2014-15 RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE MEN’S HOCKEY GAMES 33 &2012-13 34 | Rensselaer GAME at ONE Colgate / Fordham & Cornell | atStar UAlbany Rink & James / ALBANY, Lynah Rink N.Y. | Hamilton, / Nov. 9, N.Y. 2012 & Ithaca, at 8:30 N.Y. p.m. | Feb. 20 & 21 RPI ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS Kevin Beattie - Associate AD, Communications 518.276.2187 // [email protected] Brianna LaBrecque - Communications Specialist 518.276.3749 // [email protected] Perry Laskaris - Sports Information Assistant 518.276.8417 // [email protected] 2014-15 Schedule & Results 9-22-1, 7-11-0 ECAC Hockey October (2-5-0) 10 at #12 Notre Dame | Ice Breaker Tourn. 3-2 Win 12 vs. #1 Minnesota | Ice Breaker Tourn. 3-0 Loss 17 at #16 Denver 3-0 Loss 18 at #16 Denver 4-1 Loss 24 BENTLEY | Family Weekend 5-2 Loss 25 BENTLEY | Family Weekend 4-0 Loss 31 #2 UNION* | Black Friday 6-1 Win Rensselaer (9-22-1, 7-11-0) Cornell (13-7-3; 8-6-2) Colgate (16-11-3; 8-7-3) November (4-4-1) 1 at #2 Union* 2-1 OT Win ENGINEERS BIG RED RAIDERS 7 HARVARD* 4-0 Loss THE FACEOFF 8 DARTMOUTH* 2-1 Win Rensselaer hits the road for its last regular season trip of the season, playing ECAC Hockey games against 14 PRINCETON* 3-1 Win Cornell and Colgate. Both games begin at 7pm and will be broadcast live on WRPI, 91.5 FM. The Engineers 15 #20 QUINNIPIAC* 3-1 Loss swept the Big Red and Raiders in mid-January. Those wins were the last two games of a three-game 18 at UConn | XL Center 1-1 Tie winning streak and RPI has not won since a 3-0 victory over Cornell on Jan. 17. 25 at New Hampshire 2-1 Win 28 at Michigan 3-2 Loss 29 at Michigan 6-0 Loss SLIDING The Engineers have lost six straight games and are currently in ninth place in the ECAC Hockey standings December (0-4-0) with 14 points. They are four points out of seventh place, which is currently occupied by Clarkson and Cornell. 5 at Yale* 5-2 Loss 6 at Brown* 4-2 Loss BACK AT IT 13 #2 BOSTON UNIVERSITY 5-1 Loss 30 at #4 Harvard* 6-2 Loss Junior forward Mark Miller missed nine games due to injury, but has made an impact since his return to the ice, which came against St. Lawrence on Feb. 6. He has a point in three of four games since his return, January (3-5-0) including a goal on Friday against Brown. 2 #6 MIAMI 3-2 Loss 3 #6 MIAMI | Autism Awareness Night 3-0 Loss SCORING STREAKS 9 at #15 Quinnipiac* 4-2 Loss Freshman forward Viktor Liljegren recorded points in both games last weekend, scoring the lone Engineers 10 at Princeton* 5-2 Win goal against Yale on Saturday night. Senior forward Jacob Laliberte scored goals in back-to-back games in 16 #15 COLGATE* 4-1 Win 17 CORNELL* | Time Warner Cable Sports 3-0 Win contests against Clarkson and Brown. It was the second time this season he tallied in consecutive contests 24 vs. Union | Mayor’s Cup - Albany, NY 8-3 Loss with the fi rst time being in the previous contests between this weekend’s opponents. 30 at Dartmouth* 3-1 Loss SHUTOUTS February (0-4-0) RPI has only shutout one opponent this season - Cornell. However, the Engineers have been blanked in 6 at St. Lawrence* 3-1 Loss the scoring column six times. Meanwhile, the Big Red has been shutout fi ve times, and handed out three 7 at Clarkson* 5-2 Loss to opponents. Colgate has blanked six opponents - including three in a fi ve-game win streak earlier this 13 BROWN* | Alumni Weekend 6-3 Loss 14 #15 YALE* | 38th Annual Big Red Freakout! | season. The Raiders have been held off the scoreboard just once in 2014-15, a road loss to Quinnipiac. Time Warner Cable Sports 4-1 Loss 20 at Cornell* 7:00 pm OFFENSIVE LEADERS 21 at Colgate* 7:00 pm Senior forward Jacob Laliberte holds the top spot among RPI scorers with 17 points on six goals and a 27 CLARKSON* 7:00 pm team-best 11 assists. Freshman forward Drew Melanson has 15 points and is tied with Laliberte and Milos 28 ST. LAWRENCE* | Senior Night 7:00 pm Bubela for the team lead with six goals. Senior Matt Neal also has 15 points (5 G, 10 A). * ECAC Hockey Game • All times Eastern • Home games in CAPS • Times subject to change • Most games heard live on BETWEEN THE PIPES WRPI, 91.5 FM, and www.wrpi.org. • Home games broadcast Jason Kasdorf has started 25 games, going 9-15-0 with a .896 save percentage and a 3.06 GAA, while live on RPI TV and www.rpitv.org • Ticket information at Scott Diebold has appeared in 12 games and is 0-7-1 with an .892 save percentage and a 3.14 GAA. (518) 276-6262 & www.rpiathletics.com/tickets. 2014-15 RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE HOCKEY// Page 1 GAMES 33 & 34 | Rensselaer at Colgate & Cornell | Star Rink & James Lynah Rink | Hamilton, N.Y. & Ithaca, N.Y. | Feb. 20 & 21 2014-15 RENSSELAER HOCKEY - NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Sh. Hometown/Previous Team 2 Parker Reno So. D 6-2 195 R Edina, Minn./Edina High School (USHS) 4 Craig Bokenfohr Jr. D 6-4 185 R Spruce Grove, Alberta/Camrose Kodiaks (AJHL) 5 Luke Curadi Sr. D 6-5 265 L Cheshire, Conn./Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL) 6 Phil Hampton Jr. D 6-0 195 R Oakville, Ontario/Oakville Blades (OJHL) 7 Zach Schroeder Sr. F 5-9 175 R Prior Lake, Minn./Saint Thomas Academy (USHS) 8 Kenny Gillespie Fr. F 6-0 220 R Morrisville, N.C./Jersey Hitmen (USPHL) 9 Matt Neal Sr. F 5-10 190 L Minesing, Ontario/Stoufville Spirit (OJHL) 10 Curtis Leonard Sr. D 6-3 200 L Napanee, Ontario/Wellington Dukes (OJHL) 12 Viktor Liljegren Fr. F 6-3 200 L Stockholm, Sweden/Fairbanks Ice Dogs (NAHL) 13 Jared Wilson Fr. D 6-3 190 L Calgary, Alberta/Vernon Vipers (BCHL) 14 Riley Bourbonnais So. F 5-11 190 L Rochester, N.Y./Lincoln Stars (USHL) 15 Jacob Laliberte Sr. F 5-8 180 L Rockland, Ontario/Cornwall Colts (CCHL) 17 Milos Bubela Jr. F 6-2 190 R Banska Bystrica, Slovakia/Dubuque Fighting Saints (USHL) 18 Travis Fulton Jr. F 5-8 160 L Oakville, Ontario/Vaughan Vipers (OJHL) 19 Mike Prapavessis - DAL Fr. D 6-1 185 L Oakville, Ontario/Toronto Patriots (OJHL) 20 Jimmy DeVito So. F 5-11 170 R Bloomingdale, Ill./Lincoln Stars (USHL) 21 Mark McGowan Sr. F 6-2 200 L Toronto, Ontario/Oakville Blades (OJHL) 22 Bradley Bell Fr. D 5-11 190 L Sudbury, Ontario/Sudbury Nickel Barons (NOJHL) 23 Lou Nanne - MIN Fr. F 5-11 180 L Edina, Minn./Sioux Falls Stampede (USHL) 24 Chris Bradley Jr. D 6-2 200 L Williamsville, N.Y./Youngstown Phantoms (USHL) 25 Drew Melanson Fr. F 5-11 165 L Paramus, N.J./Waterloo Black Hawks (USHL) 26 Mark Miller Jr. F 5-11 185 L Massena, N.Y./Omaha Lancers (USHL) 27 Jake Wood So. F 5-7 170 L Georgetown, Ontario/Lincoln Stars (USHL) 31 Sam Goodman Jr. G 5-8 150 L Weston, Mass./RPI Club Team (ACHA) 33 Jason Kasdorf - BUF Jr. G 6-4 200 L Winnipeg, Manitoba/Des Moines Buccaneers (USHL) 34 Scott Diebold Sr. G 6-1 150 L Buff alo, N.Y./Tri-City Storm (USHL)
Head Coach: Seth Appert (Ferris State ‘96), ninth season Assistant Coach: Bryan Vines (Denver ‘02), seventh season Assistant Coach: Nolan Graham ‘03, sixth season Volunteer Assistant Coach: Marc Cavosie ‘03, fi rst season Operations Coordinator: Andy Thomas Equipment Manager: Dana McGuane Athletic Trainer: Tera Patenaude Captain: Curtis Leonard ‘15 Assistant Captains: Luke Curadi ‘15, Matt Neal ‘15 & Mark McGowan ‘15
2014-15 RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE MEN’S HOCKEY // Page 2 GAMES 33 & 34 | Rensselaer at Colgate & Cornell | Star Rink & James Lynah Rink | Hamilton, N.Y. & Ithaca, N.Y. | Feb. 20 & 21 THE MATCHUP LAST TIME OUT - RPI Completes Weekend Sweep with 3-0 Win Over Cornell Rensselaer vs. Cornell January 17, 2015 TROY, N.Y. -- Jake Wood scored the fi rst goal of the game, which would prove to be the gamewinner, to lead Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) to a 3-0 win over Cornell in ECAC Men’s Hockey action on Saturday evening at Houston Field House. The victory, which completed a conference weekend sweep for the Engineers, improved RPI’s record to 9-16-1 overall, and 7-6-0 in league play. Cornell drops to 7-8-2 on the season, with a 5-5-0 conference slate. THE BASICS After the teams skated to a scoreless fi rst period, Wood (Georgetown, ON / Lincoln Stars) scored RPI’s fi rst Rensselaer Cornell tally at 7:45 of the second. Wood gathered the rebound from his initial shot that was saved by Cornell 9-22-1; 7-11-0 ECAC Hky 10-11-4; 8-8-2 ECAC Hky starter Mitch Gillam (Peterborough, ON / Chilliwach Chiefs), and slipped it into the net. Goals/Game: 1.84 Goals/Game: 1.92 Assists/Game: 3.09 Assists/Game: 3.56 The Engineers tallied two goal sin the third period to set the fi nal score. Jacob Laliberte (Rockland, ON / Points/Game: 4.94 Points/Game: 5.48 Cornwall Colts) put Rensselaer up, 2-0, at 3:50. Matt Neal (Minesing, ON / Stoufville Spirit) rocketed a shot SOG/Game: 25.3 SOG/Game: 25.8 GAA/Game: 3.28 GAA/Game: 1.88 into the zone to a waiting Laliberte, who tipped the puck past Gillam. Jared Wilson (Calgary, AB / Vernon PIMs/Game: 12.2 PIMs/Game: 14.2 Vipers) wrapped up the scoring for the Engineers at 5:38. Mark McGowan (Toronto, ON / Oakville Blades) PP: 12/88 (13.6%) PP: 16/90 (17.8%) carried the puck down the ice, passing it off to Wilson at the perfect time, allowing the freshman defen- PK: 110/141 (78.0%) PK: 76/84 (90.5%) seman to shoot into the opposite corner. Jimmy DeVito (Bloomington, IN / Lincoln Stars) picked up the secondary assist on the goal. TEAM LEADERS RENSSELAER ENGINEERS Rensselaer outshot the Big Red, 28-26, while Cornell held a 28-19 advantage in faceoff wins. RPI goaltender GOALS Jason Kasdorf (Winnipeg, MB / Des Moines Bucs) fi nished with 26 saves in 60 minutes of action. Gillam #25 DREW MELANSON, #15 JACOB LALIBERTE, & recorded 16 saves in 45:38 for Cornell, while reserve netminder Hayden Stewart (Rockford, IL / Indiana Ice) #17 MILOS BUBELA stopped nine opposing shots in 10:38. 6 Goals ASSISTS SCORES BY PERIOD 1ST 2ND 3RD FINAL #15 JACOB LALIBERTE CORNELL 0 0 0 0 11 Assists RENSSELAER 0 1 2 3 POINTS #15 JACOB LALIBERTE SHOTS ON GOAL 1ST 2ND 3RD FINAL 17 Points (6 Goals, 11 Assists) CORNELL 7 5 14 26 RENSSELAER 8 7 13 28 GOALTENDING #33 JASON KASDORF POWER PLAYS PENALTIES/MINUTES 25 GP, .896 Save%, 3.06 GAA, 9-15-0 CORNELL 0/3 (.000) CORNELL 1/2 RENSSELAER 0/1 (.000) RENSSELAER 3/6 CORNELL BIG RED GOALS #8 CHRISTIAN HILBRICH 8 Goals ASSISTS #22 COLE BARDREAU 13 Assists POINTS #22 COLE BARDREAU 18 Points (5 goals, 13 assists) GOALTENDING #32 MITCH GILLAM 21 GP, .941 save%, 1.61 GAA, 8-7-4 2014-15 RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE MEN’S HOCKEY // Page 3 GAME 28 | Rensselaer at Dartmouth | Thompson Arena | Hanover, N.H. | January 30, 2015 THE MATCHUP LAST TIME OUT - Men’s Hockey Tops No. 15 Colgate, 4-1 Rensselaer vs. Colgateg January 16, 2015 TROY, N.Y. - Senior Matt Neal scored two goals, including the eventual game-winner, to lead the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men’s hockey team to a 4-1 victory over 15th-ranked Colgate University, this evening at the Houston Field House. With the win, the Engineers improve to 8-16-1 overall (6-6-0 ECAC Hockey), while the Raiders drop to 13-7-1 (5-3-1 ECAC Hockey).
