ROAD TRIP WEEKEND
The Engineers visit Princeton and Quinnipiac this weekend, when they resume ECAC Hockey play ... RPI takes on the Tigers for the first time this year on Friday (7pm), before taking the on the Bobcats on Saturday (7pm).

SPLIT PART II
For the second straight league weekend, the Engineers settled for a split, topping St. Lawrence, 6-2, before being edged by No. 8 Clarkson, 2-1, on Saturday night ... Six different players tallied, while five had multiple points against the Saints, including senior captain Will Reilly, who had a goal and two assists to lead all scorers ... Sophomore goaltender Owen Savory made 20 saves,.

EARLY LEADERS
Rensselaer seniors Will Reilly (4 goals, 5 assists) paces the team with nine points, while classmates Patrick Polino (4 goals, 4 assists) and Chase Zieky (4 goals, 4 assists) have eight points apiece ... Fellow senior Jake Marrello (3 goals, 3 assists) is joined by sophomore Ottoville Leppanen (1 goal, 5 assists) with six points each.

GOALTENDING
Sophomore Owen Savory (3-3-0) has a 2.36 goals against average and a .917 save percentage in four starts, while junior Linden Marshall (1-1) has a 4.00 goals against average and an .886 save percentage in two starts.

ALL-TIME VS. PRINCETON
Rensselaer leads the all-time series with Princeton 69-37-11 … Rensselaer won the inaugural meeting, 8-4, on January 18, 1952, in Troy.

RECENTLY
Princeton has won three out of the last five matchups against RPI … The Engineers won the last competition against Princeton on February 15, 2019, with a score of 6-2.

ROAD RECORD
Rensselaer leads the series against Princeton on the road at 27-19-7.

LAST SEASON
Six different players scored for RPI on its way to defeating Princeton University, 6-2, at the Houston Field House ... The Tigers were victorious, 4-1, in Princeton on November 10.

STREAKS
Rensselaer won 10 straight from 1955-1964 … Princeton responded to RPI's streak by winning the following six contests.

OVERTIME
The Engineers have competed against Princeton in 18 overtime competitions trailing those games with a record of 3-4-11.

RECORDS
RPI scored its most goals in an ECAC tournament game against Princeton (11) … RPI scored its most combined goals in an ECAC tournament game with Princeton (15) … RPI has more wins against Princeton than any other team.

ALL-TIME VS. QUINNIPIAC
RPI trails the all-time series with Quinnipiac 7-17-9 … Rensselaer won the inaugural meeting, 6-4, on October 16, 1999, in Albany.

RECENTLY
Quinnipiac has won four out of the last five matchups against RPI … Rensselaer's last win against Quinnipiac came on November 10, 2017, 5-3.

ON THE ROAD
RPI trails the series against Quinnipiac on the road 2-7-6.

LAST SEASON
Sophomore Odeen Tufto scored late in the third period to lift sixth-ranked Quinnipiac to a 2-1 victory over the Engineers, at the Houston Field House ... The Bobcats also came away with a 3-0 home victory over RPI on November 9, 2018.

STREAKS
Rensselaer went unbeaten in its first five games against Quinnipiac … Quinnipiac then produced a 14-game streak (5 ties) from 2011-2017.

OVERTIME
Rensselaer has competed against Quinnipiac in 11 overtime competitions, going 1-1-9.

SHUTOUTS
RPI has never shutout Quinnipiac.

PLUS/MINUS LEADERS
Senior captain Will Reilly is a team-best +8 through eight games this season, while classmate Jake Marrello and Mike Gornall are both +4 ... Freshman Simon Kjellberg is a +3, while classmate Tristan Ashbrook rounds out the top five at +2.

FIRST GOALS
Tristan Ashbrook became the fourth player to net their first collegiate goal on Saturday against Clarkson ... Classmate Ryan Mahshie and each tallied in the season opener, while fellow rookie Simon Kjellberg scored his first NCAA goal against UConn on October 12.

ROOKIE OF THE MONTH
ECAC Hockey has announced its monthly award winners and Simon Kjellberg has been named Rookie of the Month ... He recorded two goals and two assists for four points in five October games ... He notched one goal and two assists on the power play for three points and was +3 rating for the month ... Kjellberg ranked first among ECAC Hockey rookies in goals, points, goals per game (0.40), points per game (0.80), power play assists, power play points, and plus/minus.

FAMILY MATTERS
Three incoming freshmen have fathers who saw success in the National Hockey League ... Patric Kjellberg recorded 160 points in 394 games between the Canadiens, Predators and Ducks ... Steve Dubinsky notched 70 points in 375 games while suiting up for the Blackhawks, Flames, Predators and Blues ... Ken Klee played in 934 games and registered 195 points and 880 penalty minutes for the Capitals, Maple Leafs, Devils, Rockies, Braves, Ducks and Coyotes.

SUCCESS IN THE CIRCLE
Rensselaer has won more than half of its face-off at 53.1% through eight games this season ... Leading the way is sophomore Ture Linden at 62.0%, while freshman Tristan Ashbrook is second at 56.2% ... Junior Billy Jerry rounds out the top three at 57.3%.

VS. RANKED TEAMS
The Engineers went 3-9-3 against teams ranked in the USCHO.com Top 20 last season, sweeping then-No. 11 Union on October 26 and 27 ... RPI then dropped league games at then-No. 13 Quinnipiac and then-No. 18 Princeton on November 9 and 10 ... The Engineers were swept by then-No. 8 Notre Dame on November 30 and December 1 ... RPI fell to then-No. 11 Northeastern, 3-2 in overtime, on December 28 at the Catamount Cup ... The Engineers dropped a conference matchup with then-16th-ranked Clarkson on January 12 ... RPI came away with a 0-0 tie with then-No. 18 Union at the Mayor's Cup on January 29 and a 1-1 tie with then-No. 13 Cornell on February 2 ... The Engineers fell to the-No. 6 Quinnipiac, 2-1, on February 16, before edging then-ninth-ranked Cornell, 3-2 in overtime, on February 22 ... Most recently, RPI fell to then-No. 16 Harvard in Troy on March 1, 4-1.

DRAFTED
Rensselaer has three student-athletes on the roster who have been selected in the NHL Entry Draft ... Senior Todd Burgess was selected in 2016 draft in the fourth round (103rd overall) by the Ottawa Senators, while classmate Will Reilly was a seventh round selection (217 overall) in the 2017 draft by the Pittsburgh Penguins ... Freshman Simon Kjellberg was a sixth rounder (163rd overall) in 2018 by the Rangers.

OFFICIALS
Referees for Friday's game are Anthony Kenney and Ryan Sweeney, while the linesmen are Matt Brady and Mark McGinnis ... On Saturday, Chris Pitoscia and James Shea are the refs with Glen Cooke and Dan Taggart as linesmen.