WHO: Robert Morris (Pa.) Colonials (3-12-3) vs. No. 1 Miami RedHawks (13-2-5).
WHERE: Friday--Mellon Arena, Pittsburgh, Pa. Sunday--Cady Arena, Oxford, Ohio.
WHEN: Friday, 8:05 p.m. Sunday, 4:05 p.m.
TV: Sunday-ONN.
MIAMI RADIO COVERAGE: Both games--WPFB-AM (910), Middletown, Ohio.
NOTES: Robert Morris' opponents are 27.2 percent on the power play. The Colonials' top netminder has a 3.82 goals-against average.
These are key statistics for a Miami team that has played poorly at times in the second half of the season the past few seasons.
Robert Morris has a nine-game winless streak, including a sweep by Lake Superior State last weekend. The Colonials are 0-3 vs. CCHA teams this season (Alaska beat RMU earlier).
Junior Nathan Longpre has been Robert Morris' most deadly offensive threat, notching eight goals and 13 assists in 18 games this season. Fellow junior forward Chris Kushneriak has 20 points on nine goals and 11 helpers.
Sophomore forward Trevor Lewis and junior forward Scott Kobialko are the only other two major Colonials offensive threats. Lewis has three goals and 11 assists, and Kobialko had eight goals and three helpers.
On defense, junior Denny Urban leads the team in blueliner goals (5) and assists (7). No other Colonials defenseman has more than three points.
In net, sophomore Brooks Ostergard has logged just under two-thirds of Robert Morris' minutes this season. Ostergard is 2-9-2 with a 3.84 goals-against average and an .895 save percentage.
Ostergard may face Miami in both games, or the Colonials may give freshman Eric Levine a shot in one game. Levine is 1-3-1 with a 4.10 GAA, but he has a .912 save percentage.
Miami is 4-0 all-time vs. Robert Morris. The most recent meeting between these teams was in 2006-07, when the RedHawks won, 7-3 and 5-3 in a home-and-home series. Miami also swept a home series vs. the Colonials in 2004-05.
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