Elmira CollEgE Soaring EaglESHead Coach: Aaron Saul ’98

Assistant Coaches: Tim Crowley & Kurt Kalweit ’84

No. Name--Class Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown--Previous Team 1 Ryan deMelo ’15 G 6’2” 180 Brampton, ONT -- North York Rangers2 Michael Martin ’18 D 6’1” 195 Dearborn, MI -- Ottawa Jr. Senators3 Rob Simpson ’16 D 5’10” 195 Etobicoke, ONT -- Toronto Lakeshore Patriots4 Liam Burtt ’16 D 5’11” 190 Manotick, ONT -- Ottawa Jr. Senators6 Brett Mackell ’18 D 6’1” 190 Phoenixville, PA -- South Shore Kings7 Greg Whittle ’16 F 6’3” 205 Owen Sound, ONT -- Toronto Jr. Canadians8 Eddie Nolan ’17 D 6’0” 210 Dorchester, MA -- South Shore Kings9 Michael Collins ’16 F 6’3” 205 Victoria, BC -- Dauphin Kings10 Jarryd ten Vaanholt ’16 F 6’2” 210 West Vancouver, BC -- Prince George Spruce Kings11 Carter Shinkaruk ’16 F 5’10” 185 Langley, BC -- Merritt Centennials14 Brian Depp ’16 F 6’1” 185 Fenton, MI -- Soo Eagles15 Marcus Astesana ’17 F 5’10” 180 Hovas, Sweden -- National Sports Academy16 Tommy Sumi ’16 F 5’10” 185 Whitby, ONT -- St. Michael’s Buzzers17 Eric David ’15 D 6’2” 210 Dorval, QUE -- Pembroke Lumber Kings18 Alexander Taulien ’17 F 6’4” 218 Crystal Lake, IL -- Traverse City Central19 Jeremy Marginsky ’18 F 6’2” 185 Auburn, NY -- Rochester Jr. Americans20 Mike Walker ’18 F 5’9” 190 Pickering, ONT -- Pickering Panthers22 Nick Okada ’18 D 5’9” 175 West Chester, OH -- Helena Bighorns23 Travis Meyer ’17 F 6’1” 190 Corona, CA -- Hawksbury Hawks24 Taylor Love ’16 D 6’3” 190 Newport Beach, CA -- Salmon Arm Silverbacks25 Nick Owen ’17 D 5’11” 185 Methuen, MA -- Hartford Wolfpacks27 Andrew Ciampichini ’15 F 5’9” 175 Innisfil, ONT -- Vaughan Vipers30 Sal Magliocco ’17 G 5’10” 185 Roslyn, NY -- New York Apple Core31 Gavin Gretsky ’15 G 5’11” 215 LaFayette, NY -- Corcoran Cougars

Game NotesLast Time Out: The Soaring Eagles dropped a close 2-1 decision to No. 12/13, and ECAC West Conference lead-ers, Hobart College in their regular season finale. After two scoreless periods, Alexander Taulien ’17 scored the game’s first goal just over two minutes into the third period, giving EC a 1-0 lead. But the Statesmen countered with two goals over the next six minutes to seal the 2-1 victory.

Looking to Defend: The Soaring Eagles, after qualifying as the four seed in this year’s ECAC West Tournament, will have to win three games to defend their ECAC West crown. If EC can successfully maneuver their way through this year’s tournament field, they will become the first team since Manhattanville College, in 2006-07 and 2007-08, to win back-to-back ECAC West Championships.

2014-15 ECAC West Player of the Year: Jarryd ten Vaan-holt ’16 has been Elmira’s top point producer all year and finished the 2014-15 regular season tied with Nazareth’s Ben Blasko with 20 points within conference. In recog-nition of his outstanding play for the Soaring Eagles, ten Vannholt was voted the 2014-15 ECAC West Player of the Year, becoming just the fourth Elmira player to receive the award and the first recipient since Kevin Willer ’12 earned the honor in the 2011-12 season.

Day DatE opponEnt timE-rESultNOV. 7 at Neumann* L, 2-3 OT 8 at Manhattanville* T, 1-1 OT 14 utiCa* W, 4-3 21 at Hobart* W, 4-2 22 at Hobart* L, 2-4 29 at Amherst L, 4-5 30 at #6 Babson L, 1-2DEC. 2 at Fredonia W, 7-2 5 nazarEth* T, 3-3 OT 6 WESlEyan W, 7-6JAN. 6 Buffalo StatE W, 6-4 9 at SUNY Geneseo W, 3-2 10 BroCkport StatE L, 3-5 13 at SUNY Potsdam W, 5-2 16 #5 oSWEgo StatE T, 2-2 OT 17 SalvE rEgina W, 4-3 23 manhattanvillE* L, 1-3 24 manhattanvillE* W, 5-2 30 at Nazareth* L, 2-5 31 at Nazareth* L, 1-2FEB. 6 nEumann* L, 4-7 7 nEumann* W, 6-5 13 at Utica* L, 2-3 14 at Utica* W, 2-1 OT 20 #12/13 hoBart* L, 1-2 25 utiCa# 7:00 p.m.Home contests are bolded*Denotes ECAC West contest#ECAC West Tournament Quarterfinal

