HEADLINES Last week
For Immediate Release: Oct. 31, 2013 Contact: Daniel Jankowski | (518) 388-6377
this week Union (1-2-2) at Dartmouth (0-2-0)
Friday, Nov. 1, 7:00 p.m. Thompson Arena (4,500) Hanover, NH
Union at Harvard
Saturday, Nov. 2, 7:00 p.m. Bright Hockey Center (2,776) Cambridge, MA Live Stats: unionathletics.com Radio: WPTR-AM “CBS Sports Sporty 1240 AM” Matt Dubrey (play-by-play) Brian Unger (analysis)
practice schedule
Monday 3:25-5:15 p.m. Tuesday 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday 3:25-5:15 p.m Thursday 12:45-1:45 p.m.
COACHing staff Head Coach: Rick Bennett (Providence, 1990) Career Record: 49-23-14 (3 years) Associate Coach: Joe Dumais (Quinnipac, 2006) Assistant Coach: Jason Tapp (Boston U., 2002) Volunteer Assistant Coach: John Ronan (Maine, 2005)
HEADLINES Union College (1-2-2) opens ECAC Hockey play this week, traveling to Dartmouth (0-2-0) on Friday (Nov. 1) before facing Harvard (1-0-1) Saturday in Cambridge, MA. The Dutchmen have captured the Cleary Cup as ECAC regular season champions two of the past three seasons. Union has placed a lot of rubber on net the last two games, taking 49 shots against UConn (Oct. 25) and 48 against Lake Superior State (Oct. 19). Union has outshot opponents in all five games this season and is averaging 37.4 shots per game. Opposing teams, meanwhile, are averaging 22.0 shots against. Senior F Kevin Sullivan’s breakout year has him sharing top honors in scoring among ECAC players with nine points -- all coming on assists. He needs just one more assist to match his career high of 10 (accomplished last season). The Darien, CT native is also six points shy of equaling his best season for points (15), established last year. Senior Daniel Carr stands as the NCAA’s top iron man, having appeared in 126 consecutive games, according to collegehockeystats.net. Carr, who has not missed a game during his career, holds a slight lead over Chase Balisy of Western Michigan (125), Michael Mersh of Wisconsin (124) and Minnesota’s Nate Condon (123). Carr, incidentally, ranks fifth in career scoring among active players with 113 points (58 goals, 55 assists). Tickets are now on sale for the second annual Mayor’s Cup game between Union and RPI on Jan. 25 at the Times Union Center in Albany. Tickets, priced at $10 for students and youths and $15 for adults, may be purchased online at UnionAthletics.com.
Last week In their road debut, the Dutchmen skated to a 2-2 overtime tie at Connecticut. Union built a 2-0 first period lead behind goals from Mark Bennett (1st) and Mike Vecchione (2nd). UConn answered with a pair of goals in the second period then held on for the tie after being outshot, 49-23. Union was held scoreless (0-for-2) on the power play for the first time this season as only four penalties were called in the game.
UNION NOTEBOOK Junior G Colin Stevens took part in his first practice last week since suffering an upper body injury just seven minutes into the season opener. He dressed as the backup at UConn and is listed as day-to-day ... Freshman F Michael Pontarelli continues to lead the nation in power play goals with four PPGs in five games (0.80 avg). He also ranks fifth among rookie scorers nationally (1.40 ppg) ... The Dutchmen sport the sixth-best power play percentage (29 percent, 9-for-31) in the country ... Union returns home next week (Nov. 8-9) to host Colgate and Cornell.
STREAKS & milestones u Coach Rick Bennett’s next win will be the 50th for his career. u Daniel Carr needs one goal to equal the school’s all-time Division I record held by Mario Valey-Trabucco (2006-10). u Mat Bodie is three assists shy of tying Jason Walters (2006-10 for fourth place in Division I career assists at Union.
SCOUTING REPORTS Dartmouth opened its 2013-14 campaign last week at the inaugural Liberty Invitational held Oct. 25-26 in Newark, NJ. The Big Green lost the opener to Princeton, 3-2, in overtime despite owning a 40-20 shot advantage. Eric Neiley forced overtime by scoring an extra attacker goal with 37 seconds left in regulation. Dartmouth lost to Brown,
5-2, in the third place game, rallying from three separate deficits only to give up a pair of goals in the closing minutes. Head coach Bob Gaudet is in his 26th season in Hanover and owns a career record of 327-370-90. Harvard opened ECAC action with a 3-3 overtime tie at No. 10 Rensselaer Tuesday night (Oct. 29). The Crimson fell behind, 3-0, in the first period before rallying to knot the contest mid-way through the third period. Harvard features nine NHL draft picks on its roster, with the highest selection belonging to sophomore forward Brian Hart, a second round pick (53rd overall) of the Tampa Bay Lighting in 2012. The Crimson dressed 13 underclassmen (out of 19 players in the lineup) against RPI. Head Coach Ted Donato owns a 10-year record of 127-139-36.
Series historIES Dartmouth leads the all-time series versus Union, 24-19-7. The teams met four times last year with Union sweeping a quarterfinal series in the ECAC Tournament to end the Big Green’s season. 2012-13: 11/10/12 at Dartmouth 02/01/13 at Union 03/15/13 at Union 03/16/13 at Union
L, 2-3 T, 2-2 W, 4-1 W, 5-2
Harvard owns a 30-11-4 lifetime advantage against Union, although the Dutchmen captured both games last season. 2012-13: 11/09/12 at Harvard 01/22/13 at Union
W, 6-2 W, 4-1
2013-14 SCHEDULE (1-2-2) O.11 BOWLING GREEN O.12 BOWLING GREEN
T 3-3 (OT) W 5-2
O.18 LAKE SUPERIOR STATE O.19 LAKE SUPERIOR STATE
L 5-6 (OT) L 2-3
O.25 @ Connecticut
T 2-2 (OT)
N.1 @ Dartmouth # N.2 @ Harvard #
7:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M.
