HAMILTON, N.Y.  – Josh McKechney and Matt Verboon each netted a pair of goals to lead the Colgate University men's hockey team to a 5-2 victory over Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) on Friday night at Class of '65 Arena. With the win, the Raiders improve to 6-6-0 overall (1-2-0 ECAC Hockey), while the Engineers drop to 5-4-1 (3-2-0 ECAC Hockey).

McKechney opened the scoring at 6:27 of the period, with assists going to Elliott McDermott and Anthony Stark. Walking up the middle of the ice, McKechney rifled a shot that found its way past RPI graduate student goaltender Linden Marshall.

Senior captain Ture Linden brought the Engineers even at 5:47 of the second, when he turned a fired home his fourth goal of the year from the low slot. Graduate student Anthony Baxter found him with a quick pass from the right point to pick up the primary helper.

Colgate took the lead back less than 30 seconds later, as Colton Young flew into the zone and fired a shot past Marshall from the top of the left circle. Helpers on the goal went to Jeff Stewart and Liam Watson-Brawn.

The Raiders then made it 3-1 at 11:03 of the period on McKechney's second of the night. Alex Young threw the puck to the front of the net from the left corner, and McKechney was in the right place at the right time to stick the loose puck past Marshall.

A power play goal from Verboon made it 4-1 with under a minute to play in the second. Receiving a cross-ice feed, he made a move in the right circle, before ripping a shot over the left shoulder of Marshall of the goal.

Verboon pushed the Colgate advantage to 5-1 exactly five minutes into the third. Taking a feed from behind the net by Alex DiPaolo, Verboon snapped home a one-time finish from point blank range for the goal.

RPI got one goal back at 18:40 on a rebound tally from junior Zach Dubinsky. TJ Walsh got the puck to the net front and Dubinsky was there to tap home his fourth goal of the year.

Carter Gylander made 25 saves, including 11 in the first period, to pick up the win in net, while Marshall had 22 stops at the other end of the ice.

The Engineers are back in action tomorrow night, when they visit No. 13 Cornell (7pm). Colgate welcomes Union to town tomorrow (4pm).