REGULAR SEASON FINALE: The Engineers conclude their 2014-15 season this weekend, when they host Cornell and Colgate at the Houston Field House ... RPI welcomes the Big Red to Troy on Friday (7pm), before taking on the Raiders on Saturday (4pm).
FOLLOW THE ACTION: Live statistics this weekend's action – and all home games – can be found at http://www.sidearmstats.com/rpi/whockey.
WATCH ON RPI TV: Home contests can be seen live on RPI TV, or online at www.rpitv.org.
ON THE AIR AND ONLINE: Saturday's match-up with the Raiders can be heard live on 91.5 FM, WRPI, or online at www.wrpi.org/listen.
ENGINEERS SPLIT ROAD WEEKEND: RPI went 1-1 in last weekend's action, falling at Yale, 5-0, before bouncing back with a 3-2 victory at Brown ... The Bulldogs scored goals in all three periods, including two power-play tallies, to blank the Engineers ... Senior
Kelly O'Brien made 23 saves, before giving way to classmate
Brianna Piper, who stopped seven of the eight shots she faced ... Junior
Sara Till then played the final 4:34 of the game, turning away all three shots she saw ... Rensselaer scored the first two goals in the win over the Bears on Saturday, including a power-play goal by junior
Lauren Wash to open the scoring at 17:10 of the first period ... Classmate
Alexa Gruschow then netted her team-leading 11th goal of the season at 10:37 of the second ... Brown drew to within 2-1 just a minute later, but the Engineers were able to regain their two-goal edge (3-1) at 15:15 of the third on a shorthanded tally by sophomore
Hannah Behounek ... The unassisted marker was her second of the season ... The Bears added an extra-attacker, power-play goal at 17:27 of the third, but RPI was able to hold on for the victory ... O'Brien finished with 22 saves.
RENSSELAER LEADERS: Junior
Alexa Gruschow (11 goals, 10 assists) leads RPI with 21 points in 29 games ... Freshman
Shayna Tomlinson (4 goals, 11 assists) is second with 15 points, while sophomore
Laura Horwood (7 goals, 7 assists) joins senior captains
Ali Svoboda (7 goals, 7 assists) and
Taylor Mahoney (4 goals, 10 assists) with 14 points apiece ... Fellow senior
Kathryn Schilter (1 goal, 10 assists) leads all blueliners with 11 points.
BETWEEN THE PIPES: Senior
Kelly O'Brien (5-17-1) has a 3.02 goals against average and a .907 save percentage in 23 starts ... Classmate
Brianna Piper (1-5-3) has a 3.36 goals against average and an .885 save percentage in 11 appearances (9 starts).
ON THE DRAW: Freshman
Shayna Tomlinson has won a team-best 64.2% of the face-offs she's taken (192 to 107) ... Junior
Alexa Gruschow is second at 54.9% (282 to 232).
ECAC HOCKEY LEADERS: Freshman
Shayna Tomlinson is second in ECAC Hockey in face-off percentage (64.2%), while senior
Kathryn Schilter is fifth in blocked shots (57) and seventh in blocked shots per game (1.84) ... Sophomore
Hannah Behounek has been assessed a league-high 19 penalties for 38 minutes.
PACING THE BIG RED: Senior Brianne Jenner (13 goals, 28 assists) leads Cornell with 41 points ... She is also tops on the club in power-play points (17), shorthanded goals (2), game-winning goals (3), shots (104) and face-off wins (351) ... Classmate Emily Fulton (20 goals, 18 assists) is second with 38 points, while fellow senior Jillian Saulnier (11 goals, 21 assists) rounds out the top three scorers with 32 points ... In goal, sophomore Paula Voorheis (12-9-3) has started 25 of the team's 27 games and carries a 2.63 goals against average and a .915 save percentage.
COLGATE LEADERS: Freshmen Megan Sullivan (9 goals, 7 assists) and Breanne Wilson-Bennett (7 goals, 9 assists) are tied for the team lead with 16 points apiece ... Senior Melissa Kueber (9 goals, 5 assists) has 14 points ... Junior netminder Ashlynne Rando (6-18-1) has started 25 of the club's 32 games, compiling a 2.57 goals against average and a .916 save percentage.
SENIOR DAY!: The women's hockey team will honor their seven seniors follow Saturday's game. Congrats to the Class of 2015!
THE CAPTAINS: Seniors
Taylor Mahoney and
Ali Svoboda join assistant captain junior
Mari Mankey as RPI's captains for the 2014-15 season ... All three are in their first season wearing the "C" or the "A" for the Engineers.