2009–10 RIT Tigers men's ice hockey season

The 2009–10 RIT Tigers men's ice hockey team was the Tigers' 45th season of varsity hockey and fifth at the NCAA Division I level. They represented Rochester Institute of Technology in the 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season. The team was coached by Wayne Wilson in his eleventh season as the program's head coach and played most of their home games at the Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena. One home game was played at the Blue Cross Arena in downtown Rochester, New York.

2009–10 RIT Tigers men's ice hockey season
Atlantic Hockey Regular Season Champions Atlantic Hockey Tournament Champions NCAA East Regional Champions Frozen Four Semifinal, L 1–8 vs. Wisconsin
Conference	#1 AHA
Home ice	Frank Ritter Memorial Ice Arena
Rankings
USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine	#10
USCHO.com	#20
Record
Overall	28–12–1 (22–5–1)
Home	15–3–0
Road	9–8–1
Neutral	4–1–0
Coaches and Captains
Head Coach	Wayne Wilson (11th season)
Assistant Coaches	Brian Hills
Captain(s)	Dan Ringwald Stevan Matic
Alternate captain(s)	Sean Murphy Andrew Favot

The season was highlighted by the Tigers' first Atlantic Hockey tournament title, first Division I NCAA Tournament appearance, victories over Denver and New Hampshire to win the East Regional, and the team's first Frozen Four appearance.

The team was the Chairman's Choice for induction into the Frontier Field Walk of Fame in 2010, in recognition of their Frozen Four berth.

The Rochester Red Wings honored the RIT Men’s Hockey team at Frontier Field on May 17, 2010. Any fans who wore RIT gear received $1 off the purchase of their tickets. As part of a pre-game ceremony, Head Coach Wayne Wilson and RIT President Bill Destler were on hand to accept a key to the city and a proclamation from Monroe County Executive Maggie Brooks. RIT captain Dan Ringwald threw out the ceremonial first pitch.[1]

In 2011, RIT's University News service received the 'Best In Show' PRism award from the Rochester chapter of the Public Relations Society of America for its coverage of the team's Frozen Four appearance.[2]

Standings

2009–10 Atlantic Hockey standings
	Conference								Overall
	GP	W	L	T	PTS	GF	GA		GP	W	L	T	GF	GA
#10 RIT†*	28	22	5	1	45	109	51		41	28	12	1	145	90
Sacred Heart	28	16	9	3	35	99	86		38	21	13	4	131	123
Air Force	28	14	8	6	34	86	70		37	16	15	6	103	96
Mercyhurst	28	15	10	3	33	103	70		38	15	20	3	121	118
Canisius	28	13	11	4	30	97	89		37	17	15	5	125	122
Army	28	10	12	6	26	80	83		36	11	18	7	98	114
Holy Cross	28	10	13	5	25	70	74		37	12	19	6	87	102
Bentley	28	10	15	3	23	78	105		35	12	19	4	94	123
Connecticut	28	6	19	3	15	48	91		37	7	27	3	59	135
American International	28	5	19	4	14	59	110		33	5	24	4	69	131
Championship: RIT † indicates conference regular season champion * indicates conference tournament champion Final rankings: USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Top 15 Poll

Roster

Goaltenders
#	State	Player	Year	Major	Height	Weight	Hometown	Previous Team
1		Shane Madolora	Freshman	Business Management	5-10	170	Salinas, California	Omaha (USHL)
33		Jared DeMichiel	Senior	Business	6-1	190	Avon, Connecticut	Chicago (USHL)
40		Jan Ropponen	Junior	International Business	5-9	165	Espoo, Finland	Espoo (SM-liiga)

Defensemen
#	State	Player	Year	Major	Height	Weight	Hometown	Previous Team
6		Dan Ringwald (C)	Senior	Business	6-1	195	Oakville, Ontario	Oakville (OJAHL)
8		Chris Tanev	Freshman	Finance	6-2	185	Toronto, Ontario	Markham (CCHL)
15		Alan Mazur	Senior	Packaging Science	6-0	200	Burnaby, British Columbia	Merritt (BCHL)
24		Chris Haltigin	Sophomore	Biomedical Science	6-1	200	Oakville, Ontario	Oakville (OJAHL)
25		Daniel Spivak	Sophomore	Business/Finance	6-0	185	Thornhill, Ontario	Stouffville (CCHL)
26		Trevor Eckenswiller	Sophomore	Biomedical Science	6-0	180	Lion's Head, Ontario	Oakville (OJAHL)
27		Chris Saracino	Freshman	Business	5-10	185	St. Louis, Missouri	Green Bay (USHL)
9*		Riley Clark*	Sophomore	Biomedicine	5-11	195	Saskatoon, Saskatchewan	Melfort (SJHL)

