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Robert Morris COLONIALS
American Int’l YELLOW JACKETS
Atlantic Hockey Series · Jan. 16-17, 2015
84 Lumber Arena · Pittsburgh, Pa.
(13-5-4 · 10-3-3 AHC)
S C H E D U L E DATE OPPONENT
OCT. 10 (FRI.) LAKE SUPERIOR OCT. 11 (SAT.) LAKE SUPERIOR
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OCT. 17 (FRI.) NIAGARA * OCT. 18 (SAT.) @ NIAGARA * OCT. 24 (FRI.) @ ARMY * OCT. 25 (SAT.) @ ARMY * 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 *
(3-14-5 · 3-8-5 AHC)
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W 3-1 - The first-place Colonials will seek to expand W 3-0 their Atlantic Hockey Conference lead this weekend, as they complete a five-game W 5-2 homestand with a two-game series against W 4-1 league foe American International W 3-0 T 3-3 - Since winning four in a row from Nov. 22 through Dec. 13, RMU hasn’t been able to W 6-3 string together back-to-back victories. The W 4-2 Colonials are 2-4-1 over that stretch, including T 3-3 a home split against Bentley last weekend L 1-2 (OT)
T 5-5 - On the other hand, Robert Morris hasn’t dropped consecutive games all season, a large W 6-0 factor in their success. The Colonials are 2-0W 5-4 (OT) 2 this season following a defeat, a promising W 8-4 record that will be tested Friday night
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
- Sophomore goalie Dalton Izyk earned his third AHC Goalie of the Week prize after posting a 34-save shutout against Bentley last Friday. Izyk, who was league Goalie of the Month in October, has blanked three teams this season
WALLEYE WINTERFEST TOLEDO, OHIO JAN. 3 (SAT.) #13 BOWLING GREEN $ T 2-2 - Last Saturday’s 1-0 loss to Bentley marked JAN. 4 (SUN.) #13 BOWLING GREEN L 1-4 the first time since Feb. 25, 2012 that RMU was shut out at 84 Lumber Arena. The JAN. 9 (FRI.) BENTLEY * W 3-0 Colonials had scored at least one goal in 50 JAN. 10 (SAT.) BENTLEY * L 0-1 consecutive contests on the Island JAN. 16 (FRI.) AMERICAN INT’L * 7:05 JAN. 17 (SAT.) AMERICAN INT’L * 7:05 - The Colonials erupted for 11 goals while going 1-0-1 at American International in late NovemJAN. 23 (FRI.) @ HOLY CROSS * 7:00 ber. The line of David Friedmann, Brady FerguJAN. 24 (SAT.) @ HOLY CROSS * 3:00 son and Daniel Leavens combined for 11 points (6g, 5a) on that Massachusetts road trip JAN. 30 (FRI.) @ AIR FORCE * 9:05 JAN. 31 (SAT.) @ AIR FORCE * 9:05 - FUN FACT: Saturday was the first time this FEB. 6 (FRI.) CANISIUS * 7:05 season that the Colonials have pulled their FEB. 7 (SAT.) CANISIUS * 7:05 goalie for an extra attacker at the end of a game. Counting delayed penalty situations, FEB. 20 (FRI.) @ RIT * 7:05 FEB. 21 (SAT.) @ RIT * 7:05 the RMU net has been empty for a total of 1 minute and 43 seconds through 22 games FEB. 27 (FRI.) @ NIAGARA * 7:05 FEB. 28 (SAT.) NIAGARA * 7:05 N A T I O N A L R A N K AHC 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 3.50 (5) GOALS AGST 2.36 (24) SCORING MARGIN +1.14 (8) POWER PLAY 19.4% (19) PENALTY KILL 86.7% (15) SHOTS ON GOAL 36.6 (2) SHOTS ALLOWED 32.5 (49) BLOCKED SHOTS 18.1 (1) FACEOFFS 49.7% (36) PENALTY MINS 11.3 (T-28) SHOOTING % .096 (23)
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- Since sweeping Niagara in early November, the Yellow Jackets have won only one of their past 15 games (1-10-4). They rallied for a dramatic 3-3 tie last Friday at RIT, but fell 3-2 to the Tigers in the Saturday rematch - American International has struggled in several statistical categories. The Jackets are last among 59 Division I teams in shots allowed per game (39.6) and faceoff percentage (40.3), second-to-last in shots on goal (23.6) and near the bottom in goals allowed (3.91, 56th) - Despite all that, opponents need to be aware when sophomore Austin Orszulak and senior Alexander MacMillan are on the ice. They each have 22 points, tied for the sixth most in Atlantic Hockey. Orszulak’s 15 goals have him in a deadlock with Union’s Daniel Ciampini for the most in the nation - Freshman goalie Alex Murray has done high-quality work for 31st-year head coach Gary Wright. Murray maintains a .912 save percentage despite having faced an average of 34.7 shots in his first 15 collegiate starts - The Yellow Jackets were buzzing in the opening game of their home series against RMU, reaching a season high for goals in a 5-5 tie on Nov. 22. MacMillan (2g, 1a) and defenseman Andrew Debrincat (3a) had three points each, as the Colonials rallied from a two-goal third-period deficit
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2.50 (35) 3.91 (56) -1.41 (51) 18.3% (25) 77.8% (53) 23.6 (58) 39.6 (59) 13.9 (20) 40.3% (59) 7.2 (58) .106 (9)
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POINTS Wydo - 26 2 players - 22 GOALS Wydo - 11 Orszulak - 15 ASSISTS Wydo - 15 MacMillan - 13 PP GOALS Wydo - 4 Orszulak - 5 SH GOALS Cope - 2 Cassidy - 1 PLUS/MINUS Bontje/Golightly - +12 Grolla - +3 SHOTS Wydo - 90 Porter - 63 FACEOFFS Dorowicz - .573 Christian - .435 BLOCKS Golightly - 54 Racobaldo - 40 SHOOTING % Ferguson - .163 Orszulak - .294 SAVE % Izyk/Shafer - .928 Murray - .912
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