Public Service Announcement

OK, before anyone gets into a tizzy over last night's championship game loss to Union, extending RPI's tournament titleless streak to eight... please, heed our advice.



At the end of the day, it's a non-conference game, and we continue to learn things about this team in non-conference games that can and most likely will be applied in league play - of which we have three games in six days coming up with three top teams, including Union.

What did we learn?

1) This team doesn't quit.
2) Mike Bergin's absence is still missed.
3) Union's a versatile team.

Jerry D'Amigo will not be available for any of those games due to an MCL injury suffered in the Union game, which, quite honestly, seems like the biggest problem - the People's Line has been very effective since its assembly. But I have faith. If Union can find a way to score five goals in a game in which they were missing their top four scorers (regardless of how poorly RPI played in the first period), we can find a way to do without one of our top scorers. Heck, we did it for weeks with Helfrich.

The games that matter are coming back soon. Don't lose your bowels yet.

Falcons Punched

We knew there was nothing to worry about. Allen York's injury, it appears, is not serious and if he's back in the pink we may see him in goal tonight against the our friends from Schenectady.


Joel Malchuk (2 goals) gets his swerve on in one of these bad boys.

Last night's Lake State/Union game was described by some observers as one of the worst games they've seen. The Dutch are almost certainly going to have to step it up if they want even a prayer of sniffing gold tonight.

Tournament of Turkeys

Let's go get 'em, Red. Time for the first tournament title since the Governor's Cup in 2007, and the first RPI Tourney title since... 2001 (yeah, it's been that long).



Sounds like it's all hands on deck this weekend, with the possible exception of Mike Bergin. Bentley is improved from last year when they doled out an embarrassing overtime loss at the Field House - but the Engineers are improved too.

at Niagara (11/18)

Conventional wisdom had it that this was a classic "trap game" for the Engineers to have to contend with just a few days after a decent showing in the North Country and starting off the ECAC schedule with a 3-1-0 record. Conventional wisdom turned out to be right, but not nearly in the way anyone had expected as RPI was drubbed 4-1 by a then-winless Niagara team last Wednesday night.

Niagara
Kerins/Polacek/Halpern
D'Amigo/Pirri/O'Grady
Watts/Malchuk/Rabbani
Vassel/Beauregard/Smith

Kennedy/Merth
Brutlag/Burgdoerfer
Zarbo/Foss

York

Take a good look at that lineup. Yeah, what a mess. Let's run down the list. Tyler Helfrich missed his 7th straight game with an ankle injury, C.J. Lee his third straight with a still unknown malady, and Mike Bergin his second in a row after suffering a Grade I concussion in Potsdam. Furthermore, offensive sparks Patrick Cullen and Alex Angers-Goulet were left behind in Troy as healthy scratches for the game as Seth Appert attempted to provide both sophomores, and really, the rest of the team, with a wake-up call. Cullen and Angers-Goulet have been mired in what some would call a sophomore jinx, but Appert is also of the opinion that they simply were not playing hard enough - “Healthy scratch for their wildly inconsistent play," he told the Troy Record. "Nothing to do with discipline, they’re just not playing hard." He described Angers-Goulet as "soft as puppy poop" in the North Country and said Cullen was too consumed with scoring goals and being on the power play.

All of the scratches led to a very short-handed Engineers squad - "The People's Line" of Jerry D'Amigo, Brandon Pirri, and Marty O'Grady was the only usual line heading out intact on Wednesday. Additionally, juniors Mark Zarbo and Kevin Beauregard each saw their first action of the season, for Beauregard, it was only his second career game.

With the hodge-podge lineup, expectations were significantly lowered from the get-go and even those were not met. After a less than stellar first half of the first period, Niagara got on the board first with a goal from freshman Brent Vandenberg, but neither team played particularly well in the first 20 minutes. Shots were 6-6 after one.