Forwards
#	State	Player	Year	Major	Height	Weight	Hometown	Previous Team
3		Scott Knowles	Sophomore	Marketing	5-7	170	Riverside, Ontario	Surrey (BCHL)
7		Bryan Potts	Freshman	Criminal Justice	5-11	180	Niagara Falls, Ontario	Markham (CCHL)
10		Mark Cornacchia	Sophomore	Finance	5-10	180	Unionville, Ontario	Markham (CCHL)
11		Taylor McReynolds	Sophomore	Biomedicine	6-0	190	Sherwood Park, Alberta	Green Bay (USHL)
12		Stevan Matic (C)	Senior	Packaging Science	6-0	190	Burnaby, British Columbia	Langley Hornets (BCHL)
14		Brent Alexin	Senior	Packaging Science	6-1	200	West Seneca, New York	Buffalo (OJAHL)
16		Tyler Brenner	Sophomore	Business	6-2	190	Linwood, Ontario	Elmira (GOJHL)
17		Sean Murphy (A)	Junior	Civil Engineering Technology	6-0	190	Owatonna, Minnesota	Green Bay (USHL)
18		Cameron Burt	Sophomore	Business	5-10	160	Detroit, Michigan	Green Bay (USHL)
19		Tyler Mazzei	Junior	Business	5-9	170	Kelowna, British Columbia	Nanaimo (BCHL)
21		Jeff Smith	Freshman	Science Exploration	6-0	165	Spokane, Washington	Tri-City (USHL)
22		Adam Hartley	Freshman	Business	6-3	190	West Vancouver, British Columbia	Surrey (BCHL)
23		Mike Janda	Junior	Marketing	6-2	225	Glen Ellyn, Illinois	Chicago (USHL)
28		Andrew Favot (A)	Junior	Business (Marketing)	5-7	160	King City, Ontario	Aurora (OJAHL)

* Player left team.
Source: RIT Athletics[3]

Preseason

2009 Exhibition Game Log: 1–0–0 (Home: 1–0–0 ; Road: 0–0–0)
#	Date	Opponent	Score	OT	Decision	Attendance	Record
1	October 4	York	3–2		Ropponen		1–0–0

Regular season

Schedule

•    Green background indicates win (2 points).
•    Red background indicates loss (0 points).
•    White background indicates tie (1 point).

