DUTCHMEN
1 | UNION HOCKEY
2015-2016
UNION COLLEGE
DUTCHMEN
2015-2016 Union Hockey Schedule
OCTOBER___________________________ 9 Sacred Heart T, 1-1 (ot) 10 #2/3 Boston University W, 5-3 16 Maine T, 1-1 (ot) 17 Maine W, 2-0 23 # 11/11 Michigan T, 5-5 (ot) 24 New Hampshire L, 5-2 30 Rensselaer * L, 5-1 31 at Rensselaer * L, 3-2 NOVEMBER__________________________ 6 at #14/15 St. Lawrence * L, 6-3 7 at Clarkson * W, 4-1 13 Brown * L, 3-2 (ot) 14 #9/10 Yale * L, 2-1 (ot) 28 at #13/13 Merrimack W, 4-0 DECEMBER__________________________ 4 #8/8 Harvard * T, 4-4 (ot) 5 Dartmouth * W, 3-0 11 at Massachusetts 7 p.m. 20 Vermont 4 p.m. JANUARY___________________________ 2 vs Merrimack # 4 p.m. 3 vs Robert Morris # 4 p.m. 7 at Quinnipiac * 7 p.m. 8 at Princeton * 7 p.m. 15 Colgate * 7 p.m. 16 Cornell * 7 p.m. 23 vs Rensselaer & 7:30 p.m. 29 at Yale * 7 p.m. 30 at Brown * 7 p.m. FEBRUARY __________________________ 5 Clarkson * 7 p.m. 6 St. Lawrence * 7 p.m. 12 at Dartmouth * 7:05 p.m. 13 at Harvard * 7 p.m. 19 Princeton * 7 p.m. 20 Quinnipiac * 7 p.m. 26 at Cornell * 7 p.m. 27 at Colgate * 2:30 p.m.
Home games in bold - all times Eastern * ECAC Hockey Opponent # 27th Annual Ledyard Cup (Hannover, N.H.) & 4th Annual District Mayor’s Cup (Times Union Center)
CLEARY CUP CHAMPIONS 2011, 2012, 2014
GAME NOTES
FOR IMMEDIATE RELASE: DEC. 10, 2015
Date........................... Dec. 11, 2015 Time...................................... 7 p.m. Location................ Amherst, Mass. Arena....................... Mullins Center Radio......................Sporty 1240 AM
Union
5-6-4 Overall 2-5-1 ECAC Hockey
University of Massachusetts
6-7-4 Overall 2-4-4 Hockey East
THIS WEEK
• Union is 1-2 in road games against UMass.
Union goes on the road to take on the University of Massachusetts on Friday in its final away game of 2015.
SCOUTING UMASS
• UMass was outscored 8-2 in back-to-back losses at #20 Notre Dame last weekend. • The Minutemen are winless in their last eight, going 0-5-3 in that span. • Their last win came Nov. 7 against UConn. • UMass has scored at least four goals in all six of its wins and is 0-4-3 when scoring fewer than four goals. • Dennis Kravchenko leads the team with 17 points and 10 assists. • Shane Walsh ranks tied for fourth in Division 1 with 11 goals • UMASS is allowing 3.47 goals per game, which ranks tied for 50th in Division I. • Freshman netminder Nic Renyard has played the majority of the minutes between the pipes, posting a 4-5-4 record with a 3.21 goals against average and a .907 save percentage in 14 appearances. Sophomore Henry Dill has a 2-2-0 record with a 3.74 goals against average and a .887 save percentage in five games.
SERIES AGAINST THE MINUTEMEN
• Friday’s matchup marks just the seventh meeting between the two teams in Union’s Division I era and the first since Nov. 25, 2007. • The Minutemen won the last matchup, 4-3, and own a 4-2 edge in the series.
WHITELAW CUP CHAMPIONS 2012, 2013, 2014
NCAA TOURNAMENT 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
LAST TIME OUT
• Union blanked Dartmouth, 3-0, for its second ECAC Hockey win of the season. • Alex Sakellaropoulos turned away 34 saves for the second consecutive game, including 15 in the third period, earning his second shutout in three games. • Brett Supinski scored what proved to be the game-winning goal just 3:48 into the first period. • Spencer Foo also tallied in the first period, giving him five points (1 g, 4a) for the weekend. • Mike Vecchione potted an empty netter to seal the win and also added an assist. • Nick DeSimone extended his point streak to five games with an assist against the Big Green.