THE BASICS Less than a minute into the third period, Neal (Minesing, ON/Stoufville Spirit) broke a 1-1 tie, when he buried a rebound from just outside the Colgate crease. The lone assist went to junior Milos Bubela (Banska Rensselaer Colgate Bystrica, Slovakia/Dubuque Fighting Saints). 9-22-1; 7-11-0 ECAC Hky 16-11-3; 8-7-3 ECAC Hky Goals/Game: 1.84 Goals/Game: 2.60 Senior Jacob Laliberte (Rockland, ON/Cornwall Colts) then gave the hosts a 3-1 lead at 3:21 of the frame, Assists/Game: 3.09 Assists/Game: 4.37 also capitalizing on a rebound in front of goal. Neal set the play up from behind the cage, playing the puck Points/Game: 6.97 Points/Game: 4.94 to himself off the back of the net before fi nding Laliberte to the right of the crease. His fi rst shot was turned SOG/Game: 25.3 SOG/Game: 30.5 GAA/Game: 3.28 GAA/Game: 2.20 away by Raiders sophomore goaltender Charlie Finn (North Vancouver, BC/Kingston Voyageurs), but Lalib- PIMs/Game: 12.2 PIMs/Game: 12.8 erte stuck his second eff ort over Finn’s shoulder and into the back of the net. PP: 12/88 (13.6%) PP: 22/124 (17.7%) PK: 110/141 (78.0%) PK: 96/113 (85.0%) Neal then added an empty-net marker at 19:31 to cap the scoring.
TEAM LEADERS RPI scored the game’s fi rst goal at 2:08 of the fi rst period, on a tip-in by senior Mark McGowan (Toronto, ON/ RENSSELAER ENGINEERS Oakville Blades). Freshman Viktor Liljegren (Stockholm, Sweden/Fairbanks Ice Dogs) worked the puck to GOALS the left point for senior Luke Curadi (Cheshire, CT/Dubuque Fighting Saints), who fi red a shot towards goal. #25 DREW MELANSON, #15 JACOB LALIBERTE, & McGowan, who was camped in front of Finn, redirected the shot inside the left post for his third of the year. #17 MILOS BUBELA 6 Goals The visitors pulled even at 14:58 of the opening stanza on junior blueliner Kevin Lough’s (Kanata, ON/Cum- ASSISTS berland Grads) second of the season. Helpers went to classmate Darcy Murphy (Marysville, ON/Wellington #15 JACOB LALIBERTE Dukes) and freshman Mike Panowyk (Whitby, ON/Whitby Fury). 11 Assists Finn fi nished with 21 saves, while Rensselaer junior netminder Jason Kasdorf (Winnipeg, MB/Des Moines POINTS Bucs) stopped 17 of the 18 shots he faced. The Engineers went 0 for 3 on the power play, while Colgate was #15 JACOB LALIBERTE 0 for 4, including 0 for 2 in the third period. 17 Points (6 Goals, 11 Assists) GOALTENDING SCORES BY PERIOD 1ST 2ND 3RD FINAL #33 JASON KASDORF COLGATE 1 0 0 1 25 GP, .896 Save%, 3.06 GAA, 9-15-0 RENSSELAER 1 0 3 4 COLGATE RAIDERS GOALS SHOTS ON GOAL 1ST 2ND 3RD FINAL #12 KYLE BAUN COLGATE 3 9 6 18 11 Goals RENSSELAER 3 5 17 25 ASSISTS #12 KYLE BAUN, #8 TYSON SPINK, #15 DARCY POWER PLAYS PENALTIES/MINUTES MURPHY, & #7 RYAN JOHNSTON COLGATE 0/4 (.000) COLGATE 3/6 12 Assists RENSSELAER 0/3 (.000) RENSSELAER 4/8 POINTS #12 KYLE BAUN 23 Points (11 goals, 12 assists) GOALTENDING #1 CHARLIE FINN 27 GP, .921 save%, 2.10 GAA, 15-9-3 2014-15 RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE MEN’S HOCKEY // Page 4 GAMES 33 & 34 | Rensselaer at Colgate & Cornell | Star Rink & James Lynah Rink | Hamilton, N.Y. & Ithaca, N.Y. | Feb. 20 & 21
UPCOMING: The Engineers close out the regular season PRONUNCIATIONS earned one point three times (10%), three points on fi ve by hosting Clarkson and St. Lawrence in Troy next APPERT ...... APP-ert occasions (16.7%) and four points fi ve times (16.7%) ... weekend ... Saturday’s contest against the Saints will be BOKENFOHR ...... BO-KEN-four Rensselaer’s most recent four point trip was 2011-12 and Senior Night. BOURBONNAIS ...... BOAR-bah-nay the most recent time they came home with zero points was BUBELA, MILOS ...... boo-BELL-ah, me-LOSH 2008-09 ... Last year, the Engineers tied at Colgate (1-1) TICKETS: Tickets for the Engineers remaining home CURADI ...... kerr-RAH-dee and defeated Cornell (3-1). games are available and can be purchased at the Hous- DIEBOLD ...... dee-BOLD ton Field House box offi ce or by calling 518-276-6262 ... KASDORF ...... KAZ-dorf CORNELL SERIES HISTORY: The Engineers and Big Red They can also be purchased online at www.rpiathletics. LALIBERTE ...... lah-lib-er-TAY have played 103 times since their fi rst meeting in 1908 com/tickets. LILJEGREN ...... LIL-geh-GREN ... Cornell holds a 60-35-8 lead in the all-time series, but MELANSON ...... mah-LAN-sin Rensselaer has won four of the last six games, including NANNE ...... NANNY LAST WEEKEND: Rensselaer saw its losing streak ex- PRAPAVESSIS ...... PRAP-ah-VESS-iss a 3-0 win earlier this season in Troy ... The Big Red own tended to six games with ECAC Hockey losses to Brown SCHROEDER ...... SCHRAY-der a 33-15-6 record on its home ice, but RPI recorded a 3-1 (6-3) and Yale (4-1) at home ... Saturday’s loss was the win in Ithaca last season. RPI BY THE NUMBERS: RPI averages 1.83 goals on 25.3 fi rst for the Engineers in the Big Red Freakout! since shots with 12.5 penalty minutes per contest ... Rens- falling to Colgate, 8-3, in 2012. BLANKED: After getting shut out by the Engineers ear- selaer allows 3.17 goals and 29.5 shots per game ... lier this season, 3-0, RPI has now blanked Cornell seven The opposition averages 7.8 PIMs ... The Engineers are AGAINST BROWN: Jacob Laliberte got the Engineers on times, which is tied with Colgate for third in RPI history. 55th in the nation in scoring off ense and 47th in scoring the board just 1:19 into the game ... Mark McGowan defense. took as shot that was saved by Brown goaltender Tim SKIDS: Cornell has had more winning streaks than the Ernst, but Laliberte got the rebound and put it into Engineers in the all-time series ... RPI’s longest stretch FROM THE BACK: Senior captain Curtis Leonard is fi rst the back of the net ... Milos Bubela later assisted Mark over Cornell was fi ve games from 1984 to 1986 ... among the team’s defensemen with nine points ... He has Miller at 9:52 of the third to pull Rensselaer to within The Big Red won 11-of-12 games from 1974 to 1983 two goals and seven assists in 26 games ... Freshman Jared 4-3 ... Bubela carried the puck around the back of ... Since 2000, Cornell holds a 23-8-4 record against Wilson (3g, 4a) is second on the team among blueliners the net before passing to a waiting Miller in front of Rensselaer. with seven points. the goal ... Jason Kasdorf played 23:33 as the starter, making 10 saves, while Scott Diebold also stopped 10 UNDER APPERT: The Engineers have faced Cornell 21 times RPI SPECIAL TEAMS: Rensselaer is 12.9% (11 for 85) on the opposing shots in 33:17, taking the loss. with Seth Appert as head coach and are 6-11-4 ... However, power play ... Juniors Milos Bubela and Chris Bradley, along in the last seven games, Appert has guided RPI to a 4-1-2 with freshman Viktor Liljegren, all have two goals on the AGAINST YALE: RPI got into the scoring column at 18:33 record against the Big Red. man-advantage ... The Engineers are 79.3% (107 for 135) of the opening frame with a power play goal from Vik- on the penalty kill ... RPI has yet to score a shorthanded tor Liljegren ... Mike Prapavessis passed the puck from SCOUTING THE BIG RED: Cornell moved to 10-11-4 overall goal and it has allowed two. just inside the near circle to Drew Melanson, who took a with an 8-8-2 ECAC Hockey mark after skating to a 3-3 shot that was saved by Yale goaltender Alex Lyon ... The tie with #13 Harvard last Saturday ... The Big Red fell to LEAGUE STATS: RPI is ninth in the league goals scored, rebound bounced to Liljegren, who was waiting on the Dartmouth, 3-2, the night before ... Cole Bardreau and having tallied 59 ... Rensselaer opponents have recorded far post ... He shot the puck into the net before Lyon was Joakim Ryan each had a goal and an assist against the 105 goals this season ... Drew Melanson is the third-ranked able to go from his right to his left ... Kasdorf fi nished Big Green, while Jared Fiegl scored his fi rst collegiate freshman scorer in ECAC Hockey with 15 points ... Curtis with 24 saves, including 10 in both the second and third goal against Harvard ... Bardreau and Jeff Kubiak scored Leonard is tied for 16th among scoring defensemen with periods, while Lyon, the national leader in goals against the other two goals against the Crimson ... Goaltender nine points. average (1.59) stopped 25 shots ... Yale’s Nate Repensky Mitch Gillam turned in a 35-save performance against fi nished with three assists. Harvard ... Cornell leads the conference with a 90.5% GAMES WON: In RPI’s nine victories, four of which have penalty kill ... The Big Red is also second in goals al- come on the road, the team’s statistical leaders lowed, as opponents have scored just 47 times, thanks to are: 2014-15 STANDINGS Gillam, who leads the league in save percentage (.941) Player GP G-A-Pts PPG +/– and is second in GAA (1.61). Team ECAC Hockey Pts. GF GA Overall GF GA Matt Neal 8 3-6-9 1 +8 #11 Quinnipiac 15-2-1 31 50 28 20-8-2 84 64 Curtis Leonard 9 2-6-8 0 +11 #20 St. Lawrence 12-5-1 25 54 30 16-11-3 88 59 COLGATE SERIES HISTORY: RPI and Colgate have played Viktor Liljegren 9 4-3-7 2 +6 #13 Yale 10-6-2 22 46 31 15-7-3 64 39 121 times since 1916, with the Engineers holding a Jacob Laliberte 9 3-4-7 0 +5 #14 Harvard 9-6-3 21 60 42 13-8-3 82 58 61-56-4 advantage ... Rensselaer had won four straight