MOON TOWNSHIP, Pa. – This upcoming weekend, RMU will play a home-and-home series against Mercyhurst. The first game of the series will be in Erie, Pa., scheduled for Friday, February 1 at 7:00 PM. The series finale will then be played the following day back in Moon Township at 7:00 PM. Both games will be streamed on FloHockey. Saturday night's broadcasters at Clearview Arena will be Tim Benz (pxp) and Mike Prisuta (analyst).
RMU LATELY
RMU (7-18-3, 4-12-2 #AHA20) is coming off splitting a series at AIC. In the first game, RMU posted a 2-0 win followed by a 5-2 loss in Springfield, Mass. In their Friday victory, freshman forward
Tanner Klimpke scored his first career game-winner and also dished out the primary assist on
McKay Hayes's second goal to seal the deal. Klimpke is now tied with Captain
Rylee St. Onge in power play goals this season (4). This was his third career multipoint effort. He's produced three points in his last three games. On the year, Klimpke owns 17 points, leading all players on the roster (8-9—17). Goaltender
Francis Boisvert won his first career game against AIC and also earned his first career shutout. Out of Blainville, Quebec, Boisvert faced 50 shots and saved all of them. His 50 saves are the second-most stops in one game in his career. He registered 50 at Minnesota (1/12) last month. Boisvert is the fourth goalie in AHA history to record a shutout with 50 or more saves. With their performances, Klimpke was named Rookie of the Week and Boisvert was tabbed Goaltender of the Week by the conference. This is both their first career weekly award. Over the weekend, St. Onge dished out one assist in both contests. In game two of the series, freshman
Jackson Reineke produced his fourth multipoint game of the season. Over his last two series, the forward out of Faribault, Minn. is averaging a point-per-game, registering two goals and two assists. Reineke is currently tied second on the team in goals and owns six assists (7-6—13).
#1 IN NCAA
Through 28 games in the regular season, no other program in the NCAA Division I Men's Hockey has more blocked shots than RMU (423). They're averaging 15.11 blocks per game. Graduate defenseman
Mitch Andres remains third in the AHA in blocks (55). His teammate,
Cade Townend, is currently the active leader in the Atlantic Hockey conference in career blocks. With 199, he's one away from reaching 200 and has posted 32 this season. Defenseman
Trevor LeDonne has helped on the backend as well, blocking 44 shots. Forward
Cameron Garvey sits in the top five in blocked shots for forwards in the AHA with 32. Also, still at the top of the league, goaltender
Chad Veltri owns a league-wide 848 saves this season.
RMU LEADERS
Goals:
Tanner Klimpke (8)
Assists:
Dallas Tulik (12)
Points:
Tanner Klimpke (17)
PPG:
Tanner Klimpke,
Rylee St. Onge (4)
SHG:
Cade Townend (1)
GWG:
Rylee St. Onge (2)
Blocks:
Mitch Andres (55)
SV%:
Chad Veltri (.916)
ALL-TIME VS. MERCYHURST
RMU is 17-15-10 overall against Mercyhurst. They're averaging 3.17 goals-per-game when facing the Lakers. 16 of the 42 games in the series have finished in overtime. The Colonials and Lakers met once earlier this year as the game finished in a 3-3 tie (10/14). After extra time, the Lakers snagged the extra point in the standings by winning in the shootout.
SCOUTING MERCYHURST
Mercyhurst (7-15-3, 5-9-3 #AHA20) are currently on a six-game losing streak. After splitting a series at Sacred Heart University, they dropped a game at Canisius and then were swept by Bentley and Holy Cross in AHA action. Heading into the weekend, Mercyhurst is in ninth place in the AHA standings, with 21 conference points. Forward Steven Agriogianis has been a key player for the Lakers, being tied seventh in the conference in assists (15) and sixth in faceoff wins (452).
MERCYHURST LEADERS
Goals: Boris Skalos (10)
Assists: Steven Agriogianis (15)
Points: Steven Agriogianis (20)
PPG: Philip Waugh (3)
SHG: Spencer Smith (1)
GWG: Philip Waugh (3)
Blocks: Jake Beaune (54)
SV%: Owen Say (.912)
UP NEXT
On deck, RMU will travel out to West Point, N.Y. to take on Army. That series is scheduled for February 9-10.
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