2009–10 Game Log[4]
October: 2–5–0 (Home: 2–1–0; Road: 0–4–0) # Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance AHA Overall 1†^ October 10 Colgate 3–2 RIT DeMichiel 7,421 0–0–0 0–1–0 2† October 16 RIT 1–3 St. Lawrence DeMichiel 1,655 0–0–0 0–2–0 3† October 17 RIT 3–5 Clarkson DeMichiel 3,310 0–0–0 0–3–0 4 October 23 RIT 4–5 Air Force DeMichiel 2,822 0–1–0 0–4–0 5 October 24 RIT 2–3 (ot) Air Force DeMichiel 2,210 0–2–0 0–5–0 6 October 30 Connecticut 2–6 RIT DeMichiel 1,839 1–2–0 1–5–0 7 October 31 Connecticut 0–7 RIT DeMichiel 1,457 2–2–0 2–5–0
November: 6–0–0 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 2–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance AHA Overall 8 November 6 Army 1–6 RIT DeMichiel 2,100 3–2–0 3–5–0 9 November 7 Army 1–2 RIT DeMichiel 1,956 4–2–0 4–5–0 10 November 13 RIT 2–1 Mercyhurst DeMichiel 967 5–2–0 5–5–0 11 November 13 RIT 3–2 Mercyhurst DeMichiel 946 6–2–0 6–5–0 12 November 20 Sacred Heart 2–3 RIT DeMichiel 1,459 7–2–0 7–5–0 13 November 21 Sacred Heart 3–5 RIT Madolora 1,206 8–2–0 8–5–0
December: 1–1–1 (Home: 0–1–0; Road: 1–0–1) # Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance AHA Overall 14 December 4 RIT 1–1 (ot) Holy Cross DeMichiel 908 8–2–1 8–5–1 15 December 5 RIT 3–2 Holy Cross DeMichiel 923 9–2–1 9–5–1 16† December 12 Niagara 3–2 RIT DeMichiel 2,100 9–2–1 9–6–1
January: 6–4–0 (Home: 3–1–0; Road: 3–3–0) # Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance AHA Overall 17† January 1 RIT 1–6 Minnesota State DeMichiel 3,106 9–2–1 9–7–1 18† January 2 RIT 0–3 Minnesota State Madolora 3,313 9–2–1 9–8–1 19 January 8 Holy Cross 2–5 RIT DeMichiel 1,946 10–2–1 10–8–1 20 January 9 Holy Cross 0–2 RIT DeMichiel 1,737 11–2–1 11–8–1 21 January 15 RIT 4–0 Connecticut DeMichiel 581 12–2–1 12–8–1 22 January 16 RIT 1–2 Connecticut Madolora 735 12–3–1 12–9–1 23 January 22 RIT 4–3 American Int'l DeMichiel 234 13–3–1 13–9–1 24 January 23 RIT 4–0 American Int'l DeMichiel 210 14–3–1 14–9–1 25 January 29 Bentley 1–4 RIT DeMichiel 1,692 15–3–1 15–9–1 26° January 30 Bentley 5–4 RIT DeMichiel 2,100 15–4–1 15–10–1
February: 7–1–0 (Home: 4–0–0; Road: 3–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance AHA Overall 27 February 5 RIT 5–2 Sacred Heart DeMichiel 657 16–4–1 16–10–1 28 February 6 RIT 4–5 Sacred Heart DeMichiel 438 16–5–1 16–11–1 29 February 12 RIT 3–0 Army DeMichiel 2,139 17–5–1 17–11–1 30 February 13 RIT 5–2 Army DeMichiel 2,128 18–5–1 18–11–1 31 February 19 Air Force 2–3 (ot) RIT DeMichiel 2,100 19–5–1 19–11–1 32 February 20 Air Force 0–3 RIT DeMichiel 2,100 20–5–1 20–11–1 33 February 26 Canisius 0–8 RIT DeMichiel 1,363 21–5–1 21–11–1 34 February 27 Canisius 4–5 RIT DeMichiel 1,632 22–5–1 22–11–1 † Denotes a non-conference game ^ Denotes alternate home site: Blue Cross Arena (Rochester, New York) ° Denotes "Make the Rink Pink" game

Postseason

2010 Playoff Game Log[4]

March: 6–0–0 (Home: 2–0–0; Road: 0–0–0; Neutral: 4–0–0) # Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance AHA Overall 35° March 12 Connecticut 3–4 (ot) RIT DeMichiel 1,415 22–5–1 23–11–1 36° March 13 Connecticut 1–4 RIT DeMichiel 1,659 22–5–1 24–11–1 37^ March 19 Canisius 0–4 RIT DeMichiel 1,803 22–5–1 25–11–1 38† March 20 Sacred Heart 1–6 RIT DeMichiel 3,298 22–5–1 26–11–1 39§ March 26 RIT 2–1 Denver DeMichiel 4,073 22–5–1 27–11–1 40% March 27 RIT 6–2 New Hampshire DeMichiel 3,737 22–5–1 28–11–1 April: 0–1–0 (Home: 0–0–0; Road: 0–0–0; Neutral: 0–1–0) # Date Visitor Score Home Decision Attendance AHA Overall 41¤ April 8 RIT 1–8 Wisconsin DeMichiel 34,954 22–5–1 28–12–1 ° Denotes Atlantic Hockey Tournament quarterfinal game (non-conference) ^ Denotes Atlantic Hockey Tournament semifinal game at Blue Cross Arena (Rochester, NY) (non-conference) † Denotes Atlantic Hockey Tournament final game at Blue Cross Arena (non-conference) § Denotes NCAA Tournament East Regional semifinal at Times Union Center (Albany, NY) (non-conference) % Denotes NCAA Tournament East Regional final at Times Union Center (non-conference) ¤ Denotes NCAA Tournament national semifinal at Ford Field (Detroit) (non-conference)

Player stats

Skaters

Note: GP = Games played; G = Goals (Shorthanded); A = Assists; Pts = Points; +/- = Plus-minus; PIM = Penalty minutes

