no. 20 Rensselaer Men’s Hockey 2016-17 Engineers Game Notes Perry Laskaris, Sports Information Assistant | [email protected] | office: 518-276-4187 | cell: 651-308-1065 2016-17 SCHEDULE UP NEXT... UP NEXT... October | 0-3-1 | 0-0-0 Sun. 2 McGill (Exhibition) ........ 3-0 W Fri. 7 @ Maine ................................... 5-1 L Sat. 8 @ Maine ................................... 4-2 L Sat. 15 @ No. 1 North Dakota .............. 5-2 L Fri. 21 Niagara ......................... 3-3 T Sat. 22 RIT ..................................7pm Fri. 29 Union* (Black Friday) .......7pm RIT (1-2-1; 0-1-1 AH) Union (1-1-1; 0-1-1 ECAC Hockey) Sat. 30 @ Union* ....................................7pm Date: Saturday, October 22, 2016 Date: Saturday, October 22, 2016 November | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 Time: 7pm Time: 7pm Fri. 4 Brown* ...........................7pm Location: Troy, N.Y. Location: Troy, N.Y. Sat. 5 Yale* ..............................7pm Arena: Houston Field House (4,800) Arena: Houston Field House (4,800) Fri. 11 Clarkson* .......................7pm All-Time Series: 6-1 (.833) All-Time Series: 51-34-10 (.589) Sat. 12 St. Lawrence* .................7pm First Meeting: Nov. 29, 1985 (4-2 W) First Meeting: Feb. 26, 1904 (6-2 W) Fri. 18 Ohio State* ......................7pm Last Meeting: Nov. 25, 2011 (2-0 W) Last Meeting: Jan. 23, 2016 (5-2 W) Sat. 19 Ohio State* ......................7pm Tue. 22 @ New Hampshire .....................7pm LIVE COVERAGE Fri. 25 @ Arizona State ........................7pm Live Stats .......................................... sidearmstats.com/rpi/mhockey Sat. 26 @ Arizona State ........................7pm Live Stats (Media) ....................... sidearmstats.com/rpi/mhockey/media December | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 RPI Live Audio ........................................... 91.5 FM, WRPI (Troy, N.Y.) Fri. 2 @ Quinnipiac* ............................7pm Online Stream ........................................... www.wrpi.org/listen Sat. 3 @ Princeton* .............................7pm Play-by-Play ................................................. Perry Laskaris ‘07 Fri. 9 @ Yale* ......................................7pm Commentary ......................................................Tom Reale ‘04 Sat. 10 @ Brown* ..................................7pm Live Video ........................................................................ RPI TV Fri. 30 @ Harvard* ...............................7pm Online Stream ....................................................www.rpitv.org January | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 Road Live Audio ...........................................................witr.rit.edu Tue. 3 UMass Lowell .................7pm Sat. 7 vs. Clarkson (Lake Placid, N.Y.) ..7pm Fri. 13 Harvard*.........................7pm Sat. 14 Dartmouth* .....................7pm Thu. 19 vs. Union (Mayor’s Cup) ..........7:30pm Fri. 27 @ St. Lawrence* .......................7pm Sat. 28 @ Clarkson*..............................7pm 2016-17 FINAL STANDINGS February | 0-0-0 | 0-0-0 Fri. 3 Colgate* .........................7pm TEAM ECACH PTS GF GA OVRALL GF GA Sat. 4 Cornell* .........................7pm Brown --- - - - --- - - Fri. 10 @ Dartmouth* ...........................7pm Clarkson --- - - - 2-2-1 15 15 Fri. 17 Princeton* ......................7pm Colgate --- - - - 0-2-2 10 16 Sat. 18 Quinnipiac* (Senior Night) 7pm Cornell --- - - - --- - - 40th Annual Big Red Freakout! Fri. 24 @ Cornell* ................................7pm Dartmouth --- - - - --- - - Sat 25 @ Colgate* ................................7pm #13 Harvard --- - - - --- - - Princeton --- - - - --- - - Home games in Bold • * - ECAC Hockey games # - ECAC #4 Quinnipiac --- - - - 3-1-1 18 12 Playoff Games • All times are ET and subject to change Rensselaer --- - - - 0-3-1 8 17 • Most games can be heard live on WRPI, 91.5 FM, and #12 St. Lawrence --- - - - 3-2-0 20 15 www.wrpi.org • All home games broadcast live on RPI TV and www.rpitv.org • Ticket information at Union --- - - - 3-1-1 18 17 (518) 276-6262 #16 Yale --- - - - --- - - @rpi_hockey • rpiathletics.com • @rpiathletics 2016-17 ENGINEERS No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. S/C YOB Hometown/Previous Team 1 Cam Hackett So. G 6-1 211 L 96 Sault Ste. Marie, Ont./Lincoln Stars 2 Parker Reno Sr. D 6-2 195 R 95 Edina, Minn./Edina High School 3 TJ Samec Fr. D 6-3 212 L 95 St. Paul, Minn./Brookings Blizzard 4 Tommy Grant So. D 6-3 208 R 94 Sparta, N.J./Bay State Breakers 5 Charlie Manley Fr. D 6-0 188 L 96 Orchard Park, N.Y./Estevan Bruins 9 Meirs Moore So. D 5-9 186 R 94 Duluth, Minn./ Victoria Grizzlies 11 Evan Tironese So. F 5-10 170 L 95 Qualicum Beach, B.C./Alberni Valley Bulldogs 12 Viktor Liljegren Jr. F 6-3 208 L 94 Stockholm, Sweden/Fairbanks Ice Dogs 13 Jared Wilson