Pittsburgh, Pa. - Robert Morris University men's hockey begins its quest for a fifth consecutive trip to the Atlantic Hockey Final Four in Rochester, N.Y., with a first round conference best-of-three playoff series against Bentley. The Colonials are the No. 7 seed, while the Falcons are 10th.

SERIES INFORMATION
No. 7 Robert Morris (13-18-3, 12-13-3 AHC) vs. No. 10 Bentley (12-16-6, 9-14-5 AHC)
First Round, Best-of-Three series
Friday, March 2  //  Saturday, March 3  //  Sunday, March 4 (if needed)
7:05 p.m.  //  Colonials Arena  //  Pittsburgh, Pa.
TICKETS  //  Available at the door, $12 Adults, $7 Youth/Seniors/Military (with ID), RMU Students FREE
LIVE VIDEO  //  LIVE AUDIO and 970 ESPN Pittsburgh  //  LIVE STATS



POSTSEASON NOTES
POSTSEASON SERIES HISTORY
RMU and Bentley have faced each other just once in the postseason, a quarterfinal series in 2016. The Colonials lost the opening game 4-3, before racking up 4-1 and 6-3 victories to claim the series win.

SENIOR SWAGGER
The Class of 2018 seniors have an 8-4-0 record in the postseason through the first three years of their Colonials careers.

RMU in AHC Tournament Final Four (Since Joining in 2010-11 Season)
Four Consecutive Appearances (2014 – Champs, 2015 – Loss in Semi, 2016 – Runner-up, 2017 – Runner-up) Did not make Final Four appearance in the first three seasons in Atlantic Hockey

BENTLEY FALCONS GAME NOTES (.PDF)

ROBERT MORRIS GAME NOTES
HISTORY IS MADE
Brady Ferguson surpassed Zac Lynch '16 (156 points) to become the Robert Morris program's all-time leading scorer, with a goal and assist in last Saturday's game vs. Air Force. Ferguson enters the weekend with the new record of 158 career points.

#FERGY4HOBEY
Brady Ferguson has been nominated for the Hobey Baker Award, the most prestigious honor in NCAA men's ice hockey. Ferguson leads the Colonials in scoring with 14 goals and 40 points on the season, tied for 9th in the NCAA and 2nd in Atlantic Hockey.

LONE STAR LEADING SCORER
Carrollton, Texas native Brady Ferguson is the NCAA's active career scoring leader (62-96-158).

NCAA Men's Hockey Active Career Points Leaders:
Brady Ferguson, Robert Morris – 158
Dylan Sikura, Northeastern (CHI) – 140
Adam Gaudette, Northeastern (VAN) – 138 
Jake Evans, Notre Dame (MTL) – 130
Dylan Gambrell, Denver (SJS) – 126 

QUICK ON THE DRAW
Brady Ferguson leads the NCAA in faceoff wins with 476. His faceoff percentage is .563, ranked in the top 35 nationally.

SHUTOUT SHOW
Goaltender Francis Marotte has five career shutouts and three this season, tied for third all-time at RMU with Eric Levine '13. The all-time record is eight, held by 2016 graduate Terry Shafer. (2nd, Dalton Izyk '17, 6). The single-season shutout record is 4 (Levine '12-13, Shafer '15-16). Marotte is also one win shy of tying Levine '13 for 4th all-time in wins with 30.

POWER UP
Ferguson & Tonge lead the Colonials and Atlantic Hockey in power play scoring with 16 of their respective points coming on the man advantage, ranking them 19th in the NCAA (Ferguson 6-10-16, Tonge 4-12-16). RMU's 29 power play goals are 4th most in Atlantic Hockey & 19th in the NCAA.

SHORTY, GET DOWN
Ferguson & Lynch have each been quick to steal the puck on the penalty kill, each scoring a pair of shorthanded goals this year.

BONTJE'S BACK
Senior captain & defenseman Alex Bontje returned to the lineup last weekend after missing 6 games with an injury. Bontje recorded an assist and two blocks in his first game back.

BLOCK PARTY
Junior defenseman Eric Israel (71, 2.09/pg) and senior defenseman Alex Bontje (57, 2.04/pg) are second & sixth in blocks in Atlantic Hockey, ranked 9th (Israel) & 30th (Bontje) in the NCAA in total blocks, and 15th (Israel) and 20th (Bontje) in blocks/pg.

I LIKE TO SAY A PRAYER AND DRINK TO WORLD PEACE
Robert Morris is the second-least penalized team in Atlantic Hockey (21st lowest in NCAA), with 159 penalties and 340 minutes, averaging 4.68 penalties per game. RMU has the 15th lowest average of penalty minutes/pg in the NCAA at 9.66 a contest.

I'M BETTING HE'S GOING TO SWERVE FIRST
Through 71 games, Luke Lynch has nearly matched the scoring rate of his older brother, RMU alum Zac Lynch '16.

ZAC LYNCH - Freshman Season (34 GP, 5G-9A-14P)  Through 71 career games (71 GP, 22G-32A-54P)
Luke Lynch - Freshman Season (37 GP, 9G-10A-19P) Through 71 career games (71 GP, 23G-23A-46P)



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