ACROSS THE (UNFROZEN) POND
Rensselaer is in Belfast, Northern Ireland for the 2017 Friendship Four Tournament on Friday and Saturday at SSE Arena ... The Engineers will take on No. 5 Clarkson on Friday at 3pm (10am ET), before dueling either Maine or No. 10 Providence on Saturday ... Puck drop for the consolation game is 3pm, while the Championship is at 7pm.

NO. 4 NOTRE DAME SWEEPS
The Engineers dropped a pair of non-league games to No. 4 Notre Dame last weekend, falling 4-1 and 1-0 in overtime ... Freshman netminder Linden Marshall stopped 60 out of 64 shots in the weekend, including all 32 that faced in regulation time on Saturday ... Sophomore Todd Burgess netted RPI's lone goal on Friday night, while senior Jake Evans (1 goal, 1 assist) and Andrew Oglevie (2 assists) paced the Fighting Irish ... Cale Morris turned away all 25 shots he faced on Saturday night to earn his second career shutout, while Cam Morrison notched the game's only goal, just 13 seconds into the extra session ... Marshall had 27 stops on Friday night, including all 13 that he saw in the second period.

NOVEMBER 3, 2017
The 13th-ranked Golden Knights scored three first period goal en route to a 6-0 victory over Rensselaer on November 3, in Potsdam ... Jake Kielly finished with 17 saves for the shutout, while RPI freshman Linden Marshall came on in relief of Chase Perry and turned away 27 of 31 shots over the final 52:46 of play ... Sheldon Rempal registered a hat trick to pace Clarkson offensively, while Kelly Summers had a goal and an assist.

ALL-TIME VS. CLARKSON
The Golden Knights own a 92-52-11 lead in the all-time series with RPI – the most victories any team has over the Engineers ... Rensselaer won the inaugural meeting, however, 14-1, in Troy on January 24, 1925.

RECENTLY
Clarkson is 7-3-1 over the last 11 meetings, which includes two ECAC Hockey playoff series victories ... In conference play, the Golden Knights are 5-3-3 over the last 11, including a 3-2-1 mark in Potsdam.

2016-17 VS. CLARKSON
The Golden Knights went 4-1 against RPI last year, including a 2-0 ECAC Hockey First Round series win in Potsdam on March 3 and 4 ... The two teams split their ECAC Hockey season series, with the Golden Knights taking a January non-league matchup in Lake Placid, 2-1 ... Viktor Liljegren had four points (2 goals, 2 assists) in the five games, while Jared Wilson (2 goals, 1 assist), Jacob Hayhurst (3 assists) and Will Reilly (3 assists) all had three ... Chase Perry went 1-3-0 with a 4.02 goals against average and an .879 save percentage as the starter in four of the games.

RPI LEADERS
Sophomore Jacob Hayhurst leads the Engineers with 10 points on four goals and six assists through 12 games ... Junior Evan Tironese (4 goals, 3 assists), freshman Troy York (2 goals, 5 assists) and sophomore Todd Burgess (1 goal, 6 assists) all seven points apiece, while Viktor Liljegren (5 goals, 1 assist) and Will Reilly (5 goals, 1 assist) have six.

ENGINEERS GOALTENDING
Junior netminder Chase Perry has started eight games for the Engineers this season, going 1-5-2 with a 3.28 goals against average and a .906 save percentage ... Freshman Linden Marshall is 1-2-1 with a 3.04 goals against average and a .915 save percentage, having beaten RIT in his debut on October 21.

CLARKSON LEADERS
The Golden Knights are paced offensively by sophomore Sheldon Rempal (11 goals, 7 assists), who has 18 points ... Senior defenseman Terrance Amorosa (4 goals, 9 assists) and sophomore Devin Brosseau (3 goals, 10 assists) have 13 points each, while freshman Jack Jacome (2 goals, 10 assists) has 12.

BETWEEN THE PIPES
Sophomore Jake Kielly has started all 14 games for Clarkson, going 10-3-1 with a 1.50 goals against average and a .946 save percentage ... He has four shutouts, including one against the Engineers on November 3 (6-0) ... He posted a 15-save shutout his last time out against No. 7 Cornell (4-0).