Goalie GP Record GAA Pct. Dartmouth 9-7-2 20 52 45 12-9-4 71 60 games against Colgate before skating to a 1-1 tie on Jason Kasdorf 9 9-0-0 1.19 .957 Colgate 8-7-3 19 41 45 16-11-3 78 66 Feb. 14, 2014 in Hamilton ... The Engineers got back Clarkson 8-8-2 18 40 35 11-15-4 64 69 to their winning ways against the Raiders in the fi rst Cornell 8-8-2 18 38 36 10-11-4 48 47 CENTRAL NEW YORK ROAD TRIP: RPI has traveled meeting this season, defeating then-15th ranked Col- Rensselaer 7-11-0 14 42 54 9-22-1 59 105 to Central New York to play both Cornell and gate, 4-1 ... The two programs have played in Hamilton Union 6-11-1 13 51 55 14-14-2 97 85 Colgate 30 times ... The Engineers have most often 61 times, with the Raiders holding a 30-27-4 record on Brown 4-13-1 9 33 70 7-17-1 49 92 come home with zero points (10 times = 33.3%), Princeton 2-14-2 6 21 57 4-17-3 33 76 their home ice. followed by two points (7 = 23.3%) ... They have 2014-15 RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE MEN’S HOCKEY // Page 5 GAMES 33 & 34 | Rensselaer at Colgate & Cornell | Star Rink & James Lynah Rink | Hamilton, N.Y. & Ithaca, N.Y. | Feb. 20 & 21 LET’S GO STREAKING: Rensselaer has had several UNDER APPERT: Against Colgate while under Seth Appert, QUICK FACTS Location ...... Troy, NY 12180-3590 winning streaks against Colgate, the longest being 11 the Engineers have an 11-13-1 record in 25 games. Founded ...... 1824 games between 1983 and 1986 ... The Engineers had a Undergraduate Enrollment ...... 5,400 nine-game winless streak (0-8-1) against the Raiders SCOUTING THE RAIDERS: Colgate is currently sixth in the President ...... Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson from 2003 to 2006 ... RPI is currently on a 5-0-1 streak ECAC Hockey standings with an 8-7-3 mark in league Athletic Director ...... Jim Knowlton against Colgate, dating back to 2012. play ... The Raiders are 16-11-3 overall ... Senior John Athletic Dept. Phone ...... 518-276-6685 Lidgett scored two goals and freshman Zac Hamilton Nickname ...... Engineers IN THE RECORD BOOK: Rensselaer’s 61 wins over Colgate made 22 saves for his fi rst career shutout and victory Colors ...... Cherry & White are second in program history against any one oppo- to lead Colgate to a 3-0 victory over Dartmouth last Home Rink ...... Houston Field House nent ... The only team the Engineers have beaten more Saturday at Thompson Arena ... Hamilton turned aside Capacity ...... 4,800 often is Princeton (64) ... RPI and Colgate have played all 22 shots he faced ... Senior Joe Wilson also scored for Rink Size ...... 200 x 85 121 times in history, which is third in Rensselaer annals Colgate, notching his ninth goal of the season early in behind Clarkson (143) and St. Lawrence (139). the fi nal frame to give the Raiders some breathing room HOCKEY INFORMATION before Lidgett’s second tally put the game out of reach First Year of Hockey ...... 1901-02 (0-1-0) National Championships ...... 2 (1953-54; THE LAST TIME IT HAPPENED IN RENSSELAER MEN’S HOCKEY...... 1984-85) RPI two-goal game ...... Drew Melanson (2 goals) vs. Union on Jan. 24, 2015 Affi liation ...... NCAA Division I RPI hat trick/home ...... Riley Bourbonnais vs. #2 Union on Oct. 31, 2014 League ...... ECAC Hockey RPI hat trick/road ...... Brock Higgs at Dartmouth on Nov. 2, 2013 RPI 4+ goals/game ...... Matt Murley (4) vs. Massachusetts on Nov. 18, 2000 2013-14 Record ...... 15-16-6 RPI 3 assists/game ...... Mark McGowan & Matt Neal vs. Brown on Mar. 16, 2013 2013-14 ECAC Hockey/Finish ...... 8-9-5/7th RPI 4 assists/game ...... Chase Polacek at Brown on Dec. 4, 2010 Letterwinners Returning...... 19 (10 F, 6 D, 3 G) RPI 5 points/game ...... Kevin Croxton (3 goals, 2 assists) vs. RIT on Dec. 10, 2005 Letterwinners Lost ...... 7 (5 F, 2 D) Newcomers ...... 8 (4 F, 3 D, 1 G) RPI shorthanded goal...... Mike Zalewski vs. #13 Yale on Feb. 7, 2014 RPI two SH goals/game ...... Jordan Watts & Marty O’Grady at #12 Quinnipiac on Jan. 8, 2010 Head Coach ...... Seth Appert (Ferris State ‘97) RPI two SH goals/game/player ...... Ben Barr at Union on Mar. 8, 2003 ...... @SethAppert RPI penalty shot in regulation/goal...... Marty O’Grady (3x5) at #19 Princeton on Feb. 5, 2011 Overall Record ...... 123-168-38 (9th Season) RPI penalty shot in regulation/miss ...... Jake Wood at #16 Denver on Oct. 18, 2014 Record at Rensselaer ...... Same RPI penalty shot in overtime/goal ...... Chase Polacek (4x5) at Colgate on Jan. 15, 2011 Assistant Coaches RPI empty net goal ...... Matt Neal vs. Colgate on Jan. 16, 2015 ...... Bryan Vines (Denver ‘02) RPI shutout/Houston Field House ...... Jason Kasdorf (26 saves) vs. Cornell on Jan. 17, 2015 ...... @VinesBryan RPI shutout/away ...... Scott Diebold (34 saves) at Brown on Feb. 28, 2014 ...... Nolan Graham (Rensselaer ‘03) RPI 35-40 saves/game...... Jason Kasdorf (35 saves) at Princeton on Jan. 10, 2015 ...... @NGrahamer RPI 40+ saves/game ...... Bryce Merriam (40 saves) at Clarkson on Mar. 3, 2012 Volunteer Assistant Coach RPI consec. shutouts...... Jason Kasdorf (11 saves) vs. Harvard on Feb. 1, 2013 & ...... Marc Cavosie (Rensselaer ‘03) ...... Jason Kasdorf (28 saves) vs. #16 Dartmouth on Feb. 2, 2013 Opp. hat trick...... Daniel Ciampini of Union on Jan. 24, 2015 Hockey Offi ce Phone...... 518-276-8535 Opp. 4+ goals/game ...... Austin Smith (4 goals) of #20 Colgate on Feb. 4, 2012 Hockey Offi ce Fax ...... 518-276-8669 Opp. shorthanded goal ...... Kyle Nickerson of Dartmouth on Jan. 30, 2015 Athletic Trainer ...... Tera Patenaude Opp. 3x5 shorthanded goal ...... Matthew Peca of #16 Quinnipiac on Dec. 1, 2012 Equipment Manager ...... Dana McGuane Opp. two SH goals/game ...... Andrew Ammon & Andrew Calof at Princeton on Jan. 12, 2013 Director of Operations ...... Andy Thomas Opp. empty net goal ...... Cody Learned of Yale on Dec. 5, 2014 Opp. penalty shot goal ...... Jesse Winchester of Colgate vs. Jordan Alford on Mar. 3, 2007 Captain ...... Curtis Leonard ‘15 Opp. penalty shot saved ...... Nick Cruice of #10 Union by Bryce Merriam on Nov. 3, 2012 Alternate Captains ...... Luke Curadi ‘15 & Opp. shutout/Houston Field House ...... Jay Williams of #6 Miami (22 saves) on Jan. 3, 2015 ...... Mark McGowan ‘15 & Opp. shutout/away ...... Zach Nagelvoort (24 saves) & Luke Dwyer of Michigan (26 saves) on Nov. 29, 2014 ...... Matt Neal ‘15 Opp. 35-40 saves/game ...... Matt O’Connor of #2 Boston University (35 saves) on Dec. 13, 2014 Opp. consecutive shutouts ...... Adam Wilcox of #1 Minnesota (22 saves) on Oct. 12, 2014 & ATHLETIC COMMUNICATIONS ...... Evan Cowley of #16 Denver (26 saves) on Oct. 17, 2014 Associate Athletic Director ...... Kevin Beattie Overtime win/home...... 3-2 (Bryan Brutlag) vs. Bowling Green on Nov. 27, 2010 Offi ce Phone ...... 518-276-2187 Overtime win/road ...... 2-1 (Viktor Liljegren) at #2 Union on Nov. 1, 2014 email ...... [email protected] Overtime loss/home ...... 3-2 (Mike Doherty) vs. #13 Yale on Feb. 7, 2013 Cell Phone ...... 518-269-2532 Overtime loss/road ...... 3-2 (Cason Hohmann) at #9 Boston University on Jan. 4, 2013 Sports Information Asst...... Perry Laskaris RPI 10+ goals/game ...... 10-7 vs. RIT on Dec. 10, 2005 Offi ce Phone ...... 518-276-8417 Opp. 10+ goals/game ...... 11-0 at Clarkson on Nov. 22, 1997 email ...... [email protected] Cell Phone ...... 651-308-1065 RPI win by 5+ goals ...... 6-1 vs. #2 Union on Oct. 31, 2014 Opp. win by 5+ goals ...... 8-3 vs. Union on Jan. 24, 2015 2014-15 RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE MEN’S HOCKEY // Page 6 GAMES 33 & 34 | Rensselaer at Colgate & Cornell | Star Rink & James Lynah Rink | Hamilton, N.Y. & Ithaca, N.Y. | Feb. 20 & 21 ... The Raiders are averaging 2.60 goals on 30.5 shots per game STINGY: Prior to the game with Union, Rens- the second period ... Both goals were scored by classmate ... The team is 22/124 (17.7%) on the power play and 96/113 selaer’s season-low for shots on goal in a game Drew Melanson ... Gillespie extended his point streak with (85.0%) on the penalty kill. was 14, which happened twice - once against #4 an assist on Riley Bourbonnais’ goal against Dartmouth. Harvard and again versus #15 Quinnipiac ... The IN OCTOBER: RPI was 2-5-0 in the fi rst month of the season, allow- Engineers managed only 13 shots on goal against STREAKING: Senior forward Jacob Laliberte was riding a ing 3.14 goals per game while scoring at a 1.71 clip ... Freshman the Dutchmen. fi ve-game point streak in which he had eight points (2 Lou Nanne had a team-high fi ve points (3 goals, 2 assists) in six goals, 6 assists) before getting shut out of the scoring games, followed by sophomore Riley Bourbonnais (3 goals, 1 FIRST CAREER POINTS: Freshman forward Kenny column at Dartmouth ... He has a point in nine of his last assist) and junior Mark Miller (1 goal, 3 assists) ... Jason Kasdorf Gillespie recorded his fi rst career points against 12 contests (3 goals, 9 assists) ... Classmates Matt Neal, was 2-3-0 in goal, posting a 2.76 goals against average and a Union ... The rookie picked up two secondary assists Luke Curadi and Curtis Leonard also had four-game point .915 save percentage. - one on the fi rst goal of the game, and again to start streaks come to an end against the Big Green. ENGINEERS RECORD GP W-L-T PTS GF/GA IN NOVEMBER: Freshman Drew Melanson had a team-best fi ve Overall Record 32 9-22-1 19 59/105 points (1 goal, 4 assists) in nine games in the month of November, Record at Home 14 5-9-0 10 28/41 while junior forward Milos Bubela (2 goals, 2 assists in 7 games) Record on Road 16 4-11-1 9 28/53 and senior defenseman Curtis Leonard (1 goal, 3 assists in 9 Record at Neutral Site 2 0-2-0 0 3/11 games) were second ... Jason Kasdorf had a 1.86 goals against average with a .931 save percentage and 4-2-0 record in six games. ECAC Hockey Record 18 7-11-0 14 42/54 ECAC Hockey Home 7 5-2-0 10 19/11 ECAC Hockey Road 9 2-7-0 4 19/33 IN DECEMBER: Seniors Jacob Laliberte and Matt Neal led the
