2014 RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE MEN’S HOCKEY 2012-13GAME GAME EIGHT ONE | Rensselaer / Fordham at Unionat UAlbany | Schenectady, / ALBANY, New N.Y. York / | Nov.November 9, 2012 1, at 2014 8:30 p.m. 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 At a Glance: 2-5-0, ECAC HOCKEY 0-0-0 Dates ........................November 1, 2014 October (2-5-0) Time ............................7 p.m. (Eastern) 10 at #12 Notre Dame | Ice Breaker Tourn. 3-2 Win Venue ..................................Messa Rink TV ................................................ none 12 vs. #1 Minnesota | Ice Breaker Tourn. 3-0 Loss Radio.............WRPI 91.5 FM & wrpi.org 17 at #16 Denver 3-0 Loss 18 at #16 Denver 4-1 Loss Live stats ................unionathletics.com 24 BENTLEY | Family Weekend 5-2 Loss 25 BENTLEY | Family Weekend 4-0 Loss Series Record ..........RPI leads, 47-33-10 31 #2 UNION* | Black Friday 6-1 Win Last Meeting ............. October 31, 2014 Rensselaer (2-5-0) No. 2 Union (5-2-0) Up Next ...........Harvard on November 7 November (0-0-0) ENGINEERS ...........Houston Field House in Troy, N.Y. DUTCHMEN 1 at #2 Union* 7:00 pm 7 HARVARD* 7:00 pm THE FACEOFF 8 DARTMOUTH* 7:00 pm The Engineers and Dutchmen play the back-end of a home-and-home series in the second ECAC 14 PRINCETON* 7:00 pm Hockey contest of the season for both teams. RPI defeated No. 2 Union, 6-1, at the Houston Field House 15 QUINNIPIAC* 7:00 pm on Friday night before a crowd of 4,002 on Black Friday in Troy. 18 at UConn 7:00 pm 25 at New Hampshire 7:00 pm LAST NIGHT’S GAME 28 at Michigan 7:00 pm 29 at Michigan 7:00 pm Rensselaer sophomore Riley Bourbonnais had a hat trick and three freshmen also scored as the Engi- neers beat the defending national champions, Union College, 6-1. Bourbonnais, who had not scored December (0-0-0) before Friday’s game, scored once in each period, including the game’s fi rst marker at 7:43 of the open- 5 at Yale* 7:00 pm ing frame. Defenseman Jared Wilson and forwards Viktor Liljegren and Lou Nanne also tallied for RPI, 6 at Brown* 4:00 pm which got 24 saves from Jason Kasdorf. Colin Stevens (14 saves) and Alex Sakellaropoulos (4) combined 13 BOSTON U. 7:00 pm for 18 stops for the Dutchmen. 30 at Harvard* 7:00 pm January (0-0-0) BLACK FRIDAY SUCCESS 2 MIAMI 7:00 pm With its win last night, RPI is now 8-2-2 on Black Friday, a night to mark the fi rst ECAC Hockey home 3 MIAMI 7:00 pm game of the season in which the team wears special jerseys that are raffl ed off to the fans. The Engi- 9 at Quinnipiac* 7:00 pm neers have faced Union three times, posting a 2-1-0 mark. Rensselaer had a three-game winless streak 10 at Princeton* 7:00 pm on Black Friday (0-2-1) heading into last night’s contest. 16 COLGATE* 7:00 pm 17 CORNELL* 7:00 pm THE SERIES 24 vs. Union | Mayor’s Cup - Albany, NY 7:30 pm RPI has played Union 90 times in its history, holding a 47-33-10 advantage, including wins in the 30 at Dartmouth* 7:00 pm last two meetings. In 42 home games, RPI is now 26-11-5 and the two teams have played 46 league February (0-0-0) contests, with Rensselaer owning an 19-22-6 record. The win on Friday was the fi rst for the Engineers 6 at St. Lawrence* 7:00 pm against the Dutchmen in seven games in ECAC Hockey play (0-6-0) dating back to November 13, 2010, 7 at Clarkson* 7:00 pm when RPI won 4-3 in overtime on Black Friday (Saturday). 13 BROWN* 7:00 pm 14 YALE* | 38th Annual Big Red Freakout! 7:00 pm LAST YEAR HEAD-TO-HEAD 20 at Cornell* 7:00 pm Rensselaer was 1-2-0 against Union last season, losing both the ECAC Hockey games, which were 21 at Colgate* 7:00 pm played in November, and winning the Mayor’s Cup Game in late January. The fi rst matchup was in 27 CLARKSON* 7:00 pm Schenectady in which the Dutchmen came back from an early 1-0 defi cit for a 4-1 lead before holding 28 ST. LAWRENCE* | Senior Night 7:00 pm on, 4-3. The next night in Troy, defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere scored twice and Union won, 4-1, * ECAC Hockey Game • All times Eastern • Home games in in a contest that featured 177 minutes in penalties with RPI collecting 94 and Union earning 83. The CAPS • Times subject to change • Most games heard live on fi nal meeting was a 2-1 Engineers victory backstopped by Scott Diebold’s 28 saves in front of a crowd WRPI, 91.5 FM, and www.wrpi.org. • Home games broad- of 7,100 at the Times Union Center. Following the fi nal whistle, the teams combined for 125 minutes in cast live on RPI TV and www.rpitv.org • Ticket information penalties and four players were disqualifi ed. at (518) 276-6262. 2014 RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE HOCKEY// Page 1 GAME EIGHT | Rensselaer at Union | Schenectady, New York | November 1, 2014 2014-15 RENSSELAER HOCKEY - NUMERICAL ROSTER No. Name Cl. Pos. Ht. Wt. Sh. Hometown/Previous Team 1 Jake Soff er So. G 6-0 170 L Potomac, Md./Boston Bandits (EJHL) 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 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 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 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 GAME EIGHT | Rensselaer at Union | Schenectady, New York | November 1, 2014 2014-15 RENSSELAER POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE MEN’S HOCKEY // Page 3 GAME EIGHT | Rensselaer at Union | Schenectady, New York | November 1, 2014 DOUBLED UP: The Engineers entered Friday’s game 1/9/04 W 5-1* Troy PRONUNCIATIONS having scored six goals in their fi rst six games ... They 1/10/04 W 3-1* Schenectady APPERT ..............................................APP-ert 11/12/04 L 4-5* Troy equaled that number in a 6-1 win over Union. BOKENFOHR .................................BO-KEN-four 11/13/04 L 2-3* Schenectady BOURBONNAIS .......................... BOAR-bah-nay 2/3/06 L 2-3* Schenectady SCORESHEET: Ten diff erent players had either a goal or 2/4/06 T 1-1 (ot)* Troy BUBELA, MILOS .............boo-BELL-ah, me-LOSH an assist against Union on Friday, including four with 10/28/06 T 3-3 (ot) Albany CURADI ...................................... kerr-RAH-dee 12/30/06 L 1-5 Burlington multiple points ... Sophomore Riley Bourbonnais had DIEBOLD ..........................................dee-BOLD 1/12/07 L 0-5* Troy three goals, junior Mark Miller and freshman Drew KASDORF .........................................