2007-08 RENSSELAER MEN’S HOCKEY GAME NOTES THE ENGINEERS (10-20-4; 5-12-3 ECAC HOCKEY) AT BROWN BEARS (5-18-4; 5-12-3 ECAC HOCKEY) FEBRUARY 29TH • PROVIDENCE, R.I. • 7PM & YALE BULLDOGS (12-11-4; 8-8-4 ECAC HOCKEY) MARCH 1ST • NEW HAVEN, CONN. • 5:30PM BROADCAST LIVE ON WRPI, 91.5 FM AND WWW.WRPI.ORG 2007-08 SCHEDULE & RESULTS FINAL REGULAR SEASON WEEKEND: who has 25 points and junior Andrei OCTOBER The Engineers conclude their 2007-08 Uryadov (7 goals, 12 assists), who has 19 … Tue. 9 BENTLEY 4-0 W ECAC Hockey regular season with road Six others have recorded at least ten points, Fri. 12 vs. #6 Minnesota# 4-3 L games at Brown and Yale on Friday and Sat- including freshman Bryan Brutlag, who Sat. 13 vs. #2 Boston College 4-1 L urday, respectively ... Friday’s game is at 7pm leads the team’s blueliners with 12 points (3 Fri. 19 at Army 3-1 W and Saturday’s begins at 5:30pm. goals, 9 assists). Sat. 20 S. HEART (Homecoming) 1-0 OTW Fri. 26 vs. Union^ 3-2 W BROADCASTS: The games will be aired RENSSELAER GOALIES: Senior Jordan Sat. 27 vs. Colgate^ 2-0 W live on WRPI, 91.5 FM and www.wrpi.org. Alford and junior Mathias Lange have both NOVEMBER seen plenty of action this season … Alford, Fri. 2 YALE* (5th Black Friday) 1-1 T LIVE STATS: Live statistics for Friday’s who is 5-9-1, has a 3.09 goals against average Sat. 3 BROWN* 2-2 T game can be found at http://livestats.presto- Fri. 9 at Harvard* 3-0 L and an .900 save percentage … Lange is Sat. 10 at Dartmouth* 7-4 W sports.com/brown/mice/ ... Saturday’s live 5-11-3 with a 2.62 goals against average and a Fri. 23 AIC 1-1 T stats are available through yalebulldogs.com. .908 save percentage. (57th Annual RPI Tournament) Sat. 24 #9 NOTRE DAME 4-3 L STANDINGS: Rensselaer currently sits in RENSSELAER LAST NIGHT: Freshman (57th Annual RPI Tournament) ninth place in the ECAC Hockey standings Tyler Helfrich had a pair of goals to lead Fri. 30 at Princeton* 4-3 W with 13 points ... The Engineers are tied with the Engineers to a 4-2 win over St. Lawrence DECEMBER Brown and Dartmouth, seven points behind ... Helfrich gave the Engineers a 1-0 lead Sat. 1 at Quinnipiac* 3-2 L seventh place Yale and Colgate ... Quin- at 7:38 of the first period and sophomore Tue. 4 #13 HARVARD* 4-2 W nipiac is in sixth with 22 points ... Clarkson defenseman Erik Burgdoerfer doubled it Sat. 15 #2 MIAMI@ 7-3 L leads the league with 29 points, one in front just 20 seconds later ... Burgdoerfer finished Sun. 16 #2 MIAMI 5-1 L of Princeton. with a goal and an assist, as did junior Matt Sat. 29 vs. #4 Colorado College$ 3-2 L Angers-Goulet ... Mathias Lange made 26 Sun. 30 vs. #6 Notre Dame$ 3-1 L POTENIAL FINISHES: RPI and Brown JANUARY saves to pick up the win while SLU’s John Sun. 6 vs. Maine% 4-2 L can finish anywhere between ninth and 12th Hallas stopped 22 shots in defeat. Fri. 11 CORNELL*@ 2-1 L in the final regular season standings ... Yale Sat. 12 COLGATE* 4-0 L can finish between fourth and eighth place RPI VS. BROWN ALL-TIME: The Engi- Fri. 18 at Union*@ 2-1 L ... The Elis need three points and help for a neers and Bears have met 71 times; dating Sat. 19 UNION*@ 4-1 L chance of a bye through the first round. back to January 28, 1951 … Brown was the Fri. 25 at #10 Clarkson* 5-2 L winner of the inaugural meeting, 5-0 in Sat. 26 at St. Lawrence* 6-3 W UPCOMING: Rensselaer will be on the Troy … Rensselaer holds an advantage in FEBRUARY road next week in the first round of the the all-time series, 46-19-5 ... The Engineers’ Fri. 1 #16 QUINNIPIAC*@ 3-2 L ECAC Hockey playoffs ... The best-of-three .690 winning percentage against the Bears is (Frank Chiarelli ‘55 Night) series runs Friday through Sunday, if neces- their second highest amongst current ECAC Sat. 2 #19 PRINCETON*@ 4-0 L sary ... All games begin at 7pm. (31st Annual Big Red Freakout!) Fri. 8 DARTMOUTH* 4-4 T Fri. 15 at Colgate* 