RMU Men's Hockey Game Notes: vs. Lake Superior State

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ROBERT MORRIS COLONIALS

LAKE SUPERIOR STATE LAKERS

No n-Conference Game · Oct. 10, 2014 · 7:05 p.m.

84 Lumber Arena · Pittsburgh, Pa.

(0-0-0 · 0-0-0 AHA)

S C H E D U L E DATE OPPONENT

OCT. 4 (SAT.) RYERSON (Exh.) OCT. 10 (FRI.) LAKE SUPERIOR OCT. 11 (SAT.) LAKE SUPERIOR OCT. 17 (FRI.) NIAGARA * OCT. 18 (SAT.) @ NIAGARA * OCT. 24 (FRI.) @ ARMY * OCT. 25 (SAT.) @ ARMY *

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- Fresh off its first conference championship and its first trip to the NCAA Tournament, 7:05 Robert Morris seeks continued growth as a 7:05 program in its 11th season of Division I hockey 7:05 7:05 - The Colonials return 19 players from last year’s squad, which rebounded from a 2-12-2 start 7:05 to win 17 of its final 26 games (17-6-3) 7:05

7:05 - For the second consecutive season, RMU 7:05 opens the regular season against Lake Superior State. The Colonials dropped a pair of 3-1 NOV. 14 (FRI.) AIR FORCE * 7:05 decisions to the Lakers last October in Sault NOV. 15 (SAT.) AIR FORCE * 7:05 Ste. Marie, Mich. NOV. 21 (FRI.) @ AMERICAN INT’L * 7:05 NOV. 22 (SAT.) @ AMERICAN INT’L * 4:05 - Forward Cody Wydo enters his senior season as RMU’s all-time leader in goals (65) after a DEC. 5 (FRI.) SACRED HEART * 7:05 program-record 31-goal, 54-point junior year; DEC. 6 (SAT.) SACRED HEART * 7:05 he finished second in D-I in goals and fourth in DEC. 13 (SAT.) @ MERCYHURST * 7:05 scoring. Wydo’s 107 career points rank 4th in DEC. 14 (SUN.) @ MERCYHURST * 4:05 team history. THREE RIVERS CLASSIC PITTSBURGH, PA. DEC. 29 (MON.) PENN STATE % 7:35 - Pittsburgh-born forward Zac Lynch netted DEC. 30 (TUE.) COLGATE/WMU % 4:35/7:35 47 points in 2013-14, including a team-high 28 assists; the junior set RMU records with 4 WALLEYE WINTERFEST TOLEDO, OHIO shorthanded goals and 159 shots on net JAN. 3 (SAT.) BOWLING GREEN $ 12:00 JAN. 4 (SUN.) BOWLING GREEN 7:05 - RMU enters the year with tremendous depth JAN. 9 (FRI.) BENTLEY * 7:05 in goal, with junior Terry Shafer (.911 SV% in 35 JAN. 10 (SAT.) BENTLEY * 7:05 games) and sophomore Dalton Izyk (.917 SV%, 6-2 playoff record) both returning to the JAN. 16 (FRI.) AMERICAN INT’L * 7:05 crease after promising seasons JAN. 17 (SAT.) AMERICAN INT’L * 7:05

JAN. 30 (FRI.) @ AIR FORCE * JAN. 31 (SAT.) @ AIR FORCE * FEB. 6 (FRI.) CANISIUS * FEB. 7 (SAT.) CANISIUS * FEB. 20 (FRI.) @ RIT * FEB. 21 (SAT.) @ RIT *

7:00 - The Colonials hosted Ryerson University last 3:00 Saturday at 84 Lumber Arena in an exhibition contest. RMU fell 1-0 despite outshooting the 9:05 Rams 35-22 and out-attempting them 71-44 9:05 7:05 - FUN FACT: RMU is 4-6-0 all-time in season 7:05 openers, although home openers have been more kind, with the Colonials going 5-4-1 7:05 7:05

FEB. 27 (FRI.) @ NIAGARA * 7:05 FEB. 28 (SAT.) NIAGARA * 7:05 AHA PLAYOFFS TIME AND PLACE TBD * Atlantic Hockey Association (AHA) 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

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R OBER T MO RRIS 3.45 3.10 +0.35 16.9% 76.2% 35.3 34.5 16.3 48.7% 12.4

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- The Lakers were one of the few Division I teams to begin their regular season last weekend, losing twice at home to league rival Michigan Tech by a combined 10-4 score - Lake Superior State is coming off a 16-19-1 record in 2013-14, despite sprinting to a 4-0-1 start and a 9-4-1 record through November - Sophomore Alex Globke is the Lakers’ top returning scorer; the 6-foot-3 forward netted 31 points (12g, 19a) in his first collegiate season - LSSU lost three 20-point scorers to graduation, leaving senior Stephen Perfetto (7g, 13a last season) to help Globke boost the attack - Just nine of the Lakers’ 29 roster players are upperclassmen, including a mere three seniors. They deployed a pair of freshmen goalies - Gordon Defiel and Kevin Aldridge - in their opening weekend series - Lake Superior State is under the direction of first-year head coach Damon Whitten, who was an assistant with Michigan Tech for the previous four seasons - The Lakers enter their second season in the Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA), which they joined after the CCHA dissolved in the spring of 2013

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RADIO BROADCAST: PLAY-BY-PLAY: COLOR: AUDIO STREAM:

970 AM - ESPN Steve Kolbe Mike Prisuta 970espn.com

WEBCAST: America One/Eversport AtlanticHockey.TV

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SCORING OFFENSE 2.61 SCORING DEFENSE 3.17 SCORING MARGIN -0.56 POWER PLAY 15.8% PENALTY KILL 80.5% SHOTS ON GOAL 28.7 SHOTS ALLOWED 35.1 BLOCKED SHOTS 11.1 FACEOFFS 46.7% PENALTY MINUTES 12.7

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OCT. 31 (FRI.) RIT * NOV. 1 (SAT.) RIT *

JAN. 23 (FRI.) @ HOLY CROSS * JAN. 24 (SAT.) @ HOLY CROSS *

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Wydo - 54 Wydo - 31 Lynch - 28 Wydo - 6 Lynch - 4 Lynch - +21 Lynch - 159 Gibson - .517 Blazek - 88 Izyk - .917

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POINTS 31 - Globke GOALS 14 - Campbell ASSISTS 20 - Radke PP GOALS 5 - Globke SH GOALS 2 - Czuczman PLUS/MINUS +6 - Drapluk SHOTS 150 - Campbell FACEOFFS .569 - Dommett BLOCKED SHOTS 76- Bruneteau SAVE % .927 - Kapalka

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