LAST LEAGUE WEEKEND: The 17th-ranked Engineers close out the 2015-16 regular season this weekend, when they travel to Colgate and No. 16 Cornell on Friday (7pm) and Saturday (7pm), respectively.
FOLLOWING THE ACTION: Most 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.
RPI PREVAILS ON SENIOR NIGHT: Senior
Milos Bubela scored twice to lead the 17th-ranked Engineers to a 2-1 come-from-behind win over Princeton, on Saturday at the Houston Field House ... Junior
Jimmy DeVito picked up assists on both RPI goals, while senior netminder
Jason Kasdorf made 19 save to earn his 10th win of the year.
NO. 1 QU TOPS RPI IN OT: First-ranked Quinnipiac came back twice in the third period after blowing a two-goal lead to beat 17th-ranked RPI, 5-4, in overtime on Friday night at the Houston Field House ... Tim Clifton had a goal and two assists to pace the visitors, while four different players found the back of the net for RPI, including junior
Jimmy DeVito, who had a goal and an assist ... Senior goalie
Jason Kasdorf finished with 37 saves, including 20 in the third period alone.
POINTS LEADERS: Junior
Riley Bourbonnais (13 goals, 9 assists) paces the Engineers with 22 points ... Sophomore
Lou Nanne (6 goals, 15 assists) is right behind him with 21 ... Senior
Zach Schroeder (4 goals, 14 assists) is third with 18 points, while junior
Jake Wood (8 goals, 8 assists) and sophomore
Mike Prapavessis (3 goals, 12 assists) have 16 and 15 points, respectively.
BETWEEN THE PIPES: Senior
Jason Kasdorf has started 25 of the team's 34 games this season and is 10-10-4 with a 2.16 goals against average and a .935 save percentage ... Freshman
Cam Hackett (6-2-2) has started nine games and carries a 2.34 goals against average and a .933 save percentage.
SPECIAL TEAMS: The Engineers come into Friday at 11.7% (11 for 94) on the power play ...The penalty kill is now at 84.6% (99 for 117).
STAYING OUT OF THE BOX: The Engineers have taken just 2.80 penalties per game since January 1, which is third lowest in the nation ... RPI is second in penalty minutes per game over the same stretch (5.60).
NOTHING MAJOR: The Engineers haven't take a major penalty since December 4 against Dartmouth ... RPI committed in majors in the two games prior as well, against Harvard and Western Michigan at the Shillelagh Tournament.
IN THE FACE-OFF CIRCLE: The Engineers have won face-offs at a 45.9% clip through 34 games ... Junior
Riley Bourbonnais leads the way at 54.9% ... Senior
Mark Miller is second at 48.7%, while classmate
Milos Bubela rounds out the top three at 46.8%.
LEADER OF THE PACK: Junior
Riley Bourbonnais leads the Engineers in a number offensive categories, including goals (13), points (22), goals per game (0.45), points per game (0.76), power play goals (4), power play points (7), game winning goals (3), shots on goal per game (2.55), shooting percentage (.176) and face-off percentage (.549).
IT'S A NEW YEAR: Twelve Engineers have played in all 15 games since the calendar turned to 2016, including sophomore
Lou Nanne, who has a team-best 10 points on two goals and eight assists over that stretch ... Junior
Jimmy DeVito (2 goals, 6 assists) and senior
Zach Schroeder (2 goals, 6 assists) have eight points each since January 1 ... DeVito's eight points are already a career-high.
STEPPING UP: Nine different players have matched or exceeded their career-highs for points this season, including junior
Riley Bourbonnais (22), who has nine points than a season ago ... Senior
Zach Schroeder's (18) previous career-best was 12 points, which came during the 2011-12 season.
GIVE US A CHANCE: The Engineers have entered the third period trailing just five times season and are 1-4 in those contests ... Only fifth-ranked Providence has trailed in fewer games (4), going 2-2 in those games.
RANKED: The Engineers are ranked in the USCHO.com Poll for the eighth straight week ... RPI is currently 17th, with fellow ECAC Hockey schools Quinnipiac (1st), Yale (7th), Harvard (12th), Cornell (16th) and St. Lawrence (19th).
ENGINEERS SETTLE FOR TIE: Rensselaer took a pair of one-goal leads against Colgate, on January 16, but the Raiders came back to earn a 2-2 tie ... Freshman
Tommy Grant scored from the blue line to open the scoring at 4:59 of the second period ... Colgate freshman Hunter Racine equalized at 14:37 of the frame ... Senior
Milos Bubela went coast-to-coast to put the hosts up 2-1 at 16:07 of the third period, but Racine came the rescue for the Raiders, netting the game-tying tally with four minutes left in regulation.
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