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D1 Club Hockey Returns This Weekend

By: Colonials to take on Canisius in their season opener.

Men's D1 Club Ice Hockey | 2/26/2021 10:13:00 AM

Moon, PA- The Colonials D1 Club Hockey program will finally return to the ice on Saturday (2/27) against Canisius College. This will be the first game for the team in close to a year, and they'll be looking to build off a strong 2019-2020 regular season campaign that saw them go 24-11-1, including a 11-3 record in the CHMA conference.

Students and community member fans will not be permitted to attend the game. Warm-ups will begin at 7pm and opening puck drop is at 7:30pm.

Robert Morris and Canisius last met on October 25th and 26th of 2019, an early season series for both clubs. RMU will be looking to repeat the results of those games, as they won both games by scores of 7-4 and 3-1.

Many are wondering if these two teams meeting on Saturday will be as chippy as they had been a year and a half ago. Both teams racked up a hefty amount of penalty minutes against one another last season. During the 3-1 Colonials victory on October 26th, the two teams combined for 70 penalty minutes. Additionally over the course of the weekend, there were 6 game misconduct penalties called. Five of them were called to Canisius and one was assessed at RMU.

The Colonials will have a lot of returning faces this season. On offense, senior forwards Nathan Mickey and 2020 All-Conference Second Team member Joseph Zottola Jr will look to replicate their production from a season prior. Defensively, the Colonials still retain the services of a pair of all conference defensemen. All-Conference First Team member Andrew Hachmeister and All-Conference Second Team member Noah Raymundo both are returning to anchor the RMU blueline. One of the major changes for the Colonials will be between the pipes, as Parker Rutherford steps in following the departure of Lewis Richardson (Graduated).

The Colonials will look to start the season with a big home victory, and have the firepower to make it happen.

Alexander Gagnon '21
Club Sport Information Director

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Players Mentioned

#23 Andrew Hachmeister: D; 6' 0"; Junior; Marketing/Finance

#14 Nathan Mickey: F; 5' 11"; Junior; Accounting/Finance

#2 Noah Raymundo: D; 5' 10"; Junior; Cyber Forensics/Information Security

#1 Parker Rutherford: G; 5' 10"; Freshman

#35 Lewis Richardson: G; 6' 2"; Senior

Players Mentioned

#23 Andrew Hachmeister
: 6' 0"; Junior; Marketing/Finance
: D

#14 Nathan Mickey
: 5' 11"; Junior; Accounting/Finance
: F

#2 Noah Raymundo
: 5' 10"; Junior; Cyber Forensics/Information Security
: D

#1 Parker Rutherford
: 5' 10"; Freshman
: G

#35 Lewis Richardson
: 6' 2"; Senior
: G

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