Engineers with three points apiece ... Laliberte recorded one goal Non-Conference Record 13 2-10-1 5 14/43 and two assists, while all of Neal’s points came on helpers ... Milos Non-Conference Home 5 0-5-0 0 5/20 Bubela and Jake Wood both scored a team-best two goals each ... Non-Conference Road 7 2-4-1 5 9/20 Scott Diebold started 3-of-4 games in the net for the Engineers, Non-Conference Neutral Site 2 0-2-0 0 3/11 posting a .870 save percentage, making 80 saves. RECORD BY MONTH RECORD BY DAY IN JANUARY: Senior forward Jacob Laliberte has recorded a team- GP W-L-T PTS GP W-L-T PTS best nine points in the fi rst eight games of the new year, coming October 7 2-5-0 4 Monday 0 0-0-0 0 November 9 4-4-1 9 Tuesday 3 1-1-1 3 on two goals and seven assists ... Matt Neal and Drew Melanson, December 4 0-4-0 0 Wednesday 0 0-0-0 0 both of whom scored against Union, tied for the team lead with January 8 3-5-0 6 Thursday 0 0-0-0 0 four goals apiece in the month ... Defensemen Curtis Leonard (1 February 4 0-4-0 0 Friday 14 4-10-0 8 goal, 3 assists) and Luke Curadi (4 assists) have four points apiece March 0 0-0-0 0 Saturday 14 4-10-0 8 ... Junior Jason Kasdorf had an .898 save percentage with a 2.96 April 0 0-0-0 0 Sunday 1 0-1-0 0 goals against average, while making 202 saves. OFFENSIVE RECORD DEFENSIVE RECORD NON-LEAGUE GAMES: January 24th’s game against Union was GP W-L-T PTS GP W-L-T PTS the fi nal non-league game for RPI during the regular season ... No Goals 6 0-6-0 0 No Goals 1 1-0-0 2 One Goal 7 0-6-1 1 One Goal 7 6-0-1 13 In 14 contests, the Engineers posted a 2-11-1 record ... Fresh- Two Goals 11 3-8-0 6 Two Goals 2 2-0-0 4 man Drew Melanson led the team with seven points (4 goals, 3 Three Goals 5 3-2-0 6 Three Goals 9 0-9-0 0 assists) ... Riley Bourbonnais, Jacob Laliberte and Matt Neal all Four Goals 1 1-0-0 2 Four Goals 5 0-5-0 0 had four points on a goal and three assists ... Junior Jason Kasdorf Five Goals 1 1-0-0 2 Five Goals 4 0-4-0 0 was 2-6-0 with a 3.84 goals against average and an .887 save Six Goals 1 1-0-0 2 Six Goals 3 0-3-0 0 percentage ... Senior Scott Diebold was 0-4-1 with a 2.93 GAA Seven Goals 0 0-0-0 0 Seven Goals 0 0-0-0 0 and .901 save percentage. Eight Goals 0 0-0-0 0 Eight Goals 1 0-1-0 0 Nine+ 0 0-0-0 0 Nine+ 0 0-0-0 0 CAREER LEADERS: Senior Jacob Laliberte has the most career FAST FACTS goals among those on the Engineers with 30 ... He also leads Scored First Goal 5-4-0 Outshot Opponent 5-5-0 current players with 55 career assists and 85 points (129 games) Allowed First Goal 4-18-1 Outshot By Opponent 3-17-1 ... Classmate Matt Neal follows with 25 goals, 51 helpers, and 76 Even Shots 0-1-0 points ... Defenseman Curtis Leonard has played the most games Lead After First Period 5-3-0 (142) with Laliberte in second (129). Tied After First Period 1-5-1 Games After A Win 4-5-0 Trailed After First Period 3-14-0 Games After A Tie 1-0-0 SEASON LONG: RPI was riding a season-best three game winning Games After A Loss 3-17-1 streak heading into the non-conference game with Union ... It Lead After Second Period 6-1-0 ended with an 8-3 loss to the Dutchmen in the Mayor’s Cup game. Tied After Second Period 1-3-1 One Goal Games 4-1-0 Trailed After Second Period 2-18-0 Overtime Games 1-0-1
2014-15 RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE MEN’S HOCKEY // Page 7 GAMES 33 & 34 | Rensselaer at Colgate & Cornell | Star Rink & James Lynah Rink | Hamilton, N.Y. & Ithaca, N.Y. | Feb. 20 & 21 Overall: 9-22-1 Conf: 7-11-0 Home: 5-9-0 Away: 4-11-1 Neut: 0-2-0
TEAM STATISTICS RPI_MHKY OPP ------SHOT STATISTICS...... Goals-Shot attempts...... 59-812 105-939 Shot pct...... 073 .112 Goals/Game...... 1.9 3.4 Shots/Game...... 26.2 30.3 Assists...... 99 178 POWER PLAYS...... Goals-Power Plays...... 12-89 31-140 Conversion Percent...... 135 .221 Shot Attempts...... 105 209 Shot Percent...... 114 .148 GOAL BREAKDOWN...... Total Goals...... 59 105 Power Play...... 12 31 Short-handed...... 0 2 Empty net...... 2 7 Penalty...... 0 0 Unassisted...... 4 8 Overtime...... 1 0 Shootout...... 0 0 Delayed Penalty...... 0 0 PENALTIES...... Number...... 167 112 Minutes...... 391 243 Penalties/Game...... 5.4 3.6 Pen minutes/Game...... 12.6 7.8 Minor...... 158 109 Major...... 3 1 10-minute Misconduct...... 3 1 Game Misconduct...... 3 1 Gross Misconduct...... 0 0 Match...... 0 0 SHOOTOUTS (Made-Att)...... 0-0 0-0 ATTENDANCE...... Total...... 46172 52732 Dates/Avg Per Date...... 14/3298 16/3296 Neutral Site #/Avg...... 2/4357
GOALS BY PERIOD 1 2 3 OT Total ------Rensselaer...... 19 17 22 1 - 59 Opponents...... 33 35 37 0 - 105
SAVES BY PERIOD 1 2 3 OT Total ------Rensselaer...... 277 286 267 3 - 833 Opponents...... 234 256 253 9 - 752
2014-15 RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE MEN’S HOCKEY // Page 8 GAMES 33 & 34 | Rensselaer at Colgate & Cornell | Star Rink & James Lynah Rink | Hamilton, N.Y. & Ithaca, N.Y. | Feb. 20 & 21 Rensselaer | Overall - 32 GP ( 9-22- 1 .297) | Conf Only - 18 GP ( 7-11- 0 .389) | Career ------|------|------|------## Player POS YR | GP G A PTS PEN/MIN PP SH GW GT | GP G A PTS PEN/MIN PP SH GW GT | GP G A PTS 15 Jacob Laliberté F SR | 32 6 11 17 9/ 18 1 0 0 0 | 18 5 8 13 4/ 8 1 0 0 0 | 129 30 55 85 25 Drew Melanson F FR | 28 6 9 15 4/ 8 1 0 0 1 | 16 2 6 8 1/ 2 0 0 0 0 | 28 6 9 15 9 Matt Neal F SR | 28 5 10 15 4/ 8 1 0 1 0 | 16 4 7 11 3/ 6 1 0 1 0 | 120 25 51 76 14 Riley Bourbonnais F SO | 32 5 7 12 8/ 16 0 0 0 0 | 18 4 4 8 6/ 12 0 0 0 0 | 41 5 8 13 17 Miloš Bubela F JR | 26 6 5 11 12/ 24 2 0 0 0 | 16 4 4 8 4/ 8 1 0 0 0 | 95 18 22 40 26 Mark Miller F JR | 23 4 6 10 3/ 6 0 0 1 0 | 12 3 5 8 3/ 6 0 0 0 0 | 91 14 18 32 10 Curtis Leonard D SR | 30 2 8 10 8/ 16 0 0 0 0 | 18 1 7 8 6/ 12 0 0 0 0 | 142 9 34 43 12 Viktor Liljegren F FR | 31 5 4 9 10/ 20 3 0 1 0 | 17 4 4 8 5/ 10 2 0 1 0 | 31 5 4 9 13 Jared Wilson D FR | 30 3 5 8 12/ 32 1 0 2 0 | 18 3 4 7 7/ 22 1 0 2 0 | 30 3 5 8 23 Lou Nanne (MIN) F FR | 22 4 3 7 4/ 8 0 0 0 0 | 14 2 2 4 2/ 4 0 0 0 0 | 22 4 3 7 7 Zach Schroeder F SR | 27 2 5 7 6/ 12 0 0 1 0 | 18 2 3 5 4/ 8 0 0 1 0 | 103 11 22 33 21 Mark McGowan F SR | 30 4 2 6 7/ 22 1 0 0 0 | 18 4 2 6 5/ 18 1 0 0 0 | 128 18 25 43 24 Chris Bradley D JR | 27 3 2 5 3/ 6 2 0 1 0 | 14 1 2 3 1/ 2 0 0 1 0 | 96 6 18 24 5 Luke Curadi D SR | 26 0 5 5 16/ 43 0 0 0 0 | 15 0 3 3 6/ 12 0 0 0 0 | 119 2 13 15 19 Mike Prapavessis (DAL) D FR | 32 0 5 5 5/ 10 0 0 0 0 | 18 0 3 3 3/ 6 0 0 0 0 | 32 0 5 5 27 Jake Wood F SO | 25 3 1 4 17/ 53 0 0 1 0 | 12 3 1 4 8/ 24 0 0 1 0 | 42 4 4 8 8 Kenny Gillespie F FR | 12 0 3 3 1/ 2 0 0 0 0 | 7 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 | 12 0 3 3 18 Travis Fulton F JR | 19 0 3 3 2/ 4 0 0 0 0 | 11 0 2 2 2/ 4 0 0 0 0 | 48 2 11 13 20 Jimmy DeVito F SO | 30 0 3 3 11/ 22 0 0 0 0 | 17 0 1 1 8/ 16 0 0 0 0 | 55 1 6 7 2 Parker Reno D SO | 18 1 0 1 5/ 10 0 0 1 0 | 10 0 0 0 3/ 6 0 0 0 0 | 38 2 1 3 6 Phil Hampton D JR | 13 0 1 1 1/ 2 0 0 0 0 | 5 0 1 1 0 0 0 0 | 27 1 2 3 4 Craig Bokenfohr D JR | 22 0 1 1 14/ 39 0 0 0 0 | 13 0 1 1 9/ 18 0 0 0 0 | 43 0 4 4 22 Bradley Bell D FR | 10 0 0 0 1/ 2 0 0 0 0 | 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 10 0 0 0 34 Scott Diebold G SR | 12 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 65 0 0 0 33 Jason Kasdorf (WPG) G JR | 25 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 16 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 | 50 0 0 0 Bench | 4/ 8 | 2/ 4 | ------|------|------|------Rensselaer | 32 59 99 158 167/391 12 0 9 1 | 18 42 71 113 92/208 7 0 7 0 | Opponents | 32 105 179 284 112/243 31 2 22 0 | 18 54 90 144 58/135 15 1 11 0 | ------|------|------## Goaltending (Overall) | GP Minutes GA Saves Shots Save% GAA Record Win% GS SO %Time | Overall 33 Jason Kasdorf (WPG) JR | 25 1350:52 69 593 662 .896 3.06 9-15- 0 .375 25 1 70.1% | +: 360:47 18.7% 34 Scott Diebold SR | 12 554:16 29 240 269 .892 3.14 0- 7- 1 .062 7 0 28.8% | -: 975:28 50.6% Open Net | 17 22:33 7 7 1.2% | E: 591:26 30.7% Rensselaer | 32 1927:41 105 833 938 .888 3.27 9-22- 1 .297 32 1 100.0% | Opponents | 32 1927:41 59 752 811 .927 1.84 22- 9- 1 .703 32 6 100.0% | ------|------|------## Goaltending (Conference Only) | GP Minutes GA Saves Shots Save% GAA Record Win% GS SO %Time | Conference Only 33 Jason Kasdorf (WPG) JR | 16 901:08 41 366 407 .899 2.73 7- 8- 0 .467 16 1 83.2% | +: 248:30 23.0% 34 Scott Diebold SR | 4 165:09 10 67 77 .870 3.63 0- 3- 0 .000 2 0 15.3% | -: 552:33 51.0% Open Net | 9 16:24 3 3 1.5% | E: 281:38 26.0% Rensselaer | 18 1082:41 54 433 487 .889 2.99 7-11- 0 .389 18 1 100.0% | Opponents | 18 1082:41 