FIRST GOALS
Sophomore Max Reisinger and freshman Troy York each picked up their first collegiate goals recently ... Reisinger netted RPI's opening tally at Niagara on October 20, while York potted the eventual game-winner, late in the first period at RIT on October 21 ... York later scored a second.

WILSON RECOGNIZED
Twenty of the top Division I NCAA men's hockey student-athletes have been named as candidates for the 2017-18 Senior CLASS Award and RPI senior defenseman Jared Wilson has been selected ... A captain from Calgary, Alb., Wilson is a business and management major with a 3.79 cumulative grade point average ... Compiling a perfect 4.0 GPA in the fall semester of 2016, he is a multiple Dean's List selection and has earned ECAC Hockey All-Academic all three years eligible to date ... An acronym for Celebrating Loyalty and Achievement for Staying in School ®, the Senior CLASS Award focuses on the total student-athlete and encourages students to use their platform in athletics to make a positive impact as leaders in their communities.

TOUGH TO SHUT OUT
RPI has played Clarkson 155 times in school history and posted shutouts only twice ... Bob Fox on February 6, 1954 and Jason Kasdorf on March 1, 2013 ... Both games were played at the Houston Field House.

GOING INTERNATIONAL
RPI will play its first game outside of the United States since facing Vermont in Quebec City on October 11, 2008 ... The Catamounts won that contest, 4-1.

THIRD FRIENDSHIP FOUR
The 2017 Friendship Four will be the third running of the event ... UMass Lowell was victorious in the inaugural tournament, while Vermont took home the Belpot Trophy last season.

ALL-TIME VS. MAINE
The Black Bears own a narrow 6-5-0 lead in the all-time series, which dates back to February 3, 1979 – a 5-4 Maine win in Orono ... RPI won four straight from January 14, 1982 to November 27, 1993 – the Engineers' most recent victory.

RECENTLY
Maine has won the last four meetings, including the first two games of the 2016-17 season ... The Black Bears swept RPI, 5-1 and 4-2 on October 7 and 8 of last year.

FOR THE BLACK BEARS
Maine is led offensively by freshman Eduards Tralmaks (5 goals, 3 assists) and sophomore Chase Pearson (8 assists), who have eight points each ... Sophomore Mitchell Fossier (4 goals, 3 assists) and junior Rob Michel (2 goals, 5 assists) have seven points apiece.

MAINE GOALTENDING
Freshman Jeremy Swayman (3-2-0) has a 2.71 goals against average and a .919 save percentage in six games (5 starts) ... Junior Rob McGovern (1-4-0) has a 4.47 goals against average and an .875 save percentage in five starts.

VS. THE FRIAR
Providence holds a narrow 26-24-4 lead in the all-time series, which dates back to February 13, 1953 – a 13-1 RPI victory at the Houston Field House ... The Engineers famously defeated Providence, 2-1, in the 1985 National Championship Game at Joe Louis Arena in Detroit.

RECENTLY
RPI and Providence have not met since November 26, 2005 – a 3-2 Engineers victory in Troy ... A date with the Friars in Belfast would be the first game played between the two schools outside of Troy or Providence since the 1985 National Championship contest.

FOR THE FRIARS
Tenth-ranked Providence is led by junior Erik Foley (6 goals, 6 assists), who has 12 points ... Sophomores Josh Wilkins (5 goals, 6 assists) and Jacob Bryson (1 goal, 8 assists) are right behind with 11 and nine points, respectively.

IN GOAL FOR PROVIDENCE
Junior Hayden Hawkey (7-4-0) has a 2.71 goals against average and a .907 save percentage in 12 starts, while freshman Gabe Mollot-Hill (0-0-1) has a 0.98 GAA and a .947 save percentage in two games.

ECAC HOCKEY LEADERS
Clarkson Sophomore Sheldon Rempal leads ECAC Hockey skaters with 18 points, while RPI sophomore Jacob Hayhurst is 11th with 10 ... Golden Knights sophomores Devin Brasseau and Nico Sturm are a conference-best +10, with Hayhurst sitting 14th with a +5.