2009–10 RIT Tigers men's ice hockey season

College ice hockey team season
2009–10 RIT Tigers
men's ice hockey seasonAtlantic Hockey regular season, champion
Atlantic Hockey Tournament, champion
NCAA tournament, Frozen Four Conference#1 AHAHome iceFrank Ritter Memorial Ice ArenaRankingsUSA Today/USA Hockey Magazine#10USCHO.com#20RecordOverall28–12–1 (22–5–1)Home15–3–0Road9–8–1Neutral4–1–0Coaches and captainsHead coachWayne Wilson (11th season)Assistant coachesBrian HillsCaptain(s)Dan Ringwald
Stevan MaticAlternate captain(s)Sean Murphy
Andrew Favot

The 2009–10 RIT Tigers men's ice hockey season was the Tigers' 45th season of varsity hockey and fifth at the NCAA Division I level. They represented Rochester Institute of Technology in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The team was coached by Wayne Wilson in his eleventh season as the program's head coach and played most of their home games at the Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena. One home game was played at the Blue Cross Arena in downtown Rochester, New York.

The season was highlighted by the Tigers' first Atlantic Hockey tournament title, first Division I NCAA tournament appearance, victories over Denver and New Hampshire to win the East Regional, and the team's first Frozen Four appearance.

The team was the Chairman's Choice for induction into the Frontier Field Walk of Fame in 2010, in recognition of their Frozen Four berth.

The Rochester Red Wings honored the RIT Men’s Hockey team at Frontier Field on May 17, 2010. Any fans who wore RIT gear received $1 off the purchase of their tickets. As part of a pre-game ceremony, Head Coach Wayne Wilson and RIT President Bill Destler were on hand to accept a key to the city and a proclamation from Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks. RIT captain Dan Ringwald threw out the ceremonial first pitch.[1]

In 2011, RIT's University News service received the 'Best In Show' PRism award from the Rochester chapter of the Public Relations Society of America for its coverage of the team's Frozen Four appearance.[2]

Standings

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Conference Overall
GP W L T PTS GF GA GP W L T GF GA
#10 RIT†* 28 22 5 1 45 109 51 41 28 12 1 145 90
Sacred Heart 28 16 9 3 35 99 86 38 21 13 4 131 123
Air Force 28 14 8 6 34 86 70 37 16 15 6 103 96
Mercyhurst 28 15 10 3 33 103 70 38 15 20 3 121 118
Canisius 28 13 11 4 30 97 89 37 17 15 5 125 122
Army 28 10 12 6 26 80 83 36 11 18 7 98 114
Holy Cross 28 10 13 5 25 70 74 37 12 19 6 87 102
Bentley 28 10 15 3 23 78 105 35 12 19 4 94 123
Connecticut 28 6 19 3 15 48 91 37 7 27 3 59 135
American International 28 5 19 4 14 59 110 33 5 24 4 69 131
Championship: RIT
† indicates conference regular season champion
* indicates conference tournament champion
Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Roster