42 433 475 .912 2.33 11- 7- 0 .611 18 1 100.0% | ------|------|------## Goaltending (Career) | GP Minutes GA Saves Shots Save% GAA Record Win% GS SO | 34 Scott Diebold SR | 65 3542:21 164 1571 1735 .905 2.78 18-31- 9 .388 56 2 | 33 Jason Kasdorf (WPG) JR | 50 2783:39 111 1136 1247 .911 2.39 24-21- 2 .532 49 5 | ------|------Special Teams (Overall|Conference) | Power Play Penalty Kill Combined PPC/G | Power Play Penalty Kill Combined PPC/G Rensselaer | 12/ 88 .136 110/141 .780 122/229 .533 2.8 | 7/ 43 .163 59/ 74 .797 66/117 .564 2.4 Opponents | 31/141 .220 76/ 88 .864 107/229 .467 4.4 | 15/ 74 .203 36/ 43 .837 51/117 .436 4.1 ------|------|------Scoring/Shots (Overall|Conference) | 1st 2nd 3rd OT TOT | 1st 2nd 3rd OT SOG | 1st 2nd 3rd OT TOT | 1st 2nd 3rd OT SOG Rensselaer | 19 17 22 1 59 | 253 273 275 10 811 | 15 10 16 1 42 | 137 174 161 3 475 Opponents | 33 35 37 0 105 | 310 321 304 3 938 | 18 18 18 0 54 | 159 164 163 1 487 Difference | -14 -18 -15 +1 -46 | -57 -48 -29 +7 -127 | -3 -8 -2 +1 -12 | -22 +10 -2 +2 -12 ------|------|------Game Averages (Overall|Conference) | G/GM A/GM PTS/G SOG/G PEN/G PIM/G PPG/G | G/GM A/GM PTS/G SOG/G PEN/G PIM/G PPG/G Rensselaer | 1.84 3.09 4.94 25.3 5.2 12.2 0.4 | 2.33 3.94 6.28 26.4 5.1 11.6 0.4 Opponents | 3.28 5.59 8.88 29.3 3.5 7.6 1.0 | 3.00 5.00 8.00 27.1 3.2 7.5 0.8 Difference | -1.44 -2.50 -3.94 -4.0 +1.7 +4.6 -0.6 | -0.67 -1.06 -1.72 -0.7 +1.9 +4.1 -0.4 ------|------|------Situational Records | H:14 5- 9- 0 A:16 4-11- 1 N: 2 0- 2- 0 | H: 9 5- 4- 0 A: 9 2- 7- 0 N: 0 0- 0- 0 (Overall|Conference) | E1 +: 6 4- 2- 0 -:17 3-14- 0 E: 9 2- 6- 1 | E1 +: 4 3- 1- 0 -: 9 2- 7- 0 E: 5 2- 3- 0 | E2 +: 7 6- 1- 0 -:20 2-18- 0 E: 5 1- 3- 1 | E2 +: 4 4- 0- 0 -:12 2-10- 0 E: 2 1- 1- 0 | Margin 1: 6 4- 2 2: 6 1- 5 3+:19 4-15 | Margin 1: 2 2- 0 2: 6 1- 5 3+:10 4- 6 | First Goal +: 9 5- 4- 0 -:23 4-18- 1 | First Goal +: 8 5- 3- 0 -:10 2- 8- 0 ------2014-15 RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE MEN’S HOCKEY // Page 9 GAMES 33 & 34 | Rensselaer at Colgate & Cornell | Star Rink & James Lynah Rink | Hamilton, N.Y. & Ithaca, N.Y. | Feb. 20 & 21 NG A — {#12} — {#22} {#28} {#3} {#23} {#15} #23 #14 * - ECAC Hockey not dress;{#24} game; DND - Did not play DNP - Did {#24} {#16,#20} {#19} {#27} {#8} {#20} {#9} #26 {#17} {#11} #2 {#24} — #13 {#26} #25 EN {#26} #26 {#24} #7 {#27} 2 10 — #12 {#19} {#23} 8 #13 6 27 4 {#10} {#9} 6 FIRST 6 10 10 8 16 0 16 8 GW/GT GOAL GOAL OPP 33 34 42 39 21 16 25 35 27 22 24 GOAL RPI 29 22 26 17 20 19 24 27 14 25 35 31 OPP 8 25 10 25 6 12 12 PIM 12 6 36 8 16 10 5/5 3/4 5/8 2/3 2/4 4/5 6/6 4/6 4/4 6/7 3/3 RPI PIM 1/3 0/5 0/3 1/7 0/4 1/2 0/0 0/2 1/1 PENALTY SHOTS POWER SHOTS 10 KILL 34 PLAY Scott 33 L 0-6 DND DNP W/24 DNP DND W/12 DNP W/34 L/23 W/21 Jason L/16 ND/16 W/24 L/21 L/19 L/39 DNP L/12 DNP W/31 L/31 T/33 31 ND/22 L/30 L/27 Diebold Sam L 2-3 1 Kasdorf Jake DND DNP DND GOALTENDERS W 2-1 Goodman Soff DND T 1-1 (OT) DND DND DND DNP DND DND DND DNP 27 L 1-3 Jake 26 0-0 DND er DND DND Mark DND 25 W 3-1 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 0-2 2-0 Drew 24 Wood W 2-1 Chris Miller 23 0-0 DND 0-1 0-0 0-2 1-0 0-0 1-0 0-1 DND Lou Melanson 22 DND 0-0 0-1 2-0 1-1 1-0 L 0-4 DND DND DND DND Bradley DND DND 0-0 DND Bradley 21 DND 0-0 W 2-1 (OT) DND 0-0 DND DND 0-0 DND 0-0 Mark Nanne 20 W 6-1 Bell Jimmy 19 0-0 1-0 L 0-4 Mike 0-1 0-0 McGowan DND 18 0-0 DND 0-0 0-1 Travis DeVito17 L 2-5 0-0 0-1 DND Milos DND Prapavessis15 0-0 DND DND 0-0 0-0 0-1 DND Jacob DND 14 Fulton L 1-4 DND 0-0 0-1 1-0 DND DND Riley 0-0 1-0 Bubela 13 1-0 0-0 0-1 Jared L 0-3 Laliberte 12 0-0 DND Viktor1-0 0-0 0-1 0-0 3-0 1-1 DND Bourbonnais 10 @MICH L 0-3 @MICH Curtis 9 Wilson @UNH 1-0 0-0 0-1 Matt 0-1 0-0 @CONDND #20QUI* DND 8 0-0 0-1 1-0 Liljegren 0-1 0-0 W 3-2 Kenny PRI* DND 0-0 Leonard 7 DAR* 0-0 DND G-A G-A G-A G-A G-A G-A G-AZack G-A G-A G-A G-A G-A G-A G-A G-A G-A Neal HAR* #2UNI* @#2UNI* 6 Gillespie Phil BEN @#12ND 0-1 0-0 1-0 #1MINN @#16DU DND 5 @#16DU DND DND Luke 0-0 BEN DND Schroeder DND 0-0 DND 11/14 11/15 11/18 11/25 11/28 11/29 0-0 0-1 4 1-0 11/8 DND DND 0-0 0-0 DND 11/7 DND Craig 0-0 0-0 DND Hampton DND 11/1 0-0 DND 10/10 10/12 10/17 10/18 10/24 10/25 10/31 DND 2 0-0 0-0 DND DND Parker 0-0 0-0 DND Curadi PLAYERS 0-0 DND 0-0 0-1 DND Bokenfohr DND DND SCORE Reno OPP DATE
2014-15 RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE MEN’S HOCKEY // Page 10 GAMES 33 & 34 | Rensselaer at Colgate & Cornell | Star Rink & James Lynah Rink | Hamilton, N.Y. & Ithaca, N.Y. | Feb. 20 & 21 IS OL #2 #8 #6 {9 {1}{1}{2} 1 #1 2 #5 #1 #4 #5 1 {#9} #15 #15 {#11} {#14} #25 #27 #21 {#24} {#20} {#5} {#12} #10 {#22} {#9} — {#11} {#14} {#20} {#17} {#9} {#15} {#22} {#18} {#16} #27 — — #9 #12 {#19} * - ECAC Hockey not dress; game; DND - Did not play DNP - Did #9 — #24 {#11} {#19} {#10} {#72} {#14} {#26} EN FIRST 8 14 2 6 10 GW/GT 6 2 8 4 GOAL GOAL OPP 31 26 37 29 27 36 18 23 30 28 GOAL RPI 24 41 36 35 23 22 14 30 25 28 13 31 26 6 31 6 10 14 8 12 8 12 8 22 6 10 OPP PIM 2/2 2/3 5/6 4/5 6/6 2/4 3/3 4/4 4/7 3/4 5/5 3/5 1/2 RPI PIM 1/3 1/4 0/1 0/2 0/3 1/2 PENALTY SHOTS POWER SHOTS KILL 34 PLAY Scott 33 L/26 L/22 L/32 DNP ND/1 Jason DNP ND/9 L/10 DNP L/23 L/24 L/33 L/25 DNP 31 DND DND W/35 W/17 Diebold W/26 Sam L/22 L/20 L/23 L/16 ND/10 1 L/24 Jake Kasdorf DND DND DNP DND DND DNP GOALTENDERS Goodman DND DNP DNP Soff 0-0 27 1-0 0-1 0-1 Jake DND 0-0 26 1-0 0-0 0-1 er DND 0-0 DND 0-0 Mark DND 0-0 25 Drew 24 Wood Miller Chris 23 DND 0-0 0-1 1-0 DND DND Lou 0-0 DND Melanson 22 1-0 0-0 2-0 0-1 0-0 DND 0-0 DND Bradley 0-0 0-0 DND DND DND Bradley 21 DND 0-0 DND 0-0 Mark Nanne 20 Bell Jimmy 19 DND 0-0 0-0 DND DND 0-1 DND 0-0 1-0 0-0 0-1 Mike 0-0 0-1 McGowan 18 0-0 0-0 DND Travis 0-0 0-0 DeVito17 0-0 0-1 Milos Prapavessis15 Fulton 1-0 0-0 0-1 Jacob 14 Riley Bubela 13 0-1 1-0 0-0 0-2 1-1 Jared 1-1 0-0 Laliberte 12 #15YAL* BRN* 0-0 0-1 1-0 Viktor @CLK* 0-1 0-0 1-0 Bourbonnais 10 @SLU* @DAR* Curtis 9 Wilson UNI 0-0 DND 0-0 1-0 0-2 0-1 Matt 0-1 8 0-0 Liljegren COR* DND #15COL* DND Kenny0-0 1-2 0-1 1-0 @PRI* @QUI* Leonard 7 #6MIA G-A G-A G-A G-A G-A G-A G-AZack G-A G-A G-A G-A G-A G-A G-A G-A G-A Neal @#4HAR* #6MIA 0-1 0-0 #2BU DND 6 DND DND DND Phil 0-0 DND 0-0 1-1 2-1 0-1 1-0 @BRN* DND 0-0 0-0 DND @YAL* Gillespie 0-1 DND 0-0 0-0 0-2 0-1 DND 5 DND 1-0 0-0 DND DND 0-0 0-1 Luke Schroeder 0-0 4 DND Hampton 2-5 2-4 1-5 2-6 2-3 0-3 5-2 4-1 3-0 3-8 1-3 3-6 1-4 DND 2/13 2/14 Craig0-0 0-1 2/7 2/6 2 1/10 1/16 1/17 1/24 1/30 0-0 DND 0-0 DND 1/9 0-0 DND 12/5 12/6 Parker 0-0 12/13 1/3 0-0 Curadi 0-0 12/30 1/2 PLAYERS DND DND Bokenfohr DND DND SCORE 0-0 DND 0-0 Reno DND 0-0 OPP DATE
2014-15 RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE MEN’S HOCKEY // Page 11 GAMES 33 & 34 | Rensselaer at Colgate & Cornell | Star Rink & James Lynah Rink | Hamilton, N.Y. & Ithaca, N.Y. | Feb. 20 & 21
Rensselaer - INDIVIDUAL GAME HIGHS POINTS...... 3 Matt Neal vs No. 15 Colgate (Jan 16, 2015) 3 Curtis Leonard at Princeton (Jan 10, 2015) 3 Riley Bourbonnais vs No. 2 Union (Oct 31, 2014) GOALS...... 3 Riley Bourbonnais vs No. 2 Union (Oct 31, 2014) ASSISTS...... 2 Kenny Gillespie vs Union (Jan 24, 2015) 2 Viktor Liljegren vs No. 15 Colgate (Jan 16, 2015) 2 Jacob Laliberte at Princeton (Jan 10, 2015) 2 Curtis Leonard at Princeton (Jan 10, 2015) 2 Jacob Laliberte at No. 15 Quinnipiac (Jan 09, 2015) 2 Drew Melanson vs No. 2 Union (Oct 31, 2014) 2 Mark Miller vs No. 2 Union (Oct 31, 2014) SHOTS...... 8 Curtis Leonard at Brown (Dec 06, 2014) SAVES...... 39 Jason Kasdorf at No. 16 Denver (Oct. 17) PENALTIES...... 3 Jake Wood vs No. 20 Quinnipiac (Nov 15, 2014) PENALTY MINUTES.... 15 Jake Wood vs Union (Jan 24, 2015) 15 Craig Bokenfohr at No. 16 Denver (Oct. 18) 15 Luke Curadi at No. 16 Denver (Oct. 17) Rensselaer - TEAM GAME HIGHS POINTS...... 16 vs No. 2 Union (Oct 31, 2014) GOALS...... 6 vs No. 2 Union (Oct 31, 2014) ASSISTS...... 10 vs No. 2 Union (Oct 31, 2014) SHOTS ON GOAL.... 41 at Brown (Dec 06, 2014) SAVES...... 39 at No. 16 Denver (Oct. 17) PENALTIES...... 10 vs Union (Jan 24, 2015) 10 vs No. 20 Quinnipiac (Nov 15, 2014) PENALTY MINUTES.. 36 vs No. 20 Quinnipiac (Nov 15, 2014) Opponent - GAME HIGHS POINTS...... 24 vs Union (Jan 24, 2015) GOALS...... 8 vs Union (Jan 24, 2015) ASSISTS...... 16 vs Union (Jan 24, 2015) SHOTS ON GOAL.... 42 at No. 16 Denver (Oct. 17) SAVES...... 39 at Brown (Dec 06, 2014) PENALTIES...... 8 vs No. 20 Quinnipiac (Nov 15, 2014) 8 at No. 16 Denver (Oct. 18) PENALTY MINUTES.. 27 vs No. 20 Quinnipiac (Nov 15, 2014) Rensselaer - GAME LOWS POINTS...... 0 vs Minnesota (Oct 12, 2014) 0 at No. 16 Denver (Oct. 17) 0 vs Bentley (Oct 25, 2014) 0 vs Harvard (Nov 07, 2014) 0 at Michigan (Nov 29, 2014) 0 vs No. 6 Miami (Jan 03, 2015) GOALS...... 0 vs Minnesota (Oct 12, 2014) 0 at No. 16 Denver (Oct. 17) 0 vs Bentley (Oct 25, 2014) 0 vs Harvard (Nov 07, 2014) 0 at Michigan (Nov 29, 2014) 0 vs No. 6 Miami (Jan 03, 2015) ASSISTS...... 0 vs Minnesota (Oct 12, 2014) 0 at No. 16 Denver (Oct. 17) 0 vs Bentley (Oct 25, 2014) 0 vs Harvard (Nov 07, 2014) 0 at Michigan (Nov 29, 2014) 0 vs No. 6 Miami (Jan 03, 2015) SHOTS ON GOAL.... 13 vs Union (Jan 24, 2015) SAVES...... 12 vs Bentley (Oct 25, 2014) PENALTIES...... 