NOTEWORTHY
• Ryan Scarfo scored two power play goals agianst Harvard, tying a program single-game record. The Crimson entered the game as one of the top penalty killing teams in the nation at 92.9%. • Foo’s three assists against Harvard rank tied for third in program history, while his four points place him tied for fourth on the program’s all-time list. • Sakellaropoulos has a 1.30 goals against average and a .958 save percentage in his last three games.
NCAA FROZEN FOUR 2012, 2014
NCAA CHAMPIONS 2014
UNION vs. UMASS 11-25-07 11-25-06 11-27-99 11-21-98 11-15-97 11-5-94
Division I Record: 2-4-0 @ Massachusetts MASSACHUSETTS MASSACHUSETTS @ Massachusetts MASSACHUSETTS @ Massachusetts
L 2-5 W 4-3 L 1-5 L 2-4 L 1-4 W 6-3
AGAINST HOCKEY EAST
GAME NOTES| 2
• This year Union takes on six Hockey East teams. • Entering Friday’s game, the Dutchmen hold a 3-1-1 record against Hockey East opponents on the season and are 14-2-2 in their last 18 games against Hockey East foes. • Union’s last game against a Hockey East opponent was a 4-0 win at #13/13 Merrimack. • All four of Brendan Taylor’s points this season (1 g, 3 a) have come against Hockey East opponents.
CAREER DAYS
NUMBERS GAME Overall ............................................................ 5-6-4 Home: ............................................................. 3-4-4 Away: .............................................................. 2-2-0 Neutral: .......................................................... .0-0-0 Conference: .................................................... 2-5-1 Conference Home: ......................................... 1-0-1 Conference Neutral: ....................................... 0-0-0 Coming off win: ............................................... 0-1-3 Coming off loss: ............................................. .0-4-0 Coming off tie: ................................................ 3-1-0 Against ranked opponents: ............................ .3-1-2 One goal games: ........................................... .0-3-0 Two goal games: ............................................ 2-0-0 Three goal games............................................ 2-2-0 Four or more goal games................................ 1-1-0 When scoring first............................................ 5-3-3 When opponent scores first ............................ 0-3-1 When leading after one................................... 3-1-1 When trailing after one.................................... 1-1-1 When tied after one......................................... 1-4-2 When leading after two.................................... 3-2-4 When trailing after two..................................... 0-4-0 When tied after two.......................................... 2-0-0 In overtime ...................................................... 0-2-4 When outshooting opponent .......................... .3-2-1 When being outshot ....................................... .2-4-3 When shots are tied ........................................ 0-0-0 When having 0-9 shots ................................... 0-0-0 When having 10-19 shots............................... .0-0-0 When having 20-29 shots ............................... 2-4-2 When having 30-39 shots ............................... 2-2-2 When having 40-49 shots ............................... 0-0-0 When having 50+ shots .................................. 0-0-0 Scoring on the power-play .............................. 1-6-1 Scoreless on the power-play ......................... .4-0-3 Allowing a power-play goal ............................ .0-4-2 Opponent scoreless on PP ............................. 4-2-2 Scoring a shorthanded goal............................. 0-0-1 Allowing a shorthanded goal ......................... .0-0-1 Having more penalty minutes ......................... 1-3-2 Having fewer penalty minutes ........................ 2-2-1 Penalty minutes are even ............................... 1-1-1 On Friday......................................................... 0-4-4 On Saturday..................................................... 6-3-0 In October........................................................ 2-3-3 In November.................................................... 2-3-0 In December................................................... .1-0-1 In January........................................................ 0-0-0 In February..................................................... .0-0-0 In March........................................................... 0-0-0
• Several players had career days over the weekend: Spencer Foo - Three assists, four points (vs. #8/8 Harvard) Ryan Scarfo - Two power-play goals (vs. #8/8 Harvard) Sebastian Vidmar - First goal (vs. #8/8 Harvard) Brett Supinski - First game-winning goal (vs. Dartmouth) Alex Sakellaropolous - Two shutouts in a season (vs. Dartmouth)
STAYING OUT OF TROUBLE
• Union is averaging two penalties and four penalty minutes per game over its last three contests. • The Dutchmen also feature one of the top penalty kills in the country at 88.0%. The Dutchmen are now 4-1-2 when they have six or fewer penalty minutes in a game.
