.500 START: Rensselaer split its opening weekend games, falling at 14th-ranked UMass-Lowell, 3-0, before toping first-ranked Boston College, 2-1.

THE LAST FRONTIER: The Engineers head to Fairbanks, Alaska, this weekend for the Brice Alaska Goal Rush, which begins on Friday ... RPI faces Alaska-Anchorage on Friday at 8:07pm ET and the hosts from Alaska-Fairbanks on Saturday at 11:07pm ET.

FOLLOWING THE ACTION: All RPI men's hockey games can be heard live on WRPI, 91.5 FM, and on the Internet on www.wrpi.org ... Home games can also be seen – for free – on RPI TV ... The video stream can be found at www.rpitv.org.

ANY GIVEN SUNDAY: Junior Riley Bourbonnais scored two goals and senior goaltender Jason Kasdorf stopped 36 of the 37 shots he faced to lead RPI to a 2-1 victory over then-No. 1 Boston College on Sunday at the Houston Field House ... Freshman Evan Tironese picked up two assists for the hosts ... The Eagles lone goal was scored by Zach Sanford ... Junior goalie Thatcher Demko finished with 26 saves for BC.

RPI DROPS OPENER AT LOWELL: The Engineers were shutout by 14th-ranked UMass-Lowell, 3-0, on Friday night at Tsongas Center ... Three different goal-scorers paced the River Hawks, including Evan Campbell, who had a goal and an assist ... RPI senior goaltender Jason Kasdorf made 35 saves, including 15 in the second period ... Sophomore blueliner Jared Wilson notched an team-high six shots for Rensselaer.

TICKETS: Tickets to all Rensselaer home games are available through the Houston Field House box office or by calling 518-276-6262.

EARLY TESTS: For the second year in a row, the Engineers faced the first-ranked team in the nation in the opening weekend of the regular season ... RPI fell to then-#1 Minnesota, 3-0, in the IceBreaker Tournament last year ... In 2013-14, RPI took on #4 Boston College in its opening weekend and took on #11 Ferris State to begin the 2012-13 season.

TIRONESE EFFECT: Playing in his first collegiate game, freshman Evan Tironese assisted on both of RPI's goals in its win over then-No. 1 Boston College on Sunday.

MOORE OFFENSIVE: Due to injuries at the forward position, freshman Meirs Moore has suited up as a forward in each of Rensselaer's first two games.

EARLY POINTS LEADERS: Junior Riley Bourbonnais has scored both of RPI's goals through two games this season ... Freshman Evan Tironese has two assists, while junior Parker Reno and sophomore Jared Wilson have one helper each.

BETWEEN THE PIPES: Senior Jason Kasdorf has started both games this season and is 1-1 with a 2.00 goals against average and a .947 save percentage.