N.8 COLGATE # N.9 CORNELL #
7:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M.
N.15 RPI # N.16 @ RPI #
7:30 P.M. 7:00 P.M.
N.30 @ Penn State D.1 @ Penn State
7:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M.
D.6 PRINCETON # D.7 QUINNIPAC #
7:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M.
D.11 DARTHMOUTH # D.13 @ St. Cloud State D.14 @ St. Cloud State
7:00 P.M. 8:37 P.M. 8:07 P.M.
J.10 @ Quinnipiac # J.11 @ Princeton #
7:00 P.M. 4:00 P.M.
J.17 @ New Hampshire J.18 @ New Hampshire
7:30 P.M. 7:00 P.M.
J.24 HARVARD # J.25 vs. RPI (Mayor’s Cup)
7:00 P.M. 7:30 P.M.
J.31 @ St. Lawrence # F.1 @ Clarkson #
7:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M.
F.7 F.8
BROWN # YALE #
7:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M.
F.14 @ Cornell # F.15 @ Colgate #
7:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M.
F.21 CLARKSON # F.22 ST. LAWRENCE #
7:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M.
F.28 @ Yale # M.1 @ Brown #
7:00 P.M. 4:00 P.M.
# ECAC contests
No. 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 28 30 31
Name Alex Sakellaropoulos Jeff Taylor Alex Gonye Matt Krug Charlie Vasaturo Michael Pontarelli Nick Cruice Daniel Carr (a) Mark Bennett Sam Coatta Eli Lichtenwald Theo DiPauli Shayne Gostisbehere (a) Matt Hatch Kevin Sullivan Daniel Ciampini Max Novak Matt Wilkins Griffyn Martin Mike Vecchione Mat Bodie (c) Cole Ikkala (a) Sebastien Gingras David Roy Noah Henry Colin Stevens Dillon Pieri
Pos. G D F D D F F F F F F F D F F F F F D F D F D F D G G
Cl. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. So. Sr. Jr. Jr. Fr. So. Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. Sr. Sr. So. So. Fr. Jr. Jr.
Ht. 6-2 6-0 6-1 6-0 6-2 5-8 6-0 6-0 6-0 5-9 6-6 5-9 5-11 6-0 6-0 5-11 6-0 5-11 6-0 5-10 6-0 6-0 6-1 6-4 6-0 6-2 6-0
Wt. S/C DOB 215 L 05/02/94 180 L 04/13/94 175 L 02/10/94 198 L 07/09/92 200 R 12/07/90 172 R 12/22/93 190 R 12/11/92 195 L 11/01/91 195 R 07/21/91 180 R 04/09/90 235 L 06/09/92 180 L 02/28/93 170 L 04/20/93 185 L 05/22/90 185 L 01/25/91 185 L 11/25/90 190 R 04/15/91 190 L 01/26/91 187 L 03/19/94 195 R 02/25/93 165 L 03/07/90 205 L 07/27/90 190 R 03/12/91 205 R 02/09/92 195 R 03/04/94 175 L 06/30/93 170 L 03/08/92
Head Coach: Rick Bennett (third year) Assistant Coach: Joe Dumais (third year) Assistant Coach: Jason Tapp (third year) Volunteer Assistant Coach: John Ronan (first year) Athletic Trainer: Cheryl Rockwood Equipment Manager: Dave Baglio Coordinator of Hockey Operations: Phil Cohn Student Manager/Video Coordinator: Matthew Steinberg
Hometown / Last Team (League) Tinley Park, IL / Chicago Steel (USHL) Clifton Park, NY / Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL) New Canaan, CT / Deerfield Academy South Buffalo, NY / Indiana Ice (USHL) Sewell, NJ / Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL) Laval, QC / Cornwall Colts (CCHL) Dresher, PA / South Shore Kings (EJHL) Sherwood Park, AB / Powell River Kings (BCHL) Oakville, ON / Oakville Blades (OJHL) Minnetonka, MN / Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) Saskatoon, SK / Nipawin Hawks (SJHL) Downers Grove, IL / Chicago Steel (USHL) Margate, FL / South Kent School Massena, NY / Alberni Valley Bulldogs (BCHL) Darien, CT / Berkshire School Concord, ON / St. Michael’s Buzzers (OJHL) Oak Ridge, NJ / New Jersey Hitmen (EJHL) Kimberley, BC / Brooks Bandits (AJHL) Southport, CT / Avon Old Farms Saugus, MA / Tri-City Storm (USHL) East St. Paul, MB/ Powell River Kings (BCHL) McKinney, TX / Vernon Vipers (BCHL) Pierrefonds, QC / Brockville Braves (CJHL) Cumberland, ON / Brockville Braves (CJHL) Seattle, WA / Powell River Kings (BCHL) Niskayuna, NY / Boston Junior Bruins (EJHL) Needham, MA / Boston Advantage Midget Major