AT THE DOT
• Union has been dominant in the face-off circle this season, winning draws at a 56.3% clip, which ranks second in the nation. • The Dutchmen have won more draws than their opponents in 12 of 15 games this season. • Mike Vecchione has led the way, winning 60.1% (197-of-328) this season. Spencer Foo is second with a 59.4% (107-of-180) success rate.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
STATISTICAL LEADERS UNION Points.........Spencer Foo................... 11 Goals .........Ryan Scarfo......................8 Assists.......Pontarelli/Wilkins..............6 PPG............Scarfo...............................4 GWG...........Five tied............................1 PIM.............Matt Wilkins....................40 Shots..........Foo.................................42 +/-...............Greg Campbell...............+4
UMass Points.........Dennis Kravchecnko............17 Goals .........Shane Walsh....................... 11 Assists.......Kravchenko..........................10 PPG............Kravchenko/Walsh/Plevy.......2 GWG...........Austin Plevy...........................3 PIM.............Three tied............................21 Shots..........Walsh...................................59 +/-...............Pigozzi/Trento......................+2
GOALTENDING LEADERS
GOALTENDING LEADERS
Wins........ Alex Sakellaropoulos.... 4 GAA......... Sakellaropoulos....... 2.15 SV%......... Sakellaropoulos....... .928 SO........... Sakellaropoulos.............. 2
Wins........ Nick Renyard.....................4 GAA......... Renyard........................3.21 SV%......... Renyard.........................907 SO........... n/a
TEAM COMPARISON (#) NCAA Rank
UNION UMASS Overall............................................ 5-6-4...................................................6-7-4 Home............................................... 3-4-4...................................................2-2-1 Road................................................ 2-2-0...................................................3-4-3 Conference..................................... 2-5-1...................................................2-4-4 Last 5.............................................. 2-1-2...................................................0-4-1 Goals For/Gm.............................. 2.67 (28).............................................2.76 (24) Goals Against/G.......................... 2.60 (25)...........................................3.47 (T-50) Power Play............................10/63 (15.9%/40)................................10/54 (18.5%/30) Penalty Kill............................44/50 (88.0%/10)................................49/60 (81.7%/30)
CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF DIVISION I HOCKEY | 1991-2016 |
3 | UNION HOCKEY
The Last Time Union...
ECAC HOCKEY STANDINGS
Team #2 Quinnipiac #10 Cornell #7 Harvard Rensselaer #13 St. Lawrence #15 Yale Dartmouth Princeton Brown Union Colgate Clarkson
League Pts. Overall 6-0-2 14 15-0-2 6-1-1 13 8-1-2 4-1-3 11 6-1-3 4-1-3 11 8-6-3 4-2-1 9 9-4-2 3-3-2 8 5-4-2 3-5-0 6 3-6-1 3-5-0 6 4-8-0 2-5-2 6 2-6-3 2-5-1 5 5-6-4 2-6-1 5 5-11-1 0-5-2 2 7-6-2
USCHO.COM DIVISION I MEN’S HOCKEY POLL DECEMBER 7, 2015
Rk. Team (1st Place Votes) 1 Providence(39) 2 Quinnipiac (10) 3 Boston College 4 North Dakota ( 1) 5 Nebraska-Omaha 6 St. Cloud State 7 Harvard 8 Massachusetts-Lowell 9 Michigan 10 Cornell 11 Denver 12 Boston University 13 St. Lawrence 14 Bowling Green 15 Yale 16 Penn State 17 Minnesota-Duluth 18 Notre Dame 19 Merrimack 20 Minnesota State
Record Points Last Wk. 11- 0-3 986 1 15- 0-2 951 3 13- 1-1 898 2 14- 2-2 867 4 12- 3-1 771 6 12- 4-0 742 7 6- 1-3 669 8 10- 3-4 629 5 8- 2-3 555 12 8- 1-2 514 15 7- 5-2 459 9 8- 5-3 455 11 9- 4-2 363 13 9- 3-5 325 14 5- 4-2 300 10 10- 2-3 276 19 7- 5-3 252 17 8- 4-4 182 20 6- 4-4 141 16 8- 6-4 60 NR
Others receiving votes: Michigan Tech 46, Robert Morris 23, Rensselaer 21, Holy Cross 7, Alaska-Anchorage 4, Michigan State 4.