Goaltenders
# State Player Year Major Height Weight Hometown Previous Team
1 California Shane Madolora Freshman Business Management 5-10 170 Salinas, California Omaha (USHL)
33 Connecticut Jared DeMichiel Senior Business 6-1 190 Avon, Connecticut Chicago (USHL)
40 Finland Jan Ropponen Junior International Business 5-9 165 Espoo, Finland Espoo (SM-liiga)
Defensemen
# State Player Year Major Height Weight Hometown Previous Team
6 Ontario Dan Ringwald (C) Senior Business 6-1 195 Oakville, Ontario Oakville (OJAHL)
8 Ontario Chris Tanev Freshman Finance 6-2 185 Toronto, Ontario Markham (CCHL)
15 British Columbia Alan Mazur Senior Packaging Science 6-0 200 Burnaby, British Columbia Merritt (BCHL)
24 Ontario Chris Haltigin Sophomore Biomedical Science 6-1 200 Oakville, Ontario Oakville (OJAHL)
25 Ontario Daniel Spivak Sophomore Business/Finance 6-0 185 Thornhill, Ontario Stouffville (CCHL)
26 Ontario Trevor Eckenswiller Sophomore Biomedical Science 6-0 180 Lion's Head, Ontario Oakville (OJAHL)
27 Missouri Chris Saracino Freshman Business 5-10 185 St. Louis, Missouri Green Bay (USHL)
9* Saskatchewan Riley Clark* Sophomore Biomedicine 5-11 195 Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Melfort (SJHL)
Forwards
# State Player Year Major Height Weight Hometown Previous Team
3 Ontario Scott Knowles Sophomore Marketing 5-7 170 Riverside, Ontario Surrey (BCHL)
7 Ontario Bryan Potts Freshman Criminal Justice 5-11 180 Niagara Falls, Ontario Markham (CCHL)
10 Ontario Mark Cornacchia Sophomore Finance 5-10 180 Unionville, Ontario Markham (CCHL)
11 Alberta Taylor McReynolds Sophomore Biomedicine 6-0 190 Sherwood Park, Alberta Green Bay (USHL)
12 British Columbia Stevan Matic (C) Senior Packaging Science 6-0 190 Burnaby, British Columbia Langley Hornets (BCHL)
14 New York (state) Brent Alexin Senior Packaging Science 6-1 200 West Seneca, New York Buffalo (OJAHL)
16 Ontario Tyler Brenner Sophomore Business 6-2 190 Linwood, Ontario Elmira (GOJHL)
17 Minnesota Sean Murphy (A) Junior Civil Engineering Technology 6-0 190 Owatonna, Minnesota Green Bay (USHL)
18 Michigan Cameron Burt Sophomore Business 5-10 160 Detroit, Michigan Green Bay (USHL)
19 British Columbia Tyler Mazzei Junior Business 5-9 170 Kelowna, British Columbia Nanaimo (BCHL)
21 Washington (state) Jeff Smith Freshman Science Exploration 6-0 165 Spokane, Washington Tri-City (USHL)
22 British Columbia Adam Hartley Freshman Business 6-3 190 West Vancouver, British Columbia Surrey (BCHL)
23 Illinois Mike Janda Junior Marketing 6-2 225 Glen Ellyn, Illinois Chicago (USHL)
28 Ontario Andrew Favot (A) Junior Business (Marketing) 5-7 160 King City, Ontario Aurora (OJAHL)

* Player left team.
Source: RIT Athletics[3]

Preseason

2009 Exhibition Game Log: 1–0–0 (Home: 1–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
# Date Opponent Score OT Decision Attendance Record
1 October 4 York 3–2 Ropponen 1–0–0

