2012-13 SCHEDULE
Overall Atlantic Hockey Home Road Neutral Streak
8-4-2 4-3-1 2-2-1 6-2-1 0-0-0 Won 2
Date Opponent Time/Score OCTOBER (2-2-0 Overall | 1-1-0 Atlantic Hockey) 7 (Sun.) WILFRED LAURIER (Ex.) W | 10-4 13 (Sat.) @ #18 Quinnipiac L | 0-4 14 (Sun.) @ #18 Quinnipiac W | 4-0 25 (Thu.) @ RIT * W | 6-4 27 (Sat.) AIR FORCE * L | 1-4 NOVEMBER (3-2-0 Overall | 3-2-0 Atlantic Hockey) 2 (Fri.) BENTLEY * W | 5-2 3 (Sat.) BENTLEY * L | 4-5 9 (Fri.) @ Canisius * W | 4-0 17 (Sat.) @ Niagara * L | 0-3 30 (Fri.) @ Holy Cross * W | 4-3 DECEMBER (3-0-2 Overall | 0-0-1 Atlantic Hockey) 1 (Sat.) @ Holy Cross * T | 1-1 (OT) 7 (Fri.) @ Ohio State W | 3-2 8 (Sat.) OHIO STATE T | 2-2 (OT) 15 (Sat.) @ Penn State W | 3-2 28 (Fri.) PENN STATE # W | 6-0 29 (Sat.) #5 MIAMI # 7:35 p.m. JANUARY 4 (Fri.) 5 (Sat.) 11 (Fri.) 12 (Sat.) 18 (Fri.) 19 (Sat.) 25 (Fri.) 26 (Sat.)
(0-0-0 Overall | 0-0-0 Atlantic Hockey) @ Army * 7:30 p.m. @ Army * 7:05 p.m. CONNECTICUT * 7:05 p.m. CONNECTICUT * 7:05 p.m. @ American International * 7:05 p.m. @ American International * 3:05 p.m. @ Air Force * 9:05 p.m. @ Air Force * 9:05 p.m.
FEBRUARY (0-0-0 Overall | 0-0-0 Atlantic Hockey) 1 (Fri.) SACRED HEART * 7:05 p.m. 2 (Sat.) SACRED HEART * 7:05 p.m. 5 (Tue.) MERCYHURST * 7:05 p.m. 8 (Fri.) RIT * 7:05 p.m. 9 (Sat.) RIT * 7:05 p.m. 15 (Fri.) @ Niagara * 7:05 p.m. 16 (Sat.) NIAGARA * 7:05 p.m. 22 (Fri.) @ Canisius * 7:05 p.m. 23 (Sat.) CANISIUS * 7:05 p.m. MARCH 1 (Fri.) 2 (Sat.)
(0-0-0 Overall | 0-0-0 Atlantic Hockey) MERCYHURST * 7:05 p.m. @ Mercyhurst * 7:05 p.m.
Home games in BOLD ITALIC CAPS All times Eastern * Atlantic Hockey game # Three Rivers Classic (CONSOL Energy Center)
THE MATCHUP
ROBERT MORRIS COLONIALS VS (8-4-2 | 4-3-1 AHA) Game 15 Dec. 29 Robert Morris vs. Miami
#5 MIAMI REDHAWKS (12-3-4 | 8-3-3 CCHA)
7:35 p.m. Pittsburgh, Pa.
CONSOL Energy Center
THIS WEEK Robert Morris concludes its yearly trek to the heart of the city of Pittsburgh as the Colonials wrap up the inaugural Three Rivers Classic with the championship game on Saturday evening. RMU will take on the nationally ranked Miami RedHawks in the championship game that is scheduled to start at 7:35 p.m. on Saturday.
LAST TIME OUT The Robert Morris University men’s ice hockey team opened action in the inaugural Three Rivers Classic as the Colonials took on Penn State for the second-consecutive game. RMU would advance to the championship game after a 6-0 victory over the Nittany Lions in front of a crowd of 11,663 at the CONSOL Energy Center. Less than two minutes in to the game, junior defenseman Andrew Blazek would pick up his fourth goal in eight games this season. After picking off a clearing attempt by Penn State, Blazek would skate in to the offensive zone and through the Penn State defense as he would fire a wrist shot past the glove of the Nittany Lion goalie. After back-and-forth action for the majority of the period, the Colonials would double their lead as senior forward Adam Brace tallied his sixth goal of the season at the 16:33 mark of the period. Brace would make his way through the slot and go five-hole on the Penn State goalie. Just 28 seconds later, Robert Morris would expand their advantage to three goals as sophomore Cody Wydo corralled a loose puck and picked up his fifth goal of the year. Wydo’s goal would come after David Friedmann and Evan Renwick worked the puck around the net before it squirted out to the forward. With 38 seconds remaining in the period, Wydo would pick up his second goal of the contest after crashing the net for to collect a rebound. The goal came off of an initial deflection by Brace who was set up by Renwick as both players picked up their second points in the game. In the final minute of the second period, Blazek would be involved in a violent collision behind the Robert Morris net. In the opening minutes of the third period, freshman forward Matt Cope would net his first career goal while the Colonials were on the resulting fiveminute power play. Cope’s goal at 4:23 would come after he collected a rebound off of a shot by Zac Lynch would get the initial shot on the cage after getting a feed from fellow freshman Greg Gibson. The Colonials would pick up a sixth goal as assistant captain Tyler Hinds would score his second goal of the season at the 15:52 mark of the period. Hinds’ goal would come after Robert Morris worked the puck along the blue line with sophomore Scott Jacklin and Blazek picking up assists on the goal. Senior goaltender Eric Levine would record 48 saves for his third career shutout and second this season. The victory improves Levine to 5-0-2 in his last seven starts while the Colonials are currently on a six-game unbeaten streak. The top line of Wydo, Friedmann, and Brace would combine for three goals and five points in the contest. With a goal and an assist in the victory, Brace now assumes the team lead in points with fourteen (six goals, eight assists). Renwick’s two assists added up to the defenseman’s first career multi-point game. Hinds’ goal in the third period was the first time in the assistant captain’s career that he had recorded a goal in consecutive games.
ABOUT ROBERT MORRIS After extending their unbeaten streak to six games with consecutive victories over Penn State, Robert Morris now sits with an overall record of 8-4-2. The offense for RMU is clicking at a pace of 3.1 goals per game while the defense and goaltending is allowing an average of 2.3 goals per game. Senior Adam Brace holds the team lead with fourteen points, six goals and eight assists. Brace is one of three Colonials to share the team lead with six goals, joining Zach Hervato and Cody Wydo as the only student-athletes to record more than five goals. Five different Colonials have recorded five or more assists and leading the group is sophomore Jeff Jones who has nine assists while Brace and Scott Jacklin each have tallied eight helpers. Senior goaltender Eric Levine improved his record to 7-2-2 on the season while going unbeaten in his last seven starts. Levine has a 1.98 goals against average to go along with a .949 save percentage. 2012-2013 ROBERT MORRIS UNIVERSITY MEN’S ICE HOCKEY GAME NOTES | PAGE 1