After Vandenberg was sent off for a dangerous hit on D'Amigo, the Engineers went on their third power play of the game, and it didn't take long for Paul Kerins to net his third goal of the season, from Chase Polacek and Bryan Brutlag, to tie the game at one. For a moment, it appeared as though the Engineers might turn the tide in their favor and start rolling.

That's when the penalty kill decided to start laying a giant egg. Kerins went off for hooking six minutes after scoring, and just seconds later, Jeff Foss took a delayed penalty for boarding that gave Niagara an extra attacker. Vandenberg scored for the second time to make it 2-1. Kerins came out of the box, and Foss went in to begin his penalty. A minute later, another Niagara power play goal made it 3-1 Purple Eagles.

The penalty killing problem carried over into the third period. During an RPI power play, Justin Smith was called for tripping, and after the 4-on-4 ran out, the Purple Eagles scored on their 3rd consecutive power play, making it 4-1 and pretty much putting a seal on things the way the Engineers had been playing at even strength since the back-to-back Kerins and Foss penalties in the 2nd. By that point Niagara was 3-for-5 on the power play, while RPI was 1-for-4. Both teams would get another power play chance before the end of the game, but no more scoring was in store as the Engineers had one of their worst played games of the season - though it was not terribly surprising given the personnel that they had available and playing.

Some of the "bedwetters" have crawled out from under the rocks where they were hiding following back-to-back losses to St. Lawrence and Niagara over the course of five days. One person on the RPISPORT-L list even brought up the tired line of questioning Coach Appert's ability.

Needless to say, I'm not terribly concerned about the Niagara game, and in two weeks, it'll scarcely be remembered at all. If there was a game to use for an "attention grabber" for guys who needed a healthy scratch to remind them that playing time isn't an absolute right, this was it: on the road, non-league, in the middle of the week. This was an expendable game. In two weeks, Cornell and Colgate are coming to town - that promises to be the most difficult home weekend yet. When do we want these lessons to be learned? In a throwaway road game in the middle of the week, or in crucial ECAC games at home?

Bear in mind that the Engineers should mostly be back to full strength by their next game this Friday. Helfrich is fully expected to be back in the lineup, Bergin will more than likely be back, and Cullen and Angers-Goulet have served their penance and will be back in the lineup. Lee is still a question mark, but having four of the five back in the lineup will be a huge boost compared to the last two games that RPI has played.

Other junk - RPI, much to my surprise, lost only half of its votes in the USCHO.com poll this week, falling to 8 from 16 last week. Ranked ECAC teams are #7 Cornell (down two after beating Princeton and losing to Quinnipiac), #9 Quinnipiac (up four after sweeping Colgate/Cornell), #11 Yale (down two after losing to UMass and beating Brown in OT), and #20 Colgate, ranked for the first time this season. Princeton (fell out from #19 after being swept by Cornell/Colgate, 18 votes) Union (idle, 16 votes) and St. Lawrence (beat Harvard and lost to Dartmouth, 2 votes) also received votes.

Individual Engineers fell in the national statistics following the one goal effort. Polacek's lone assist gives him 17 points, but he fell from 5th to 11th in that category. His 9 goals are now 7th in the nation. Brandon Pirri's 12 points is now 6th in the nation in points by a freshman, down from 2nd.

Next up is the 59th annual RPI Holiday Tournament, still the longest running in-season tournament in college hockey (a year longer than the Beanpot). On Friday, they face Bentley (1st appearance) and on Saturday will take on either Union (6th appearance, 2-8 all time) or Lake Superior State (3rd appearance, 3-1 all time, 1997 champs). RPI will play at 7 pm on Saturday regardless of whether they beat Bentley or not, meaning that, like last year, the championship game may actually be played before the consolation game. Realistically, the Engineers would probably like a shot at Lake State on Saturday night - they face Union at the Field House a week and a half later anyway, and beating a CCHA team is always helpful when it comes time to jockey for position in the computer rankings later in the season.