USA TODAY/USA HOCKEY MAGAZINE D1 MEN’S HOCKEY POLL NOVEMBER 30, 2015
Rk. Team (1st Place Votes) Record Points Last Wk. 1 Providence College (21) 9-0-3 496 1 2 Quinnipiac University (11) 13-0-2 472 3 3 Boston College (2) 12-1-0 450 2 4 North Dakota 12-2-2 383 5 5 UMass Lowell 10-1-4 369 4 6. Nebraska-Omaha 11-2-1 329 6 7 St. Cloud State 11-3-0 323 7 8 Harvard 6-1-1 290 8 9 Denver 7-3-2 203 10 10 Yale 5-2-2 198 9 11 Michigan 7-2-2 155 11 12 Boston University 7-4-3 146 12 13 St. Lawrence 8-3-2 94 14 14 Cornell 6-1-2 93 15 15 Bowling Green 9-3-3 37 NR
Won at home .............................................................. 12/5/15 vs. Dartmouth (W, 3-0) Won on the road .................................................. 11/28/15 at #13 Merrimack (W, 4-0) Won at a neutral site .......................................................1/24/15 vs. Rensselaer (8-3) Played an overtime game ............................................12/4/15 vs. #8 Harvard (T, 4-4) Won in overtime ........................................................... 11/28/14 vs. Notre Dame (3-2) Lost in overtime ...............................................................11/4/15 vs. #10 Yale (L, 2-1) Defeated a ranked opponent ............................... 11/28/15 at #13 Merrimack (W, 4-0) Swept a home series ........... .........2/27-28/15 vs. #19 St. Lawrence (3-2), Clarkson (3-2) Was swept at home ............................. 11/13-14-/15 vs. Brown (2-3, ot), Yale (1-2,ot) Swept a series on the road .............................................3/6-7/15 at Cornell (4-2, 7-0) Was swept on the road ............................... 2/20-21/15 at Colgate (0-2), Cornell (1-2) Shut out an opponent at home ........................................ 12/5/15 vs. Dartmouth (3-0) Was shutout at home ..............................................................2/14/15 vs. Brown (0-1) Was shutout on the road ................................................... 2/20/15 at Colgate (L, 0-2) Was shutout at a neutral site ...................... ..... 3/25/11 vs. Minnesota-Duluth (L, 0-2) Shut out an opponent on the road ....................... 11/28/15 at #13 Merrimack (W, 4-0) Shut out at ECAC Hockey opponent........................... 12/5/15 vs. Dartmouth (W, 3-0) Was shut out by an ECAC Hockey opponent..................... 2/20/15 at Colgate (L, 0-2) Scored 5+ goals .................................................... 10/23/15 vs. #11 Michigan (T, 5-5) Allowed 5+ goals ................................................ 11/6/15 at #15 St. Lawrence (L, 3-6) Had 60+ shots on goal........................................................ 2/17/12 vs. Princeton (60) Allowed 60+ shots on goal ............................................ .......... 3/4/06 vs #2 Yale (61) Had 50-59 shots on goal ............................................................10/10/14 vs. AIC (50) Allowed 50-59 shots on goal ......................................3/13/15 vs. #11 Quinnipiac (50) Had 40-49 shots on goal ...........................................................12/5/14 at Brown (42) Allowed 40-49 shots on goal .............................................. 1/31/15 at Dartmouth (41) Had 30-39 shots on goal ............................................11/28/15 at #13 Merrimack (30) Allowed 30-39 shots on goal .............................................12/5/15 vs. Dartmouth (34) Had 20-29 shots on goal ............................................ 12/5/15 vs. Dartmouth (W, 3-0) Allowed 20-29 shots on goal ..................................... 11/28/15 at #13 Merrimack (23) Had
2015-2016
UNION COLLEGE