Regular season

Schedule

  •    Green background indicates win (2 points).
  •    Red background indicates loss (0 points).
  •    White background indicates tie (1 point).
2009–10 Game Log[4]
October: 2–5–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 0–4–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance AHA Overall
1†^ October 10 Colgate 3–2 RIT DeMichiel 7,421 0–0–0 0–1–0
2† October 16 RIT 1–3 St. Lawrence DeMichiel 1,655 0–0–0 0–2–0
3† October 17 RIT 3–5 Clarkson DeMichiel 3,310 0–0–0 0–3–0
4 October 23 RIT 4–5 Air Force DeMichiel 2,822 0–1–0 0–4–0
5 October 24 RIT 2–3 (ot) Air Force DeMichiel 2,210 0–2–0 0–5–0
6 October 30 Connecticut 2–6 RIT DeMichiel 1,839 1–2–0 1–5–0
7 October 31 Connecticut 0–7 RIT DeMichiel 1,457 2–2–0 2–5–0
November: 6–0–0 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 2–0–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance AHA Overall
8 November 6 Army 1–6 RIT DeMichiel 2,100 3–2–0 3–5–0
9 November 7 Army 1–2 RIT DeMichiel 1,956 4–2–0 4–5–0
10 November 13 RIT 2–1 Mercyhurst DeMichiel 967 5–2–0 5–5–0
11 November 13 RIT 3–2 Mercyhurst DeMichiel 946 6–2–0 6–5–0
12 November 20 Sacred Heart 2–3 RIT DeMichiel 1,459 7–2–0 7–5–0
13 November 21 Sacred Heart 3–5 RIT Madolora 1,206 8–2–0 8–5–0
December: 1–1–1 (Home: 0–1–0; Road: 1–0–1)
# Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance AHA Overall
14 December 4 RIT 1–1 (ot) Holy Cross DeMichiel 908 8–2–1 8–5–1
15 December 5 RIT 3–2 Holy Cross DeMichiel 923 9–2–1 9–5–1
16† December 12 Niagara 3–2 RIT DeMichiel 2,100 9–2–1 9–6–1
January: 6–4–0 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 3–3–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance AHA Overall
17† January 1 RIT 1–6 Minnesota State DeMichiel 3,106 9–2–1 9–7–1
18† January 2 RIT 0–3 Minnesota State Madolora 3,313 9–2–1 9–8–1
19 January 8 Holy Cross 2–5 RIT DeMichiel 1,946 10–2–1 10–8–1
20 January 9 Holy Cross 0–2 RIT DeMichiel 1,737 11–2–1 11–8–1
21 January 15 RIT 4–0 Connecticut DeMichiel 581 12–2–1 12–8–1
22 January 16 RIT 1–2 Connecticut Madolora 735 12–3–1 12–9–1
23 January 22 RIT 4–3 American Int'l DeMichiel 234 13–3–1 13–9–1
24 January 23 RIT 4–0 American Int'l DeMichiel 210 14–3–1 14–9–1
25 January 29 Bentley 1–4 RIT DeMichiel 1,692 15–3–1 15–9–1
26° January 30 Bentley 5–4 RIT DeMichiel 2,100 15–4–1 15–10–1
February: 7–1–0 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 3–1–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance AHA Overall
27 February 5 RIT 5–2 Sacred Heart DeMichiel 657 16–4–1 16–10–1
28 February 6 RIT 4–5 Sacred Heart DeMichiel 438 16–5–1 16–11–1
29 February 12 RIT 3–0 Army DeMichiel 2,139 17–5–1 17–11–1
30 February 13 RIT 5–2 Army DeMichiel 2,128 18–5–1 18–11–1
31 February 19 Air Force 2–3 (ot) RIT DeMichiel 2,100 19–5–1 19–11–1
32 February 20 Air Force 0–3 RIT DeMichiel 2,100 20–5–1 20–11–1
33 February 26 Canisius 0–8 RIT DeMichiel 1,363 21–5–1 21–11–1
34 February 27 Canisius 4–5 RIT DeMichiel 1,632 22–5–1 22–11–1

† Denotes a non-conference game

^ Denotes alternate home site: Blue Cross Arena (Rochester, New York)

° Denotes "Make the Rink Pink" game

Postseason

2010 Playoff Game Log[4]
March: 6–0–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Road: 0–0–0; Neutral: 4–0–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance AHA Overall
35° March 12 Connecticut 3–4 (ot) RIT DeMichiel 1,415 22–5–1 23–11–1
36° March 13 Connecticut 1–4 RIT DeMichiel 1,659 22–5–1 24–11–1
37^ March 19 Canisius 0–4 RIT DeMichiel 1,803 22–5–1 25–11–1
38† March 20 Sacred Heart 1–6 RIT DeMichiel 3,298 22–5–1 26–11–1
39§ March 26 RIT 2–1 Denver DeMichiel 4,073 22–5–1 27–11–1
40% March 27 RIT 6–2 New Hampshire DeMichiel 3,737 22–5–1 28–11–1
April: 0–1–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0; Neutral: 0–1–0)
# Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance AHA Overall
41¤ April 8 RIT 1–8 Wisconsin DeMichiel 34,954 22–5–1 28–12–1

° Denotes Atlantic Hockey Tournament quarterfinal game (non-conference)

^ Denotes Atlantic Hockey Tournament semifinal game at Blue Cross Arena (Rochester, NY) (non-conference)

† Denotes Atlantic Hockey Tournament final game at Blue Cross Arena (non-conference)

§ Denotes NCAA tournament East Regional semifinal at Times Union Center (Albany, NY) (non-conference)

% Denotes NCAA Tournament East Regional final at Times Union Center (non-conference)

¤ Denotes NCAA Tournament national semifinal at Ford Field (Detroit) (non-conference)

