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THE FACEOFF
Rensselaer hits the road for its last regular season trip of the season, playing ECAC Hockey games against Cornell and Colgate. Both games begin at 7pm and will be broadcast live on WRPI, 91.5 FM. The Engineers swept the Big Red and Raiders in mid-January. Those wins were the last two games of a three-game winning streak and RPI has not won since a 3-0 victory over Cornell on Jan. 17.
 
SLIDING
The Engineers have lost six straight games and are currently in ninth place in the ECAC Hockey standings with 14 points. They are four points out of seventh place, which is currently occupied by Clarkson and Cornell.
 
BACK AT IT
Junior forward Mark Miller missed nine games due to injury, but has made an impact since his return to the ice, which came against St. Lawrence on Feb. 6. He has a point in three of four games since his return, including a goal on Friday against Brown.
 
SCORING STREAKS
Freshman forward Viktor Liljegren recorded points in both games last weekend, scoring the lone Engineers goal against Yale on Saturday night. Senior forward Jacob Laliberte scored goals in back-to-back games in contests against Clarkson and Brown. It was the second time this season he tallied in consecutive contests with the first time being in the previous contests between this weekend's opponents.
 
SHUTOUTS
RPI has only shutout one opponent this season - Cornell. However, the Engineers have been blanked in the scoring column six times.  Meanwhile, the Big Red has been shutout five times, and handed out three to opponents. Colgate has blanked six opponents - including three in a five-game win streak earlier this season. The Raiders have been held off the scoreboard just once in 2014-15, a road loss to Quinnipiac.
 
OFFENSIVE LEADERS
Senior forward Jacob Laliberte holds the top spot among RPI scorers with 17 points on six goals and a team-best 11 assists. Freshman forward Drew Melanson has 15 points and is tied with Laliberte and Milos Bubela for the team lead with six goals.  Senior Matt Neal also has 15 points (5 G, 10 A).
 
BETWEEN THE PIPES
Jason Kasdorf has started 25 games, going 9-15-0 with a .896 save percentage and a 3.06 GAA, while Scott Diebold has appeared in 12 games and is 0-7-1 with an .892 save percentage and a 3.14 GAA.