DUTCHMEN
2015-2016 Union Hockey Schedule
OCTOBER___________________________ 9 Sacred Heart T, 1-1 (ot) 10 #2/3 Boston University W, 5-3 16 Maine T, 1-1 (ot) 17 Maine W, 2-0 23 # 11/11 Michigan T, 5-5 (ot) 24 New Hampshire L, 5-2 30 Rensselaer * L, 5-1 31 at Rensselaer * L, 3-2 NOVEMBER__________________________ 6 at #14/15 St. Lawrence * L, 6-3 7 at Clarkson * W, 4-1 13 Brown * L, 3-2 (ot) 14 #9/10 Yale * L, 2-1 (ot) 28 at #13/13 Merrimack W, 4-0 DECEMBER__________________________ 4 #8/8 Harvard * T, 4-4 (ot) 5 Dartmouth * W, 3-0 11 at Massachusetts 7 p.m. 20 Vermont 4 p.m. JANUARY___________________________ 2 vs Merrimack # 4 p.m. 3 vs Robert Morris # 4 p.m. 7 at Quinnipiac * 7 p.m. 8 at Princeton * 7 p.m. 15 Colgate * 7 p.m. 16 Cornell * 7 p.m. 23 vs Rensselaer & 7:30 p.m. 29 at Yale * 7 p.m. 30 at Brown * 7 p.m. FEBRUARY __________________________ 5 Clarkson * 7 p.m. 6 St. Lawrence * 7 p.m. 12 at Dartmouth * 7:05 p.m. 13 at Harvard * 7 p.m. 19 Princeton * 7 p.m. 20 Quinnipiac * 7 p.m. 26 at Cornell * 7 p.m. 27 at Colgate * 2:30 p.m.
Home games in bold - all times Eastern * ECAC Hockey Opponent # 27th Annual Ledyard Cup (Hannover, N.H.) & 4th Annual District Mayor’s Cup (Times Union Center)
CLEARY CUP CHAMPIONS 2011, 2012, 2014
GAME NOTES
FOR IMMEDIATE RELASE: DEC. 10, 2015
Date........................... Dec. 11, 2015 Time...................................... 7 p.m. Location................ Amherst, Mass. Arena....................... Mullins Center Radio......................Sporty 1240 AM
Union
5-6-4 Overall 2-5-1 ECAC Hockey
University of Massachusetts
6-7-4 Overall 2-4-4 Hockey East
THIS WEEK
• Union is 1-2 in road games against UMass.
Union goes on the road to take on the University of Massachusetts on Friday in its final away game of 2015.
SCOUTING UMASS
• UMass was outscored 8-2 in back-to-back losses at #20 Notre Dame last weekend. • The Minutemen are winless in their last eight, going 0-5-3 in that span. • Their last win came Nov. 7 against UConn. • UMass has scored at least four goals in all six of its wins and is 0-4-3 when scoring fewer than four goals. • Dennis Kravchenko leads the team with 17 points and 10 assists. • Shane Walsh ranks tied for fourth in Division 1 with 11 goals • UMASS is allowing 3.47 goals per game, which ranks tied for 50th in Division I. • Freshman netminder Nic Renyard has played the majority of the minutes between the pipes, posting a 4-5-4 record with a 3.21 goals against average and a .907 save percentage in 14 appearances. Sophomore Henry Dill has a 2-2-0 record with a 3.74 goals against average and a .887 save percentage in five games.
SERIES AGAINST THE MINUTEMEN
• Friday’s matchup marks just the seventh meeting between the two teams in Union’s Division I era and the first since Nov. 25, 2007. • The Minutemen won the last matchup, 4-3, and own a 4-2 edge in the series.
WHITELAW CUP CHAMPIONS 2012, 2013, 2014
NCAA TOURNAMENT 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
LAST TIME OUT
• Union blanked Dartmouth, 3-0, for its second ECAC Hockey win of the season. • Alex Sakellaropoulos turned away 34 saves for the second consecutive game, including 15 in the third period, earning his second shutout in three games. • Brett Supinski scored what proved to be the game-winning goal just 3:48 into the first period. • Spencer Foo also tallied in the first period, giving him five points (1 g, 4a) for the weekend. • Mike Vecchione potted an empty netter to seal the win and also added an assist. • Nick DeSimone extended his point streak to five games with an assist against the Big Green.