Hopefully, the Engineers have a chip on their shoulder from last year, when Bentley embarrassed them at home, 4-3 in overtime. The Falcons are doing fairly decent in Atlantic Hockey this season, but this is still a game RPI needs to be winning, especially at or almost at 100% health for the first time in a month.

ECAC Standings
1. Quinnipiac - 12 pts
2. Colgate - 9 pts
3. Cornell - 8 pts
4. RPI - 6 pts (4 games, 3 wins)
5. Union - 6 pts (4 games, 2 wins)
6. Yale - 6 pts (5 games)
7. St. Lawrence - 6 pts (6 games)
8. Princeton - 5 pts
9. Harvard - 4 pts
10. Clarkson - 3 pts
11. Dartmouth - 2 pts
12. Brown - 1 pt

By Winning Pct.
1. Quinnipiac 1.000
T-2 Colgate, RPI, and Union .750
5. Cornell .667
6. Yale .600
7. St. Lawrence .500
8. Princeton .417
9. Harvard .286
10. Clarkson .250
11. Dartmouth .143
12. Brown .100


RPI at Niagara
Non-Conference Game - Dwyer Arena (Lewiston, NY)
11/18/09 - 7:00 pm
RESULT: Niagara 4, RPI 1
BOX SCORES
College Hockey Stats: http://www.collegehockeystats.net/0910/boxes/mniaren1.n18
USCHO: http://www.uscho.com/box/?date=20091118&vis=rpi&home=niag&gender=m
RECAPS
RPI: http://www.rpiathletics.com/news/2009/11/18/MHOCK_1118092750.aspx
USCHO: http://www.uscho.com/recaps/20092010/m/11/18/rpi-niag.php
Troy Record: http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2009/11/18/sports/doc4b04c8e0853c8829737154.txt
Albany Times-Union: http://www.timesunion.com/AspStories/story.asp?storyID=867886&category=SPORTS
Niagara Gazette: http://www.niagara-gazette.com/sports/gnnsports_story_322230721.html
RECORD: 7-5-1 (3-1-0 ECAC, 6 pts)

Reale Deals
1. F Paul Kerins, 1 G, 7 shots
2. F Chase Polacek, 1 A, 2 shots
3. D Bryan Brutlag, 1 A, 1 shot

Upcoming Games
27 Nov - Bentley (RPI Holiday Hockey Tournament)
28 Nov - Union/Lake Superior State (RPI Holiday Hockey Tournament)
04 Dec - #7 Cornell
05 Dec - #20 Colgate
09 Dec - Union

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MEN’S HOCKEY

Rensselaer went 0-1-0 last week, dropping a non-league contest at Niagara (4-1) on Wednesday. Senior Paul Kerins (Weston, ON) notched the lone goal for the Engineers.

RPI is back on the ice this weekend, when it hosts the 59th Annual RPI Holiday Tournament at the Houston Field House. The Engineers open against Bentley on Friday (7pm) and will face either Lake Superior State or Union on Saturday (7pm). Live stats for all four tournament games will be available at http://www.sidearmstats.com/rpi/mhockey/index.htm and can also be seen live on a pay-per-view basis with B2 Networks at http://www.b2livetv.com/. The game will also be broadcast courtesy of WRPI radio on 91.5 FM or log on to www.wrpi.org and click on sports.

Women's Hockey - at #4 New Hampshire

RPI traveled to Durham, NH today for the first ever meeting between the Engineers and the New Hampshire Wildcats. Ranked fourth in the nation in the latest USCHO.com poll, UNH promised to be a tough challenge for an Engineer team that has been hot and cold at intervals this season. Coming off a 3-point ECAC weekend where Saturday's tie against 10th place Brown left a sour taste in fans' and players' mouths alike, RPI entered the Whittemore Center looking for a big non-conference win to get things back on track heading into a weekend series at Robert Morris before getting back into the remainder of the ECAC schedule. It was not the Engineers' lucky night however, as despite a strong performance and three goals, they were bested by the Wildcats 4-3.