3 vs Bentley (Oct 24, 2014) 3 vs Princeton (Nov 14, 2014) 3 at Michigan (Nov 28, 2014) 3 at Yale Bulldogs (Dec 05, 2014) 3 vs No. 2 Boston Univ. (Dec 13, 2014) 3 vs Cornell (Jan 17, 2015) 3 vs Brown (Feb 13, 2015) PENALTY MINUTES.. 6 vs Bentley (Oct 24, 2014) 6 vs Princeton (Nov 14, 2014) 6 at Michigan (Nov 28, 2014) 6 at Yale Bulldogs (Dec 05, 2014) 6 vs No. 2 Boston Univ. (Dec 13, 2014) 6 vs Cornell (Jan 17, 2015) 6 vs Brown (Feb 13, 2015) Opponent - GAME LOWS POINTS...... 0 vs Cornell (Jan 17, 2015) GOALS...... 0 vs Cornell (Jan 17, 2015) ASSISTS...... 0 at No. 2 Union (Nov 1, 2014) 0 vs Cornell (Jan 17, 2015) SHOTS ON GOAL.... 16 vs Bentley (Oct 25, 2014) SAVES...... 10 vs Union (Jan 24, 2015) PENALTIES...... 0 at No. 2 Union (Nov 1, 2014) PENALTY MINUTES.. 0 at No. 2 Union (Nov 1, 2014) 2014-15 RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE MEN’S HOCKEY // Page 12 GAMES 33 & 34 | Rensselaer at Colgate & Cornell | Star Rink & James Lynah Rink | Hamilton, N.Y. & Ithaca, N.Y. | Feb. 20 & 21 Rensselaer 6, UPEI 2 #16 Denver 3, Rensselaer 0 Bentley 4, Rensselaer 0 October 4th in Troy, N.Y. October 17th in Denver, Colo. October 25th in Troy, N.Y. Exhibition Family Weekend Rensselaer 0 0 0 - 0 UPEI 1 0 1 - 2 Denver 0 2 1 - 3 Bentley 2 2 0 - 4 Rensselaer 2 2 1 - 5 Rensselaer 0 0 0 - 0 1st – No Scoring. 1st – 1, PEI, Brown (Ashley) 12:38. 2, RPI, Nanne 2nd – 1, DEN, Shore/1 (Larraza, Heinen) 12:41 (gw). 2, 1st – 1, BEN, McMurphy/1 (Bacon, Switzer) 15:55 (pp, (Schroeder, McGowan) 18:38. 3, RPI, Neal (Bourbonnais, DEN, Larraza/1 (Zajac, Shore) 15:41 (pp). gw). 2, BEN, McDonald/1 (Bacon) 17:49 (sh). Curadi) 19:13. 3rd – 3, DEN, Loney/1 (Moore) 19:09 (en). 2nd – 3, BEN, Kubiak/2 (Deresky) 14:17. 4, BEN, 2nd – 4, RPI, Liljegren (DeVito, Bourbonnais) 4:32 (pp, Shots – RPI 9-6-11–26; DEN 20-13-9–42. Maher/1 (Bacon, McMurphy) 18:58 (pp). gw). 5, RPI, Leonard (Melanson, Bell) 18:52. Power Plays – RPI 0/3; DEN 1/4. 3rd – No Scoring. 3rd – 6, RPI, Leonard (Bourbonnais, Prapavessis) 8:10 Goalies –RPI, Kasdorf (59:19/41–39); DEN, Cowley Shots – BEN 5-6-5–16; RPI 8-3-8–19. (pp). 7, PEI, Traccitto (Brown) 13:05 (pp). (59:57/26–26). Power Plays – BEN 2/4; RPI 0/4. Shots – PEI 7-7-10–24; RPI 13-9-9–31. Referees – Dreger & Ragusin; T – 2:13; A – 4,180. Goalies –BEN, Dougherty (60:00/19–19); RPI, Diebold Power Plays – PEI 1/3; RPI 2/6. (60:00/16–12). Goalies – PEI, Wilkinson (45:03/24-20/L), Parks #16 Denver 4, Rensselaer 1 Referees – Leblanc & Hicks; T – 1:55; A –3,532. (13:57/7-6); RPI, Kasdorf (29:31/9-8/W), Diebold October 18th in Denver, Colo. (30:29/15-14). Rensselaer 6, #2 Union 1 Referees – Hughes & Piti; T – 2:26; A – 2,816. Rensselaer 0 0 1 - 1 October 31st in Troy, N.Y. Denver 3 1 0 - 4 Black Friday Rensselaer 3, #12 Notre Dame 2 October 10th in South Bend, Ind. 1st – 1, DEN, Moore/1 (Butcher, Doremus) 8:03 (pp). 2, Union 0 0 1 - 1 Ice Breaker Tournament DEN, Marcinew/1 (Levin, Zajac) 10:35 (pp, gw). 3, DEN, Rensselaer 2 2 2 - 6 Larraza/2 (Shore, Heinen) 15:42 (pp). Rensselaer 0 2 1 - 3 2nd – 4, DEN, Larraza/3 (Heinen, Shore) 3:05. 1st – 1, RPI, Bourbonnais/1 (Bradley) 7:43. 2, RPI, Notre Dame 1 0 1 - 2 3rd – 3, RPI, Bradley/1 (Schroeder, Nanne) 19:25 (pp). Wilson/1 (Melanson, Miller) 15:58 (gw). Shots – RPI 2-9-6–17; DEN 18-14-7–39. 2nd – 3, RPI, Bourbonnais/2 (Fulton, Prapavessis) 5:10. 1st – 1, ND, Lucia/1 (Herr, Hinostroza) 17:07. Power Plays – RPI 1/7; DEN 3/8. 4, RPI, Liljegren/2 (Nanne, Leonard) 17:03 (pp). 2nd – 2, RPI, Liljegren/1 (DeVito, Bourbonnais) 0:42 Goalies –RPI, Kasdorf (23:05/23–19/L), Diebold 3rd – 5, UNI, Vecchione/5 (Foo, DeSimone) 4:24 (pp). (pp). 3, RPI, Laliberte/1 (Neal) 5:43. (36:55/16-16); DEN, Jaillet (2:20/2–2), Cowley 6, RPI, Bourbonnais/3 (Neal) 4:31. 7, RPI, Nanne/3 3rd – 4, ND, Gross/1 (Russo, DiPauli) 3:41. 5, RPI, (57:40/15–14/W). (Melanson, Miller) 7:36. Miller/1 (Schroeder) 4:32 (gw). Referees – Dreger & Ragusin; T – 2:17; A – 4,113. Shots – UNI 2-15-8–25; RPI 11-8-5–24. Shots – RPI 8-9-12–29; ND 10-8-15–33. Power Plays – UNI 1/5; RPI 1/2. Power Plays – RPI 1/3; ND 0/5. Bentley 5, Rensselaer 2 Goalies –UNI, Stevens (36:58/18–14/L), Sakellaropou- Goalies – RPI, Kasdorf (60:00/33–31); ND, Katunar October 24th in Troy, N.Y. los (22:57/6–4); RPI, Kasdorf (60:00/25–24). (58:57/29–26). Family Weekend Referees – Feola & Allen; T – 2:10; A –4,002. Referees – Pochmara & McInchak; T – 2:10; A –5,022 (sellout). Bentley 0 1 4 - 5 Rensselaer 2, #2 Union 1 (OT) Rensselaer 0 1 1 - 2 November 1st in Schenectady, N.Y. #1 Minnesota 3, Rensselaer 0 October 10th in South Bend, Ind. 1st – No Scoring. Rensselaer 0 0 1 1 2 Ice Breaker Championship 2nd – 1, BEN, Schmidt/1 (Eiserman, Grieve) 7:35. 2, Union 1 0 0 0 1 RPI, Nanne/1 (Melanson, Curadi) 18:03. Rensselaer 0 0 0 - 0 3rd – 3, BEN, Grieve/1 (McDonald) 9:09 (gw). 4, 1st – 1, UNI, Foo/4 (unassisted) 14:20. Minnesota 1 1 1 - 3 BEN, Suter/1 (Maher, Bacon) 13:26 (pp, gw). 5, RPI, 2nd – No Scoring. Nanne/2 (Miller, Prapavessis) 13:39. 6, BEN, French/3 3rd – 2, RPI, McGowan/1 (unassisted) 16:11. 1st – 1, MIN, Ambroz/1 (M. Reilly, Boyd) 14:43 (gw). (Blomquist) 19:16 (en). 7, BEN, Schmidt/2 (unassisted) OT – 3, RPI, Liljegren/3 (Leonard, Bubela) 2:41 (gw). 2nd – 2, MIN, Fasching/2 (Collins, Skjei) 1:37. 19:44 (en). Shots – RPI 8-10-6-3–27; UNI 13-12-9-1–35. 3rd – 3, MIN, C. Reilly/1 (M. Reilly, Rau) 7:37 (pp). Shots – BEN 7-8-6–21; RPI 4-6-10–20. Power Plays – RPI 0/0; UNI 0/6. Shots – RPI 6-8-8–22; MIN 11-13-10–34. Power Plays – BEN 1/3; RPI 0/4. Goalies –RPI, Kasdorf (62:41/35–34); UNI, Stevens Power Plays – RPI 0/5; MIN 1/4. Goalies –BEN, Antoni (60:00/20–18); RPI, Kasdorf (62:37/27–25). Goalies – RPI, Kasdorf (59:31/34–31); MIN, Wilcox (58:15/19–16). Referees – LeBlanc & St. Lawrence; T – 2:09; A – 2,260 (60:00/22–22). Referees – Hanafi n & Wheeler; T – 1:57; A –3,095. (sellout). Referees – Millea & Voss; T – 2:10; A –0.
2014-15 RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE MEN’S HOCKEY // Page 13 GAMES 33 & 34 | Rensselaer at Colgate & Cornell | Star Rink & James Lynah Rink | Hamilton, N.Y. & Ithaca, N.Y. | Feb. 20 & 21 Harvard 4, Rensselaer 0 St. Denis/4 (Smith, Peca) 16:28 (pp). Shots – RPI 9-6-12–27; MIC 9-10-14–33. November 7th in Troy, N.Y. 2nd – No Scoring Power Plays – RPI 1/1; MIC 0/3. 3rd – 3, QUI, St. Denis/5 (Taverner, Clifton) 5:42 (pp). 4, Goalies – RPI, Diebold (58:59/33–30); MIC, Nagelvoort Harvard 1 2 1 - 4 QUI, St. Denis/6 (Toews, Peca) 19:30 (en). (60:00/27–25). Rensselaer 0 0 0 - 0 Shots – QUI 8-6-10–24; RPI 5-8-9–22. Referees – Hill & Thul; T – 2:11; A – 5,800. Power Plays – QUI 1/5; RPI 0/5. 1st – 1, HAR, Vesey/1 (Kerfoot, McNally) 18:23 (pp, gw). Goalies – QUI, Garteig (60:00/22–21); RPI, Kasdorf Michigan 6, Rensselaer 0 2nd – 2, HAR, Hart/1 (unassisted) 10:09. 3, HAR, (59:28/23–21). November 29th in Ann Arbor, Mich. Vesey/2 (Criscuolo, McNally) 14:18 (pp). Referees – Allen & Carusone; T – 2:10; A – 3,270. 3rd – 4, HAR, Esposito/1 (Hart) 1:07. Rensselaer 0 0 0 - 0 Shots – HAR 10-11-6–27; RPI 5-4-5–14. Rensselaer 1, UConn 1 OT Michigan 3 1 2 - 6 Power Plays – HAR 2/6; RPI 0/3. November 18th in Hartford, Conn. Goalies –HAR, Michalek (60:00/14–14); RPI, Kasdorf 1st – 1, MIC, Lohan/2 (Calderone, Motte) 7:53 (gw). 2, (60:00/27–23). Rensselaer 0 1 0 0 - 1 MIC, Kile/7 (Nieves, Hyman) 14:50 (pp). 3, MIC, Nieves/3 Referees – Allen & Carusone; T – 1:56; A – 3,040. UConn 0 1 0 0 - 1 (Motte, Martin) 17:54. 2nd – 4, MIC, Nieves/4 (Copp, Nagelvoort) 8:42 (pp). Rensselaer 2, Dartmouth 1 1st – No Scoring 3rd – 5, MIC, Calderone/1 (Motte) 9:02. 6, MIC, Com- November 8th in Troy, N.Y. 2nd – 1, CON, Ferriss/1 (Drake) 2:57. 2, RPI, Melanson/1 pher/3 (Shuart, Martin) 13:58. (Neal, Leonard) 19:58 (pp, gt). Shots – RPI 11-8-7–26; MIC 14-9-10–33. Dartmouth 1 0 0 - 1 3rd – No Scoring Power Plays – RPI 0/4; MIC 2/4. Rensselaer 0 0 2 - 2 OT – No Scoring Goalies – RPI, Diebold (60:00/33–27); MIC, Nagelvoort Shots – RPI 5-9-4-7–29; CON 8-11-13-2–34. (55:19/24–24/W), Dwyer (4:24/ 2–2). 1st – 1, DAR, Beamish/1 (Sikura, Patterson) 14:10 (pp). Power Plays – RPI 1/3; CON 0/5. Referees – Hill & Thul; T – 2:15; A – 5,442. 2nd – No Scoring Goalies – RPI, Diebold (64:53/34–33); CON, Nichols 3rd – 2, RPI, Bubela/1 (Liljegren, Bokenfohr) 4:43. 3, (65:00/29–28). Yale 5, Rensselaer 2 RPI, Schroeder/1 (Nanne, Miller) 19:41 (gw). Referees – Hersey & Miller; T – 2:15; A – 3,879. December 5th in New Haven, Conn. Shots – DAR 9-7-6–22; RPI 10-8-7–25. Power Plays – DAR 1/5; RPI 0/2. Rensselaer 2, New Hampshire 1 Rensselaer 0 1 1 - 2 Goalies –DAR, Kruger (60:00/25–23); RPI, Kasdorf November 25th in Durham, N.H. Yale 1 2 2 - 5 (60:00/22–21). Referees – Allen & St. Lawrence; T – 2:05; A – 3,015. Rensselaer 2 0 0 - 2 1st – 1, YAL, Ruff olo/1 (Fallen, Baiocco) 18:45. UConn 1 0 0 - 1 2nd – 2, YAL, Cooper/1 (Ruff olo) 6:35. 3, RPI, Wood/1 Rensselaer 3, Princeton 1 (Neal, Bourbonnais) 15:55. 4, YAL, Hitchcock/2 (Doherty, November 14th in Troy, N.Y. 1st – 1, UNH, Foegele/1 (MacDonald, Furgele) 8:09 (pp). Hayden) 18:13 (gw). 2, RPI, Leonard/1 (Neal, Melanson) 14:37. 3, RPI, Reno/1 3rd – 5, RPI, Bubela/3 (Laliberte, Hampton) 10:59 Princeton 0 0 1 - 1 (Fulton, DeVito) 16:21 (gw). (pp). 6, YAL, Orzetti/1 (Learned, Witek) 11:49. 7, YAL, Rensselaer 2 0 1 - 2 2nd – No Scoring Learned/3 (Obuchowski) 18:54 (en). 3rd – No Scoring Shots – RPI 2-10-12–24; YAL 7-13-11–31. 