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morris
(13-15-4 · 13-8-4 AHA)
(18-12-6 · 16-4-5 AHA)
ROBERT MORRIS COLONIALS
MERCYHURST LAKERS
Games #33-34 · February 28 & March 1, 2014 · 7:05 p.m.
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Mercyhurst Ice Center · Erie, Pa. / 84 Lumber Arena · Pittsburgh, Pa.
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5th | 13-8-4
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ABOUT ROBERT MORRIS
- Closing in on the final week of the regular season, Robert Morris will finish with a home-and-home series against Mercyhurst when the Colonials travel to face the Lakers on Friday, Feb. 28 before returning home on Saturday, March 1 for Senior Night. - Last weekend, RMU split a two-game series with Niagara, winning 4-1 on Friday before dropping a 6-3 contest on Saturday. - Entering the series against Mercyhurst with a record of 13-15-4, the Colonials hold a conference record of 13-8-4 which places them in fifth place in the AHA. With just one weekend remaining in the regular season, the Colonials can finish no worse than fifth and there is the possibility of RMU finishing as high as second place. - Junior forward Cody Wydo leads Robert Morris with 21 goals and 38 points in 32 games played. - Sophomore forward Zac Lynch paces Robert Morris with 18 assists during the 2013/14 campaign. - Sophomore goaltender Terry Shafer has played in 30 of Robert Morris’ 32 games this season, earning a record of 13-13-4 with a 2.81 goals-against average and a .919 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 NOV. 23 (SAT.) * HOLY CROSS W | 5-1 Dec. 6 (Fri.) * @ Bentley L | 1-4 AGAINST MERCYHURST Dec. 7 (Sat.) * @ Bentley L | 2-7 - Robert Morris and Mercyhurst have already played once this season, a 5-5 deadlock on Dec. 14 at Dec. 14 (Sat.) * @ Mercyhurst T-OT | 5-5 Mercyhurst. - The Colonials trail in the all-time series, 4-5-5, as the three most-recent contests have all ended THREE RIVERS CLASSIC PITTSBURGH, PA. in a tie. DEC. 27 (FRI.) ! PENN STATE L | 2-3 - After playing a single game in the first two seasons that RMU was a Division I program, 2004-05 DEC. 28 (SAT.) ! BOWLING GREEN L | 2-3 and 2005-06, the two teams did not meet again until the Colonials joined Atlantic Hockey for the 2010-11 season. Jan. 4 (Sat.) * @ Sacred Heart W | 2-1 - Against the Lakers, senior forward Colin South leads all active Colonials with five goals against Jan. 5 (Sun.) * @ Sacred Heart W-OT | 2-1 Mercyhurst in 12 games played. Jan. 9 (Thu.) * @ Connecticut L | 1-5 - Sophomore goaltender Terry Shafer has played in two games against Mercyhurst, going 0-0-1 Jan. 10 (Fri.) * @ Connecticut W | 6-1 with a 5.15 goals-against average and a .860 save percentage. JAN. 17 (FRI.) * AMERICAN INT’L T-OT | 4-4 JAN. 18 (SAT.) * AMERICAN INT’L W | 5-2 JAN. 24 (FRI.) * AIR FORCE W | 3-1 SCOUTING THE LAKERS JAN. 25 (SAT.) * AIR FORCE W | 5-3 - Mercyhurst clinched the Atlantic Hockey Regular Season Championship as the Lakers sit atop the AHA standings with a record of 16-4-5 in conference for 37 points. Overall, Mercyhurst has a JAN. 31 (FRI.) * ARMY W | 4-0 record of 18-12-6. FEB. 1 (SAT.) * ARMY W | 6-4 - Junior forward Matthew Zay leads Mercyhurst with 16 goals and 40 points in 32 games this seaFeb. 7 (Fri.) * @ RIT T-OT | 2-2 son. Feb. 8 (Sat.) * @ RIT W | 5-1 Feb. 13 (Thu.) * @ Niagara L | 3-5 - Senior forward Daniel O’Donoghue shares the team lead with Zay as the two each have 24 assists during the 2013-14 campaign. FEB. 15 (SAT.) * NIAGARA W | 5-0 - Junior goaltender Jimmy Sarjeant has started 26 of Mercyhurst’s 36 games this season, earning FEB. 21 (FRI.) * CANISIUS W | 4-1 a record of 16-4-5 with a 2.33 goals-against average and an .934 save percentage. Feb. 22 (Sat.) * @ Canisius L | 3-6 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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Lost 1 STREAK Won 1 3.25 SCORING OFFENSE 3.47 2.94 SCORING DEFENSE 2.97 +0.31 SCORING MARGIN +0.50 18.1% POWER PLAY 20.0% 76.1% PENALTY KILL 83.0% 34.56 SHOTS ON GOAL 31.83 34.22 SHOTS ALLOWED 37.31 16.22 BLOCKED SHOTS 13.14 48.9% FACEOFFS 48.9% 12.62 PENALTY MINUTES 9.83 22 yrs 4 mths AVG. AGE 22 yrs 8 mths 6’ 0.62” AVG. HEIGHT 6’ 0.00” 189.38 lbs AVG. WEIGHT 188.93 lbs
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Wydo - 38 POINTS 40 - Zay Wydo - 21 GOALS 16 - Zay Lynch - 18 ASSISTS 24 - Two Players Wydo - 5 PP GOALS 4 - Two Players Lynch - 4 SH GOALS 3 - Zay Jacklin - 3 GWG 3 - Hrehoriak Blazek - +15 PLUS/MINUS +18 - Two Players Lynch - 117 SHOTS 123 - Zay Friedmann - .525 FACEOFFS .588 - Hrehoriak Blazek - 72 BLOCKED SHOTS 73 - Cure Friedmann - 63 PENALTY MIN. 37 - O’Donoghue Shafer - 13 WINS 16 - Sarjeant Lane - 2.76 GAA 2.33 - Sarjeant Shafer - .919 SAVE PCT. .934 - Sarjeant
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