RIT Up Next For Orange Ice Hockey - Syracuse University Athletics

Syracuse (10-8-2, 3-3-2 CHA) vs. RIT (9-11-2, 4-3-1 CHA)
Date & Time	Friday, Jan. 10 at 7:05 p.m.
Location	Rochester, N.Y. \| Ritter Arena
Live Stats	RITathletics.com
Television	Time Warner Cable SportsChannel-26
Streaming Video	AmericaOneSports.com
Social Media	Facebook \| @cuse

SYRACUSE, N.Y.--The Syracuse ice hockey team heads over to Rochester Institute of Technology to take on the Tigers on Friday night at 7:05 p.m. in Ritter Arena, its first College Hockey America contest of the new year. The game is slated to air on Time Warner Cable SportsChannel in the Rochester area.

RIT NOTES
• The Tigers are 9-11-2 this season and 4-3-1 in College Hockey America play. RIT's CHA losses came against Mercyhurst and Robert Morris and they tied with Lindenwood.
• Kolbee McCrea and Kourtney Kunichika are the leading scorers with 14 points each. McCrea has scored 10 goals (team-best) and four assits and Kunichika has five goals and nine assists. The Orange leading scorers also have 14 points and are two of six SU skaters with double-digit points while RIT has five players with 10 or more points.
• Three goalies have seen action this year but Ali Binnington has played the majority of minutes for the Tigers. She has a 2.20 GAA and .928 save percentage and is even on the season with an 8-8-2 record.
• There are only two RIT skaters with a positive rating on the season, both with a plus one on the season. As a team they have a minus 80 rating, compared to Syracuse's minus four rating. They have been outscored by their opponents 63-46 whereas SU is ahead of its opponents, 51-45. On average, RIT allows 2.9 goals per game while the Orange holds its opponents to 2.2 per game.

READY FOR THEIR CLOSE UP
• This game will be televised on Time Warner Cable SportsChannel, the third time the Orange has appeared on the channel so far this year.
• Syracuse had two home games televised this season for the first time in program history. Time Warner Cable SportsChannel broadcasted the Colgate and Cornell games played at the War Memorial.
• Every home game and road CHA game is streamed live online on AmericaOneSports.com.
• In total, TWCS has agreed to air seven games involving College Hockey America teams. The Rochester Institute of Technology will host five TV games including two against Syracuse.

ORANGE BY NUMBERS
• The Orange has more wins on the road than at home, compiling a 6-4-1 record at opponent sites and a 4-4-1 record between Tennity Ice Pavilion and the Onondaga War Memorial, its home sites.
• Syracuse wins or ties 75 percent of the time when scoring before its opponent, wins 75 percent of the time when leading after the first period and wins 86 percent of the time when leading after the second period, losing only twice when it took a lead after the first 20 minutes and only once when it had an advantage with one period remaining.
• With an active offense, SU rarely loses. The Orange is 7-1-0 when outshooting an opponent and 8-1-1 when it scores three or more goals in a contest. SU has also never lost a game when it holds its opponent to one goal.
• Syracuse wins or ties 67 percent of the time when it scores a power play goal though it is essentially 50/50 for a positive outcome whether or not they allow a man-up score.

SPECIAL TEAMS SUCCESS
• Syracuse leads College Hockey America and is ninth in the nation on the power play, converting 18 percent of the time.
• The Orange has scored a man-up goal in each of the last four contests which has improved its conversion percentage from 16.7 percent prior to playing Lindenwood on Dec. 6 to 18 percent following the series with Vermont.
• Jessica Sibley leads the team with four power play goals and Nicole Renault is close behind her with three man-advantage scores.
• Renault and Caitlin Roach are tied for second in CHA with nine power play points on the year and Sibley is right behind them in fourth place with eight man-up tallies.

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