Player stats

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals (Shorthanded); A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus–minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Regular season[5]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Ringwald, Dan 34 10 18 28 +17 12
Tanev, Chris 34 8 16 24 +28 4
Haltigin, Chris 34 8 10 18 +7 22
Alexin, Brent 34 3 15 18 +17 35
Hartley, Adam 34 7 8 15 +12 32
Favot, Andrew 33 11 (1) 26 37 +12 20
Burt, Cameron 33 13 23 36 0 44
Mazzei, Tyler 33 9 13 22 +8 46
Mazur, Alan 32 7 14 21 0 57
Matic, Stevan 32 7 (1) 10 17 +9 27
Cornacchia, Mark 32 6 (2) 5 11 +4 22
Saracino, Chris 32 2 6 8 +7 16
Murphy, Sean 31 4 11 15 +6 20
Knowles, Scott 31 4 11 15 +12 13
McReynolds, Taylor 31 3 3 6 +3 52
DeMichiel, Jared (G) 31 0 2 2 0 4
Brenner, Tyler 26 10 8 18 +3 22
Janda, Mike 25 4 4 8 0 10
Spivak, Daniel 25 0 0 0 +6 28
Smith, Jeff 18 1 4 5 +4 15
Potts, Bryan 15 1 0 1 −2 2
Eckenswiller, Trevor 13 0 3 3 0 6
Madolora, Shane (G) 4 0 0 0 0 0
Ropponen, Jan (G) 1 0 0 0 0 0
Clark, Riley † 0 0 0 0 0 0
  • † Denotes player left team.
  • (G) Denotes goaltender.
Playoffs[5]
Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM
Burt, Cameron 7 3 8 11 −1 4
Favot, Andrew 7 2 7 9 +2 4
Ringwald, Dan 7 1 8 9 +5 0
Brenner, Tyler 7 5 3 8 +3 2
Haltigin, Chris 7 3 3 6 0 4
Tanev, Chris 7 2 2 4 +5 0
Saracino, Chris 7 0 4 4 +1 4
Alexin, Brent 7 1 2 3 +2 2
Cornacchia, Mark 7 1 (1) 2 3 +3 17
Hartley, Adam 7 1 2 3 +1 2
Mazzei, Tyler 7 1 2 3 +5 8
Janda, Mike 7 1 1 2 +1 6
Knowles, Scott 7 1 1 2 −1 4
Mazur, Alan 7 1 1 2 +2 10
McReynolds, Taylor 7 0 0 0 +1 10
Spivak, Daniel 7 0 0 0 +1 0
DeMichiel, Jared (G) 7 0 0 0 0 0
Murphy, Sean 5 2 2 4 +2 4
Matic, Stevan 5 1 0 1 0 4
Smith, Jeff 4 1 1 2 +4 2
Madolora, Shane (G) 1 0 0 0 0 0
Ropponen, Jan (G) 1 0 0 0 0 0
Potts, Bryan 0 0 0 0 0 0
Eckenswiller, Trevor 0 0 0 0 0 0
  • (G) Denotes goaltender.

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games played; TOI = Time on ice; GAA = Goals against average; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals against; SV% = Save percentage

Regular season[5]
Player GP TOI W L T GA GAA SA SV Sv% SO
DeMichiel, Jared 31 1846:05 21 9 1 65 2.11 811 746 .920 5
Madolora, Shane 4 189:42 1 2 0 8 2.53 98 90 .918 0
Ropponen, Jan 1 9:12 0 0 0 0 0.00 2 2 1.000 0
– Empty Net – – 10:23 – – – 1 – – – – –
Playoffs[5]
Player GP TOI W L T GA GAA SA SV Sv% SO
DeMichiel, Jared 7 424:03 6 1 0 14 1.98 188 174 .926 1
Madolora, Shane 1 2:33 0 0 0 1 23.53 1 0 .000 0
Ropponen, Jan 1 2:32 0 0 0 1 23.68 3 2 .667 0
– Empty Net – – 0:36 – – – 0 – – – – –

See also

References

  1. ^ "Wings to honor RIT Tiger Hockey Monday". May 15, 2010.
  2. ^ Stella, Paul (June 10, 2011). "RIT University News Takes 'Best in Show' at 2011 PRism Awards". Henrietta, New York: RIT University News. Archived from the original on October 10, 2012. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
  3. ^ 2009-10 RIT Tigers Men's Hockey Roster
  4. ^ a b Rochester Institute of Technology. "2009–10 Men's Hockey Schedule". Retrieved February 28, 2010.
  5. ^ a b c d "RIT - Cumulative Season Statistics".

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