FORT WAYNE, Ind. – The Indiana Tech American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) Division 1 ice hockey team takes on Great Lakes Collegiate Hockey League (GLCHL) leader and third ranked Adrian this weekend in a home-and-home set.
 
Indiana Tech (9-5-0-1-0, 19 points) (Win-Loss-Tie-OT Loss-SO Loss)
 
Friday, Nov. 20, 7 p.m. at No. 3 Adrian (11-1-0-1-0, 23 points) Adrian, Michigan (Arrington Ice Arena)
Saturday, Nov. 21, 5:30 p.m. vs. No. 3 Adrian (11-1-0-1-0, 23 points) Fort Wayne, Indiana (SportONE/Parkview Icehouse)
 
Following the Warriors: Links to live video for both games will be available at IndianaTechWarriors.com and here (Friday) and here (Saturday). You can also check out the action on Twitter by following @INTechICE_D1 and @INTechWarriors.
 
Last Time Out: The Warriors swept Kent State in two close games last weekend on the road. Tech won 3-2 on Friday night before pulling out the shootout victory on Saturday, 2-1 (2-0 SO). Alex Gregorich scored two goals, including the game-winner, on Friday with Adam Jonak also adding a goal. Jace Childs played the hero on Saturday with the shootout winner. Zack Morlock would also notch a goal in regulation.
 
Head Coach Frank DiCristofaro: The first head coach in program history, Frank DiCristofaro enters his second season as Head Ice Hockey coach at Indiana Tech. In his first season at the helm, he guided the Warriors to an 8-26 record while playing one of the toughest schedules in the ACHA. The program's first win came against then 14^th ranked Oakland University Golden Grizzlies on Sept. 27, 2014. Under DiCristofaro's watch, the Warrior hockey program was able to gain entry to the highly-respected Great Lakes Collegiate Hockey League (GLCHL). The league boasts annual powerhouses Adrian, Davenport and Oakland. As part of one of the deepest and most talented leagues in the ACHA, the Warriors are tested by the best on a weekly basis.
 
Scouting the Opposition: Adrian – The Bulldogs moved up three spots from sixth in the latest edition of the ACHA Top 25 Poll and have only dropped two contests all season. They recently split a weekend set with No. 4 Stony Brook, scratching out a 4-3 win on Saturday before dropping a 3-2 overtime decision on Sunday. Brad Kobryn leads the team in goals (13) and points (33) while also adding 12 assists through 13 games so far. Tyler Duarte has 13 assists and is one of three Bulldogs with seven goals. Austyn Roudebush has posted two shutouts in over 480 minutes of ice time while allowing only 1.75 goals per game. The only blemish on an otherwise spotless record (7-0-0-1-0) comes from the overtime loss to Stony Brook on Sunday. Matthew Schnoes has also started five games in between the pipes for the Bulldogs and only has one loss to his credit with a 1.40 GAA and one shutout.
 
Series Notes: Adrian – This will be the first meeting between the two programs.
 
Keeping Up with the Best of Them: Jace Childs finds himself among the most prolific scorers in the nation with 13 goals on the season, tied for 20^th in the nation while his 25 points places him in a tie for 25^th.
 
Power Play Threat: Jace Childs, Quentin Holmes and Zack Morlock have all made their livings up the power play for the Warriors with each picking up four goals apiece. Childs has also notched two short-handed goals. Morlock has three game-winners to his credit and five goals overall, while Holmes also has five goals.
 
Program First: With two wins over Eastern Michigan over the weekend of Oct. 9-10, Indiana Tech completed the first series sweep in program history. The Warriors blanked the Eagles, 9-0, on Oct. 9 before coming away with a 5-2 win on Oct. 10. 14 different Warriors recorded at least one point while half of them had multi-point weekends. Ryan Attwood, Adam Jonak and Quentin Holmes led the team in goals with two apiece, while Holmes, Attwood and Joe Molfetta added three assists over the two games. Zach Larson picked up both the wins while stopping 44 shots over the weekend.
 
Scoring in a Variety of Ways: Forward Jace Childs leads the Orange and Black with 13 goals and has dished out a 12 assists for a team-best 25 points. The redshirt freshman has notched four of his goals on the power play while also netting two on the penalty kill and recording two game-winners. He also scored the winning goal in the shootout win over Kent State on Nov. 14.
 
Team Effort: Over 85% of the Tech roster (18 out of 21, excluding goalies) has recorded at least one point through the first 15 games this season, while 17 different Warriors have scored at least one goal and 17 different players have notched at least one assist. Jace Childs leads the team in all points (25) and assists (13), while Adam Jonak has eight goals and Ryan Theisen has seven. Childs, Quentin Holmes, Joe Molfetta and Jarrett Pfeiffer have all dished out 12 assists.
 
No Easy Skating: As Indiana Tech enters its first season as a member of the GLCHL, they will be tested night-in and night-out from one of the toughest conferences in the AHCA. Five of the nine GLCHL teams: Adrian (third), Davenport (ninth), Michigan-Dearborn (12^th), Western Michigan (20^th) and Rochester (23^rd) are all ranked in the latest ACHA Top 25 Poll. Oakland was ranked 25^th when the two teams met up on Oct. 16-17. The GLCHL has the second most teams ranked of any conference and is also second in terms of percentage of teams ranked (.556) The Western Collegiate Hockey League (WCHL) each led the way with all seven teams ranked while the Central States Collegiate Hockey League (CSCHL) has all five of its members in the Top 25.