{"id":97184,"date":"2015-11-08T19:51:04","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T01:51:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.uscho.com\/atlantic-hockey-blog\/?p=1912"},"modified":"2015-11-08T19:51:04","modified_gmt":"2015-11-09T01:51:04","slug":"three-things-a-mercyhurst-milestone","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wp-admin.uscho.com\/2015\/11\/08\/three-things-a-mercyhurst-milestone\/","title":{"rendered":"Three things: A Mercyhurst milestone"},"content":{"rendered":"

Mercyhurst milestone<\/h4>\n

Mercyhurst defeated visiting Air Force 3-1 on Saturday, the 500th career victory for Lakers coach Rick Gotkin, who is in his 28th season at the Erie, Pa. school.<\/p>\n

Gotkin began his head coaching career at Mercyhurst in 1988, the second year of varsity hockey at the school and has been there ever since, amassing a record of 500-357-76.<\/p>\n

Under Gotkin, the Lakers have been to the Division III, Division II and Division I NCAA Tournaments, and have qualified for the postseason 25 of a possible 27 times.<\/p>\n

I’ve known Rick almost as long as he’s been at Mercyhurst, and while there are a lot of nice guys in college hockey, he’s one of the best. Congratulations.<\/p>\n

AIC achievement<\/h4>\n

American International also had a historic win this past weekend, erasing a 2-0 deficit at No. 20 Robert Morris on Friday and winning 3-2.<\/a> Travis Douglas got the game-winner with 5:11 left and Alex Murray made 44 saves for the Yellow Jackets.<\/p>\n

It was AIC’s first win of the season and the first time in the history of the program (67 seasons, including 18 at the full Division I level) that the Yellow Jackets defeated a ranked D-I opponent.<\/p>\n

On any given…<\/h4>\n

Robert Morris got revenge the following night, defeating AIC 7-1<\/a> to earn the split.<\/p>\n

Also splitting conference weekend series were Air Force<\/a> and Mercyhurst<\/a>, as well as Sacred Heart <\/a>and Holy Cross<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Rochester Institute of Technology took three<\/a> points<\/a> at Army to round out conference play.<\/p>\n

That means all eight teams playing league games this past weekend earned at least a point, demonstrating again how close the standings have been in recent years, and how no AHC team can be taken for granted.<\/p>\n

In 12 weekend conference series so far, only three have resulted in sweeps. Expect more of the same.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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