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THE FACEOFF
Rensselaer returns home to Houston Field House for the final regular season series of 2014-15, hosting Clarkson on Friday and St. Lawrence on Saturday. Both games begin at 7pm. The Engineers took on both teams in the North Country earlier this month, and were swept, falling to the Saints, 3-1, and Clarkson, 5-2.
 
THE STANDINGS
RPI enters this weekend's action in ninth place in the ECAC Hockey standings with 18 points, three behind Clarkson for eighth place, which also represents the final position for home ice advantage in the first round of the league's post-season. St. Lawrence is in second place, four points ahead of third place Yale.
 
THE POSSIBILITIES
The Engineers can finish anywhere from eighth place to 11th place in the standings. Clarkson can finish between sixth and ninth place, it clinches home ice with a point against RPI or two points against Union. St. Lawrence is locked into second place.
 
2014-15 ENGINEERS
After sweeping then-No. 15 Colgate and Cornell  at home in January, RPI saw a three-game winning streak snapped on January 24 and have not won since, losing six straight games before skating to a 2-2 tie at Cornell on Friday. The Engineers, who lost at Colgate on Saturday, are currently in an eight-game skein (0-7-1).
 
OVERALL STATISTICS
Senior forward Jacob Laliberte holds the top spot among RPI scorers with 18 points on six goals and a team-best 12 assists. Freshman forward Drew Melanson has 17 points and is tied with Laliberte, Viktor Liljegren, and Milos Bubela for the team lead with six goals. Melanson is second in assists with 11 after handing out an assist on a goal at Cornell. Senior Matt Neal has 15 points (5 goals, 10 assists) in 28 games and classmate Curtis Leonard is the team's top scorer from the blueline with 10 points on two goals and eight helpers.
 
LEAGUE STATISTICS
In conference games, Rensselaer's leading scorer is senior Jacob Laliberte, who has five goals and nine assists for 14 points in 20 games. Classmate Matt Neal is second with four goals and seven assists for 11 points in 16 games and freshman Drew Melanson has 10 points (2 goals, 8 assists) in 18 contests.
 
IN GOAL
Junior Jason Kasdorf is 9-16-1 overall with a 3.05 goals against average and an .896 save percentage in 27 games, all starts. In 18 ECAC Hockey games, the Buffalo Sabres prospect is 7-9-1 with a 2.75 GG and an .899 save percentage.
 
UPCOMING
RPI will be in action next weekend in the first round of the ECAC Hockey Playoffs, a best-of-three series. Action begins on Friday and continues Saturday and Sunday, if necessary.