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THE FACEOFF
The Engineers continue conference play with home games against Harvard and Dartmouth on Friday and Saturday. Both games begin at 7pm and both will be played at the Houston Field House. Tickets for all Rensselaer home games are available and can be purchased at the Houston Field House box office or by calling 518-276-6262. They can also be purchased online at www.rpiathletics.com/tickets.

LAST WEEKEND
Rensselaer sophomore Riley Bourbonnais had a hat trick and three freshmen also scored as the Engineers beat the defending national champions, Union College, 6-1, last Friday night. The next night, freshman Viktor Liljegren scored at 2:41 of overtime as the Engineers fought back from a late deficit to win, 2-1, in Schenectady. 

HONORED
Sophomore Riley Bourbonnais was named ECAC Player of the Week after notching a hat trick for the first three goals of his career in the 6-1 win over Union on Friday. Junior Jason Kasdorf was named the ECAC Goaltender of the Week after going 2-0-0 with a .967 save percentage and a 0.98 goals against average last weekend.

SCORING BY CLASS
RPI seniors have scored two goals and have seven assists for nine points, while juniors have two goals and six assists for eight points. The sophomore class has three goals and two assists for five points and the freshmen lead the team with seven goals and seven assists for 14 points.

ALL-TIME VS. HARVARD
RPI has played Harvard 90 times in its history, going 36-48-6. In league contests, the two team have played 69 times, with Rensselaer holding a 29-36-4 record. In 39 home games against the Crimson, the Engineers are 21-15-3. They have a 5-7-4 record against Harvard under Seth Appert. 

AGAINST DARTMOUTH
The Engineers have played the Big Green 84 times in history, with a 45-34-5 record. In 68 league games, RPI holds a 37-27-4 advantage. At home, Rensselaer is 23-14-4 versus Dartmouth and it has an 11-9-1 record under head coach Seth Appert, including 2-2-0 last season. Three of those games came in the ECAC Hockey Playoffs. RPI won the first game, 4-1, but Dartmouth got the game-winner in the third period of Game 2 to win 3-2. In the final game, RPI had a two goal lead heading into the third period, but Dartmouth scored three times to win, 5-4, ending Rensselaer's season.