Jr. D 6-3 199 L 94 Calgary, Alb./Vernon Vipers 14 Riley Bourbonnais Sr. F 5-11 195 L 93 Rochester, N.Y./Lincoln Stars 16 Jacob Hayhurst Fr. F 5-8 166 L 97 Missassauga, Ont./Cedar Rapids RoughRiders 17 Todd Burgess Fr. F 6-2 175 R 96 Phoenix, Ariz./Fairbanks Ice Dogs 18 Max Reisinger Fr. F 6-1 199 L 95 Walding, Austria/Minot Minotauros 19 Mike Prapavessis Jr. D 6-2 187 L 96 Oakville, Ont./Toronto Patriots 20 Jimmy DeVito Sr. F 6-0 172 R 94 Bloomingdale, Ill./Lincoln Stars 22 Bradley Bell Jr. D 6-0 200 L 94 Sudbury, Ont./Sudbury Nickel Barons 23 Lou Nanne Jr. F 6-0 179 L 94 Edina, Minn./Sioux Falls Stampede 24 Will Reilly Fr. D 6-3 196 R 97 Toronto, Ont./Nanaimo Clippers 25 Drew Melanson Jr. F 5-11 168 L 95 Paramus, N.Y./Waterloo Black Hawks 26 Jake Marrello Fr. F 5-8 170 L 97 Slingerlands, N.Y./P.A.L. Junior Islanders 27 Jake Wood Sr. F 5-8 173 L 93 Georgetown, Ont./Lincoln Stars 28 Jesper Öhrvall So. F 5-9 163 L 94 Halmstad, Sweden/Fairbanks Ice Dogs 29 Patrick Polino Fr. F 5-9 171 R 95 Buffalo, N.Y./Lincoln Stars 30 Liam McBain So. G 5-9 165 L 97 Tualatin, Ore./RPI ACHA Team 35 Chase Perry So. G 6-3 195 L 96 Andover, Minn./Wenatchee Wild 37 Sam Rappaport Fr. F 5-8 160 L 96 Aspen, Colo./Soo Eagles 39 Alex Rodriguez So. F 6-0 190 L 95 Miami, Fla./Sioux City Musketeers Head Coach: Seth Appert (Ferris St. ’97) Assistant Coaches: Nolan Graham (Rensselaer ’03) & Bryan Vines (Denver ’02) Volunteer Assistant Coach: Marc Cavosie (‘03) Athletic Trainer: Tera Patenaude Equipment Manager: Dana McGuane ENGINEER TIE NIAGARA kill so far this season, including a 7 for 7 opening night at Maine ... RPI is one three teams that has not allowed a RPI erased a 2-1 third period deficit, before seeing a 3-2 power play goal this season, joining Bemidji State (22 for lead slip away in a 3-3 draw with Niagara on Friday night 22) and Penn State (15 for 15). at the Houston Field House ... Sophomore Evan Tironese had a goal and an assist, while junior Jared Wilson netted his second power play goal of the season ... Sophomore SHORTIES goaltender Chase Perry had 30 saves. RPI’s two shorthanded goals are good for second in the na- tion, trailing only Bentley, which has three ... Senior Riley CAPTAINS ANNOUNCED Bourbonnais and Drew Melanson are two of 27 players with a shorty this season ... Northern Michigan’s Robbie Eleventh-year head coach Seth Appert has announced that Payne is the only DI skater with two. seniors Riley Bourbonnais and Jimmy DeVito will wear the ‘C’ for the 2016-17 season, while classmate Parker Reno will serve as the lone alternate. EARLY POINT LEADERS Senior Riley Bourbonnais (goal, assist) and sophomore MODEL OF CONSISTENCY Evan Tironese (goal, assist) are tied for the team lead with two points each ... Seven others have a single point, Dating back to last season, senior captain Riley Bourbon- including freshmen Jacob Hayhurst and Will Reilly, who nais has at least one point in 19 out of 22 weekends, in- have each notched their first collegiate points. cluding all three this season ... Sophomore Evan Tironese picked up right where he left off after getting injured six games into the 2015-16, with 11 points (3 goals, 8 assists) PERRY STARTS THREE in 10 career games. Sophomore Chase Perry started all three games for the Engineers so far this season, going 0-3-0 with a 4.38 goals PERFECT PK against average and an .886 save percentage ... His 37 saves on October 8 were one shy of his career-high, which The Engineers enter the weekend 17 for 17 on the penalty 2016-17 Rensselaer men’s Hockey Notes he set on November 7, 2014, as a member of the Colorado QUICK FACTS College Tigers, at Miami (OH) ... The Redhawks were 3-0 Location ................................ Troy, NY 12180-3590 winners on that night. Founded ....................................................1824 Undergraduate Enrollment .............................5,400 PUCKS ON NET President ............................ Dr. Shirley Ann Jackson Senior Riley Bourbonnais has a team-best 14 shots, while Athletic Director .............................Dr. Lee McElroy Athletic Dept. Phone .......................... 518-276-6685 junior Drew Melanson has 10 ... Junior Viktor Liljegren Athletic Dept. Web Address ................................... and freshman blueliner Will Reilly have eight apiece. .......................................www.rpiathletics.com Athletic Dept. Twitter Handle ............... @rpiathletics IN THE CIRCLE Nickname .............................................Engineers Freshman Jacob Hayhurst has won a team-high 64.6% of Colors ..........................................Cherry & White his face-offs (31 of 48), while junior Drew Melanson is sec- Home Rink ..............................Houston Field House ond at 52.4% (11 of 21) ... As a team, the Engineers have Capacity ................................................4,800 a 44.5%