Box Score

TROY, N.Y. - Rensselaer scored four goals in the second period, including three in a span of 1:15, and the Engineers went on to defeat Brown, 4-3.  RPI got goals from four different players, including two who also had assists, and freshman Allen York made 21 saves for the win.

Brown opened a 1-0 lead on an Aaron Volpatti (Revelstoke, BC) just 41 seconds into the second period, but the Engineers tied the game when freshman Justin Smith (Hammonds Plains, NS/Langley Chiefs) scored his first career goal at the 3:21 mark.  Sophomore defenseman Jeff Foss (Moorhead, MN/Moorhead High School) took a shot from the blueline that Garett Vassel (Westhampton, NY/New York Apple Core) deflected to the ice.  Smith, who was stationed just outside the crease, jammed the puck over the line for the goal.  The Bears came right back to re-gain the lead just 39 seconds later when Jack Maclellan (Calgary, AB) scored on a rebound that went up and over York (Wetaskiwin, AB/Camrose Kodiaks) and over the goal line.

The score remained 2-1 in favor of the visitors until the 16:11 mark when sophomore Chase Polacek (Edina, MN/Academy of Holy Angels) scored on a slap shot from the right circle with RPI enjoying a 5-on-3 power play.  Freshman Alex Angers-Goulet (St. Augustin, PQ/Langley Chiefs) put the home team ahead at 16:35 when he swept in a loose puck in the crease, again with the Engineers skating with the man-advantage.  Freshman Patrick Cullen (Washington, DC/Indiana Ice) capped the flurry when he notched a goal from the bottom of the right faceoff circle at 17:26 for a 4-2 lead.

Matt Vokes (Auburn, MA), who assisted on Brown's second goal, pulled the Bears within one goal at 7:07 of the third period when he took a feed from Eric Slais (Fenton, MO) and pushed the puck through York from close range.

York picked up the win with six saves in the first period, nine in the second and six more in the third.  Offensively Polacek and Cullen both finished with a goal and an assist, while Foss and sophomore Tyler Helfrich (Calgary, AB/Prince George Spruce Kings) had two assists apiece.

Freshman Mike Clemente (Great Falls, VA) made 26 saves for Brown, which was 1 for 8 on the power play and 8 for 10 on the penalty kill.

RPI returns to action on Saturday night when it hosts #10 Yale, the first place team in ECAC Hockey, at 7pm in the 32nd Annual Big Red Freakout!  Brown travels to Union for a Saturday matinee (4pm) with the Dutchmen.