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New Hampshire

Horton/O'Keefe/Weidner
Wright/Harrison/Vandegrift
Dunlop/Naslund/Vadner
Padmore/Jakubowski/Stapleton

Le Donne/Gersten
Castignetti/Haller
Chace/Daniels

Van der Bliek

UNH opened up the scoring midway through the first with a power play goal by Kelly Paton, who led Hockey East in scoring entering the game with 22 points in 13 games. After a few penalties were exchanged, Allison Wright tied it at one with a shorthanded goal just after a 4-on-4 ended and UNH got a player back. Wright's goal was RPI's second shorty of the season. This tied RPI with SLU, Quinnipiac, and Clarkson in the ECAC for shorthanded goals. From there it was all RPI for the next 15 minutes.

The teams entered the locker room tied at one, but the first half of the next period found RPI dominating UNH, with the Wildcats unable to clear the puck from their zone for much of that time. The Engineers cashed in on their pressure as Alisa Harrison netted two goals at 1:28 and 6:53 of the second to give RPI a 3-1 lead. UNH answered back with pressure of their own in the latter half of the period, throwing a ton of rubber at Sonja van der Bliek, and Kelly Paton picked up her second of the game on a delayed penalty at 15:05, to send the teams to the locker room with RPI holding onto the lead, 3-2.

UNH continued the pressure in the third as RPI looked like they were settling back a bit and trying to protect the lead. As we've learned from RPI teams the past several seasons, this rarely works and UNH made the Engineers pay for it with a power play goal by Kristina Lavoie followed very quickly by another goal by Kelly Paton to give her the hat trick midway through the period. RPI had a chance to recover with a power play opportunity shortly after, but UNH held up on the kill and kept RPI out of the net despite a couple of good Engineer chances. RPI took a penalty of their own with 4:36 left in the game, putting themselves down by retaliating on an uncalled cross-check by UNH. The Engineers pressured UNH on the kill and kept them from setting up on the power play, escaping the man advantage without giving up a goal. Despite nearly a minute and a half with the net empty and some strong pressure in the UNH zone, RPI was unable to find the equalizer and the game went in the books 4-3 in UNH's favor. Overall, the Engineers looked very strong and the came could easily have gone either way.

RPI is on the road again next weekend with a pair of games against Robert Morris, the only team from the CHA the Engineers have yet to play this season. Game times are 2:05pm Friday and Saturday. The Engineers then have a home-and-home with Union before taking a month off for winter break.

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ECAC Standings (as of 11/21/09, with ECAC play complete for the weekend)

               GP   Pts     ECAC      All
 Cornell        8    13     6-1-1     6-3-1
 Clarkson       7    12     6-1-0     12-2-1
 Princeton      8    11     5-2-1     6-3-1
 Quinnipiac     8    11     4-1-3     6-4-4
 Harvard        8    10     5-3-0     5-3-1
 Dartmouth      8     9     4-3-1     4-3-1
 St. Lawrence   7     7     3-3-1     6-5-4
 RPI            6     6     2-2-2     4-7-4
 Colgate        8     5     1-4-3     2-9-3
 Brown          8     3     0-5-3     1-6-3
 Yale           8     2     1-7-0     1-7-1
 Union          6     1     0-5-1     2-9-1

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RPI @ #4 New Hampshire
Non-conference Game - Whittemore Center (Durham, NH)
11/21/09 - 5:00pm
UNH 4, RPI 3

BOX SCORES:
College Hockey Stats: http://collegehockeystats.net/0910/boxes/wrenunh1.n21

RECAPS:
RPI: http://www.rpiathletics.com/news/2009/11/21/WICE_1121091255.aspx
UNH: http://unhwildcats.com/sports/wice/2009-10/releases/20091121i8pfdu
ECAC: http://www.ecachockey.com/women/2009-10/Game_Stories/20092111_RPI_UNH

RECORD: 4-7-4 (2-2-2 ECAC Hockey, 6 points)

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Upcoming Games

Nov. 27 - @ Robert Morris
Nov. 28 - @ Robert Morris
Dec. 5 - @ Union
Dec. 6 - Union

Around the NCAA in 80 seconds

Since the Engineers are off this weekend, here's a quick rundown of the big games in college hockey to look forward to between now and the next poll release on Monday.

