MHKY - Feb 21/22 notes vs. Canisius

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(12-14-4 · 12-7-4 AHA)

(11-16-3 · 10-10-3 AHA)

ROBERT MORRIS COLONIALS

CANISIUS GOLDEN GRIFFINS

Games #31-32 · February 21-22, 2014 · 7:05 p.m.

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ABOUT ROBERT MORRIS

- With just two weeks remaining in the regular season, Robert Morris will have two home-and-home series to close out its schedule, including a series against Canisius on Friday, Feb. 22 and Saturday, Feb. 23. - Last weekend, RMU split a two-game series against Niagara, losing 5-3 on Thursday before winning 5-0 on Saturday. - Entering the series against Canisius with a record of 12-14-4, the Colonials hold a conference record of 12-7-4 which places them in fifth place in the AHA. - Junior forward Cody Wydo leads Robert Morris with 21 goals and 37 points in 30 games played. - Sophomore forward Zac Lynch paces Robert Morris with 17 assists during the 2013/14 campaign. - Sophomore goaltender Terry Shafer has played in 28 of Robert Morris’ 30 games this season, earning a record of 12-12-4 with a 2.74 goals-against average and a .920 save percentage.

OCT. 6 (SUN.) TORONTO (EX.) W | 2-0 Oct. 11 (Fri.) @ Lake Superior St. L | 1-3 Oct. 12 (Sat.) @ Lake Superior St. L | 1-3 OCT. 19 (SAT.) * NIAGARA T-OT | 3-3 Oct. 25 (Fri.) @ Ohio State L | 3-5 OCT. 26 (SAT.) OHIO STATE L | 3-4 NOV. 1 (FRI.) PENN STATE L | 4-5 NOV. 8 (FRI.) * CANISIUS W | 6-1 NOV. 9 (SAT.) * RIT L | 2-4 Nov. 16 (Sat.) * @ Air Force L | 3-4 NOV. 22 (FRI.) * HOLY CROSS L | 1-2 AGAINST CANISIUS NOV. 23 (SAT.) * HOLY CROSS W | 5-1 - Robert Morris and Canisius have already played once this season, a 6-1 RMU victory on Nov. 8 at Dec. 6 (Fri.) * @ Bentley L | 1-4 84 Lumber Arena. Dec. 7 (Sat.) * @ Bentley L | 2-7 - The Colonials hold a 9-5-1 advantage in the all-time series against the Golden Griffins and have Dec. 14 (Sat.) * @ Mercyhurst T-OT | 5-5 won four straight games along with seven of the previous eight contests. - The two teams first met in the 2004-05 season when Canisius was the first opponent in RMU’s THREE RIVERS CLASSIC PITTSBURGH, PA. Division I history, a game the the Colonials would win, 3-1. DEC. 27 (FRI.) ! PENN STATE L | 2-3 - Robert Morris holds a 5-2-0 advantage at 84 Lumber Arena, last losing at home to the Golden DEC. 28 (SAT.) ! BOWLING GREEN L | 2-3 Griffins on Oct. 9, 2005. - On the road, the Colonials are 4-3-1 against Canisius. Jan. 4 (Sat.) * @ Sacred Heart W | 2-1 - Junior forward Cody Wydo has a team-high nine goals against the Golden Griffins in seven career Jan. 5 (Sun.) * @ Sacred Heart W-OT | 2-1 games against Canisius. Jan. 9 (Thu.) * @ Connecticut L | 1-5 - Sophomore goaltender Terry Shafer has played in two games against Canisius, going 2-0-0 with a Jan. 10 (Fri.) * @ Connecticut W | 6-1 0.50 goals-against average and a .981 save percentage. Shafer recorded his first career shutout JAN. 17 (FRI.) * AMERICAN INT’L T-OT | 4-4 in a game against the Golden Griffins on Nov. 9, 2012 at Canisius in a 4-0 victory. JAN. 18 (SAT.) * AMERICAN INT’L W | 5-2 JAN. 24 (FRI.) * AIR FORCE W | 3-1 JAN. 25 (SAT.) * AIR FORCE W | 5-3 SCOUTING THE GOLDEN GRIFFINS JAN. 31 (FRI.) * ARMY W | 4-0 - Canisius currently sits in seventh place in Atlantic Hockey, just five points behind Robert Morris, with a conference record of 10-10-3 and an overall record of 11-16-3. FEB. 1 (SAT.) * ARMY W | 6-4 - In its most recent series, the Golden Griffins went up against Air Force, splitting the two-game Feb. 7 (Fri.) * @ RIT T-OT | 2-2 series with a 4-0 win before suffering a 4-2 loss. Feb. 8 (Sat.) * @ RIT W | 5-1 Feb. 13 (Thu.) * @ Niagara L | 3-5 - Senior forward Kyle Gibbons leads Canisius with 13 goals and 29 points in 30 games this season. FEB. 15 (SAT.) * NIAGARA W | 5-0 - Senior defenseman Ben Danford has a team-leading 17 assists for the Golden Griffins during the 2013/14 campaign. FEB. 21 (FRI.) * CANISIUS 7:05 P.M. Feb. 22 (Sat.) * @ Canisius 7:05 p.m. - Senior goaltender Keegan Asmundson has started 20 of Canisius’ 30 games this season for a record of 7-10-2 with a 3.07 goals-against average and an .907 save percentage. Feb. 28 (Fri.) * @ Mercyhurst 7:05 p.m. MARCH 1 (SAT.) * MERCYHURST 7:05 P.M. * Atlantic Hockey Game ! CONSOL Energy Center Pittsburgh Pa. All Times Eastern Home Games in ALL CAPS BOLD All HomeGames at 84 Lumber Arena

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Won 1 STREAK Lost 1 3.23 SCORING OFFENSE 2.80 2.90 SCORING DEFENSE 3.10 +0.33 SCORING MARGIN -0.30 18.0% POWER PLAY 21.1% 76.7% PENALTY KILL 80.2% 34.67 SHOTS ON GOAL 27.67 34.03 SHOTS ALLOWED 33.80 16.30 BLOCKED SHOTS 11.53 48.8% FACEOFFS 51.1% 11.80 PENALTY MINUTES 10.37 22 yrs 4 mths AVG. AGE 22 yrs 4 mths 6’ 0.62” AVG. HEIGHT 6’ 0.82” 189.38 lbs AVG. WEIGHT 193.57 lbs

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Wydo - 37 POINTS 29 - Gibbons Wydo - 21 GOALS 13 - Gibbons Lynch - 17 ASSISTS 17 - Danford Wydo - 5 PP GOALS 8 - Gibbons Lynch - 4 SH GOALS 3 - Wiseman Jacklin - 3 GWG 2 - Four Players Blazek - +12 PLUS/MINUS +9 - Rigney Lynch - 111 SHOTS 90 - Gibbons Gibson - .532 FACEOFFS .561 - Cuddemi Blazek - 72 BLOCKED SHOTS 51 - Danford Friedmann - 48 PENALTY MIN. 33 - Backhouse Shafer - 12 WINS 7 - Capobianco Shafer - 2.74 GAA 2.45 - Asmundson Shafer - .920 SAVE PCT. .927 - Asmundson

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