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#20 ROBERT MORRIS COLONIALS
NIAGARA PURPLE EAGLES
Atlantic Hockey Series · Feb. 27-28
Dwyer Arena (Fri.) & 84 Lumber Arena (Sat.)
(21-6-5 · 18-4-4 AHC)
S C H E D U L E DATE OPPONENT
OCT. 10 (FRI.) LAKE SUPERIOR STATE OCT. 11 (SAT.) LAKE SUPERIOR STATE
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W 5-2 W 4-1
OCT. 24 (FRI.) @ ARMY * OCT. 25 (SAT.) @ ARMY *
W 3-0 T 3-3
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 *
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season conference championship last weekend, the 20th-ranked Colonials cap the campaign with a home-and-home series against Niagara
- RMU is locked into the No. 1 seed in the upcoming AHC tournament, but this will be the Colonials’ final action for two weeks, T 3-3 as they have secured a first-round bye L 1-2 (OT) T 5-5 - Robert Morris will try to add to its W 6-0 program-record total of 21 wins, 18 of W 5-4 (OT) W 8-4
WALLEYE WINTERFEST TOLEDO, OHIO JAN. 3 (SAT.) #13 BOWLING GREEN $ T 2-2 JAN. 4 (SUN.) #13 BOWLING GREEN L 1-4
which have come in league play. RMU’s 40 points in AHC action are the secondmost accumulated since 2009-10, when RIT piled up 45 and made the Frozen Four; Niagara had 42 points in 2012-13 - The Colonials’ thrilling comeback win last Friday at RIT marked the fifth time in eight games that they have earned at least a tie when trailing after two periods (2-3-3). Just as impressively, RMU is 7-3-2 this season when allowing the first goal, as it did last Friday
JAN. 9 (FRI.) BENTLEY * JAN. 10 (SAT.) BENTLEY *
W 3-0 L 0-1
JAN. 16 (FRI.) AMERICAN INT’L * JAN. 17 (SAT.) AMERICAN INT’L *
W 5-3 W 9-4 - With an assist Saturday, Brady
JAN. 30 (FRI.) JAN. 31 (SAT.)
@ AIR FORCE * @ AIR FORCE *
FEB. 6 (FRI.) CANISIUS * FEB. 7 (SAT.) CANISIUS * FEB. 20 (FRI.) @ R.I.T. * FEB. 21 (SAT.) @ R.I.T. * FEB. 27 (FRI.) @ NIAGARA * FEB. 28 (SAT.) NIAGARA * AHC QUARTERFINAL MAR. 13 (FRI.) TBD MAR. 14 (SAT.) TBD MAR. 15 (SUN.) TBD
Ferguson set a new team record for points by a freshman. Ferguson has 25 (11g, 14a), besting Nathan Longpre’s W 5-4 (OT) prevous standard set in 2008-09 W 5-2 W 4-3 W 2-1
W 2-1 (OT) - Cody Wydo netted the game-winner FriT 1-1 W 4-3 L 3-4 7:05 7:05
day, but secondary scoring came through all weekend at RIT. David Friedmann had four points (1g, 3a) against the Tigers, while Greg Gibson scored three goals
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W 6-3 W 4-2
DEC. 13 (SAT.) @ MERCYHURST * W 7-4 DEC. 14 (SUN.) @ MERCYHURST * L 0-3 THREE RIVERS CLASSIC PITTSBURGH, PA. DEC. 29 (MON.) #20 PENN STATE % W 4-2 DEC. 30 (TUE.) #14/17 COLGATE % L 1-6
JAN. 23 (FRI.) @ HOLY CROSS * JAN. 24 (SAT.) @ HOLY CROSS *
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W 3-1 - Fresh off winning their first regular- W 3-0
OCT. 17 (FRI.) NIAGARA * OCT. 18 (SAT.) @ NIAGARA *
OCT. 31 (FRI.) R.I.T. * NOV. 1 (SAT.) R.I.T. *
(4-24-4 · 4-18-4 AHC)
- While the Colonials have been in first place all season, the Purple Eagles have seen the other side of that coin in their most challenging season of 16 in Division I hockey. Niagara’s previous low for wins in a season was 12, set in 2009-10 - Despite the disappointing season-long results, the Purple Eagles put forth a fine effort last weekend vs. Air Force, earning a win and a tie to snap a 19-game winless streak. Niagara blew out the Falcons 6-1 last Friday, then rallied from 4-1 down to get the draw in Saturday’s rematch - Although Niagara’s team defense has struggled, allowing the most goals per game (4.31) in Division I, senior Isaac Kohls has been a bright spot on the offensive side. Kohls leads the Purps in points (17) and assists (11) and is tied with goals leader Hugo Turcotte (8) in shots on goal - Goaltending has been a sore spot for coach Dave Burkholder, with sophomore Jackson Teichroeb seeing the most playing time (25 games). Niagara’s team save percentage is a lowly .873 - Niagara has a 23-14-9 edge in the all-time series, but RMU has won four in a row, including last year’s AHC semifinal game
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84 LUMBER ARENA 7:05 C AT EGOR Y RMU NIAG ARA CATEG O RY RMU NIA G A RA 7:05 GOALS FOR 3.66 (3) 2.16 (47) POINTS Wydo - 40 Kohls - 17 IF NECESSARY GOALS AGST 2.44 (24) 4.31 (59) GOALS Wydo - 19 Turcotte - 8 SCORING MARGIN +1.22 (5) -2.16 (59) ASSISTS Wydo/Lynch - 21 Kohls - 11 POWER PLAY 21.7% (10) 10.6% (57) PP GOALS Wydo - 6 4 players - 2 * Atlantic Hockey Conference (AHC) Game % CONSOL Energy Center, Pittsburgh PENALTY KILL 86.2% (15) 78.0% (47) SH GOALS Cope/Wydo - 2 2 players - 2 $ Fifth Third Field, Toledo, Ohio SHOTS ON GOAL 34.9 (3) 27.0 (49) PLUS/MINUS 3 players - +18 2 players - E SHOTS ALLOWED 32.9 (49) 33.9 (53) SHOTS Wydo - 131 2 players - 63 All Times Eastern BLOCKED SHOTS 18.3 (1) 12.9 (29) FACEOFFS Jacklin - .555 Plouffe - .563 Home Games in BOLD FACEOFFS 49.4% (36) 48.9% (41) BLOCKS Golightly - 64 Cecere - 44 All Home Games at 84 Lumber Arena Special events ITALICIZED PENALTY MINS 10.8 (35) 14.3 (6) SHOOTING % Wydo - .145 Angiolella - .219 SHOOTING % .105 (10) .080 (44) SAVE % Shafer - .930 T eichroeb - .888
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