ROBERT
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ROBERT MORRIS COLONIALS
RYERSON RAMS
Opening Game · October 4, 2014 · 7:05 p.m.
84 Lumber Arena · Pittsburgh, Pa.
(0-0-0 · 0-0-0 AHA)
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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 * 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 *
(3-3-0 · 1-0-0 OUA)
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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
- Ryerson, which competes in the Ontario University Athletics (OUA) conference of Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS), went 22-19 last season on its way to the OUA semifinals
7:05 - Included in that second-half surge was a 6-1 7:05 run through the Atlantic Hockey Association tournament, which featured best-of-three 7:05 series wins against Army (2-1) and Connecti7:05 cut (2-0) and a thrilling 5-4 overtime victory 7:05 over Niagara in the semifinal 4:05
- Sopohomore Domenic Alberga is the Rams’ top returning scorer. He lit it up in his first CIS season, netting 18 goals and a team-high 26 assists
7:05 - In its first-ever AHA championship game, RMU scored five times in the third period to earn a 7:05 7-4 victory over Canisius and claim the confer7:05 ence’s automatic berth to the NCAAs 4:05
7:05 7:05 - Pittsburgh-born forward Zac Lynch netted 47 points in 2013-14, including a team-high 7:00 28 assists; the junior set RMU records with 4 3:00 shorthanded goals and 159 shots on net 9:05 9:05 - RMU enters the year with tremendous depth in goal, with junior Terry Shafer (.911 SV% in 35 7:05 games) and sophomore Dalton Izyk (.917 SV%, 7:05 6-2 playoff record) both returning to the crease after promising seasons 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
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DEC. 13 (SAT.) @ MERCYHURST * DEC. 14 (SUN.) @ MERCYHURST * THREE RIVERS CLASSIC PITTSBURGH, PA. - The Colonials battled No. 1 seed Minnesota in the NCAA West Regional semifinal round, DEC. 29 (MON.) PENN STATE % 7:35 DEC. 30 (TUE.) COLGATE/WMU % 4:35/7:35 falling 7-3 in St. Paul after twice rallying within a pair of goals in the third period WALLEYE WINTERFEST TOLEDO, OHIO JAN. 3 (SAT.) BOWLING GREEN $ 12:00 JAN. 4 (SUN.) BOWLING GREEN 7:05 - Forward Cody Wydo enters his senior season as RMU’s all-time leader in goals (65) after a JAN. 9 (FRI.) BENTLEY * 7:05 program-record 31-goal, 54-point junior year; JAN. 10 (SAT.) BENTLEY * 7:05 his 107 career points rank 4th in team history JAN. 16 (FRI.) AMERICAN INT’L * JAN. 17 (SAT.) AMERICAN INT’L *
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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
- Senior goalie Troy Passingham owned the lion’s share of the playing time in the Rams’ crease last season, starting 16 games and appearing in four others while posting a .915 save percentage - Ryerson averaged an impressive 4.54 goals per game against fellow CIS foes last year, firing nearly 38 shots on goal per contest in the process - Rams head coach Graham Wise is third among active CIS bench bosses with 345 career wins - Ryerson plays its home games at the building formerly known as Maple Leaf Gardens, now called the Mattamy Athletic Centre
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RYERSO N RO BERT MO RRIS
SCORING OFFENSE 4.54 SCORING DEFENSE 3.38 SCORING MARGIN +1.16 POWER PLAY 24.2% PENALTY KILL 82.5% SHOTS ON GOAL 37.9 SHOTS ALLOWED N/A BLOCKED SHOTS N/A FACEOFFS N/A PENALTY MINUTES 14.7
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- The Rams have already played six games this season, posting a 3-3-0 mark; they will face Mercyhurst on Sunday in Erie
M O R R I S
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 45 - Wise GOALS 21 - Wise ASSISTS 26 - Alberga PP GOALS 8 - Wise SH GOALS 2 - McPherson PLUS/MINUS N/A SHOTS N/A FACEOFFS N/A BLOCKED SHOTS N/A SAVE % .915 - Passingham
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