Friday
#13 Quinnipiac at Colgate
This is the big one in the ECAC. It's early in the season, but the Bobcats and Raiders are 1-2 in the standings and have been very impressive early in the season. The winner of this game will have to be considered a definite favorite for a first-round bye going forward.

#19 Princeton at #5 Cornell
Games between ranked teams in conference simply can't be ignored. Princeton seems like they're better than they've played early in the season, and Cornell looks like they have a few flaws here and there that are being overlooked. Many people are calling this an easy win for Cornell, especially at home, but I'm not so sure.

Clarkson at Dartmouth
We've got the battle at the top of the standings and then the battle of the basement. These are the last two teams in the ECAC without any points (after 4 and 5 games respectively). Something's got to give - the loser of this game is certainly in for a very long season indeed.

Army at Bentley
This game - actually a two game series - features a past RPI opponent against the next RPI opponent. The Engineers were flat against Army, and the victory over RPI was one of the lone bright spots thus far for the Black Knights. Bentley, meanwhile, is off to a pretty decent start in Atlantic Hockey.

#10 Alaska at Lake Superior
Another battle of past and (potentially) future RPI foes. One of the major occupational hazards for college hockey players in Alaska are the long flights to the "lower 48" for away games, and this one is longer than most - to Sault Ste. Marie in the Upper Peninsula, which probably means a long bus ride on top of a long flight. If the Lakers do well in the two-game set, they'll be coming to Troy riding high and could prove dangerous for Union or RPI.

#2 North Dakota at #3 Denver
The series of the weekend pits the two teams most experts considered to be the cream of the crop in the WCHA this season. Although it seems that Colorado College and Wisconsin may have something to add to that conversation, there's no denying that the points earned this weekend will be huge for either team in the quest for the MacNaughton Cup.

Boston University at New Hampshire
It's rare indeed when these two teams meet and neither one of them is nationally ranked and, yet again, it's a matchup between teams with RPI as a common opponent. They meet again in Boston on Saturday. For BU, it's a chance to resurrect their national title defense, which at present is in complete shambles. For UNH, it's a chance to make sure they don't slide into irrelevance early in the season.

Saturday
#13 Quinnipiac at #5 Cornell
The Bobcats have played like a juggernaut in their first 8 games, going 7-1-0. During the 2000s, Cornell has been the juggernaut of the ECAC. And again, it's a battle atop the league table. If the Bobcats can pull off a third straight sweep, they could be establishing the early claim as Cleary Cup favorites. If Cornell sweeps, it could be them.

Merrimack at #4 UMass-Lowell
Ever since Merrimack's move to Division I in 1989, the Warriors have yet to put together a winning season. It's not that they haven't had any good teams, it's just that they've never been able to approach the class of Hockey East. That may be changing this year. The Warriors are 6-4-0 and have wins over BC and BU on consecutive weekends. This weekend, they face their long-time rivals in one of the biggest matchups between Merrimack and UMass-Lowell since they moved to D-I together.

Sunday
#6 Michigan State at #14 Notre Dame
The only game on the docket on Sunday is bound to be a good one. The Spartans have surprised many casual observers and even some experts with their explosive start (9-2-2). Michigan State is in first place in the CCHA. Meanwhile, the Irish have struggled to a .500 start to the season.