Regular season[5] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Ringwald, Dan 34 10 18 28 +17 12 Tanev, Chris 34 8 16 24 +28 4 Haltigin, Chris 34 8 10 18 +7 22 Alexin, Brent 34 3 15 18 +17 35 Hartley, Adam 34 7 8 15 +12 32 Favot, Andrew 33 11 (1) 26 37 +12 20 Burt, Cameron 33 13 23 36 0 44 Mazzei, Tyler 33 9 13 22 +8 46 Mazur, Alan 32 7 14 21 0 57 Matic, Stevan 32 7 (1) 10 17 +9 27 Cornacchia, Mark 32 6 (2) 5 11 +4 22 Saracino, Chris 32 2 6 8 +7 16 Murphy, Sean 31 4 11 15 +6 20 Knowles, Scott 31 4 11 15 +12 13 McReynolds, Taylor 31 3 3 6 +3 52 DeMichiel, Jared ^(G) 31 0 2 2 0 4 Brenner, Tyler 26 10 8 18 +3 22 Janda, Mike 25 4 4 8 0 10 Spivak, Daniel 25 0 0 0 +6 28 Smith, Jeff 18 1 4 5 +4 15 Potts, Bryan 15 1 0 1 −2 2 Eckenswiller, Trevor 13 0 3 3 0 6 Madolora, Shane ^(G) 4 0 0 0 0 0 Ropponen, Jan ^(G) 1 0 0 0 0 0 Clark, Riley ^† 0 0 0 0 0 0 ^† Denotes player left team. ^(G) Denotes goaltender.

Playoffs[5] Player GP G A Pts +/− PIM Burt, Cameron 7 3 8 11 −1 4 Favot, Andrew 7 2 7 9 +2 4 Ringwald, Dan 7 1 8 9 +5 0 Brenner, Tyler 7 5 3 8 +3 2 Haltigin, Chris 7 3 3 6 0 4 Tanev, Chris 7 2 2 4 +5 0 Saracino, Chris 7 0 4 4 +1 4 Alexin, Brent 7 1 2 3 +2 2 Cornacchia, Mark 7 1 (1) 2 3 +3 17 Hartley, Adam 7 1 2 3 +1 2 Mazzei, Tyler 7 1 2 3 +5 8 Janda, Mike 7 1 1 2 +1 6 Knowles, Scott 7 1 1 2 −1 4 Mazur, Alan 7 1 1 2 +2 10 McReynolds, Taylor 7 0 0 0 +1 10 Spivak, Daniel 7 0 0 0 +1 0 DeMichiel, Jared ^(G) 7 0 0 0 0 0 Murphy, Sean 5 2 2 4 +2 4 Matic, Stevan 5 1 0 1 0 4 Smith, Jeff 4 1 1 2 +4 2 Madolora, Shane ^(G) 1 0 0 0 0 0 Ropponen, Jan ^(G) 1 0 0 0 0 0 Potts, Bryan 0 0 0 0 0 0 Eckenswiller, Trevor 0 0 0 0 0 0 ^(G) Denotes goaltender.

Goaltenders

Note: GP = Games Played; TOI = Time On Ice; GAA = Goals Against Average; W = Wins; L = Losses; T = Ties; SO = Shutouts; SA = Shots Against; GA = Goals Against; SV% = Save Percentage

Regular season[5]
Player GP TOI W L T GA GAA SA SV Sv% SO DeMichiel, Jared 31 1846:05 21 9 1 65 2.11 811 746 .920 5 Madolora, Shane 4 189:42 1 2 0 8 2.53 98 90 .918 0 Ropponen, Jan 1 9:12 0 0 0 0 0.00 2 2 1.000 0 – Empty Net – – 10:23 – – – 1 – – – – –

Playoffs[5]
Player GP TOI W L T GA GAA SA SV Sv% SO DeMichiel, Jared 7 424:03 6 1 0 14 1.98 188 174 .926 1 Madolora, Shane 1 2:33 0 0 0 1 23.53 1 0 .000 0 Ropponen, Jan 1 2:32 0 0 0 1 23.68 3 2 .667 0 – Empty Net – – 0:36 – – – 0 – – – – –

See also

• 2009–10 NCAA Division I men's ice hockey season

References

1. "Wings to honor RIT Tiger Hockey Monday". May 15, 2010.
2. Stella, Paul (June 10, 2011). "RIT University News Takes 'Best in Show' at 2011 PRism Awards". Henrietta, New York: RIT University News. Archived from the original on June 10, 2011. Retrieved June 10, 2011.
3. 2009-10 RIT Tigers Men's Hockey Roster
4. Rochester Institute of Technology. "2009–10 Men's Hockey Schedule". Retrieved February 28, 2010.
5. http://ritathletics.com/custompages/mhock/2009-10/teamcume.htm#TEAM.IND

External links

• RIT Tigers men's ice hockey