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2010-11 RENSSELAER MEN’S HOCKEY GAME NOTES THE #17 RENSSELAER ENGINEERS VS. (6–3–3; 2–2–0 ECAC HOCKEY) BOWLING GREEN (6–9–0; 2–8–0 CCHA) 60TH ANNUAL RPI INVITATIONAL NOVEMBER 27 • HOUSTON FIELD HOUSE • 7PM ALL GAMES BROADCAST LIVE ON WRPI, 91.5 FM AND WWW.WRPI.ORG 2010-11 SCHEDULE & RESULTS RPI IN TOURNAMENT FINAL: The for three penalties for six minutes against the OCTOBER Engineers will play in the finals of its own Huskies last night ... It is the second straight Tue. 5 New Brunswick (Exhibition) 4-1 L tournament –the 60th Annual Rensselaer game RPI has been called for the game low Fri. 8 at #20 Colorado College 2-1 L Holiday Tournament, which is the oldest in infractions and PIMs. Sat. 9 at #20 Colorado College 2-2 T college hockey holiday tournament in the Fri. 15 at Northeastern 2-2 T nation ... Rensselaer (6-3-3; 2-2-0 ECAC Sat. 16 BENTLEY 3-0 W MULTIPLE POINTS: Ten different Rens- Reunion & Homecoming Hockey), ranked 17th nationally, faces selaer skaters registered at least one point Fri. 22 RIT 4-1 W Bowling Green (6-9-0; 2-8-0 CCHA) in the against UConn, including five who had Family Weekend championship game at 7pm ... The third multiples ... Alex Angers-Goulet and Chase Sat. 23 NIAGARA^ 4-3 OTW place game, which begins at 4pm, pits Con- Polacek each had two goals, Bryan Brutlag Family Weekend necticut (3-5-3; 3-3-1 Atlantic Hockey) against had a goal and an assist and Nick Bailen and Fri. 30 vs. #16 Union 3-3 T Alabama-Huntsville (1-11-1). NOVEMBER Joel Malchuk notched two assists apiece. Fri. 5 at Dartmouth* 4-1 W Sat. 6 at Harvard* 1-0 L BGSU VS. UAH: Bowling Green scored FIRST ACTION: Sophomore goaltender Fri. 12 at #12 Union* 2-1 L three times in a span of 1:46 in the second Bryce Merriam saw game action for the first Sat. 13 #12 UNION* 4-3 OTW period and the Falcons went on to defeat time last night ... He had eight saves in the Black Saturday Alabama-Huntsville, 5-1, in the opening first period, 13 in the second and nine in Fri. 26 CONNECTICUT 6-5 W 60th Annual Holiday Tournament game ... Five different players scored, includ- the third. Sat. 27 BOWLING GREEN 7pm ing Camden Wojtala, Jordan Samuels-Thom- 60th Annual Rensselaer Tournament as and Chad Sumsion, who also had single RENSSELAER IN THE FINALS: Since the DECEMBER assists ... Nick Eno stopped 19 shots for the RPI Invitational went to its current format Fri. 3 at Yale* 7pm win in goal ... UAH got its goal from Justin in 1981-82, the Engineers have played in Sat. 4 at Brown* 4pm Cseter and 22 saves from C.J. Groh. the finals 20 times ... Rensselaer has won 11 Sat. 11 BOSTON UNIVERSITY! 3:30pm Sun. 19 U.S. Natl. Junior Team 4pm times and finished second nine times. Thu. 30 at Alabama-Huntsville 8pm RPI VS. UCONN: Senior Chase Polacek Fri. 31 at Alabama-Huntsville 8pm scored two goals in the third period to lift RECENTLY: RPI last finished second in JANUARY the Rensselaer men’s hockey team to a come- the tournament last year, losing to Union Fri. 7 CLARKSON* 7pm from-behind 6-5 victory over Connecticut in overtime, 5-4 ... Rensselaer last finished Sat. 8 ST. LAWRENCE* 7pm in the second game ... Trailing 4-3 midway Fri. 14 at Cornell* 7pm first in 2002, defeating Massachusetts in Sat. 15 at Colgate* 7pm through the third period and coming off overtime, 3-2. Fri. 21 HARVARD* 7pm a long delay due to an RPI player being in- Sat. 22 DARTMOUTH* 4pm jured, Polacek deflected a shot into the back HOLIDAY TOURNAMENT WINNERS: Fri. 28 BROWN* 7pm of the net ... Junior Alex Angers-Goulet then Of the four teams competing in this year’s Sat. 29 YALE*^ 7pm put the home team ahead but the Huskies tournament, Rensselaer is the only winner of 34th Annual Big Red Freakout! knotted the score ... Polacek potted the game- FEBRUARY the event, most recently capturing the 2001- Fri. 4 at Quinnipiac* 7pm winner on the power play just 36 seconds 02 championship. Sat. 5 at Princeton* 4pm after UConn scored ... Sophomore Fri. 11 COLGATE* 7pm Bryce Merriam earned the win with 2010-11 STANDINGS Sat. 12 CORNELL*! 