4-0 L THE OFFICIALS: Friday’s officiat- 2007-08 STANDINGS Sat. 16 at Cornell* 7-1 L ing crew is Eric Ernst (referee), Ken- Team ECACH Pts. GF GA Overall GF GA Fri. 22 ST. LAWRENCE* 4-2 W neth Gates (assistant referee) and #10 Clarkson 13-4-3 29 60 44 18-10-4 85 79 Sat. 23 #12 CLARKSON* (Senior Night) 3-1 L Joe Testa (assistant referee) ... The #14 Princeton 14-6-0 28 70 50 17-10-0 87 77 Fri. 29 at Brown* 7pm referee on Saturday is Bob Ritchie #20 Harvard 11-7-2 24 53 37 13-11-3 68 61 MARCH ... His assistant referees are Glen Cornell 11-8-1 23 53 40 13-11-3 71 57 Sat. 1 at Yale* 5:30pm Cooke and Marty Demers. Union 9-6-5 23 48 54 14-11-6 70 81 Home games in CAPS • * - ECAC Hockey games • Quinnipiac 9-7-4 22 61 55 17-11-4 94 77 # - Ice Breaker Tournament at Xcel Center in St. Paul • ^ - Governor’s Cup at Times Union Center in Albany LEADING THE ENGINEERS: Colgate 8-8-4 20 53 47 14-13-5 87 72 • @ - Game to be broadcast live on Time Warner Cable Freshman Tyler Helfrich (8 goals, Yale 8-8-4 20 54 59 12-11-4 77 71 Channel 3 • $ - Lightning Classic at St. Pete Times 19 assists) leads the team with 27 Brown 5-12-3 13 47 66 5-18-4 56 90 Forum in Tampa • % - at Cumberland County Civic Dartmouth 5-12-3 13 59 70 10-13-4 79 85 Center in Portland • All games can be heard live on points … He is followed by classmate WRPI, 91.5 FM, and www.wrpi.org. • All home games Chase Polacek (7 goals, 18 assists), Rensselaer 5-15-3 13 43 65 10-20-4 72 100 webcast by B2 Networks. St. Lawrence 5-13-2 12 51 65 10-18-4 87 95 www.rpiathletics.com • www.rpiathletics.com • www.rpiathletics.com 2007-08 RENSSELAER MEN’S HOCKEY GAME NOTES Hockey opponents … RPI has a .691 winning percentage against Union. THE ENGINEERS No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. Sh/C DoB Hometown/Previous Team 1 Jordan Alford Sr. G 6-2 180 L 2-6-85 Red Deer, AB/Canmore RECENTLY: RPI has a 4-0-1 record in the 2 Erik Burgdoerfer So. D 6-2 210 R 12-11-88 East Setauket, NY/New York last five meetings with the Bears, outscoring 3 Christian Jensen So. D 6-3 200 R 1-6-86 Watchung, NJ/Chicago them 17-11 over that span. 4 Bryan Brutlag Fr. D 5-10 180 R 2-26-89 Lakeville, MN/Academy of Holy Angels 5 John Kennedy Fr. D 6-0 205 R 10-10-87 Saginaw, MI/St. Louis 6 Peter Merth So. D 6-3 225 R 6-19-87 New Westminster, BC/Burnaby NOVEMBER 3 IN TROY: Rensselaer held 7 Jeff Foss Fr. D 6-2 200 R 12-12-88 Moorhead, MN/Moorhead HS a 2-0 lead in the third period before Brown 8 Jake Morissette Sr. F 5-9 185 R 3-6-83 Fruitvale, BC/Williams Lake came back to tie the game, 2-2 ... Jonathan 9 Jonathan Ornelas Sr. F 5-9 180 L 4-4-86 Mississauga, ON/Milton Ornelas and Andrew Lord both notched a 10 Scott Halpern Fr. F 5-10 180 R 3-4-87 Boca Raton, FL/Bay State 11 Paul Kerins So. F 5-10 175 L 1-2-87 Weston, ON/North York goal and an assist for the Engineers, who got 12 Garett Vassel So. F/D 6-2 195 R 5-26-85 Westhampton, NY/New York 27 saves from Jordan Alford ... Jeff Prough 13 Joel Malchuk Fr. F 5-10 170 R 7-16-88 Brandon, MB/Dauphin scored the game-tying goal at 19:18 and Dan 15 Tyler Helfrich Fr. F 5-11 190 R 6-2-87 Calgary, AB/Prince George Rosen stopped 20 shots for the Bears. 16 Seth Klerer Jr. F 5-10 175 R 9-14-85 Thornhill, ON/North York 17 Andrew Lord Sr. F 6-3 210 R 2-22-85 West Vancouver, BC/Vernon 18 Dan Peace Sr. F 6-1 190 R 3-19-84 Ann Arbor, MI/Toledo LAST YEAR AGAINST BROWN: The 20 Kevin Beauregard Fr. F 6-3 225 R 7-29-88 South Windsor, CT/Hartford Engineers swept the season series, 2-0, last 21 Chase Polacek Fr. F 5-8 180 R 6-19-89 Edina, MN/Academy of Holy Angels season against the Bears … In the first game, 22 Matt Angers-Goulet Jr. F 5-11 190 L 3-27-86 St. Augustin, PQ/Notre Dame Rensselaer scored three goals in the second 23 Kurt Colling Jr. F 6-1 190 L 7-31-85 Ripley, ON/Vernon 24 Tyler Eaves Sr. F 5-10 195 L 6-6-86 Queensbury, NY/Shattuck-St.