERICAN INT’L * 7:05 - After burying 11 goals against AIC, RMU became time share in the goal crease, with senior the highest-scoring team in Division I with 3.83 Andrew Bodnarchuk (.925 SV% in seven JAN. 23 (FRI.) @ HOLY CROSS * 7:00 goals per game. The Colonials remain in the starts) and junior Alex Vazzano (.912 in six JAN. 24 (SAT.) @ HOLY CROSS * 3:00 top 10 in goals-against average (1.83 - 8th) starts) both handling their responsibilities well JAN. 30 (FRI.) @ AIR FORCE * 9:05 JAN. 31 (SAT.) @ AIR FORCE * 9:05 - RMU swept Sacred Heart last January in ConM E D I A I N F O necticut, starting their torrid second-half run. FEB. 6 (FRI.) CANISIUS * 7:05 970 AM - ESPN Radio The Colonials are 25-7-6 since that two-game RADIO BROADCAST: FEB. 7 (SAT.) CANISIUS * 7:05 AUDIO STREAM: 970espn.com series, which featured twin 2-1 victories FEB. 20 (FRI.) @ RIT * 7:05 WEBCAST: America One/Eversport ($) FEB. 21 (SAT.) @ RIT * 7:05 - FUN FACT: RMU tied a program record with its AtlanticHockey.TV third consecutive overtime game Nov. 21 FEB. 27 (FRI.) @ NIAGARA * 7:05 FEB. 28 (SAT.) NIAGARA * 7:05 R A N K I N G S & L E A D E R S ( a s o f 1 2 / 5 ) AHA PLAYOFFS TIME AND PLACE TBD

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* Atlantic Hockey Conference (AHC) Game % CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh $ Fifth Third Field, Toledo, Ohio All Times Eastern Home Games in BOLD All Home Games at 84 Lumber Arena Special events ITALICIZED

2 0 1 4 - 1 5

GOALS FOR 3.83 (1) GOALS AGST 1.83 (8) SCORING MARGIN +2.00 (1) POWER PLAY 20.0% (T-17) PENALTY KILL 87.5% (18) SHOTS ON GOAL 37.3 (2) SHOTS ALLOWED 30.3 (T-35) BLOCKED SHOTS 17.7 (2) FACEOFFS 51.8% (17) PENALTY MINS 12.9 (21)

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SHU CATEG O RY RMU

2.38 (37) 2.77 (35) -0.38 (42) 6.5% (59) 81.7% (38) 27.2 (44) 32.5 (51) 9.9 (54) 48.3% (45) 14.9 (12)

M O R R I S

POINTS GOALS ASSISTS PP GOALS SH GOALS PLUS/MINUS SHOTS FACEOFFS BLOCKS SAVE %

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Wydo - 18 Luczyk - 12 Wydo - 8 Luczyk/George - 5 Wydo - 10 Danforth - 8 Wydo - 3 George - 2 Cope - 2 2 players - 1 3 players - +9 2 players - +5 Wydo - 48 George - 39 Dorowicz - .603 Butcher - .633 E. Moore - 24 2 players - 17 Izyk - .946 Bodnarchuk - .925

H O C K E Y


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