PRONUNCIATIONS
Bodie BOWE-dee Ciampini CHAMP-ee-nee Coatta COH-ta Cruice Croos Gingras JIN-grah Gonye GON-yay Gostisbehere GOSS-tiss-bear Ikkala ick-AH-la Krug Kroog Roy Roye Sakellaropoulos SUH-kel-uh-ra-pol-iss Vecchione VECK-ee-own-ee
2013-14 game summaries Game #1 October 11, 2013 Messa Rink Schenectady, N.Y. Bowling Green 0 3 0 0 – 3 #15/16 Union 2 1 0 0 – 3 1st: UC, Eli Lichtenwald 1 (Kevin Sullivan, Michael Pontarelli) 9:52 PP; UC, Matt Hatch 1 (Kevin Sullivan) 18:45. 2nd: BG, Dan DeSalvo 1 (Kevin Dufour, Sean Walker), 6:22; BG, Pierre-Luc Mercier 1 (Mark Cooper) 8:11; UC, Daniel Carr 1 (Michaell Pontarelli), 13:04 PP; BG, Bryce Williamson 1 (Adam Berkle, Ralfs Freibergs) 18:04 PP. 3rd: none Shots on Goal Bowling Green 8 7 8 2 – 25 #15/16 Union 8 10 6 3 – 27 Saves BG, Tommy Burke 6 9 6 3 – 24 UC, Colin Stevens 1 x x x – 1 UC, A. Sakellaropoulos 7 4 8 2 – 21 Att: 1,921 Game #2 October 12, 2013 Messa Rink Schenectady, N.Y. Bowling Green 1 0 1 – 2 Union 1 2 2 – 5 1st: UC, Daniel Ciampini 1 (Shayne Gostisbehere, Daniel Car), 1:24; BG, Mat Pohlkamp 1 (unassisted), 12:12. 2nd: UC, Daniel Carr 2 (Kevin Sullivan, Shayne Gostisbehere), 6:50 PP; UC, Nick Cruice 1 (Daniel Ciampini, Jeff Taylor), 11:29 PP. 3rd: UC, Michael Pontarelli 1 (Shayne Gostisbehere), 0:51 PP; UC, Michael Pontarelli 2 (Kevin Sullivan, Mat Bodie), 7:53 PP; BG, Mark Cooper 1 (Cam Wojtala, Mike Sullivan), 10:28 PP. Shots on Goal Bowling Green 6 7 9 – 22 Union 14 10 5 – 29 Saves BG, Tomas Sholl 13 8 3 – 24 UC, A. Sakellaropoulos 5 7 8 – 20 Att: 2,198
Game #3 October 18, 2013 Messa Rink Schenectady, N.Y. Lake Superior State 2 1 2 1 – 6 #15/16 Union 3 1 1 0 – 5 1st: UC, Daniel Ciampini 2 (Daniel Carr, Michael Pontarelli), 1:00; LS, Bryce Schmitt 1 (Zach Sternberg, Stephen Perfetto), 10:42; UC, Matt Hatch 2 (Kevin Sullivan, 12:43; LS, Kevin Czuczman 2 (Alex Globke, Stephen Perfetto), 14:53; UC, Mike Vecchione 1 (Kevin Sullivan, Mat Bodie), 16:16. 2nd: LS, Andrew Perrault 1 (Alex Globke, Dan Radke), 0:22; UC, Michael Pontarelli 3 (Kevin Sullivan, Daniel Carr), 9:23 PP. 3rd: LS, Zach Sternberg 1 (Stephen Perfetto, Colin Campbell), 0:29 PP; LS, Andrew Dommett 2 (Kevin Czuczman, Garret Clemment), 2:10 PP; UC, Shayne Gostisbehere 1 (Mike Vecchione, Daniel Ciampini), 6:55. OT: LS, Stephen Perfetto 1 (Zach Sternberg, Colin Campbell, 1:16. Shots on Goal Lake Superior State 6 8 8 1 – 23 Union 10 14 10 0 – 34 Saves LS, Kevin Murdock 7 13 9 0 – 29 – 17 UC, A. Sakellaropoulos 4 7 6 0 Att: 1,542 Game #4 October 19, 2013 Messa Rink Schenectady, N.Y. Lake Superior State 1 2 0 – 3 #15/16 Union 0 2 0 – 2 1st: LS, Eric Drapluk 1 (Dan Radke, Stephen Perfetto), 19:22. 2nd: LS, Daniel Vernace 1 (Bryce Schmitt), 8:23; UC, Matt Wilkins 1 (Mat Bodie, Daniel Carr), 11:19 PP; LS, Colin Campbell 1 (Pete Spratte, Alex Globke), 12:56; UC, Michael Pontarelli 4 (Mat Bodie, Kevin Sullivan), 19:04 PP. 3rd: none Shots on Goal Lake Superior State 5 7 5 – 17 Union 10 19 19 – 48 Saves LS, Kevin Kapalka 10 17 19 – 46 UC, A. Sakellaropoulos 4 4 0 – 8 UC, Pieri x 1 5 – 6 Att: 1,429
Game #5 October 25, 2013 Freitas Ice Forum Storrs, CT Union 2 0 0 0 – 2 Connecticut 0 2 0 0 – 2 1st: UC, Mark Bennett 1 (Sam Coatta, Cole Ikkala), 8:20; UC, Mike Vecchione 2 (Mat Bodie, Kevin Sullivan), 17:24. 2nd: C, Billy Latta 1 (Jordan Sims, Tyler Cooke), 6:17; C, Tyler Bouchard 1 (Brent Norris), 12:35. 3rd: none Shots on Goal Union 16 19 11 3 – 49 Connecticut 6 12 5 0 – 23 Saves UC, A. Sakellaropoulos 6 10 5 0 – 21 C, Matt Grogan 14 19 11 3 – 47 Att: 1,048
THE LAST TIME ...