1st – 1, RPI, Miller/2 (Melanson, Leonard) 8:45. 2, RPI, Shots – RPI 13-7-11–31; UNH 13-11-11–35. Power Plays – RPI 1/3; YAL 0/2. Wilson/2 (Laliberte, Bubela) 11:52 (pp, gw). Power Plays – RPI 0/3; UNH 1/7. Goalies – RPI, Diebold (58:37/30–26); YAL, Lyon 2nd – No Scoring Goalies – RPI, Kasdorf (19:54/12–11/W), Diebold (60:00/24–22). 3rd – 3, RPI, Miller/3 (Bourbonnais) 10:19. 4, PRI, (40:00/22–22); UNH, Clark (58:10/31–29). Referees – Lynch & McDonald; T – 2:01; A – 3,278. Foster/1 (Siiro, Ave) 12:00 (pp). Referees – Hersey & Miller; T – 2:09; A – 4,112. Shots – PRI 7-5-13–25; RPI 14-12-9–35. Brown 4, Rensselaer 2 Power Plays – PRI 1/3; RPI 1/3. Michigan 3, Rensselaer 2 December 6th in Providence, R.I. Goalies – PRI, Phinney (58:42/35–33); RPI, Kasdorf November 28th in Ann Arbor, Mich. (60:00/25–24). Rensselaer 1 0 1 - 2 Referees – Hanafi n & Whittemore; T – 2:00; A – 2,836. Rensselaer 0 1 1 - 2 Brown 2 1 1 - 4 Michigan 1 0 2 - 3 #20 Quinnipiac 3, Rensselaer 1 1st – 1, BRN, Jacobson/1 (Lappin, Lamacchia) :52. 2, November 15th in Troy, N.Y. 1st – 1, MIC, Kile/6 (Larkin, Hyman) 15:55. RPI, Laliberte/2 (Neal, Prapavessis) 3:33 (pp). 3, BRN, 2nd – 2, RPI, Bubela/2 (Laliberte, Bourbonnais) 8:45 Naclerio/2 (4:04). Quinnipiac 1 0 2 - 3 (pp). 2nd – 4, BRN, Lorito/5 (Laff erty, Harlow) 18:30 (gw). Rensselaer 1 0 0 - 1 3rd – 3, RPI, Bourbonnais/4 (Melanson) 6:17. 4, MIC, 3rd – 5, BRN, Prescott/1 (McArdle, Laff erty) 7:13. 6, RPI, Motte/5 (Calderone, Downing) 16:58. 5, MIC, Hyman/6 Wood/2 (Bradley, Bourbonnais) 16:38. 1st – 1, RPI, Nanne/4 (Wilson, Melanson) 5:22. 2, QUI, (Larkin, Downing) 17:27 (gw). Shots – RPI 10-17-14–41; BRN 15-7-4–26. 2014-15 RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE MEN’S HOCKEY // Page 14 GAMES 33 & 34 | Rensselaer at Colgate & Cornell | Star Rink & James Lynah Rink | Hamilton, N.Y. & Ithaca, N.Y. | Feb. 20 & 21 Power Plays – RPI 1/4; BRN 0/2. Shots – MIA 8-13-6–27; RPI 6-7-10–23. Goalies – RPI, Kasdorf (60:00/37–35); PRN, Phinney Goalies – RPI, Diebold (58:10/26–22); BRN, Ernst Power Plays – MIA 1/5; RPI 1/4. (59:17/30–25). (60:00/41–39). Goalies – MIA, McKay (60:00/23–21); RPI, Kasdorf Referees – Baker & St. Lawrence; T – 2:02; A – 2,263. Referees – Carusone & Hughes; T – 2:04; A – 850. (58:57/27–24). Referees – Hicks & Feola; T – 2:05; A – 2,913. Rensselaer 4, No. 15 Colgate 1 #2 Boston University 5, Rensselaer 1 January 16th in Troy, N.Y. December 13th in Troy, N.Y. No. 6 Miami 3, Rensselaer 0 January 3rd in Troy, N.Y. Colgate 1 0 0 - 1 Boston University 0 3 2 - 5 Rensselaer 1 0 3 - 4 Rensselaer 0 0 1 - 1 Miami 1 2 0 - 3 Rensselaer 0 0 0 - 0 1st – 1, RPI, McGowan/3 (Curadi, Liljegren) 2:01. 2, COL, 1st – No Scoring Lough/2 (Murphy, Panowyk) 14:58. 2nd – 1, BU, MacLeod/2 (Rodrigues, Hohmann) 11:57. 1st – 1, MIA, Murphy/7 (Louis, Coleman) 11:36. 2nd – No scoring. 2, BU, O’Regan/12 (Eichel, Rodrigues) 14:48 (pp, gw). 3, 2nd – 2, MIA, Czarnik/1 (Barber, Dornbrock) 7:27. 3, 3rd – 3, RPI, Neal/2 (Laliberte, Bubela) 0:56 (gw). BU, Hickey/2 (Eichel) 19:54. MIA, Murphy/8 (Unassisted) 7:34. 4, RPI, Laliberte/3 (Neal) 3:21. 5, Neal/3 (Liljegren, 3rd – 4, BU, Piccinich/1 (Rodrigues, Hohmann) 10:25. 5, 3rd – No scoring. Leonard) 19:31 (en). RPI, Bubela/4 (Wilson) 17:05. 6, BU, Roberto/2 (Greer, Shots – MIA 9-14-13–36; RPI 12-6-4–22. Shots – COL 3-9-6–18; RPI 3-5-17–25. Lane) 19:13 (en). Power Plays – MIA 0/6; RPI 0/3. Power Plays – COL 0/4; RPI 0/3. Shots – BU 11-15-11–37; RPI 18-10-8–36. Goalies – MIA, Williams (60:00/22–22); RPI, Kasdorf Goalies – COL, Finn (58:10/25–21); RPI, Kasdorf Power Plays – BU 1/3; RPI 0/1. (60:00/36–33). (60:00/18–17). Goalies – BU, O’Connor (60:00/36–35); RPI, Diebold Referees – Wheeler & Feola; T – 1:58; A – 2,784. Referees – Lynch & Hicks; T – 2:08; A – 2,517. (59:03/36–32). Referees – Feola & Whittemore; T – 2:00; A – 3,720. No. 15 Quinnipiac 4, Rensselaer 2 Rensselaer 3, Cornell 0 January 9th in Hamden, Conn. January 17th in Troy, N.Y. No. 4 Harvard 6, Rensselaer 2 December 30th in Cambridge, Mass. Rennselaer 0 1 1 - 2 Cornell 0 0 0 - 0 Quinnipiac 0 2 2 - 4 Rensselaer 0 1 2 - 3 Rensselaer 2 0 0 - 2 Harvard 1 3 2 - 6 1st – No scoring. 1st – No scoring. 2nd – 1, QUI, Peca/4 (Garteig) 1:10. 2, QUI, Toews/3 2nd – 1, RPI, Wood/3 (Curadi, Schroeder) 7:45 (gw). 1st – 1, HAR, Esposito/4 (Unassisted) 1:21. 2, RPI, (Peca, Anas) 13:15 (pp). 3, RPI, Bubela/5 (Fulton, 3rd – 2, RPI, Laliberte/4 (Neal) 3:50. 3, RPI, Wilson/3 Melanson/2 (Laliberte, Neal) 4:46. 3, RPI, Schroeder/2 Laliberte) 13:42. (McGowan, DeVito) 5:38. (13:19). 3rd – 4, QUI, St. Denis/9 (Peca, Anas) 1:54 (pp, gw). Shots – COR 7-5-14–26; RPI 8-7-13–28. 2nd – 4, HAR, Vesey/10 (Criscuolo, Bergin) :21. 5, HAR, 5, QUI, Clifton/8 (MacMaster, Federico) 10:15. 6, RPI, Power Plays – Cor 0/3; RPI 0/1. Zielonka/3 (Tringale, Everson) 3:45 (pp). 6, HAR, Moy/6 McGowan/2 (Laliberte, Wilson) 19:27 (pp). Goalies – COR, Gillam (45:38/19–16/L), Stewart (Criscuolo, Vesey) 3:54. Shots – RPI 3-7-4–14; QUI 6-11-12–29. (10:38/9–9); RPI, Kasdorf (60:00/26–26). 3rd – 7, HAR, Moy/7 (McNally, Vesey) 4:08. 8, HAR, Power Plays – RPI 0/3; QUI 0/6. Referees – Curtis & St. Lawrence; T – 2:06; A – 3,616. Lloyd/1 (Malone, Horton) 10:18. Goalies – RPI, Kasdorf (59:39/29–25); QUI, Garteig Shots – RPI 13-13-9–35; HAR 4-13-12–29. (60:00/14–12). Union 8, Rensselaer 3 Power Plays – RPI 0/2; HAR 1/6. Referees – St. Lawrence & Curtis; T – 2:05; A – 3,290. January 24th in Albany, N.Y. Goalies – RPI, Kasdorf (60:00/29–23); HAR, Michalek Mayor’s Cup (60:00/35–33). Rensselaer 5, Princeton 2 Referees – McDonald & Whittemore; T – 2:07; A – January 10th in Princeton, N.J. Rensselaer 2 1 0 - 3 2,318. Union 1 1 6 - 8 Rennselaer 3 1 1 - 5 No. 6 Miami 3, Rensselaer 2 Princeton 0 1 1 - 2 1st – 1, RPI, Melanson/5 (Bourbonnais, Gillespie) 2:07. January 2nd in Troy, N.Y. 2, UNI, Ciampini/18 (Taylor/Vecchione) 2:34. 3, RPI, 1st – 1, RPI, Leonard/2 (Laliberte, Neal) 5:36. 2, RPI, Neal/4 (Laliberte, Bubela) 16:13. Miami 1 2 0 - 3 Melanson/4 (Schroeder, Leonard) 11:06. 3, RPI, Bradley 2nd – 4, RPI, Melanson/6 (Curadi, Gillespie) 13:04. 5, Rensselaer 0 1 1 - 2 (Curadi, Wood) 13:30 (gw). UNI, DeSimone/1 (Brassard, WIlkins) 17:14 (pp). 2nd – 4, RPI, Neal/1 (Laliberte, Leonard) 12:33 (gw). 5, 3rd – 6, UNI, Scarfo/8 (Taylor, Henry) 0:17. 7, 1st – 1, MIA, Barber/9 (Lemirande, Czarnik) 4:40. PRN, Kroshus/1 (Foster, Ambrosia) 19:18. Ciampini/19 (Taylor, Lichtenwald) 3:30 (pp, gw). 8, 2nd – 2, RPI, Bradley/2 (Unassisted) :22 (pp). 3, MIA, 3rd – 6, PRN, Kroshus/2 (Liau, Rankin) 7:09. 7, RPI, UNI, Vecchione/12 (Wilkins, Ciampini) 6:58. 9, UNI, Schmit/1 (Greenberg, Morris) 10:15. 4, MIA, Barber/10 Liljegren/4 (Unassisted) 19:05 (en). Lichtenwald/3 (Ciampini, Vecchione) 8:58 (pp). 10, (Belpedio) 14:36 (pp). Shots – RPI 9-10-11–30; PRN 18-9-10–37. UNI, Vecchione/13 (Wilkins, Ciampini) 10:43. 11, UNI, 3rd – 5, RPI, Melanson/3 (Prapavessis, Laliberte) 11:24. Power Plays – RPI 1/2; PRN 0/3. Ciampini/20 (Vecchione, Wilkins) 15:19 2014-15 RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE MEN’S HOCKEY // Page 15 GAMES 33 & 34 | Rensselaer at Colgate & Cornell | Star Rink & James Lynah Rink | Hamilton, N.Y. & Ithaca, N.Y. | Feb. 20 & 21 Shots – RPI 5-5-3–13; UNI 8-12-11–31. Brown 6, Rensselaer 3 Power Plays – RPI 0/1, UNI 3/7. February 13th in Troy, N.Y. Goalies – RPI, Kasdorf (50:43/31–22/L), Diebold (9:27/1–1); UNI, Stevens (59:13/13–10/W), Pieri Brown 2 1 3 - 6 (0:47/0–0). Rensselaer 1 1 1 - 3 Referees – Leblanc & McDonald; T – 2:20; A – 8,714. 1st – 1, Laliberte/6 (McGowan, Wilson) 1:19. 2, BRN, Dartmouth 3, Rensselaer 1 Prescott/2 (Tegtmeyer) 9:08. 3, BRN, Naclerio/8 January 30th in Hanover, N.H. (McArdle, Wood) 11:59. 2nd – 4, BRN, Harlow/3 (Jacobson, Lamacchia) 4:33. 5, Rensselear 0 1 0 - 1 RPI, Bubela/6 (Schroeder, Leonard) 14:18. Dartmouth 2 0 1 - 3 3rd – 6, BRN, Laff erty/3 (McArdle, Wood) 0:51 (gw). 7, RPI, Miller/4 (Bubela, Liljegren) 9:52. 8, BRN, Lappin/8 1st – 1, DAR, Neiley/9 (Robinson, Bullock) 12:37 (pp). 2, (Naclerio, de Concilys) 13:49 (pp). 9, BRN, Lorito/8 DAR, Crema/1 (Ferguson, Bullock) 14:05 (gw). (unassisted) 19:59 (en). 2nd – 3, RPI, Bourbonnais/5 (Wilson, Gillespie) 11:32. Shots – BRN 8-10-8–26; RPI 8-9-9–26. 3rd – 4, DAR, Nickerson/1 (Hartley, Neiley) 1:08 (sh). Power Plays – BRN 1/2; RPI 0/1. Shots – RPI 10-14-7–31; DAR 11-7-5–23. Goalies – BRN, Ernst (59:52/26–23/W). RPI, Kasdorf Power Plays – RPI 0/2; DAR 1/4. (24:33/13–10/L); Diebold (33:17/12–10). Goalies – RPI, Kasdorf (57:21/23–20/L); DAR, Kruger Referees – Carusone & Lynch; T – 2:06; A – 3,086. (59:25/31–30). Referees – Wheeler & Grabner; T – 1:59; A – 2,004. #15 Yale 4, Rensselaer 1 February 14th in Troy, N.Y. St. Lawrence 3, Rensselaer 1 February 6th in Canton, N.Y. Yale 2 2 0 - 4 Rensselaer 1 0 0 - 1 Rensselear 0 1 0 - 1 St. Lawrence 2 0 1 - 3 1st – 1, YAL, Cooper/4 (Doherty, Repensky) 3:13. 2, YAL, Baiocco/2 (O’Keefe, Orzetti) 5:32 (gw). 3, RPI, 1st – 1, STL, Dahl/3 (Bruckel, Gluchowski) 5:54. 2, STL, Liljegren/5 (Melanson, Prapavessis) 18:33 (pp). Horn (unassisted) 11:17 (gw). 2nd – 4, YAL, Doherty/11 (Repensky, Izmirlian) 1:31. 5, 2nd – 3, RPI, Neal/5 (Miller) 1:25. YAL, DiChiara/4 (O’Gara, Repensky) 6:16 (pp). 3rd – 4, STL, Marnell/6 (Sullivan, Ward) 10:47. 3rd – No scoring. Shots – RPI 4-13-5–22; STL 11-5-10–26. Shots – YALE 6-12-10–28; RPI 7-9-10–26. Power Plays – RPI 0/3; STL 0/5. Power Plays – YALE 2/4; RPI 1/2. Goalies – RPI, Kasdorf (57:38/26–23/L); STL, Hayton Goalies – YALE, Lyon (60:00/26–25/W); RPI, Kasdorf (60:00/22–21/W). (59:57/28–24/L). Referees – Wheeler & Baker; T – 1:54; A – 1,643. Referees – Hanafi n & Carusone; T – 2:21; A – 4,746.