2014-15 SChEDulE (11-11-3, 5-8-2 ECaCW)

utiCa CollEgE pionEErSHead Coach: Gary Heenan

Assistant Coach: Eddie OlczykNo. Name--Class Pos. Ht. Wt. Hometown--Previous Team 1 Cory Simic ’18 G 6’1” 170 Whitby, ONT -- Smith Falls2 Kollin Schultz ’18 D 6’1” 190 Buffalo, NY -- Bay State3 Jordan Hanth ’17 D 6’2” 210 Chester Springs, PA -- NH Monarchs4 Kevin Kirisits ’17 D 6’4” 225 Buffalo, NY -- Brockville5 Jide Idowu ’17 D 6’1” 200 Copper City, FL -- Carleton Place6 Luc Boby ’17 F 6’3” 210 Chicago, IL -- Kalamazoo7 Mike Baird ’15 D 5’11” 190 Oakville, ONT -- Huntsville8 Nick Miglio ’16 F 6’0” 190 San Antonio, TX -- Bismarck9 Easton Powers ’17 F 5’10” 195 South Lyon, MI -- Port Huron10 Anthony McVeigh ’18 F 5’10” 154 Kemptville, ONT -- Carleton Place11 Peter LaFosse ’15 F 6’2” 210 Merrimack, NH -- Kimball Union Academy12 Joel Wetmore ’16 F 6’0” 179 Horseheads, NY -- Lindsay13 Max Bartell ’18 F 5’10” 185 Rome, NY -- Walpole14 Brett Szajner ’18 D 5’10” 181 Novi, MI -- Amarillo15 Alex Brissette ’18 F 6’0” 190 Danbury, CT -- Hampton Roads16 Vinny Stefan ’18 D 6’0” 185 Pittsburgh, PA -- Kenai River17 Kevin Valenti ’18 F 5’10” 185 Queensbury, NY -- Northern Cyclones19 Dalton Carter ’18 D 6’0” 191 Toledo, OH -- Northern Cyclones21 Trent Samuels-Thomas ’17 F 6’2” 180 West Hartford, CT -- Omaha22 Justin Hogan ’15 F 5’11” 185 Val Therese, ONT -- Brooks Bandits23 Adam Moody ’18 F 5’10” 174 Aurora, ONT -- Cowichan Valley24 Riley Egan ’18 F 5’9” 175 Lakewood, OH -- Philadelphia25 Louie Educate ’15 F 5’9” 171 Chicago, IL -- Aberdeen26 Mikhail Bushinski ’17 F 5’10” 170 Woodbury, MN -- Kenai River27 Ben Eddolls ’18 G 5’10” 170 Peekskill, NY -- Kents Hill School28 Kyle Lajeunesse ’18 F 6’1” 181 South Berwick, ME -- New Hampshire30 Mike Taffe ’15 G 6’1” 180 Maple Grove, MN -- Amarillo31 Dylan Wells ’16 G 6’1” 196 Nashville, TN -- Bonnyville

Game NotesLimping In: The Pioneers enter tonight’s ECAC West Quarterfinal game with an 11-9-5 overall record, but have just a 1-3-1 record in their last five games. Two of the three losses came in overtime while the third was a 4-2 decision at home against Hobart College.

2014 Tournament Final Rematch: The two teams squar-ing-off in tonight’s quarterfinal game met just under a year ago in Utica, NY for the 2014 ECAC West Tournament Championship, which Elmira won 5-2. This is the second consecutive year that a quarterfinal game will feature the two finalists from the prior season. Neumann University and Manhattanville College met in the opening round of the 2014 ECAC West Tournament, with Manhattanville ex-acting their revenge for their 2013 Finals loss with a 5-2 win over the Knights.

Top Educate-tion: For the second time in his three seasons at Utica, Louie Educate ’15 has led the Pioneers in scoring. He accomplished the feat in his first season in Utica, total-ing 36 points in 2012-13, and is leading the Pioneers with 24 points this season. He has a team-high 11 goals, five of which have come on the power play, and a team-best four game-winning goals.