Union defeated a ranked opponent 3/30/13 vs. #6 Boston College (W, 5-1) Union swept a weekend series 3/15-16/13 vs. Dartmouth (4-1, 5-2) Union lost a weekend series 10/18-19/13 vs. Lake Superior State (5-6, 2-3) Union swept a series at home 3/15-16/13 vs. Dartmouth (4-1, 5-2) Union was swept at home 10/18-19/13 vs. Lake Superior State (5-6, 2-3) Union swept a series on the road 10/12-13/12 at Bowling Green (5-3, 4-1) Union was swept on the road 2/22-23/13 at Colgate, Cornell (1-4, 2-4) Union scored five or more goals 10/18/13 vs. Lake Superior State (L, 5-6) Union allowed five or more goals 10/18/13 vs. Lake Superior State (L, 5-6) Union had 60 or more shots on goal 2/17/12 vs. Princeton (60) Union allowed 60 or more shots on goal 3/4/06 vs #2 Yale (61) Union had 50 or more shots on goal 10/29/11 vs. AIC (58) Union allowed 50 or more shots on goal 3/12/10 vs. Quinnipiac (55) A Union player scored four goals 10/9/10 vs. Sacred Heart (Zajac) A Union player recorded a hat trick 2/25/12 at #20 Colgate (Carr) An opposing player recorded a hat trick 3/31/13 vs. #1 Quinnipiac (Peca) A Union goaltender made 50 or more saves 3/12/10 vs. Quinnipiac (Kinkaid, 52) A Union goaltender made 40 or more saves 3/14/09 at Princeton (Milan, 44) An opposing goaltender recorded a shutout 11/30/12 vs. #16 Quinnipiac (Hartzell, 33) An opposing goaltender made 50 or more saves 10/29/11 vs. AIC (Meisner, 53) An opposing goaltender made 40 or more saves 10/25/13 at Connecticut (Grogan, 47)
Union College Combined Team Statistics (as of Oct 27, 2013) All games Date 10-11-13 10-12-13 10-18-13 10-19-13 10-25-13
Opponent BOWLING GREEN BOWLING GREEN LAKE SUPERIOR STATE LAKE SUPERIOR STATE at Connecticut
TEAM STATISTICS SHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts Shot pct. Goals/Gam e Sh o t s / G a m e POWER PLAYS Goals-Power Plays Conversion Percent Shot Attempts Shot Percent GOAL BREAKDOWN Power Play Sh o rt -h a n d e d Empty net Penalty Unassisted Overtime Sh o o t o u t Delayed Penalty PENALTIES Num ber Minutes Pe n a l t i e s / G a m e Pen minutes/Game SHOOTOUTS (Made-Att)
Att. 1921 2198 1542 1429 1048
Record: ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE
UNIONM
OPP
17-187 .091 3.4 37.4
16-110 .145 3.2 22.0
9-31 .290 29 .310
4-20 .200 23 .174
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
25 50 5.0 10.0 0-0
34 71 6.8 14.2 0-0
16 7 9 22 17 14 21 15 10 8 12 19 11 23 2 13 24 3 28 5 20 6
Score 3-3 5-2 5-6 2-3 2-2
Tot W Lot L Tot
##
Player
##
Goalie
31 30 1 TM
Overall 1-2-2 0-0-0 1-2-2 gp
Kevin Sullivan Michael Pontarelli Daniel Carr Mat Bodie Daniel Ciampini Shayne Gostisbehere Mike Vecchione Matt Hatch Mark Bennett Nick Cruice Eli Lichtenwald Matt Wilkins Sam Coatta Cole Ikkala Jeff Taylor Theo DiPauli Sebastien Gingras Alex Gonye Noah Henry Matt Krug Griffyn Martin Charlie Vasaturo Total Opponents Dillon Pieri Colin Stevens Alex Sakellaropoulos EMPTY NET Total Opponents
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 1 2 5 5 5 2 2 5 5 2 1 5 5 5
gp
Home 1-2-1 0-0-0 1-2-1 g
0 4 2 0 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 16 min
1 1 5 2 5 5
25:33 6:12 277:24 2:07 311:16 311:16
Attendance Summary Total Dates/Avg Per Date Neutral Site #/Avg
a
Away 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-1
pts
9 3 4 5 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 27
ga
0 0 16 0 16 17
sh
sh% pen-min
9 12 7 14 6 16 5 12 4 14 4 32 3 9 2 10 1 8 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 13 1 9 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 6 0 3 0 0 0 9 47 187 43 110
.000 2-4 .286 0-0 .125 1-2 .000 4-8 .143 3-6 .031 3-6 .222 0-0 .200 2-4 .125 2-4 .333 0-0 .333 0-0 .333 1-2 .000 0-0 .000 2-4 .000 0-0 .000 2-4 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2-4 .091 25-50 .145 34-71
gaavg
saves save% 6 1.000 1 1.000
0.00 0.00 3.46 3.08 3.28
87 0 94 170
UNIONM
1048 1/1048
Goals by Period Union College Opponents
1st
2nd
3rd
OT
Total 17 16
Saves by Period Union College Opponents
1st
2nd
3rd
OT
Total 94 170
27 50
6 8
33 66
3 3
32 48
0 1 2 6
.845 .000 .855 .909
Opponent
7090 4/1772 0/0
8 4
Neutral 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 pp sh
0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4
w-l-t
0-0-0 0-0-0 1-2-2 0-0-0 1-2-2 2-1-2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
this week Union (1-2-2) at Dartmouth (0-2-0)
Friday, Nov. 1, 7:00 p.m. Thompson Arena (4,500) Hanover, NH
Union at Harvard
Saturday, Nov. 2, 7:00 p.m. Bright Hockey Center (2,776) Cambridge, MA Live Stats: unionathletics.com Radio: WPTR-AM “CBS Sports Sporty 1240 AM” Matt Dubrey (play-by-play) Brian Unger (analysis)
practice schedule
Monday 3:25-5:15 p.m. Tuesday 5:30-7:30 p.m. Wednesday 3:25-5:15 p.m Thursday 12:45-1:45 p.m.
