2013-14 Schedule | Almanac

TROY, N.Y. – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) women's ice hockey schedule for the 2013-14 season has been finalized. The Engineers will play 35 games, including 16 at the Houston Field House.  Highlighting this year's schedule are seven games against 2013 NCAA Tournament teams, including six against ECAC Hockey foes Cornell, Harvard and Clarkson.

“We're excited about the upcoming season and the challenging schedule we have put together,” said head coach John Burke, who enters his 11th season at the helm of the Engineers. “We will have four NCAA Tournament teams in the Houston Field House this year, including NCAA finalist Boston University and our ECAC Hockey schedule promises to be as competitive as ever.”

RPI kicks off the season at the Field House with a pair of exhibition games against the Ottawa Jr. Senators and Brock University on September 22 and 29, respectively. The Engineers then travel to Pennsylvania to open the regular season with a two-game series at Robert Morris on October 4 and 5.  RPI returns home for two non-conference games against 2013 NCAA Championship runner-up Boston University and Northeastern, the following weekend. The Engineers conclude the brief three-game homestand on October 19 against the University of Vermont.

Rensselaer plays a pair of non-league contests at UConn on October 25 and 26, before beginning their ECAC Hockey schedule at home against Harvard and Dartmouth on November 1 and 2. The Engineers visit league regular season and tournament champions Cornell and Colgate the next weekend, before hosting Yale and Brown on November 15 and 16.

The Engineers begin a six-game road trip by flying to Minnesota over Thanksgiving (Nov. 29-30) for a pair of games at St. Cloud State. RPI then opens the month of December at league-foes Princeton and Quinnipiac, before traveling to Providence College for a non-conference series on December 4 and 5.

Following a 35-day layoff, RPI opens the 2014 portion of its schedule against Quinnipiac and Princeton at home, followed by a home-and-home series with Route-7 rival Union College on January 17 and 18. The Engineers are home on Friday night, before heading to Schenectady on Saturday afternoon.

RPI concludes a three-game road trip at Dartmouth and Harvard on January 24 and 25, before taking on North Country foes St. Lawrence and NCAA Tournament participant Clarkson for the first time, the following weekend.

The Engineers open the final stretch of the season on the road at Brown (Feb. 7) and Yale (Feb. 8), and is back at the Field House the following weekend against Colgate (Feb. 14) and Cornell (Feb. 15). Rensselaer returns home to conclude its regular season schedule against Clarkson (Feb. 21) and St. Lawrence (Feb. 22).

Rensselaer posted a 10-22-4 overall record in 2012-13 with an 8-12-2 ECAC Hockey mark. RPI finished seventh in the conference standings, making its fourth postseason appearance in five years.