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2014-15 ECaC WESt mEn’S iCE hoCkEy tournamEnt

Wednesday, February 25, 2015#3 Nazareth College vs. #6 Manhattanville College

#4 Elmira College vs. #5 Utica College

Saturday, February 28, 2015#1 Hobart College vs. Lowest Remaining Seed

#2 Neumann University vs. Highest Remaining Seed

Saturday, March 7, 2015ECAC West Championship Game, TBA

2014: Elmira2013: Neumann2012: Hobart2011: Elmira2010: Manhattanville2009: Neumann2008: Manhattanville2007: Manhattanville2006: Elmira2005: Manhattanville2004: Hobart2003: Elmira2002: R.I.T.2001: R.I.T.

2000: R.I.T. 1999: R.I.T.1998: Niagara1997: Elmira1996: R.I.T.1995: Mercyhurst1994: R.I.T.1993: Elmira1992: Plattsburgh 1991: Elmira 1990: Elmira 1989: R.I.T. 1988: Elmira 1987: Plattsburgh

1986: R.I.T. 1985: Union 1984: R.I.T. 1983: Oswego 1982: Plattsburgh 1981: Plattsburgh1980: Oswego 1979: Middlebury 1978: Elmira

ECaC WESt ovErall

CollEgE ptS gp rECorD Win % gf ga gp rECorD Win % gf gaHobart 24 15 12-3-0 0.800 51 36 25 19-6-0 0.760 97 62Neumann 19 15 9-5-1 0.633 63 46 25 13-8-4 0.600 90 67Nazareth 18 15 7-4-4 0.600 51 41 25 11-9-5 0.540 77 68Elmira 12 15 5-8-2 0.400 41 47 25 11-11-3 0.500 83 80Utica 11 15 4-8-3 0.367 35 49 25 11-9-5 0.540 72 68Manhattanville 6 15 2-11-2 0.200 25 47 25 7-13-5 0.380 51 69

2014-15 ECaC WESt StanDingS

2014-15 ECaC WESt lEaDErSpoint SCoring gp ppg g-a-p1. Jarryd ten Vaanholt (EC) 25 1.36 12-22-342. Ben Blasko (NAZ) 25 1.16 5-24-293. Greg Whittle (EC) 25 1.00 8-17-25 Tommy Sumi (EC) 25 1.00 8-17-255. Louie Educate (UC) 25 0.96 11-13-24

goal SCoring gp gpg g1. Brad McBride (HC) 25 0.52 132. Jarryd ten Vaanholt (EC) 25 0.48 123. Alexander Taulien (EC) 23 0.48 11 Jory Mullin (NU) 24 0.46 11 Oliver Janzen (NAZ) 25 0.44 11 Louie Educate (UC) 25 0.44 11

aSSiSt SCoring gp apg a1. Ben Blasko (NAZ) 25 0.96 242. Jarryd ten Vaanholt (EC) 25 0.88 223. Greg Whittle (EC) 25 0.68 17 Tommy Sumi (EC) 25 0.68 175. Bo Webster (HC) 25 0.60 15

poWEr play pointS gp ppg g-a-p1. Tommy Sumi (EC) 25 0.64 3-13-162. Jarryd ten Vaanholt (EC) 25 0.60 6-9-153. Alexander Taulien (EC) 23 0.57 8-5-134. Louie Educate (UC) 25 0.48 5-7-12 Greg Whittle (EC) 25 0.48 3-9-12

DEfEnSEman SCoring gp ppg g-a-p1. Don Olivieri (NAZ) 24 0.79 9-10-192. Dalton Carter (UC) 25 0.72 6-12-183. Ryan Michel (HC) 19 0.79 1-14-154 Doug Rose (NU) 22 0.59 6-7-135. Steve Low (NU) 23 0.52 2-0-12 Jon Neal (HC) 25 0.48 3-9-12

frEShmEn SCoring gp ppg g-a-p1. Oliver Janzen (NAZ) 25 0.84 11-10-212. Dalton Carter (UC) 25 0.72 6-12-183. Mike Davis (NU) 24 0.71 10-7-174. Stephen Gaul (MC) 25 0.60 8-7-155. Kevin Valenti (UC) 25 0.56 5-9-14

goalS againSt avEragE minS ga gaa1. Frank Oplinger (HC) 843:12 28 1.992 Dylan Wells (UC) 979:37 39 2.393 Ben Curley (NU) 1206:46 53 2.644 Brian Fleming (MC) 1318:20 60 2.735 Ed Zdolshek (NAZ) 1148:40 53 2.77

Winning pErCEntagE W-l-t pCt1. Frank Oplinger (HC) 12-2-0 0.8572 Dylan Wells (UC) 9-5-3 0.6183 Ed Zdolshek (NAZ) 10-6-3 0.6054 Lino Chimienti (HC) 6-4-0 0.6005 Sal Magliocco (EC) 6-4-2 0.583