COACHing staff Head Coach: Rick Bennett (Providence, 1990) Career Record: 49-23-14 (3 years) Associate Coach: Joe Dumais (Quinnipac, 2006) Assistant Coach: Jason Tapp (Boston U., 2002) Volunteer Assistant Coach: John Ronan (Maine, 2005)
HEADLINES Union College (1-2-2) opens ECAC Hockey play this week, traveling to Dartmouth (0-2-0) on Friday (Nov. 1) before facing Harvard (1-0-1) Saturday in Cambridge, MA. The Dutchmen have captured the Cleary Cup as ECAC regular season champions two of the past three seasons. Union has placed a lot of rubber on net the last two games, taking 49 shots against UConn (Oct. 25) and 48 against Lake Superior State (Oct. 19). Union has outshot opponents in all five games this season and is averaging 37.4 shots per game. Opposing teams, meanwhile, are averaging 22.0 shots against. Senior F Kevin Sullivan’s breakout year has him sharing top honors in scoring among ECAC players with nine points -- all coming on assists. He needs just one more assist to match his career high of 10 (accomplished last season). The Darien, CT native is also six points shy of equaling his best season for points (15), established last year. Senior Daniel Carr stands as the NCAA’s top iron man, having appeared in 126 consecutive games, according to collegehockeystats.net. Carr, who has not missed a game during his career, holds a slight lead over Chase Balisy of Western Michigan (125), Michael Mersh of Wisconsin (124) and Minnesota’s Nate Condon (123). Carr, incidentally, ranks fifth in career scoring among active players with 113 points (58 goals, 55 assists). Tickets are now on sale for the second annual Mayor’s Cup game between Union and RPI on Jan. 25 at the Times Union Center in Albany. Tickets, priced at $10 for students and youths and $15 for adults, may be purchased online at UnionAthletics.com.
Last week In their road debut, the Dutchmen skated to a 2-2 overtime tie at Connecticut. Union built a 2-0 first period lead behind goals from Mark Bennett (1st) and Mike Vecchione (2nd). UConn answered with a pair of goals in the second period then held on for the tie after being outshot, 49-23. Union was held scoreless (0-for-2) on the power play for the first time this season as only four penalties were called in the game.
UNION NOTEBOOK Junior G Colin Stevens took part in his first practice last week since suffering an upper body injury just seven minutes into the season opener. He dressed as the backup at UConn and is listed as day-to-day ... Freshman F Michael Pontarelli continues to lead the nation in power play goals with four PPGs in five games (0.80 avg). He also ranks fifth among rookie scorers nationally (1.40 ppg) ... The Dutchmen sport the sixth-best power play percentage (29 percent, 9-for-31) in the country ... Union returns home next week (Nov. 8-9) to host Colgate and Cornell.
STREAKS & milestones u Coach Rick Bennett’s next win will be the 50th for his career. u Daniel Carr needs one goal to equal the school’s all-time Division I record held by Mario Valey-Trabucco (2006-10). u Mat Bodie is three assists shy of tying Jason Walters (2006-10 for fourth place in Division I career assists at Union.
SCOUTING REPORTS Dartmouth opened its 2013-14 campaign last week at the inaugural Liberty Invitational held Oct. 25-26 in Newark, NJ. The Big Green lost the opener to Princeton, 3-2, in overtime despite owning a 40-20 shot advantage. Eric Neiley forced overtime by scoring an extra attacker goal with 37 seconds left in regulation. Dartmouth lost to Brown,
5-2, in the third place game, rallying from three separate deficits only to give up a pair of goals in the closing minutes. Head coach Bob Gaudet is in his 26th season in Hanover and owns a career record of 327-370-90. Harvard opened ECAC action with a 3-3 overtime tie at No. 10 Rensselaer Tuesday night (Oct. 29). The Crimson fell behind, 3-0, in the first period before rallying to knot the contest mid-way through the third period. Harvard features nine NHL draft picks on its roster, with the highest selection belonging to sophomore forward Brian Hart, a second round pick (53rd overall) of the Tampa Bay Lighting in 2012. The Crimson dressed 13 underclassmen (out of 19 players in the lineup) against RPI. Head Coach Ted Donato owns a 10-year record of 127-139-36.
Series historIES Dartmouth leads the all-time series versus Union, 24-19-7. The teams met four times last year with Union sweeping a quarterfinal series in the ECAC Tournament to end the Big Green’s season. 2012-13: 11/10/12 at Dartmouth 02/01/13 at Union 03/15/13 at Union 03/16/13 at Union
L, 2-3 T, 2-2 W, 4-1 W, 5-2
Harvard owns a 30-11-4 lifetime advantage against Union, although the Dutchmen captured both games last season. 2012-13: 11/09/12 at Harvard 01/22/13 at Union
W, 6-2 W, 4-1
2013-14 SCHEDULE (1-2-2) O.11 BOWLING GREEN O.12 BOWLING GREEN
T 3-3 (OT) W 5-2
O.18 LAKE SUPERIOR STATE O.19 LAKE SUPERIOR STATE
L 5-6 (OT) L 2-3
O.25 @ Connecticut
T 2-2 (OT)
N.1 @ Dartmouth # N.2 @ Harvard #
7:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M.