NOTEWORTHY
• Ryan Scarfo scored two power play goals agianst Harvard, tying a program single-game record. The Crimson entered the game as one of the top penalty killing teams in the nation at 92.9%. • Foo’s three assists against Harvard rank tied for third in program history, while his four points place him tied for fourth on the program’s all-time list. • Sakellaropoulos has a 1.30 goals against average and a .958 save percentage in his last three games.
NCAA FROZEN FOUR 2012, 2014
NCAA CHAMPIONS 2014
UNION vs. UMASS 11-25-07 11-25-06 11-27-99 11-21-98 11-15-97 11-5-94
Division I Record: 2-4-0 @ Massachusetts MASSACHUSETTS MASSACHUSETTS @ Massachusetts MASSACHUSETTS @ Massachusetts
L 2-5 W 4-3 L 1-5 L 2-4 L 1-4 W 6-3
AGAINST HOCKEY EAST
GAME NOTES| 2
• This year Union takes on six Hockey East teams. • Entering Friday’s game, the Dutchmen hold a 3-1-1 record against Hockey East opponents on the season and are 14-2-2 in their last 18 games against Hockey East foes. • Union’s last game against a Hockey East opponent was a 4-0 win at #13/13 Merrimack. • All four of Brendan Taylor’s points this season (1 g, 3 a) have come against Hockey East opponents.
CAREER DAYS
NUMBERS GAME Overall ............................................................ 5-6-4 Home: ............................................................. 3-4-4 Away: .............................................................. 2-2-0 Neutral: .......................................................... .0-0-0 Conference: .................................................... 2-5-1 Conference Home: ......................................... 1-0-1 Conference Neutral: ....................................... 0-0-0 Coming off win: ............................................... 0-1-3 Coming off loss: ............................................. .0-4-0 Coming off tie: ................................................ 3-1-0 Against ranked opponents: ............................ .3-1-2 One goal games: ........................................... .0-3-0 Two goal games: ............................................ 2-0-0 Three goal games............................................ 2-2-0 Four or more goal games................................ 1-1-0 When scoring first............................................ 5-3-3 When opponent scores first ............................ 0-3-1 When leading after one................................... 3-1-1 When trailing after one.................................... 1-1-1 When tied after one......................................... 1-4-2 When leading after two.................................... 3-2-4 When trailing after two..................................... 0-4-0 When tied after two.......................................... 2-0-0 In overtime ...................................................... 0-2-4 When outshooting opponent .......................... .3-2-1 When being outshot ....................................... .2-4-3 When shots are tied ........................................ 0-0-0 When having 0-9 shots ................................... 0-0-0 When having 10-19 shots............................... .0-0-0 When having 20-29 shots ............................... 2-4-2 When having 30-39 shots ............................... 2-2-2 When having 40-49 shots ............................... 0-0-0 When having 50+ shots .................................. 0-0-0 Scoring on the power-play .............................. 1-6-1 Scoreless on the power-play ......................... .4-0-3 Allowing a power-play goal ............................ .0-4-2 Opponent scoreless on PP ............................. 4-2-2 Scoring a shorthanded goal............................. 0-0-1 Allowing a shorthanded goal ......................... .0-0-1 Having more penalty minutes ......................... 1-3-2 Having fewer penalty minutes ........................ 2-2-1 Penalty minutes are even ............................... 1-1-1 On Friday......................................................... 0-4-4 On Saturday..................................................... 6-3-0 In October........................................................ 2-3-3 In November.................................................... 2-3-0 In December................................................... .1-0-1 In January........................................................ 0-0-0 In February..................................................... .0-0-0 In March........................................................... 0-0-0
• Several players had career days over the weekend: Spencer Foo - Three assists, four points (vs. #8/8 Harvard) Ryan Scarfo - Two power-play goals (vs. #8/8 Harvard) Sebastian Vidmar - First goal (vs. #8/8 Harvard) Brett Supinski - First game-winning goal (vs. Dartmouth) Alex Sakellaropolous - Two shutouts in a season (vs. Dartmouth)
STAYING OUT OF TROUBLE
• Union is averaging two penalties and four penalty minutes per game over its last three contests. • The Dutchmen also feature one of the top penalty kills in the country at 88.0%. The Dutchmen are now 4-1-2 when they have six or fewer penalty minutes in a game.
