TWO MORE FOR THE ROAD
The Engineers conclude the fall semester with a pair of ECAC Hockey road games at Yale and Brown on Friday (7pm) and Saturday (4pm), respectively ... RPI doesn't play again until December 30, when it visits No. 6 Harvard (7pm).
TRIP NEARING ITS END
Rensselaer is in the midst of an eight-game road trip, which began on November 22 at New Hampshire ... The Engineers aren't home again until January 3 against UMass-Lowell.
TIGERS EARN COMEBACK WIN
Trailing 4-1 in the second period, Princeton came back to beat the Engineers, 6-5 in overtime, on Saturday at Hobey Baker Rink ... Sophomore Max Veronneau led the charge for the hosts finishing, with two goals and two assists ... RPI freshman
Jacob Hayhurst scored twice, while sophomore
Evan Tironese had a goal and an assist ... Defensemen
Mike Prapavessis and
Will Reilly each recorded a pair of assists ... Sophomore goaltender
Cam Hackett turned in a career-high 49 saves.
THIRD PERIOD LIFTS BOBCATS
Fifth-ranked Quinnipiac scored three power play goals in the third period to top Rensselaer, 4-1, on Friday night in Hamden Conn. ... Tim Clifton broke a 1-1 tie at 7:47 of the final period and Bo Pieper added an insurance goal less than three minutes later ... Junior blueliner
Jared Wilson netted the lone Engineers tally, while sophomore
Cam Hackett had 47 saves.
MODEL OF CONSISTENCY
Dating back to last season, senior captain
Riley Bourbonnais has at least one point in 23 out of 27 weekends ... His scoreless trip to Quinnipiac and Princeton was his first in eight weekends this year.
NO. 16 YALE TOPS ENGINEERS LATE
Yale erased a 2-0 deficit with three minutes to play in the third period to beat the Engineers, 3-2 in overtime, on November 5 ... After a scoreless first period, junior
Drew Melanson gave the hosts a 1-0 lead late in the second ... Classmate Viktor Lijegren tipped home a shot by
Mike Prapavessis for a 2-0 advantage at 14:33 of the third ... Frankie DiChiara brought Yale within 2-1 at 17:01, before John Hayden netted the tying goal with 18 seconds left in regulation ... Hayden then potted the game-winning, just 23 seconds into the extra frame ...
Chase Perry made 35 saves for RPI, while Patrick Spano had 19 for the Bulldogs.
ALL-TIME VS. YALE
Rensselaer owns a 56-46-6 record in the all-time series, which dates back to January 22, 1909 ... The 107 games are the fourth most for RPI against one opponent ... The Bulldogs took the inaugural meeting, 3-0, in Albany.
RECENTLY
Yale has won six of the last seven meetings, including the last three in New Haven ... RPI's last victory at Ingalls Rink was on December 7, 2012 – a 6-1 win.
RENSSELAER UPENDS BROWN
Junior
Drew Melanson netted a pair of goals to lead the Engineers to a 3-1 win over Brown on November 4 ... He opened the scoring at 14:17 of the second, before classmate
Jared Wilson doubled the RPI advantage 19 seconds into the third period ... Brent Beaudoin made it a 2-1 game at 18:37, before Melanson netted an empty-netter with 34 seconds to go ...
Chase Perry stopped 27 shots for his first victory with the Engineers ... Gavin Nieto took the loss for Brown, registering 28 saves.
ALL-TIME AGAINST THE BEARS
RPI is 63-26-8 against Brown in the all-time series, which dates back to December 28, 1951 ... The 63 victories are the second most by the Engineers against any opponent (Princeton, 67).
RECENTLY
Rensselaer is 6-3-1 over the last 10 meetings overall and 7-2-1 in the last 10 at Meehan Auditorium ... The Engineers have won the last four, including a two-game play series at the Houston Field House last season.
SPECIAL TEAMS
The Engineers enter the weekend with the fifth-best power play in ECAC Hockey at 17.4% (21 for 121) ... RPI's 21 power play goals are the most in the league ... The penalty kill comes in at 84.6% (88 for 104).
STREAKING
Sophomore
Evan Tironese has six points (1 goal, 5 assists) in his last four games after going point-less in three straight for the first time in his career ... He has a team-best five multi-point games this season.
STREAKING II
Junior defenseman
Jared Wilson carries a four-game point streak into the weekend, in which he has two goals and two assists, including the game-winning tally at Arizona State on November 26 ... He has five points (2 goals, 3 assists) in his last six games.