LEAGUE PLAY IS BACK
Rensselaer resumes ECAC Hockey play this weekend, when it hosts Yale University and Brown University at the Houston Field House on Friday and Saturday, respectively ... Puck drop is set for 7pm on both nights.

TOO MUCH TURKEY
The Engineers dropped a pair of games in the Turkey Leg Classic last weekend, falling to then-No. 15 UMass Lowell, 4-0, and Merrimack, 5-1 ... Junior Linden Marshall made 21 saves against the River Hawks, before senior Jake Marrello netted RPI's long goal of the weekend against the Warriors ... Sophomore Brady Ferner and senior TJ Samec had the assists on the play.

RPI LEADERS
Rensselaer seniors Will Reilly (6 goals, 6 assists) paces the team with 12 points in 14 games, while classmates Chase Zieky (5 goals, 5 assists) and Patrick Polino (4 goals, 5 assists) have 10 and nine points, respectively ... Fellow seniors Jake Marrello (4 goals, 4 assists) and Mike Gornall (2 goals, 5 assists) have eight and seven points.

GOALTENDING
Sophomore Owen Savory (3-6-1) has a 3.21 goals against average and an .890 save percentage in nine starts, while junior Linden Marshall (2-2-0) has a 3.00 goals against average and a .893 save percentage in five games (4 starts).

SCOUTING THE BULLDOGS
Yale enters the weekend at 2-7-0 overall and 2-6-0 in ECAC Hockey play ... The Bulldogs are led offensively by junior Tyler Welsh (3 goals, 3 assists) and senior Billy Sweezey (6 assists) with six points apiece ... Sophomores Curtis Hall (5 goals) and Jack St. Ivany (5 assists) have five points apiece, while three others have four points.

YALE GOALTENDING
Senior Corbin Kaczperski has a 1-5-0 record in seven games (6 starts), carrying a 4.22 goals against average and an .847 save percentage ... Junior Nicholas MacNab owns a 1-2-0 mark, with a 3.93 goals against average and an .861 save percentage.

ALL-TIME VS. YALE
Rensselaer leads the all-time series with Yale 57-52-6 … The Bulldogs won the inaugural meeting, 3-0, on January 22, 1909, in Albany.

RECENTLY
Yale has won the last five meetings with RPI … Rensselaer's last win over Yale came on December 1, 2017, in a 2-1 victory.

AT HOME VS. THE BULLDOGS
Rensselaer leads the series against Yale at home 34-22-3.

LAST SEASON
Netminder Corbin Kaczperski made 30 saves to help then-20th-ranked Yale to a 3-2 victory over Rensselaer, in front of 4,179 at the 42nd Annual Big Red Freakout! The Bulldogs ended sweeping a two-game ECAC Hockey playoff series on March 8 and 9, by scores of 4-1 and 4-0.

STREAKS
Rensselaer won five straight games over Yale between 1995 and 1997 … Yale is looking to extend its longest winning streak over RPI to six.

OVERTIME
Rensselaer has competed against Yale in 18 overtime games, leading those games with a record of 8-6-4.

SHUTOUTS
Rensselaer has shutout Yale a total of six times, scoring three or more goals in each game.

OF NOTE
RPI scored its most combined goals with an opponent in an ECAC hockey game on December 7, 1966, when the Engineers and Bulldogs combined for 20 tallies.

ALL-TIME VS. BROWN
Rensselaer leads the all-time series with Brown 63-31-8 … Brown won the inaugural meeting, 5-0, on December 28, 1951, in Troy

RECENTLY
Brown has won the last five matchups against RPI … Rensselaer's last win over Brown came on November 4, 2016, with a score of 3-1

AT HOME VS. THE BEARS
Rensselaer leads the series against Brown at home 39-14-4.

LAST TIME OUT
Junior Brent Beaudoin scored a pair of goals to lead the Brown University men's hockey team to a 3-0 victory over Rensselaer, at the Houston Field House.

STREAKS
Rensselaer won 19 straight over brown from 1982-1991 … Brown's current five game winning streak is their longest against RPI.

OVERTIME
Rensselaer has competed against Brown in 16 overtime games, splitting those games with a record of 4-4-8.

SHUTOUTS
Rensselaer has shutout Brown a total of 11 times.

NOTEWORTHY
Rensselaer's 63 victories over Brown are the most against any ECAC Hockey opponent … RPI has maintained its second highest win percentage over any ECAC opponent against Brown (.679).

SCOUTING THE BEARS
Brown comes into the weekend at 3-7-0 overall, including a 3-5-0 mark in ECAC Hockey play ... Sophomore Justin Jallen (7 goals, 1 assists) leads the team with eight points, while senior Zach Giuttari (1 goal, 5 assists) and junior Tony Stillwell (6 assists) have six points apiece.

ECAC HOCKEY RANKINGS
The Engineers are fifth in the league scoring, averaging 2.71 goals per game ... RPI's power play is sixth at 18.9%, while its penalty kill is second (88.2%) ... The Engineers are allowing 28.9 shots per game this season, which is good for fifth in the conference ... They gave up 33.6 shots per contest last year ... RPI is third in the league in face-off percentage at 52.2% after ending last season in 11th (47.2%).

PLUS/MINUS LEADERS
Senior captain Will Reilly is a team-best +4 through 14 games this season, while classmate Jake Marrello is a +3 ... Fellow senior Mike Gornall is at +2, while freshman Simon Kjellberg is a +1.

ROCKIN' REILLY
Senior captain Will Reilly leads all ECAC Hockey defenseman in goals (6), points (12), power play goals (3), power play points (5) and shots (39) ... He is second nationally in goals and 13th in points.