GAME 1, 2
RMU (0-0-0 / 0-0-0 #AHA) vs. BGSU (0-0-0 / 0-0-0 #CCHA)
Saturday, Oct. 7 | 7:00 p.m.
Clearview Arena | Moon Township, Pa.
Sunday, Oct. 8 | 5:00 p.m.
Slater Family Ice Arena | Bowling Green, Ohio
TV: FloHockey
Talent: Tim Benz (pxp), Mike Prisuta (analyst)
Twitter & Instagram: rmumhockey
 
Opening Face-Off

• The Robert Morris University men's hockey program officially returns to play tomorrow as they'll host Bowling Green State University in a home-and-home series. The first game will be the Colonials home opener at the RMU Island Sports Center at the Clearview Arena, tomorrow at 7:00 p.m., following the RMU women's hockey home opener. Sunday's game will be in Bowling Green, Ohio, as the Colonials travel to Slater Family Ice Arena for a 5:00 p.m. face-off, Sunday night.
• Heading into the 2023-24 season, the staff brought in 16 freshmen which is the largest group of first-year players in the NCAA.
• The team also features many veterans, as there are nine graduate players. In total, the roster is set to 29 student-athletes.
• For the new season, head coach Derek Schooley brought back Matt Nicholson as associate head coach. Ryan Durocher returns for his second stint at RMU as well as an assistant coach. Kyle Dirks joined the team as the goalie coach along with Anders Lempia as the squad's video & analytics coordinator. And, Chris Kostick remains the team's hockey operations coordinator.
• The staff named graduate forward Rylee St. Onge as Captain of the team. Cameron Hebert, Dallas Tulik, Mitch Andres, Gavin Gulash and Luke Johnson were tabbed as Alternate Captains for the upcoming season.
• In RMU's most recent season back in 2020-21, the Colonials finished 15-9-0 overall and were 10-5-0 in the Atlantic Hockey Conference. Qualifying for playoffs, RMU faced Niagara in the quarterfinal round, playing a best-of-three series. They won the first game in overtime, 3-2 but then fell to Niagara the next two games.

GAMEDAY LINKS
- Live Stats (10/7)
- Live Stats (10/8)
- Live Video (10/7)
- Live Video (10/8)
- RMU Athletics Gameday App

The All-Time Series vs. Bowling Green – Overall, these two programs have played one another seven times. RMU has earned one win against the Falcons and one tie. The Colonials win came in the 2018-19 season, winning 3-2 in Moon Township.
 
Scouting the Falcons – This past season, Bowling Green finished 15-19-2 overall and were 12-12-2 in conference games. Making it to the first round (quarterfinals) against Ferris State, the Falcons lost the first two games in overtime to the opposing team during the best-of-three series. Statistically, Austen Swankler as a sophomore was the team's leading goal scorer and point producer (19-25-44). Chase Gresock (11-20-31) and Ryan O'Hara (11-19-30) both eclipsed 30 points as well on the year. In goal, the Falcons played four different goalies throughout the season. Mainly playing the bulk of the schedule, Christian Stoever played in 31 games, making 914 saves and won 11 games. He owned a .914 save percentage and had a 2.86 GAA. Tomorrow's game will also be Bowling Green's first match of the new season.
 
SCHOOLEY FROM THE START
Coaching in his 18^th season at RMU, head coach Derek Schooley has been the head of the program since the inaugural season back in 2004-05. After coaching for almost two decades for the Colonials, he's amassed 275 wins. Along the journey, Schooley led the 2015 and 2016 teams to an AHA Regular Season Championship. And, in 2014, the program won the AHA Playoff Tournament and qualified for the NCAA Tournament that season.
 
VETERAN PRESENCE FROM VELTRI
Joining RMU for his graduate season of collegiate hockey, goaltender Chad Veltri comes to Moon Township after four successful seasons playing for Niagara. Among active career goaltending leaders, Veltri is third in games played with 96. He's ranked second in saves with 2,526 over the past four years and currently third in wins with 41.
 
Several veterans transferred to RMU to create a solid dichotomy on the roster, featuring many young and older players. With 16 freshmen, the team holds the most first-year players out of all NCAA schools and while having nine graduate students, the Colonials hold the most fifth-year players in Division I. On average, the Colonials are the third oldest team across the country, with an average age of 22.9.
 
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