AT THE DOT
• Union has been dominant in the face-off circle this season, winning draws at a 56.3% clip, which ranks second in the nation. • The Dutchmen have won more draws than their opponents in 12 of 15 games this season. • Mike Vecchione has led the way, winning 60.1% (197-of-328) this season. Spencer Foo is second with a 59.4% (107-of-180) success rate.
INSIDE THE MATCHUP
STATISTICAL LEADERS UNION Points.........Spencer Foo................... 11 Goals .........Ryan Scarfo......................8 Assists.......Pontarelli/Wilkins..............6 PPG............Scarfo...............................4 GWG...........Five tied............................1 PIM.............Matt Wilkins....................40 Shots..........Foo.................................42 +/-...............Greg Campbell...............+4
UMass Points.........Dennis Kravchecnko............17 Goals .........Shane Walsh....................... 11 Assists.......Kravchenko..........................10 PPG............Kravchenko/Walsh/Plevy.......2 GWG...........Austin Plevy...........................3 PIM.............Three tied............................21 Shots..........Walsh...................................59 +/-...............Pigozzi/Trento......................+2
GOALTENDING LEADERS
GOALTENDING LEADERS
Wins........ Alex Sakellaropoulos.... 4 GAA......... Sakellaropoulos....... 2.15 SV%......... Sakellaropoulos....... .928 SO........... Sakellaropoulos.............. 2
Wins........ Nick Renyard.....................4 GAA......... Renyard........................3.21 SV%......... Renyard.........................907 SO........... n/a
TEAM COMPARISON (#) NCAA Rank
UNION UMASS Overall............................................ 5-6-4...................................................6-7-4 Home............................................... 3-4-4...................................................2-2-1 Road................................................ 2-2-0...................................................3-4-3 Conference..................................... 2-5-1...................................................2-4-4 Last 5.............................................. 2-1-2...................................................0-4-1 Goals For/Gm.............................. 2.67 (28).............................................2.76 (24) Goals Against/G.......................... 2.60 (25)...........................................3.47 (T-50) Power Play............................10/63 (15.9%/40)................................10/54 (18.5%/30) Penalty Kill............................44/50 (88.0%/10)................................49/60 (81.7%/30)
CELEBRATING 25 YEARS OF DIVISION I HOCKEY | 1991-2016 |
3 | UNION HOCKEY
The Last Time Union...
ECAC HOCKEY STANDINGS
Team #2 Quinnipiac #10 Cornell #7 Harvard Rensselaer #13 St. Lawrence #15 Yale Dartmouth Princeton Brown Union Colgate Clarkson
League Pts. Overall 6-0-2 14 15-0-2 6-1-1 13 8-1-2 4-1-3 11 6-1-3 4-1-3 11 8-6-3 4-2-1 9 9-4-2 3-3-2 8 5-4-2 3-5-0 6 3-6-1 3-5-0 6 4-8-0 2-5-2 6 2-6-3 2-5-1 5 5-6-4 2-6-1 5 5-11-1 0-5-2 2 7-6-2
USCHO.COM DIVISION I MEN’S HOCKEY POLL DECEMBER 7, 2015
Rk. Team (1st Place Votes) 1 Providence(39) 2 Quinnipiac (10) 3 Boston College 4 North Dakota ( 1) 5 Nebraska-Omaha 6 St. Cloud State 7 Harvard 8 Massachusetts-Lowell 9 Michigan 10 Cornell 11 Denver 12 Boston University 13 St. Lawrence 14 Bowling Green 15 Yale 16 Penn State 17 Minnesota-Duluth 18 Notre Dame 19 Merrimack 20 Minnesota State
Record Points Last Wk. 11- 0-3 986 1 15- 0-2 951 3 13- 1-1 898 2 14- 2-2 867 4 12- 3-1 771 6 12- 4-0 742 7 6- 1-3 669 8 10- 3-4 629 5 8- 2-3 555 12 8- 1-2 514 15 7- 5-2 459 9 8- 5-3 455 11 9- 4-2 363 13 9- 3-5 325 14 5- 4-2 300 10 10- 2-3 276 19 7- 5-3 252 17 8- 4-4 182 20 6- 4-4 141 16 8- 6-4 60 NR
Others receiving votes: Michigan Tech 46, Robert Morris 23, Rensselaer 21, Holy Cross 7, Alaska-Anchorage 4, Michigan State 4.
