Rutgers University Roller Hockey

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The Rutgers Scarlet Knights are a collegiate inline hockey team based in New Brunswick, New Jersey. They are governed by the National Collegiate Roller Hockey Association. The Scarlet Knights compete in the Eastern Collegiate Roller Hockey Association (ECRHA) at the Division I level.

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[edit] Franchise history

Roller Hockey at Rutgers University has been around for many years, starting on a single tennis court painted like a hockey rink. Eventually an outdoor rink was opened on campus with students and alumni playing nearly every night. This strong following of roller hockey led a core group of dedicated students to start the Roller Hockey Club.

The Eastern Collegiate Roller Hockey Association (ECRHA) is part of the National Collegiate Roller Hockey Association(NCRHA), which is made up of over 150 college roller hockey team around the country. The founders and first class of officers consisted of President Anthony Tsigourakos, Vice President Matt Cooper, and Treasurer Adam Diener, who worked closely with both Rutgers and the ECRHA to get the team off the ground.

Originally, we planned to only have one team, however the large turnout our first year forced us to field two teams; one Division I and one B team. We are one of the fastest growing club teams at Rutgers with over 30 members in our first year. This number has increased over the first three seasons, as the club now boasts 3 travel teams and 1 developmental team.

The team has improved every season, as new recruits have helped bolster the team's talent level. Rutgers continues to achieve national recognition, as seen in the team's invitation to the NCRHA Winter Invitational and the NCRHA National Collegiate Tournament in 2006. Last season, the team was ranked as high as 5th overall in the nation.

[edit] Season-by-season record

Season GP W L T Pts Finish Playoffs NCT
2003-2004 23 2 18 3 7 6th in Central DNQ DNQ
2004-2005 24 14 10 0 28 2nd in Central Lost in Round Robin to Northeastern DNQ
2005-2006 24 19 4 1 39 1st in Central Lost in Q-Finals to Pittsburgh DNQ
2006-2007 25 10 11 4 24 2nd in South Lost in Q-Finals to Rhode Island DNQ

[edit] Team Captains

[edit] Captains

# Name Seasons
1 Anthony Tsigourakos 2003-04 to 2006-2007

[edit] Assistant Captains

# Name Seasons
1 James Novak 2003-04 to 2006-07
2 Pat Horgan 2003-04 to 2004-2005
3 David Gandelman 2005-06
4 Rob Fulton 2006-2007
5 Jeff Grabowski 2006-2007

[edit] Team Officers

[edit] Presidents

# Name Years
3 Joe Tsigourakos 2007
2 James Novak 2005-07
1 Anthony Tsigourakos 2003-05

[edit] Vice Presidents

# Name Years
4 Mark Makar 2007
3 Joe Tsigourakos 2005-07
2 James Novak 2004-05
1 Matt Cooper 2003-04

[edit] Treasurers

# Name Years
2 Jeff Grabowski 2005-07
1 Adam Diener 2003-05

[edit] Secretaries

# Name Years
4 James Kinosian 2007
3 Mark Makar 2005-07
2 Joe Tsigourakos 2004-05
1 James Novak 2003-04

[edit] Team Coaches

[edit] Head Coaches

# Name Years
1 Dominick Roca 2004-07
2 Rob Dixon 2003

[edit] Assistant Coaches

# Name Years
1 Don Protz 2004 to 07
2 Ed Vachino 2003 to 04

[edit] Team records

[edit] ECRHA Single Season

  • Most Goals in a season: Andrew Brodsky, 46 (2006-07)
  • Most Assists in a season: Anthony Tsigourakos, 30 (2005-06)
  • Most Points in a season: Andrew Brodsky, 65 (2005-06)
  • Most Penalty Minutes in a season: Rob Fulton, 65 (2005-06)
  • Most PPG in a season: Andrew Brodsky, 12 (2006-07)
  • Most SHG in a season: Rob Fulton, 4 (2005-06)
  • Most GWG in a season: Andrew Brodsky, 6 (2005-2006)
  • Most Shots Faced in a season: Joe Tsigourakos, 740 (2006-07)
  • Most Saves in a season: Joe Tsigourakos, 629 (2006-07)
  • Lowest GAA in a season: Joe Tsigourakos, 0.86 (2005-06)
  • Highest Save % in a season: Joe Tsigourakos, .957 (2005-2006)
  • Most Wins in a season: Matt Pokoj, 16 (2005-06)
  • Most SO in a season: Joe Tsigourakos, 1 (2005-06)