Women's Hockey - Princeton & Quinnipiac, Colgate & Cornell, Yale & Brown

Hi all - I'll be joining Tom here to provide coverage and recaps of RPI women's hockey, starting with the past three weekends' worth of games. Going forward I'll be following the same weekly schedule for game recaps, as well as chiming in with any news or press between games that's worth sharing. So, without further ado:

Princeton

Wright/Harrison/Vandegrift
Horton/Guillemette/Naslund
Padmore/Dunlop/O'Keefe
Chase/Stapleton/Jakubowski

Le Donne/Gersten
Daniels/Vadner
Castignetti/Haller

Van der Bliek

Quinnipiac

Wright/Harrison/Vandegrift
Horton/Guillemette/Naslund
Weidner/Dunlop/O'Keefe
Chase/Stapleton/Jakubowski

Le Donne/Gersten
Daniels/Vadner
Castignetti/Haller

Van der Bliek

RPI opened up the ECAC season with a pair of games on the road at Princeton and Quinnipiac, a road series which they swept last season before going on to upset Princeton in two games at Hobey Baker Rink in the quarterfinals of the ECAC playoffs. Hopes were understandably high given the recent history with these teams, and it seemed this could be the weekend the Engineers needed to snap a five-game winless streak. RPI would take only one point out of the weekend, however, as they skated to a 2-2 tie with Princeton (behind goals from Jill Vandegrift and Kendra Dunlop, and 23 saves from Sonja van der Bliek) before getting drubbed by Quinnipiac 6-1 on Saturday.

Saturday's loss marked the fifth straight weekend series where RPI performed noticeably worse in the weekend's second game. Van der Bliek surrendered three goals on just seven shots in the first period before being pulled for freshman Shannon Ramelot, who surrendered one more in the first before holding the Bobcats scoreless throughout the second and third. Quinnipiac notched two empty net goals while Taylor Horton scored for RPI with the net empty in order to avoid the shutout. RPI outshot Quinnipiac 30-24 but simply couldn't find tha back of the net.

Colgate

Wright/Harrison/Vandegrift
Dunlop/Vadner/Naslund
Horton/O'Keefe/Weidner
Guillemette/Stapleton/Gaylord

Le Donne/Gersten
Castignetti/Haller
Chase/Daniels

Van der Bliek

Cornell

Wright/Harrison/Vandegrift
Dunlop/Vadner/Naslund
Horton/O'Keefe/Weidner
Guillemette/Stapleton/Gaylord

Le Donne/Gersten
Castignetti/Haller
Chase/Daniels

Van der Bliek

The Engineers returned home the following weekend to take on Colgate and Cornell, and the alternating pattern of good and bad performances kept up another week. Friday afternoon at the Field House saw RPI absolutely dismantle Colgate 10-4 with 11 Engineers picking up points in the contest. RPI went 2/3 on the power play and took the lead on two goals just 0:07 apart in the first 1:11 of the game, never looking back and never relinquishing the lead.

Saturday, on the other hand, saw the Engineers put forth one of the sloppiest games of hockey (aside from intramurals) seen at Houston Field House this season. Outshot 29-19 by the Big Red, RPI never really played like they wanted to win this game, with sloppy passing, lazy turnovers, and an all around 180 from the dominating performance turned in the day before. Cornell may have come to town ranked #10 in the nation but the way RPI played this game they could have made just about anyone look like #1.

