2015-16 RENSSELAER MEN’S HOCKEY GAME NOTES THE RENSSELAER ENGINEERS VS. (8–6–3; 4–1–3 ECAC HOCKEY) THE ARIZONA State SUN DEVILS (5-8-0; DIVISION I INDEPENDENT) December 11 & 12, 2015 • Houston FielD House NON-LeaGUE SERIES • troy, n.y. MOST GAMES BROADCAST LIVE ON WRPI, 91.5 FM AND WWW.WRPI.ORG SUN DEVILS VISIT FOR TWO: The Bourbonnais has eight goals and four 2015-16 SCHEDULE Engineers conclude the 2015 portion of assists for a team-high 12 points in 17 October games ... Sophomore Mike Prapavessis Sat. 3 ST. THOMAS (Exhibition) 3-2 OTL their schedule with a two-game series Fri. 9 @ #14 UMass-Lowell 3-0 L against Arizona State at the Houston (1 goal, 10 assists) has 11 points, while Sun. 11 #1 BOSTON COLLEGE 2-1 W Field House on Friday and Saturday classmate Lou Nanne (4 goals, 5 as- Fri. 16 vs. Alaska Anchorage 4-3 L night ... Puck drop for the two contests sists) and junior Jake Wood (5 goals, 4 Brice Alaska Gold Rush against the Sun Devils – who are playing assists) have nine points apiece ... Three Sat. 17 @ Alaska Fairbanks 4-2 L their first season at the NCAA Division I Engineers have seven points, including Brice Alaska Gold Rush level – is set for 7pm. senior Zach Schroeder, who has two Sat. 24 #11 MICHIGAN 5-2 L goals and five assists. Fri. 30 @ Union* 5-1 W FOLLOWING THE ACTION: Most RPI Sat. 31 UNION* 3-2 W men’s hockey games can be heard live BETWEEN THE PIPES: Senior Jason Black Saturday Kasdorf has started nine of the team’s November on WRPI, 91.5 FM, Fri. 6 at #17 Clarkson* 2-2 T and on the Internet 17 games this season and is 3-4-1 with Sat. 7 at # 15 St. Lawrence* 4-3 OTW on www.wrpi.org ... a 2.16 goals against average and a Fri. 13 #10 YALE* 3-2 OTW Home games can .937 save percentage ... Freshman Cam Sat. 14 BROWN* 3-3 T also be seen – for Hackett (5-2-2) has started nine games Fri. 20 at Bentley 3-2 W free – on RPI TV ... The video stream can and carries a 2.50 goals against average Tue. 24 NEW HAMPSHIRE 4-3 W be found at www.rpitv.org. and a .931 save percentage. Fri. 27 vs. Western Michigan 4-1 W Shillelagh Tournament TICKETS: Tickets to all Rensselaer home SPECIAL TEAMS: The Engineers come Sat. 28 vs. #8 Harvard 4-0 L games are available through the Hous- into the weekend at 12.3% (7 for 57) Shillelagh Tournament on the power play ...The penalty kill has December ton Field House box office or by calling Fri. 4 #8 DARTMOUTH* 0-0 T 518-276-6262. climbed to 85.7% (66 for 77). Sat. 5 HARVARD* 7pm Fri. 11 ARIZONA STATE 7pm RPI TIES NO. 8 HARVARD: Despite RECENTLY: Over the last five games, Sat. 12 ARIZONA STATE 7pm hitting eight pipes, the Engineers the RPI power play is at 6.2% (1 for 16), January played to a scoreless tie with then-No. while the penalty kill is at 90.0% (18 for Sat. 2 at Miami 7:05pm 8 Harvard, last Saturday at the Houston 20), which is good for fourth in ECAC Sun. 3 at Miami 5pm Field House ... Senior netminder Jason Hockey since November 24. Thu. 7 at Princeton* 7pm Kasdorf returned to stop all 43 shots Fri. 15 CORNELL* 7pm he faced to earn the shutout, while IN THE FACE-OFF CIRCLE: The Engi- Whiteout! neers have won face-offs at a 44.6% clip Sat. 16 COLGATE* 7pm Crimson sophomore Merrick Madsen Thu. 21 at Quinnipiac* 7pm had 32 saves at the other end of the ice over the first 17 games ... JuniorRiley Sat. 23 vs. Union 7:30pm ... Senior Milos Bubela and sophomore Bourbonnais has won a team-high Times Union Center Viktor Liljegren had five shots apiece 49.1% of his draws, while senior Milos Fri. 29 at Brown* 7pm to lead the Engineers. Bubela is second at 48.5% ... Classmate Sat. 30 at Yale* 7pm Mark Miller rounds out the top three February ENGINEERS FALL TO DARTMOUTH: at 46.3%. Fri. 5 ST. LAWRENCE* 7pm Brett Patterson scored the go- Sat. 6 CLARKSON* 7pm ahead goal at 8:51 of te third 39th Big Red Freakout! 