N.8 COLGATE # N.9 CORNELL #
7:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M.
N.15 RPI # N.16 @ RPI #
7:30 P.M. 7:00 P.M.
N.30 @ Penn State D.1 @ Penn State
7:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M.
D.6 PRINCETON # D.7 QUINNIPAC #
7:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M.
D.11 DARTHMOUTH # D.13 @ St. Cloud State D.14 @ St. Cloud State
7:00 P.M. 8:37 P.M. 8:07 P.M.
J.10 @ Quinnipiac # J.11 @ Princeton #
7:00 P.M. 4:00 P.M.
J.17 @ New Hampshire J.18 @ New Hampshire
7:30 P.M. 7:00 P.M.
J.24 HARVARD # J.25 vs. RPI (Mayor’s Cup)
7:00 P.M. 7:30 P.M.
J.31 @ St. Lawrence # F.1 @ Clarkson #
7:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M.
F.7 F.8
BROWN # YALE #
7:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M.
F.14 @ Cornell # F.15 @ Colgate #
7:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M.
F.21 CLARKSON # F.22 ST. LAWRENCE #
7:00 P.M. 7:00 P.M.
F.28 @ Yale # M.1 @ Brown #
7:00 P.M. 4:00 P.M.
# ECAC contests
No. 1 2 3 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 26 28 30 31
Name Alex Sakellaropoulos Jeff Taylor Alex Gonye Matt Krug Charlie Vasaturo Michael Pontarelli Nick Cruice Daniel Carr (a) Mark Bennett Sam Coatta Eli Lichtenwald Theo DiPauli Shayne Gostisbehere (a) Matt Hatch Kevin Sullivan Daniel Ciampini Max Novak Matt Wilkins Griffyn Martin Mike Vecchione Mat Bodie (c) Cole Ikkala (a) Sebastien Gingras David Roy Noah Henry Colin Stevens Dillon Pieri
Pos. G D F D D F F F F F F F D F F F F F D F D F D F D G G
Cl. Fr. Fr. Fr. Fr. Jr. Fr. So. Sr. Jr. Jr. Fr. So. Jr. Sr. Sr. Jr. Jr. So. Fr. Fr. Sr. Sr. So. So. Fr. Jr. Jr.
Ht. 6-2 6-0 6-1 6-0 6-2 5-8 6-0 6-0 6-0 5-9 6-6 5-9 5-11 6-0 6-0 5-11 6-0 5-11 6-0 5-10 6-0 6-0 6-1 6-4 6-0 6-2 6-0
Wt. S/C DOB 215 L 05/02/94 180 L 04/13/94 175 L 02/10/94 198 L 07/09/92 200 R 12/07/90 172 R 12/22/93 190 R 12/11/92 195 L 11/01/91 195 R 07/21/91 180 R 04/09/90 235 L 06/09/92 180 L 02/28/93 170 L 04/20/93 185 L 05/22/90 185 L 01/25/91 185 L 11/25/90 190 R 04/15/91 190 L 01/26/91 187 L 03/19/94 195 R 02/25/93 165 L 03/07/90 205 L 07/27/90 190 R 03/12/91 205 R 02/09/92 195 R 03/04/94 175 L 06/30/93 170 L 03/08/92
Head Coach: Rick Bennett (third year) Assistant Coach: Joe Dumais (third year) Assistant Coach: Jason Tapp (third year) Volunteer Assistant Coach: John Ronan (first year) Athletic Trainer: Cheryl Rockwood Equipment Manager: Dave Baglio Coordinator of Hockey Operations: Phil Cohn Student Manager/Video Coordinator: Matthew Steinberg
Hometown / Last Team (League) Tinley Park, IL / Chicago Steel (USHL) Clifton Park, NY / Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL) New Canaan, CT / Deerfield Academy South Buffalo, NY / Indiana Ice (USHL) Sewell, NJ / Salmon Arm Silverbacks (BCHL) Laval, QC / Cornwall Colts (CCHL) Dresher, PA / South Shore Kings (EJHL) Sherwood Park, AB / Powell River Kings (BCHL) Oakville, ON / Oakville Blades (OJHL) Minnetonka, MN / Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) Saskatoon, SK / Nipawin Hawks (SJHL) Downers Grove, IL / Chicago Steel (USHL) Margate, FL / South Kent School Massena, NY / Alberni Valley Bulldogs (BCHL) Darien, CT / Berkshire School Concord, ON / St. Michael’s Buzzers (OJHL) Oak Ridge, NJ / New Jersey Hitmen (EJHL) Kimberley, BC / Brooks Bandits (AJHL) Southport, CT / Avon Old Farms Saugus, MA / Tri-City Storm (USHL) East St. Paul, MB/ Powell River Kings (BCHL) McKinney, TX / Vernon Vipers (BCHL) Pierrefonds, QC / Brockville Braves (CJHL) Cumberland, ON / Brockville Braves (CJHL) Seattle, WA / Powell River Kings (BCHL) Niskayuna, NY / Boston Junior Bruins (EJHL) Needham, MA / Boston Advantage Midget Major
