Hauppauge, NY- Interdivision rivalries in hockey seem to create a playoff type atmosphere regardless of the standings and point in the season. As the regular season winds down with just over a month remaining, this weekend looks to be no different as the #5 Stony Brook Seawolves host the #15 University of Delaware Blue Hens at The Rinx in Hauppauge Saturday at 8:30 pm and Sunday at 3:30 pm.
Stony Brook is coming off of a weekend series split with #11 Liberty University that saw the Seawolves get completely dominated in their first game back from the winter break since taking two games on the road against the Blue Hens on December 5-6.
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Stony Brook
#13 Ryan Cotcamp: Cotcamp leads all Stony Brook scoring with 33 points on the season. He has 15 goals and 18 assists with 6 of his goals coming on the man advantage.
#11 Nick Barbera: Barbera is tied with Cotcamp for the team lead in assists with 18 on the season. He has recorded a point in 12 of his 16 games played so far this season.
Delaware
#28 Cole Zucker: Zucker leads the Blue Hens in scoring with 25 points in 18 games played. His 13 goals are good for the team lead and 12 assists are tied for second on the team.
#12 John Redgate: Redgate is leading the Blue Hens with 14 assists on the season and is tied for second in scoring with 20 points. He leads his team with 7 powerplay assists and 3 game winning goals.
IN THE NUMBERS
• Stony Brook is 6-1 in their last 7 games against the Blue Hens
• Delaware is 6-3 in their last 9 roads games
• Stony Brook is 7-3 on home ice this season
Stony Brook
#39 Brendan Jones: In 10 games played, Jones is 7-3-0 with 29 GA while holding a 3.22 GAA and .912 SV%
#33 Derek Willms: In 10 games played, Willms is 9-1-0 with 11 GA while holding a 1.10 GAA and a .957 SV%
Delaware
#1 Dylan Troiano: In 8 games played, Troiano is 6-2-0 with 12 GA while holding a 1.48 GAA and a .949 SV%.
#30 Patrick Rochefort: In 8 games played, Rochefort is 4-2-2 with 27 GA while holding a 3.32 GAA and a .895 SV%.