Complete Schedule

TROY, N.Y. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's ice hockey schedule for the 2012-13 season has been finalized. The Engineers will play 34 games, including 18 at the Houston Field House.  Highlighting this year's schedule are five games against 2012 NCAA Tournament teams, including two against ECAC Hockey-rival and two-time NCAA Frozen Four participant, Cornell University.
 
“We're excited about next year's schedule and the quality teams that we'll be facing,” said head coach John Burke, who enters his 10th season at the helm of the Engineers. “There are some great squads in this year's lineup, including teams from Hockey East and the CHA, which will make for an exciting year.”
 
RPI kicks off the regular season at the Field House with a pair of games against the University of Connecticut on October 5 and 6.  The Engineers then travel to Massachusetts the following weekend for games against Boston University and Northeastern University on October 12 and 13.  RPI returns home for a non-conference tilt against Route-7 rival, Union on October 20 during RPI's Reunion & Homecoming Weekend, before embarking on a three-game road trip, including the ECAC Hockey opener at St. Lawrence (Oct. 26) and Clarkson (Oct. 27), followed by a game at the University of Vermont (Oct. 31).
 
The Engineers then open a four-game home series, welcoming league-foes Princeton and Quinnipiac on November 9 and 10 before hosting Robert Morris University for a two-game, non-conference series on November 16 and 17.
 
RPI heads to Syracuse over Thanksgiving (Nov. 23-24) for a pair of games, before closing out the month of November at Quinnipiac (Nov. 30) and Princeton (Dec. 1).  The Engineers wrap-up the fall semester the following weekend with conference home games against Brown (Dec. 7) and Yale (Dec. 8).
 
Following a nearly month-long layoff, RPI opens at home against Dartmouth (Jan. 4) and Harvard (Jan. 5).  The Engineers then welcome Hockey East-foe Providence College for two games (Jan. 11-12), before heading to Harvard (Jan. 18) and Dartmouth (Jan. 19) the next weekend.
 
Rensselaer closes out the month of January with a home-and-home series against area-rival Union. The Engineers travel to Schenectady on January 25 and host the Dutchwomen the following day.
 
The Engineers open the final stretch of the season on the road at Colgate (Feb. 1) and Cornell (Feb. 2), and is back at the Field House the following weekend against Clarkson (Feb. 8) and St. Lawrence (Feb. 9).  After games at Yale (Feb. 15) and Brown (Feb. 16), Rensselaer returns home to conclude its regular season schedule against Cornell (Feb. 22) and Colgate (Feb. 23).
 
Rensselaer posted a 9-21-4 overall record in 2011-12 with a 6-14-2 ECAC Hockey mark. RPI finished tied for eighth in the conference standings, but fell just short of making their fourth straight ECAC Hockey Playoff appearance, losing the tie-breaker against Brown.