3:30pm 30 saves ... Garrett Bartus stopped Whiteout! 35 shots for the Huskies, who got a Team ECACH Pts. GF GA Overall GF GA Fri. 18 at St. Lawrence* 7pm Princeton 5-2-0 10 19 15 5-4-0 21 19 pair of goals from Sean Ambrosie. Sat. 19 at Clarkson* 7pm Dartmouth 4-2-1 9 25 12 5-3-1 30 20 Fri. 25 PRINCETON* 7pm #3 Yale 4-0-0 8 20 10 8-1-0 47 23 Sat. 26 QUINNIPIAC* 7pm SEASON HIGHS: Rensselaer Quinnipiac 3-3-1 7 15 20 7-5-1 29 35 Senior Appreciation Night established game highs in points Brown 2-1-1 5 14 11 3-2-2 25 24 (15), goals (6), assists (9) and shots #13 Union 2-1-1 5 7 6 7-2-3 47 23 Home games in CAPS • All times Eastern • * on goal (41) in last night’s win over Clarkson 2-2-1 5 12 19 6-5-2 33 39 — ECAC Hockey games • All games can be heard live on WRPI, 91.5 FM, and www.wrpi.org. • UConn ... The Engineers allowed #17 Rensselaer 2-2-0 4 9 7 6-3-3 34 25 All home games and select road games webcast game highs in points (14), goals (5) St. Lawrence 2-3-0 4 11 14 2-7-3 24 35 by B2 Networks in conjunction with RPI TV and assists (9). Cornell 2-4-0 4 15 14 2-6-0 22 26 • ^ - Games broadcast on TWCS • ! - Games Harvard 2-5-0 4 13 21 2-5-0 13 21 broadcast on TWCS and NHL Network. GAME LOWS: RPI was whistled Colgate 0-5-1 1 15 26 2-8-1 30 38 www.rpiathletics.com • www.rpiathletics.com • www.rpiathletics.com 2010-11 RENSSELAER MEN’S HOCKEY GAME NOTES TOURNAMENT CHAMPIONS: RPI has won its own tournament 16 times. THE ENGINEERS No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Sh/C DoB Hometown/Previous Team 2 Pat Koudys Fr. D 6-4 210 L 11-15-92 Smithville, ON / Burlington Cougars ALL-TOURNAMENT TEAMS: Rensselaer 3 Guy Leboeuf Fr. D 6-5 200 L 12-11-89 West Palm Beach, FL / Cornwall Colts senior forward Tyler Helfrich has been 4 Bryan Brutlag Sr. F 5-10 200 R 2-26-89 Lakeville, MN / Academy of Holy Angels named to the All-Tournament team once 5 John Kennedy Sr. D 6-0 205 R 10-10-87 Saginaw, MI / St. Louis Bandits (2007-08), while classmate Chase Polacek 7 Jeff Foss (NSH) Sr. D 6-2 205 R 12-12-88 Moorhead, MN / Moorhead has been honored twice (2007-08 & 2009- 8 Mike Bergin (DAL) Jr. D 6-3 205 L 6-30-88 Ottawa, ON / Smiths Falls Bears 10). 10 Scott Halpern Sr. F 5-10 190 R 3-4-87 Boca Raton, FL / Bay State Breakers 11 Bo Dolan Fr. D 5-11 185 R 3-26-90 St. Paul, MN / Penticton Vees 12 Johnny Rogic Fr. F 6-0 190 L 11-14-90 N.Vancouver, BC / Alberni Valley Bulldogs APPERT BACK: After watching last night’s 13 Joel Malchuk Sr. F 5-10 180 R 7-16-88 Brandon, MB / Dauphin Kings game from the stands while serving a one- 14 Greg Burgdoerfer So. F 6-2 215 R 12-11-88 East Setauket, NY / Des Moines Buccaneers game ECAC Hockey-imposed suspension, 15 Tyler Helfrich Sr. F 5-10 190 R 7-2-87 Calgary, AB / Prince George Spruce Kings Rensselaer head coach Seth Appert will be 17 Justin Smith Jr. F 6-2 210 L 4-4-88 Hammonds Plains, NS / Langley Chiefs behind the bench for Saturday’s contest. 18 Alex Angers-Goulet Jr. F 5-10 185 L 1-18-88 St. Augustin, PQ / Langley Chiefs 19 Patrick Cullen Jr. F 6-0 190 L 2-7-89 Washington, DC / Indiana Ice 20 Kevin Beauregard Sr. F 6-3 225 R 7-29-88 South Windsor, CT / Hartford Jr. Wolf Pack RPI VS. BOWLING GREEN ALL-TIME: 21 Chase Polacek Sr. F 5-8 190 R 6-19-89 Edina, MN / Academy of Holy Angels The Engineers are 8-8-1 against the Falcons, 22 CJ Lee So. F 5-11 190 R 4-28-89 Staten Island, NY / Air Force Academy dating back to their first-ever meeting on 23 Brock Higgs Fr. F 5-11 185 L 5-4-92 Kingston, ON / Kingston Voyageurs January 2, 1970 ... RPI won the inaugural 24 Josh Rabbani Jr. F 5-11 210 R 4-30-88 Woodland Hills, CA / St. Louis Bandits contest, 5-4, in Troy ... The most recent 27 Marty O’Grady So. F 6-0 185 R 5-18-89 London, ON / Wellington Dukes 28 Matt Tinordi Fr. F 6-0 200 L 11-9-89 Severna Park, MD / Olds Grizzlys games came in January 2002, a Rensselaer 29 Nick Bailen So. D 5-9 185 L 12-12-89 Fredonia, NY / Indiana Ice win and tie. 30 Allen York (CBJ) Jr. G 6-3 190 L 6-17-89 Wetaskiwin, AB / Camrose Kodiaks 32 Bryce Merriam So.