2015-16 STANDINGS Fri. 12 at Harvard* 7pm period to send the Big Green home with a 2-1 win over RPI, Team ECACH Pts. GF GA Overall GF GA Sat. 13 at Dartmouth* 7:05pm #2 Quinnipiac 6-0-2 14 25 10 15-0-2 63 21 Fri. 19 QUINNIPIAC* 7pm last Friday at the Houston Field #10 Cornell 6-1-1 13 24 14 8-1-2 34 19 Sat. 20 PRINCETON* 7pm House ... Carl Hesler got the Senior Night scoring started for the visi- #7 Harvard 4-1-3 11 27 14 6-1-3 35 15 Fri. 26 at Colgate* 7pm tors at 13:25 of the first, before Rensselaer 4-1-3 11 21 15 8-6-3 41 42 Sat. 27 at Cornell* 7pm Rensselaer senior Milos Bubela #13 St. Lawrence 4-2-1 9 24 13 9-4-2 49 29 brought the hosts even at 11:53 #15 Yale 3-3-2 8 15 16 5-4-2 27 22 Home games in CAPS • * - ECAC Hockey games of the second ... Freshman Cam Dartmouth 3-5-0 6 18 31 3-6-1 19 39 • All times are ET and subject to change • Most Hackett made 34 saves for the Princeton 3-5-0 6 18 21 4-8-0 27 33 games can be heard live on WRPI, 91.5 FM, and Engineers, while Devin Buffalo Brown 2-5-2 6 19 26 2-6-3 29 38 www.wrpi.org. • All home games broadcast live Union 2-5-1 5 20 24 5-6-4 40 39 on RPI TV and www.rpitv.org • Ticket information stopped 28 shots for Dartmouth. Colgate 2-6-1 5 14 28 5-11-1 42 64 at (518) 276-6262. POINTS LEADERS: Junior Riley Clarkson 0-5-2 2 7 20 7-6-2 39 38 @rpiathletics • rpiathletics.com • @rpi_hockey 2015-16MHKYGameNotes.indd 1 12/10/2015 2:41:37 PM 2015-16 RENSSELAER MEN’S HOCKEY GAME NOTES HARVARD TAKES TOURNEY TITLE: THE ENGINEERS The eighth-ranked Crimson turned a No. Name Yr. Pos. Ht. Wt. S/C Age Hometown/Previous Team 1-0 first period lead into a 4-0 advan- 1 Cam Hackett FR G 6-1 210 L 19 Sault Ste. Marie, Ont./Lincoln Stars tage after two, en route to a shutout 2 Parker Reno JR D 6-1 205 R 20 Edina, Minn./Edina High School victory over Rensselaer November 28 4 Tommy Grant FR D 6-3 210 R 21 Sparta, N.J./Bay State Breakers at the Compton Family Ice Arena in South Bend, Ind. ... Luke Esposito and 6 Phil Hampton SR D 6-0 190 R 23 Oakville, Ont./Oakville Blades Ryan Donato had a goal and an assist 7 Zach Schroeder SR F 5-9 175 R 23 Prior Lake, Minn./St. Thomas Academy each, while Jimmy Vesey also tallied for 8 Kenny Gillespie SO F 6-0 220 R 21 Morrisville, N.C./Jersey Hitmen Harvard ... RPI freshman netminder Cam 9 Meirs Moore FR D 5-9 180 R 20 Duluth, Minn./ Victoria Grizzlies Hackett, who suffered his first col- 11 Evan Tironese FR F 5-10 175 L 20 Qualicum Beach, B.C./Alberni Valley Bulldogs legiate defeat, matched a season-high with 41 saves. 12 Viktor Liljegren SO F 6-3 200 L 21 Stockholm, Sweden/Fairbanks Ice Dogs 13 Jared Wilson SO D 6-3 190 L 21 Calgary, Alb./Vernon Vipers RPI GETS JUMP ON BRONCOS: The 14 Riley Bourbonnais JR F 5-11 195 L 22 Rochester, N.Y./Lincoln Stars Engineers built a 3-0 lead and held off 17 Miloš Bubela SR F 6-2 190 R 23 Banská Bystrica, Slovakia/Dubuque Fighting Saints a late Western Michigan push, en route 18 Travis Fulton SR F 5-8 160 L 22 Oakville, Ont./Vaughan Vipers to a 4-1 victory on November 27 in the opening game of the Shillelagh Tourna- 19 Mike Prapavessis SO D 6-1 185 L 19 Oakville, Ont./Toronto Patriots ment at Notre Dame’s Compton Family 20 Jimmy DeVito JR F 5-10 170 R 21 Bloomingdale, Ill./Lincoln Stars Ice Arena ... Freshman Alex Rodriguez 22 Bradley Bell SO D 5-11 190 L 19 Sudbury, Ont./Sudbury Nickel Barons netted his second goal in as many 23 Lou Nanne SO F 5-11 180 L 21 Edina, Minn./Sioux Falls Stampede games to open the scoring ... Junior Riley Bourbonnais followed suit with 24 Chris Bradley SR D 6-2 195 L 22 Williamsville, N.Y./Youngstown Phantoms his team-leading eighth of the season 25 Drew Melanson SO F 5-11 165 L 20 Paramus, N.Y./Waterloo Black Hawks on the power play, while sophomore 26 Mark Miller SR F 5-11 185 L 23 Massena, N.Y./Omaha Lancers Lou Nanne made it 3-0, early in the 27 Jake Wood JR F 5-8 170 L 22 Georgetown, Ont./Lincoln Stars second ... The Broncos got one back 28 Jesper Öhrvall FR F 5-9 170 L 20 Halmstad, Sweden/Fairbanks Ice Dogs on the power play, before senior Jake Wood netted an insurance goal in the 33 Jason Kasdorf SR G 6-4 200 L 23 Winnipeg, Man./Des Moines Buccaneers later stages of the third period ..