Canisius
Canisius College Freshman defender Chris Rumble (Chesapeake, Va.) made a splash right from the start, earning Atlantic Hockey Rookie of the Week honors after helping the Griffs to a weekend sweep at Sacred Heart.
Appearing in just his second and third collegiate games, Rumble totaled three points, one goal and two assists in a pair of wins against the Pioneers. The defender netted his first career goal – a power-play tally – in Friday’s 5-1 victory to go along with an assist, while adding another helper in a 6-3 win on Saturday.
Rumble and the Griffs look to continue their winning ways January 18 and 19, playing at Bentley. The two-game series is set to begin on Friday at 7:05 p.m.
Potsdam
For the second time this season, SUNY Potsdam women’s hockey
player Dawna Salvarinas (Mississauga, Ontario/Brampton Thunder) has been named the Goalie of the Week by the Eastern College Athletic Conference West.
Salvarinas stopped 71 of 74 shots in two starts last week. She made 36 saves in a 4-1 victory over the Castleton State Spartans on Tuesday night. On Sunday, the junior made 35 more saves in a 2-0 loss to Utica.
In nine games this season, Salvarinas is 5-3 with a .917 save percentage and a 2.54 goals-against-average. Her five wins are a career-best and as are her two shutouts.
The Bears (6-9-2, 2-6-1 ECAC West) are 5-2-2 in their last nine contests after a 1-7 start.
Potsdam is off this week, but returns to action on Jan. 26-27, when the Bears host the Neumann College Knights.
Niagara University
Junior goaltender Carsen Chubak earned Atlantic Hockey Co-Goaltender of the Week after helping the No. 15 Niagara hockey team remain unbeaten in conference play with a weekend sweep over the AIC Yellow Jackets.
The netminder, who is sharing the conference honor with RIT goaltender Josh Watson, pushed aside 49 Yellow Jackets shots in 120 minutes of action to extend the Purple Eagles’ current unbeaten streak to three games. Chubak wrapped up the weekend with a .942 save percentage and an 1.50 goals-against average.
In the opening contest, Chubak made 24 saves in the 3-2 victory, including preventing AIC from tying the game with a late-game 5-on-3 opportunity. The following day, Chubak was once again solid in net, stopping 25 of the 26 shots AIC fired on goal.
The Prince Albert, Sask. native is now 13-1-4 on the season, making 569 saves. The six-time AHA Goalie of the Week and two-time AHA Goalie of the Month holds the top spot in the nation in save percentage (.953), and is second in the nation in goals-against average (1.46). His winning percentage of .789 places him third nationally. Chubak has garnered five shutouts this season alone which is tops in the nation
Chubak and the Purple Eagles continue their longest road trip of the season with a weekend series against Holy Cross, starting on Friday, Jan. 18 and wrapping up the following day. Both contests are scheduled to begin at 7:05 p.m. at the Hart Center.
RIT
Junior goaltender Josh Watson (Lititz, PA) of the RIT men’s hockey team was named the Travel Team USA Atlantic Hockey co-Goaltender of the Week on Monday for the week ending January 13, 2013. It is Watson’s first weekly honor of his career.
Watson stopped 57-of-60 shots and recorded his second collegiate shutout in Saturday’s 4-0 win over Bentley, who entered the weekend as the highest scoring team in Division I. Watson, who made 26 saves in Friday’s 3-0 defeat against the Falcons, was brilliant on Saturday, turning aside all 31 shots he faced in the win. His best save came midway through the second period, when he robbed Bentley’s leading scorer, Brett Gensler, with a glove save from the right circle on a 2-on-1 break. Watson is now 5-6-3 with a 2.82 goals against average and .914 save percentage this season.
The Tigers return to action on Friday and Saturday, as they travel to West Point, NY to face off against Army. Both games begin at 7:05 p.m.
Oswego
Following a weekend in Division III men’s ice hockey that saw several of the top teams lose, Oswego State is ranked fifth in the USCHO.com Division III and D3hockey.com polls.
In the USCHO.com poll, the Lakers received 222 votes to remain in fifth. St. Norbert moved to No. 1 with ten first-place votes. Norwich dropped to second with eight first-place votes followed by Hobart in third and Bowdoin in fourth.
The D3hockey.com poll has Oswego State earning 210 votes, which was 13 votes behind Bowdoin in fourth. St. Norbert took over the top spot with 14 first-place votes. Hobart comes in second with 276 votes followed by Norwich in third with 269 votes.
Other SUNYAC teams listed in the poll includes Plattsburgh, which moved to ninth in the USCHO.com poll and 10th in the D3hockey.com poll, and Geneseo, which received nine votes in the USCHO.com poll and four votes in the D3hockey.com poll.
Oswego State (13-3-0, 7-1-0 SUNYAC) travels to Cortland on Friday before hosting non-conference Hamilton on Saturday at 7 p.m.