-3 Game min for goalie stats

[edit] Career

  • Most Games played in a career: James Novak, 86 (2003-07)
  • Most Goals in a career: Andrew Brodsky, 90 (2005-07)
  • Most Assists in a career: Anthony Tsigourakos, 70 (2003-07)
  • Most Points in a career: Andrew Brodsky, 127 (2005-07)
  • Most Penalty Minutes in a career: Rob Fulton, 145 (2004-07)
  • Most PPG in a career: Andrew Brodsky, 17 (05-07)
  • Most SHG in a career: James Novak, 9 (2003-07)
  • Most Shots Faced in a career: Matt Pokoj, 1006 (2004-06)
  • Most Saves in a career: Matt Pokoj, 854 (2004-2006)
  • Lowest GAA in a career: Matt Pokoj, 4.06 (2004-2006)
  • Highest Save % in a career: Joe Tsigourakos, .857 (2005-2007)
  • Most Wins in a career: Matt Pokoj, 29 (2004-06)
  • Most SO in a career: Joe Tsigourakos, 1 (2005-07)

-10 Game min for goalie stats

[edit] Single Game

  • Most Goals in a Game (Team): 23, vs Northeastern 11/20/05
  • Most Goals in a Game(Indv.): 7, Bob Markowick vs Northeastern 11/20/05
  • Most Assists in a Game(Indv.):6, Anthony Tsigourakos & James Novak (both) vs Northeastern 11/20/05
  • Most Points in a Game(Indv.): 9, Anthony Tsigourakos vs. Northeastern 11/20/05
  • Most Saves in a Game (Indv.): 37, Matt Cooper vs. Northern VA 2/21/04
  • Fastest Hat Trick in a Game (Indv.) : 25 seconds, Jeff Grabowski vs. Northern VA 10/10/04
  • Fastest Goal to Start a Game : 5 seconds, Andrew Brodsky vs. Delaware 11/18/06

[edit] Firsts

  • First Goal in Franchise History (Indv.) : Anthony Tsigourakos vs. UConn 10/11/03
  • First Assist in Franchise History (Indv.) : James Novak vs. UConn 10/11/03
  • First Penalty in Franchise History (Indv.) : Dave Gandelman vs. UConn 10/11/03
  • First PPG in Franchise History (Indv.) : Pat Horgan, 10/11/03 vs. SUNY Buffalo
  • First SHG in Franchise History (Indv.) : Dave Dzibela, 10/11/03 vs. UConn
  • First Win in Franchise History (Team) : 2/28/04 vs. Westchester
  • First Playoff Win in Franchise History (Team) : 3/4/06 vs. SUNY Binghamton
  • First GWG in Franchise History (Indv.) : Andy Morrison, 2/28/04 vs. Westchester
  • First Point in Franchise History (Team) : 10/11/03 tie vs. SUNY Buffalo
  • First Goaltender Win in Franchise History (Indv.) : Matt Cooper, 2/28/04 vs. Westchester
  • First Goaltender Shut Out in Franchise History (Indv.) : Joe Tsigourakos, 2/5/06 vs. Penn State
  • First hat trick: Eugene Goldinberg 4/2/04 vs. Hofstra

[edit] Team Records

  • Best Team Weekend : 4 wins, 0 losses (41 GF, 12 GA) 11/19/05 - 11/20/05 at Rahway, NJ
  • Highest National Ranking: 5th (October '05 - March '06)
  • Most consecutive wins: 11 (11/12/05 - 12/4/05)
  • Most wins in a season: 19 ('05-'06)

