ROCHESTER, N.Y. - The RIT Men's Hockey team takes on Colgate this Friday (7:05 p.m.) and Saturday (5:05 p.m.) in the first two games of the season to be played at the Gene Polisseni Center. 

The Tigers look to bounce back from a 2-1 OT setback to Bowling Green last Saturday while the Raiders were swept on the road at UMass-Lowell, 5-2 and 2-1 last Friday and Saturday, respectively. 

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TIGER REWIND

• RIT first-year goaltender Jakub Krbecek made a career-high 43 saves, but it was visiting Bowling Green earning a 2-1 OT win over the Tigers in the Brick City Homecoming and Family Weekend game, played at Blue Cross Arena in downtown Rochester last Saturday. 
• Junior forward Simon Isabelle scored on a wrap-around at 14:43 of the second to open the scoring, before the Falcons answered with a power-play goal less than two minutes later. The game remained scoreless until Bowling Green notched the game-winner with 47.4 left in overtime to hand the Tigers their first homecoming loss since 2014. 
• Isabelle scored his third goal of the season and is tied with graduate student defenseman Dimitri Mikrogiannakis for the team lead.
• Graduate student forward Nick Cafarelli notched his team-leading fourth assist. 
• RIT finished 0-for-3 on the power play while killing three of four penalties.
• Last Saturday's game was played in front of a sell-out crowd of 10,566 fans, marking the second-straight homecoming sellout. The Tigers also defeated Notre Dame, 3-0, in front of a capacity crowd last season.

SAVINGS ACCOUNT

• First-year Jakub Krbecek's 43 saves in last Saturday's Bowling Green setback were the second-most by a Tiger first-year during the Division-I era 
• Krebeck finished two short of Josh Watson, who stopped 45 shots in a 5-3 home setback to No. 17. Merrimack on Jan. 1, 2011 during his first season in a RIT sweater. 
• Krbecek became only the fourth Tiger first-year to total 40-plus saves in a game and was the first since Logan Drackett made 41 stops to preserve a 3-3 tie versus Northeastern in the Brick City Game to open the 2017-18 campaign.
• Krbecek is the first D1-era goaltender to compile at least 30 saves in three-straight games to start his RIT career. 
• Current goaltending coach Mike Rotolo compiled a RIT record eight games with at least 30 saves during his first season as a Tiger en route to a 9-9-3 mark in 2013-14, including 40 saves in a 2-2 tie versus Robert Morris. 

HAPPY BIRTHDAY
RIT is celebrating the 10th-anniversary of the first season of play in the Gene Polisseni Center during its first home games this weekend. After officially opening its doors on Sept. 18, 2014, the Tigers defeated St. Lawrence, 5-2, on Oct. 10 in their first game at the GPC.

2023-24 RECAP

• RIT finished the 2023-24 campaign with a 27-11-2 record, including its first Atlantic Hockey Championship and NCAA Tournament appearance since 2016. 
• RIT compiled an 18-7-1 AHA mark to clinch the Bob DeGregorio Trophy and the top seed for the AHA Tournament for the second-consecutive year. 
• RIT finished with a 5-0 record during the 2024 AHA Tournament, including a 5-2 victory over AIC in the championship game at the Polisseni Center. The Tigers out-scored their opponents by a 26-6 margin during the tournament.  
• The Tigers saw a seven-game unbeaten streak end in the NCAA Regional Semifinals following a 6-3 setback to second overall seed Boston University in a game played in Sioux Falls, South Dakota.
• RIT logged back-to-back 20-win seasons for only the second time at the Division-I level after also finishing 2022-23 with a 25-13-1 record. RIT went 23-13-2 in 2008-09 before finishing with a DI-era best 28-12-1 record during its run to the Frozen Four in 2009-10. 
• RIT finished the season sixth nationally with 3.90 goals per game and fifth with a +1.50 scoring margin. The Tigers also finished eighth in scoring defense (2.40) while owning the fourth-ranked penalty kill (.865) and 13th-ranked power play (.240). 
• RIT completed the season with a 19-0-1 record when leading after the first period and a 23-2-2 mark when leading after the second period. 
• The Tigers were also 22-0-1 when leading by multiple goals and 22-1-1 when holding opponents to less than three goals. 
• RIT scored at least five goals on 14 occasions last season – finishing undefeated in those games. 
• RIT averaged 3.92 goals in its 26 Atlantic Hockey games last winter, totaling 102 tallies in conference play. Air Force finished second with 88 goals and 3.38 goals per game.