PRONUNCIATIONS
Bodie BOWE-dee Ciampini CHAMP-ee-nee Coatta COH-ta Cruice Croos Gingras JIN-grah Gonye GON-yay Gostisbehere GOSS-tiss-bear Ikkala ick-AH-la Krug Kroog Roy Roye Sakellaropoulos SUH-kel-uh-ra-pol-iss Vecchione VECK-ee-own-ee
2013-14 game summaries Game #1 October 11, 2013 Messa Rink Schenectady, N.Y. Bowling Green 0 3 0 0 – 3 #15/16 Union 2 1 0 0 – 3 1st: UC, Eli Lichtenwald 1 (Kevin Sullivan, Michael Pontarelli) 9:52 PP; UC, Matt Hatch 1 (Kevin Sullivan) 18:45. 2nd: BG, Dan DeSalvo 1 (Kevin Dufour, Sean Walker), 6:22; BG, Pierre-Luc Mercier 1 (Mark Cooper) 8:11; UC, Daniel Carr 1 (Michaell Pontarelli), 13:04 PP; BG, Bryce Williamson 1 (Adam Berkle, Ralfs Freibergs) 18:04 PP. 3rd: none Shots on Goal Bowling Green 8 7 8 2 – 25 #15/16 Union 8 10 6 3 – 27 Saves BG, Tommy Burke 6 9 6 3 – 24 UC, Colin Stevens 1 x x x – 1 UC, A. Sakellaropoulos 7 4 8 2 – 21 Att: 1,921 Game #2 October 12, 2013 Messa Rink Schenectady, N.Y. Bowling Green 1 0 1 – 2 Union 1 2 2 – 5 1st: UC, Daniel Ciampini 1 (Shayne Gostisbehere, Daniel Car), 1:24; BG, Mat Pohlkamp 1 (unassisted), 12:12. 2nd: UC, Daniel Carr 2 (Kevin Sullivan, Shayne Gostisbehere), 6:50 PP; UC, Nick Cruice 1 (Daniel Ciampini, Jeff Taylor), 11:29 PP. 3rd: UC, Michael Pontarelli 1 (Shayne Gostisbehere), 0:51 PP; UC, Michael Pontarelli 2 (Kevin Sullivan, Mat Bodie), 7:53 PP; BG, Mark Cooper 1 (Cam Wojtala, Mike Sullivan), 10:28 PP. Shots on Goal Bowling Green 6 7 9 – 22 Union 14 10 5 – 29 Saves BG, Tomas Sholl 13 8 3 – 24 UC, A. Sakellaropoulos 5 7 8 – 20 Att: 2,198
Game #3 October 18, 2013 Messa Rink Schenectady, N.Y. Lake Superior State 2 1 2 1 – 6 #15/16 Union 3 1 1 0 – 5 1st: UC, Daniel Ciampini 2 (Daniel Carr, Michael Pontarelli), 1:00; LS, Bryce Schmitt 1 (Zach Sternberg, Stephen Perfetto), 10:42; UC, Matt Hatch 2 (Kevin Sullivan, 12:43; LS, Kevin Czuczman 2 (Alex Globke, Stephen Perfetto), 14:53; UC, Mike Vecchione 1 (Kevin Sullivan, Mat Bodie), 16:16. 2nd: LS, Andrew Perrault 1 (Alex Globke, Dan Radke), 0:22; UC, Michael Pontarelli 3 (Kevin Sullivan, Daniel Carr), 9:23 PP. 3rd: LS, Zach Sternberg 1 (Stephen Perfetto, Colin Campbell), 0:29 PP; LS, Andrew Dommett 2 (Kevin Czuczman, Garret Clemment), 2:10 PP; UC, Shayne Gostisbehere 1 (Mike Vecchione, Daniel Ciampini), 6:55. OT: LS, Stephen Perfetto 1 (Zach Sternberg, Colin Campbell, 1:16. Shots on Goal Lake Superior State 6 8 8 1 – 23 Union 10 14 10 0 – 34 Saves LS, Kevin Murdock 7 13 9 0 – 29 – 17 UC, A. Sakellaropoulos 4 7 6 0 Att: 1,542 Game #4 October 19, 2013 Messa Rink Schenectady, N.Y. Lake Superior State 1 2 0 – 3 #15/16 Union 0 2 0 – 2 1st: LS, Eric Drapluk 1 (Dan Radke, Stephen Perfetto), 19:22. 2nd: LS, Daniel Vernace 1 (Bryce Schmitt), 8:23; UC, Matt Wilkins 1 (Mat Bodie, Daniel Carr), 11:19 PP; LS, Colin Campbell 1 (Pete Spratte, Alex Globke), 12:56; UC, Michael Pontarelli 4 (Mat Bodie, Kevin Sullivan), 19:04 PP. 3rd: none Shots on Goal Lake Superior State 5 7 5 – 17 Union 10 19 19 – 48 Saves LS, Kevin Kapalka 10 17 19 – 46 UC, A. Sakellaropoulos 4 4 0 – 8 UC, Pieri x 1 5 – 6 Att: 1,429
Game #5 October 25, 2013 Freitas Ice Forum Storrs, CT Union 2 0 0 0 – 2 Connecticut 0 2 0 0 – 2 1st: UC, Mark Bennett 1 (Sam Coatta, Cole Ikkala), 8:20; UC, Mike Vecchione 2 (Mat Bodie, Kevin Sullivan), 17:24. 2nd: C, Billy Latta 1 (Jordan Sims, Tyler Cooke), 6:17; C, Tyler Bouchard 1 (Brent Norris), 12:35. 3rd: none Shots on Goal Union 16 19 11 3 – 49 Connecticut 6 12 5 0 – 23 Saves UC, A. Sakellaropoulos 6 10 5 0 – 21 C, Matt Grogan 14 19 11 3 – 47 Att: 1,048
THE LAST TIME ...
