RMU Men's Hockey Game Notes: vs. RIT

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ROBERT

MORRIS

ROBERT MORRIS COLONIALS

RIT TIGERS

(5-0-1 · 3-0-1 AHC)

(2-3-0 · 1-1-0 AHC)

Oct. 31 - Nov. 1, 2014 · 7:05 p.m.

84 Lumber Arena · Pittsburgh, Pa.

S C H E D U L E DATE OPPONENT

RESULT/TIME

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

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W 3-1 - Off to their best start in program history, the W 3-0 undefeated Colonials continue Atlantic Hockey play with a pair at home against RIT. Among W 5-2 D-I teams that have played four or more W 4-1 games, RMU is the only one without a loss W 3-0 T 3-3 - In addition, Robert Morris’ 3-0-1 record in the AHC is also the program’s best start against 7:05 league opponents. RMU leads second-place 7:05 Canisius (3-1-0) by one point in the standings 7:05 7:05 - For the third time this calendar year, RMU had two players earn weekly honors at once. 7:05 Senior wing Cody Wydo and sophomore goalie 4:05 Dalton Izyk were recognized by the AHC for 7:05 their efforts against Army last weekend 7:05

DEC. 13 (SAT.) @ MERCYHURST * 7:05 - As for Wydo, it’s his fifth weekly honor in the past two seasons. After a school-record DEC. 14 (SUN.) @ MERCYHURST * 4:05 54-point junior season, the Michigan native is THREE RIVERS CLASSIC PITTSBURGH, PA. on pace to at least match that total, with 10 DEC. 29 (MON.) PENN STATE % 7:35 points (6g, 4a) in the first six games DEC. 30 (TUE.) COLGATE/WMU % 4:35/7:35 WALLEYE WINTERFEST TOLEDO, OHIO - Izyk has won two of the first three Goalie of the Week awards this season, adding to the JAN. 3 (SAT.) BOWLING GREEN $ 12:00 JAN. 4 (SUN.) BOWLING GREEN 7:05 pair he collected last spring during RMU’s run to the NCAA tournament. The New Yorker has JAN. 9 (FRI.) BENTLEY * 7:05 stopped 97 of 98 shots so far, good for a JAN. 10 (SAT.) BENTLEY * 7:05 .990 save percentage and two shutouts JAN. 16 (FRI.) AMERICAN INT’L * 7:05 JAN. 17 (SAT.) AMERICAN INT’L * 7:05 - Boosted by the goalie tandem of Izyk and junior Terry Shafer, the Colonials have allowed JAN. 23 (FRI.) @ HOLY CROSS * 7:00 just seven goals in six games, the fourth-best JAN. 24 (SAT.) @ HOLY CROSS * 3:00 per-game rate (1.17) in Division I JAN. 30 (FRI.) @ AIR FORCE * 9:05 JAN. 31 (SAT.) @ AIR FORCE * 9:05 - Junior Matt Cope scored his second shorthanded goal in three games last Friday. They FEB. 6 (FRI.) CANISIUS * 7:05 are the first two of his NCAA career FEB. 7 (SAT.) CANISIUS * 7:05 7:05 - FUN FACT: Saturday’s tie with Army was 7:05 RMU’s first since Feb. 28 against Mercyhurst, a span of 15 games 7:05 7:05

FEB. 20 (FRI.) @ RIT * FEB. 21 (SAT.) @ RIT *

FEB. 27 (FRI.) @ NIAGARA * FEB. 28 (SAT.) NIAGARA * 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 A N K I N G S

C AT EGOR Y RMU

GOALS FOR 3.50 (T-12) GOALS AGST 1.17 (4) SCORING MARGIN +2.33 (4) POWER PLAY 25.0% (T-9) PENALTY KILL 88.9% (T-13) SHOTS ON GOAL 35.7 (8) SHOTS ALLOWED 31.8 (37) BLOCKED SHOTS 18.3 (4) FACEOFFS 50.6% (25) PENALTY MINS 12.5 (T-30)

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- The Tigers come to Neville Island after splitting a pair against Air Force in Colorado Springs last weekend. RIT prevailed 5-1 on Friday before suffering a controversial 4-3 overtime loss Saturday - RIT went 12-20-5 overall and 10-14-3 in Atlantic Hockey last season, finishing ninth of 12. The Tigers were eliminated by Holy Cross in the first round of the conference playoffs, with two of the three games going to overtime - Junior forward Josh Mitchell is RIT’s leading scorer, with four assists and six total points. Senior co-captains Brad McGowan and matt Garbowsky have five points each; McGowan paces the Tigers with three goals - Junior Pittsburgh native Alexander Kuqali is RIT’s leading scorer on the blueline, with two goals and an assist. 6-foot-4 freshman defenseman Matt Abt has three helpers - Sophomore goalie Mike Rotolo has been given the majority of the playing time, starting three of the five games, including both last weekend at Air Force - Head coach Wayne Wilson took over the Tigers program in 1999, when it was a part of NCAA Division III. He has twice won national coach of the year awards, including in 2010 when RIT made a surprise run to the Frozen Four

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RIT CATEG O RY RMU

3.20 (T-20) 3.20 (36) 0.00 (27) 18.2% (25) 80.8% (T-34) 29.6 (26) 27.6 (20) 15.2 (10) 52.3% (17) 15.2 (13)

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RIT

Wydo - 10 McGowan - 3 Wydo - 6 Mitchell - 4 Lynch - 6 Mitchell - 6 Wydo - 2 Mitchell - 2 Cope - 2 None - 0 4 players - +6 3 players - +3 Gibson - 26 Garbowsky - 25 Ferguson-.647 Garbowsky-.573 Golightly - 14 Smith - 8 Izyk - .990 MacLean - .939

H O C K E Y


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