Clarkson 5, Rensselaer 2 February 7th in Potsdam, N.Y.
Rensselear 1 1 0 - 2 Clarkson 1 4 0 - 5
1st – 1, RPI, Laliberte/5 (Melanson, Bourbonnais) 8:21. 2, CLK, DiNallo/4 (Asselin, Summers) 8:30 (pp). 2nd – 3, CLK, Fossen/1 (DiNallo, Geiger) 0:25. 4, CLK, Summers/5 (DiNallo) 5:13 (gw). 5, RPI, McGowan/4 (Miller) 15;30. 6, CLK, Asslelin/3 (Megannety, Sinz) 17:41. 7, DiNallo/5 (Summers) 19:39. 3rd – No scoring. Shots – RPI 7-10-9–26; CLK 14-7-9–30. Power Plays – RPI 0/2; CLK 2/5. Goalies – RPI, Kasdorf (39:59/21–16/L), Diebold (15:05/ 9–9; CLK, Lewis (60:00/26–24). Referees – Carusone & Allen; T – 2:32; A – 2,278. 2014-15 RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE MEN’S HOCKEY // Page 16 GAMES 33 & 34 | Rensselaer at Colgate & Cornell | Star Rink & James Lynah Rink | Hamilton, N.Y. & Ithaca, N.Y. | Feb. 20 & 21 HEAD COACH SETH APPERT & STAFF Seth Appert took over the men’s hockey program prior to The Engineers went 12-24-3 under Appert during the 2011- and All-Rookie status as well as having a Student-Athlete of the 2006-07 season and entered this season with a 114-152- 12 season, including a 7-12-3 record in ECAC Hockey play. RPI the Year Award finalist and a Hockey Humanitarian Award 37 record in that span shouldered a tough stretch to open the season, but battled finalist. while consistently to make a solid run in the playoffs. Led by Bailen, Rensselaer Specifically in Appert’s first season, the Engineers cap- having one of the posted a 2 games to 1 series win at Clarkson in the First Round tured the inaugural Governor’s Cup Championship and won at toughest schedules in of the ECAC Hockey Playoffs. The Engineers later fell in the nationally-ranked Denver – Appert’s first career win, which the nation. Quarterfinals to area-rival Union. Additionally, goaltender Al- came against his previous employer. Individually, senior Kirk The Engineers are len York made his NHL debut, playing numerous games for the MacDonald garnered the USCHO.com’s Unsung Hero Award, as coming off a season Columbus Blue Jackets. well as several national community service honors. in which they fin- The 2010-11 season is Appert’s most successful as he led In 2007-08, the Engineers captured the Governor’s Cup, ished 15-6-6 overall the Engineers to 20-13-5 record, including an 11-9-2 mark in senior forward Andrew Lord was a finalist for the ECAC Hockey and 8-9-5 in ECAC ECAC Hockey play. RPI made its first appearance in the NCAA Scholar-Athlete Award and Polacek was named to the ECAC Hockey. The biggest Tournament since 1995, facing North Dakota in the Midwest Hockey All-Rookie Team. highlight was a victo- Regional. In addition to his position at RPI, Appert served as an as- ry in the Mayor’s Cup Thirteen players recorded 10 or more points that year with sistant coach for the 2007 U.S. Under-18 Select Team that Game at the Times eight notching at least 15. Leading the way for the second competed in the Memorial of Ivan Hlinka Tournament and as Union Center, while the accomplishments of Ryan Haggerty, straight season was Chase Polacek, who repeated as one of the head coach of the team in 2008 and 2011. He was also a who ranked among the leaders in the nation in several offen- the Final 10 players up for the prestigious Hobey Baker Award. coach in the 2008 NCAA Pontiac Skills Challenge and served sive categories, including goals scored, were substantial. The He also added to his impressive career by being named a Na- as president of the American Hockey Coaches Association junior forward was named a National All-America and subse- tional All-America First Team selection and he became the (AHCA), which has almost 1,400 members. quently signed a National Hockey League contract with the third player in conference history to earn consecutive ECAC Appert, the 12th head men’s hockey coach at RPI, spent New York Rangers. Teammate Mike Zalewski, a sophomore, Hockey Player of the Year awards. Bailen was a National All- nine seasons as an assistant coach at Denver, where he was also moved onto the NHL following the season, playing two America Second Team honoree, while York was a repeat final- responsible for recruiting, on-ice coaching, video breakdown games with the Vancouver Canucks. He joined Jerry D’Amigo ist for Goaltender of the Year in ECAC Hockey. and game analysis work. He also played a big role in the devel- (Toronto Maple Leafs) as former RPI players to make their ma- Appert guided the Engineers to an 18-17-4 overall record, opment of the Pioneers’ goaltenders. jor league debuts in 2013-14. including a 10-9-3 mark in ECAC Hockey in 2009-10. RPI A collegiate netminder at Ferris State University, Appert In 2012-13, Appert led the Engineers to a second place earned home ice advantage in the First Round of the league individually coached one All-America, two All-Western Col- finish in the ECAC Hockey standings – the highest for Rens- playoffs for the first time since 2005-06 and eight players had legiate Hockey Association (WCHA) honorees, two WCHA selaer since the 1992-93 team was also the runner-up. RPI had 15 or more points. In addition to Polacek’s accolades, D’Amigo Playoff Most Valuable Players and two Frozen Four Most Out- a 12-7-3 league mark and an 18-14-5 overall record, finishing was the league’s Rookie of the Year, fellow freshman Brandon standing Players at Denver. the regular season with a 10-2-0 record, including a six-game Pirri joined him on the All-Rookie Team and York was tabbed Three goaltenders were NHL draft picks, including one winning streak. from his goaltender’s crease. Hobey Baker Award finalist. Each have played in the NHL in Appert, who had his contract extended in May 2013 and In 2008-09, the Engineers swept Dartmouth in the ECAC recent years. is now signed through 2020-21, was a finalist for the ECAC Hockey Playoffs on their way to the quarterfinals, where they Appert helped Denver sign numerous nationally-ranked Hockey Coach of the Year Award, while two players earned were eliminated in a decisive third game. The team’s top four recruiting classes during his nine-year tenure with the Pio- year-end league accolades. Senior defenseman Nick Bailen scorers were either freshmen or sophomores and one of those neers. Among those he coached or recruited at Denver were was All-League First Team and National All-America First first-year players, Patrick Cullen, was on the ECAC Hockey All- the 2006 Hobey Baker Award winner, eight All-Americas, a Team, while freshman Jason Kasdorf was the league’s Rookie Rookie Team. WCHA Player of the Year, 22 All-WCHA picks, three WCHA De- of the Year and an All-ECAC Hockey Second Team honoree. Highlights during Appert’s first two seasons include lead- fensive Players of the Year, two WCHA Student-Athletes of the Academically, the Engineers posted a fall 2012 grade point ing the Engineers to back-to-back titles in the Governor’s Cup Year and 17 NHL draft picks. The Pioneers averaged over 23 average of 3.54, which was the highest among all of Rensse- Tournament — Rensselaer’s first championships of any kind wins per year during his tenure as an assistant coach and cap- laer’s men’s teams and third overall. Twenty-six of 27 student- since 1998 — and garnering points against six nationally- tured two NCAA National Championships, three WCHA playoff athletes earned Dean’s List (3.0 or better GPA), including four ranked opponents. RPI enjoyed numerous stints in the na- championships and two WCHA regular-season titles. who had perfect 4.0 term GPAs. Bailen was selected as a Na- tional polls, including eight straight weeks in 2007-08. A letterwinner at Ferris State from 1992-96, Appert and his tional Academic All-America for the second time in his career. Individually, RPI student-athletes have earned All-League wife, Jill, have two daughters, Addison and Campbell.
Bryan Vines (7th year) Nolan Graham ‘03 (6th year) Marc Cavosie ‘03 (1st year) Andy Thomas (1st year) Assistant Coach Assistant Coach Volunteer Assistant Coach Operations Coordinator 2014-15 RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE MEN’S HOCKEY // Page 17 THE 2014-15 ENGINEERS GAMES 33 & 34 | Rensselaer at Colgate & Cornell | Star Rink & James Lynah Rink | Hamilton, N.Y. & Ithaca, N.Y. | Feb. 20 & 21
Jake Parker Craig Luke Phil 1 Soffer 2 Reno 3 Bokenfohr 5 Curadi (A) 6 Hampton
Zach Kenny Matt Curtis Viktor 7 Schroeder 8 Gillespie 9 Neal (A) 10 Leonard (C) 12 Liljegren
Jared Riley Jacob Milos Travis 13 Wilson 14 Bourbonnais 15 Laliberte 17 Bubela 18 Fulton
Michael Jimmy Mark Bradley Lou 19 Prapavessis 20 DeVito 21 McGowan (A) 22 Bell 23 Nanne
Chris Drew Mark Jake Sam 24 Bradley 25 Melanson 26 Miller 27Wood 31 Goodman
2014-15 RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE MEN’S HOCKEY // Page 18 Jason Scott Seth Bryan Nolan 33 Kasdorf 34 Diebold HC Appert AC Vines AC Graham ‘03