USA TODAY/USA HOCKEY MAGAZINE D1 MEN’S HOCKEY POLL NOVEMBER 30, 2015
Rk. Team (1st Place Votes) Record Points Last Wk. 1 Providence College (21) 9-0-3 496 1 2 Quinnipiac University (11) 13-0-2 472 3 3 Boston College (2) 12-1-0 450 2 4 North Dakota 12-2-2 383 5 5 UMass Lowell 10-1-4 369 4 6. Nebraska-Omaha 11-2-1 329 6 7 St. Cloud State 11-3-0 323 7 8 Harvard 6-1-1 290 8 9 Denver 7-3-2 203 10 10 Yale 5-2-2 198 9 11 Michigan 7-2-2 155 11 12 Boston University 7-4-3 146 12 13 St. Lawrence 8-3-2 94 14 14 Cornell 6-1-2 93 15 15 Bowling Green 9-3-3 37 NR
Won at home .............................................................. 12/5/15 vs. Dartmouth (W, 3-0) Won on the road .................................................. 11/28/15 at #13 Merrimack (W, 4-0) Won at a neutral site .......................................................1/24/15 vs. Rensselaer (8-3) Played an overtime game ............................................12/4/15 vs. #8 Harvard (T, 4-4) Won in overtime ........................................................... 11/28/14 vs. Notre Dame (3-2) Lost in overtime ...............................................................11/4/15 vs. #10 Yale (L, 2-1) Defeated a ranked opponent ............................... 11/28/15 at #13 Merrimack (W, 4-0) Swept a home series ........... .........2/27-28/15 vs. #19 St. Lawrence (3-2), Clarkson (3-2) Was swept at home ............................. 11/13-14-/15 vs. Brown (2-3, ot), Yale (1-2,ot) Swept a series on the road .............................................3/6-7/15 at Cornell (4-2, 7-0) Was swept on the road ............................... 2/20-21/15 at Colgate (0-2), Cornell (1-2) Shut out an opponent at home ........................................ 12/5/15 vs. Dartmouth (3-0) Was shutout at home ..............................................................2/14/15 vs. Brown (0-1) Was shutout on the road ................................................... 2/20/15 at Colgate (L, 0-2) Was shutout at a neutral site ...................... ..... 3/25/11 vs. Minnesota-Duluth (L, 0-2) Shut out an opponent on the road ....................... 11/28/15 at #13 Merrimack (W, 4-0) Shut out at ECAC Hockey opponent........................... 12/5/15 vs. Dartmouth (W, 3-0) Was shut out by an ECAC Hockey opponent..................... 2/20/15 at Colgate (L, 0-2) Scored 5+ goals .................................................... 10/23/15 vs. #11 Michigan (T, 5-5) Allowed 5+ goals ................................................ 11/6/15 at #15 St. Lawrence (L, 3-6) Had 60+ shots on goal........................................................ 2/17/12 vs. Princeton (60) Allowed 60+ shots on goal ............................................ .......... 3/4/06 vs #2 Yale (61) Had 50-59 shots on goal ............................................................10/10/14 vs. AIC (50) Allowed 50-59 shots on goal ......................................3/13/15 vs. #11 Quinnipiac (50) Had 40-49 shots on goal ...........................................................12/5/14 at Brown (42) Allowed 40-49 shots on goal .............................................. 1/31/15 at Dartmouth (41) Had 30-39 shots on goal ............................................11/28/15 at #13 Merrimack (30) Allowed 30-39 shots on goal .............................................12/5/15 vs. Dartmouth (34) Had 20-29 shots on goal ............................................ 12/5/15 vs. Dartmouth (W, 3-0) Allowed 20-29 shots on goal ..................................... 11/28/15 at #13 Merrimack (23) Had