[edit] Franchise scoring leaders

These are the top scorers in the history of the Knights. Figures are updated after each completed weekend. Stats are compiled from all available stats, however, players may have incomplete stats. Since stats are not available for all of the total games played, they will not count towards these totals and team records. Note: GP = Games Played, G = Goals, A = Assists, Pts = Points, PPG = Power Play Goals, SHG = Shorthanded Goals, PIM = Penalties in Minutes

Player Years GP G A Pts PPG SHG PIM
Andrew Brodsky 2005-07 47 90 37 129 17 0 42
Rob Fulton 2004-07 58 64 64 127 5 6 145
Anthony Tsigourakos 2003-07 84 52 70 122 16 0 60
Jeff Grabowski 2004-07 67 65 34 99 17 1 78
James Novak 2003-07 86 42 41 82 1 9 56
Dave Gandelman 2003-06 63 25 27 52 4 0 40
Andy Morrison 2003-05 40 22 17 39 2 0 22
Bob Markowick 2005-06 15 27 6 33 5 0 28
Pat Mazzella 2004-05 20 14 7 21 2 0 14
Cody Dziadyk 2004-06 41 5 15 20 0 0 28
Pat Horgan 2003-05 39 10 10 20 1 0 12
Brendan Soffientini 2006-07 24 9 6 15 0 0 4
James Kinosian 2006-07 35 7 5 12 0 0 22
Dave Dzibela 2003-05 32 4 8 12 0 1 22
Collin Brady 2005-07 15 6 2 8 1 0 2
Mike Lee 2005-06 19 4 3 7 0 0 8
Eugene Goldinberg 2003-04 20 5 2 7 0 0 6
Brian Lalancette 2003-05 14 4 1 5 1 0 4
Aaron Thorburn 2006-07 24 2 2 4 0 0 24

[edit] Franchise goaltending leaders

Note: GP = Games Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, T = Ties, GAA = Goals Against Avg, Save % = Save Percentage, SVS = saves, SO = Shutouts

Player Years GP W L T GAA Save % SVS SO
Matt Pokoj 2004-06 44 29 14 1 4.06 .840 854 0
Joe Tsigourakos 2005-07 26 13 11 3 4.18 .857 674 1
Matt Cooper 2003-04 13 1 11 1 6.35 .797 299 0
Steve Varga 2003-04 10 1 8 1 6.28 .784 189 0
Mike Perinelli 2004-2005 1 1 0 0 4.00 .862 25 0
Caleb Towne 2006-07 2 1 0 1 4.50 .875 21 0
Ryan McCoyd 2006-07 1 0 0 1 6.00 .700 14 0

[edit] Awards and Championships

[edit] Team Championships

"NCRHA National Championships"

  • None

"ECRHA Regional Championships"

  • None

"Conference Championships"

  • ECRHA Division 1 Central Conference Champions (2005-2006)

"Other Tournament Championships"

[edit] ECRHA Division 1 All-Stars

  • 2003-2004, James Novak (Offense)
  • 2004-2005, Rob Fulton (Offense)
  • 2004-2005, Matt Pokoj (Goalie)
  • 2004-2005, James Novak (Offense)
  • 2005-2006, Matt Pokoj (Goalie)
  • 2005-2006, Andrew Brodsky(Offense)
  • 2005-2006, Anthony Tsigourakos (Offense)
  • 2006-2007, Joe Tsigourakos (Goalie)
  • 2006-2007, Anthony Tsigourakos (Offense)
  • 2006-2007, Andrew Brodsky (Offense)
  • 2006-2007, Rob Fulton (Defense)

[edit] Leadership Awards

"ECRHA President's Award for Leadership & Dedication to College Roller Hockey"

  • 2006, Anthony Tsigourakos

"Rutgers Recreation Award for Most Valuable Club Member"

  • 2004, Anthony Tsigourakos

"Rutgers Recreation Club Spirit Award"

  • 2005, Rutgers Roller Hockey (Anthony Tsigourakos, Adam Diener, James Novak, Joseph Tsigourakos)

"Rutgers Recreation Sports Clubs MVP"

  • 2006, Matt Pokoj

[edit] External links

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