Union defeated a ranked opponent 3/30/13 vs. #6 Boston College (W, 5-1) Union swept a weekend series 3/15-16/13 vs. Dartmouth (4-1, 5-2) Union lost a weekend series 10/18-19/13 vs. Lake Superior State (5-6, 2-3) Union swept a series at home 3/15-16/13 vs. Dartmouth (4-1, 5-2) Union was swept at home 10/18-19/13 vs. Lake Superior State (5-6, 2-3) Union swept a series on the road 10/12-13/12 at Bowling Green (5-3, 4-1) Union was swept on the road 2/22-23/13 at Colgate, Cornell (1-4, 2-4) Union scored five or more goals 10/18/13 vs. Lake Superior State (L, 5-6) Union allowed five or more goals 10/18/13 vs. Lake Superior State (L, 5-6) Union had 60 or more shots on goal 2/17/12 vs. Princeton (60) Union allowed 60 or more shots on goal 3/4/06 vs #2 Yale (61) Union had 50 or more shots on goal 10/29/11 vs. AIC (58) Union allowed 50 or more shots on goal 3/12/10 vs. Quinnipiac (55) A Union player scored four goals 10/9/10 vs. Sacred Heart (Zajac) A Union player recorded a hat trick 2/25/12 at #20 Colgate (Carr) An opposing player recorded a hat trick 3/31/13 vs. #1 Quinnipiac (Peca) A Union goaltender made 50 or more saves 3/12/10 vs. Quinnipiac (Kinkaid, 52) A Union goaltender made 40 or more saves 3/14/09 at Princeton (Milan, 44) An opposing goaltender recorded a shutout 11/30/12 vs. #16 Quinnipiac (Hartzell, 33) An opposing goaltender made 50 or more saves 10/29/11 vs. AIC (Meisner, 53) An opposing goaltender made 40 or more saves 10/25/13 at Connecticut (Grogan, 47)
Union College Combined Team Statistics (as of Oct 27, 2013) All games Date 10-11-13 10-12-13 10-18-13 10-19-13 10-25-13
Opponent BOWLING GREEN BOWLING GREEN LAKE SUPERIOR STATE LAKE SUPERIOR STATE at Connecticut
TEAM STATISTICS SHOT STATISTICS Goals-Shot attempts Shot pct. Goals/Gam e Sh o t s / G a m e POWER PLAYS Goals-Power Plays Conversion Percent Shot Attempts Shot Percent GOAL BREAKDOWN Power Play Sh o rt -h a n d e d Empty net Penalty Unassisted Overtime Sh o o t o u t Delayed Penalty PENALTIES Num ber Minutes Pe n a l t i e s / G a m e Pen minutes/Game SHOOTOUTS (Made-Att)
Att. 1921 2198 1542 1429 1048
Record: ALL GAMES CONFERENCE NON-CONFERENCE
UNIONM
OPP
17-187 .091 3.4 37.4
16-110 .145 3.2 22.0
9-31 .290 29 .310
4-20 .200 23 .174
9 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
4 0 0 0 1 1 0 0
25 50 5.0 10.0 0-0
34 71 6.8 14.2 0-0
16 7 9 22 17 14 21 15 10 8 12 19 11 23 2 13 24 3 28 5 20 6
Score 3-3 5-2 5-6 2-3 2-2
Tot W Lot L Tot
##
Player
##
Goalie
31 30 1 TM
Overall 1-2-2 0-0-0 1-2-2 gp
Kevin Sullivan Michael Pontarelli Daniel Carr Mat Bodie Daniel Ciampini Shayne Gostisbehere Mike Vecchione Matt Hatch Mark Bennett Nick Cruice Eli Lichtenwald Matt Wilkins Sam Coatta Cole Ikkala Jeff Taylor Theo DiPauli Sebastien Gingras Alex Gonye Noah Henry Matt Krug Griffyn Martin Charlie Vasaturo Total Opponents Dillon Pieri Colin Stevens Alex Sakellaropoulos EMPTY NET Total Opponents
5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 5 3 1 2 5 5 5 2 2 5 5 2 1 5 5 5
gp
Home 1-2-1 0-0-0 1-2-1 g
0 4 2 0 2 1 2 2 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 17 16 min
1 1 5 2 5 5
25:33 6:12 277:24 2:07 311:16 311:16
Attendance Summary Total Dates/Avg Per Date Neutral Site #/Avg
a
Away 0-0-1 0-0-0 0-0-1
pts
9 3 4 5 2 3 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30 27
ga
0 0 16 0 16 17
sh
sh% pen-min
9 12 7 14 6 16 5 12 4 14 4 32 3 9 2 10 1 8 1 3 1 3 1 3 1 13 1 9 1 4 0 0 0 2 0 5 0 6 0 3 0 0 0 9 47 187 43 110
.000 2-4 .286 0-0 .125 1-2 .000 4-8 .143 3-6 .031 3-6 .222 0-0 .200 2-4 .125 2-4 .333 0-0 .333 0-0 .333 1-2 .000 0-0 .000 2-4 .000 0-0 .000 2-4 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 1-2 .000 0-0 .000 0-0 .000 2-4 .091 25-50 .145 34-71
gaavg
saves save% 6 1.000 1 1.000
0.00 0.00 3.46 3.08 3.28
87 0 94 170
UNIONM
1048 1/1048
Goals by Period Union College Opponents
1st
2nd
3rd
OT
Total 17 16
Saves by Period Union College Opponents
1st
2nd
3rd
OT
Total 94 170
27 50
6 8
33 66
3 3
32 48
0 1 2 6
.845 .000 .855 .909
Opponent
7090 4/1772 0/0
8 4
Neutral 0-0-0 0-0-0 0-0-0 pp sh
0 4 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 9 4
w-l-t
0-0-0 0-0-0 1-2-2 0-0-0 1-2-2 2-1-2
0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