Yale

Horton/O'Keefe/Weidner
Dunlop/Vadner/Naslund
Wright/Harrison/Vandegrift
Guillemette/Jakubowski/Stapleton

Le Donne/Gersten
Castignetti/Haller
Chase/Daniels

Van der Bliek

Brown

Horton/O'Keefe/Weidner
Wright/Harrison/Vandegrift
Dunlop/Vadner/Naslund
Guillemette/Jakubowski/Stapleton

Le Donne/Gersten
Castignetti/Haller
Padmore/Daniels

Van der Bliek

One more weekend and one more pair of ECAC foes arrived at Houston Field House, this time winless Yale and one-win Brown (who had been shutout four times in the five games prior to their tilt with RPI). RPI played a solid Friday game once again, handily dispatching the Bulldogs 4-1 with goals by Audrey Stapleton, Sydney O'Keefe (2), and Whitney Naslund. And once again, they crapped out on Saturday, tying a Brown team who couldn't muster a goal against Union the night before (0-0 tie) and had scored one goal TOTAL in their past five games (following a 5-1 win over Providence for the Mayor's Cup). The Engineers put 38 shots on net, and scoring one goal on 38 shots is not a ticket to victory in any game. RPI was unable to capitalize on four Brown penalties, including a short 5x3, and Allysen Weidner's unassisted first period goal was the only one of the game for the Engineers.

RPI will look to break the frustrating cycle of hot and cold performances on Fridays and Saturdays this weekend as they play a single game at New Hampshire. The numbers tell the story as RPI is +9 in goal differential on Friday so far this season, and -12 on Saturday. After the game at UNH and a weekend series at Robert Morris, completing the Engineers games against every team in the CHA this season. Afterward they launch into the remainder of the ECAC schedule and will need to start turning in two solid games per week if they want to make the playoffs in a very competitive ECAC.

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ECAC Standings (as of 11/18/09)

Team          GP   Pts   ECAC      All
Clarkson      7    12    6-1-0     12-2-1
Cornell       6    10    5-1-0     5-3-0
Princeton     6    9     4-1-1     5-2-1
Quinnipiac    6    9     4-1-1     6-4-2
SLU           7    7     3-3-1     5-4-4
Harvard       6    6     3-3-0     3-3-1
RPI           6    6     2-2-2     4-6-4
Dartmouth     6    5     2-3-1     2-3-1
Colgate       6    4     1-3-2     2-8-2
Brown         6    3     0-3-3     1-4-3
Yale          6    2     1-5-0     1-5-1
Union         6    1     0-5-1     2-9-1

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RPI @ Princeton
ECAC Game - Hobey Baker Rink (Princeton, NJ)
10/30/09 - 7:00pm
RPI 2, Princeton 2 (OT)

BOX SCORES:
College Hockey Stats: http://collegehockeystats.net/0910/boxes/wprnren1.o30
USCHO: http://www.uscho.com/box/?date=20091030&vis=rpi&home=pri&gender=w

RECAPS:
RPI: http://www.rpiathletics.com/news/2009/10/30/WICE_1030090910.aspx
PU: http://www.goprincetontigers.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=46920&SPID=4275&DB_LANG=C&DB_OEM_ID=10600&ATCLID=204824464

RECORD: 2-4-3 (0-0-1 ECAC Hockey, 1 point)

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RPI @ Quinnipiac
ECAC Game - TD Bank Sports Center (Hamden, CT)
10/31/09 - 400pm
Quinnipiac 6, RPI 1

BOX SCORES:
College Hockey Stats: http://collegehockeystats.net/0910/boxes/wquiren1.o31
USCHO: http://www.uscho.com/box/?date=20091031&vis=rpi&home=qu&gender=w

RECAPS:
RPI: http://www.rpiathletics.com/news/2009/10/31/WICE_1031095335.aspx
QU: http://www.quinnipiacbobcats.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=87927&SPID=10457&DB_OEM_ID=17500&ATCLID=204824983

RECORD: 2-5-3 (0-1-1 ECAC Hockey, 1 point)

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Colgate @ RPI
ECAC Game - Houston Field House (Troy, NY)
11/6/09 - 2:30pm
RPI 10, Colgate 4

BOX SCORES:
College Hockey Stats: http://collegehockeystats.net/0910/boxes/wclgren1.n06
USCHO: http://www.uscho.com/box/?date=20091106&vis=col&home=rpi&gender=w

RECAPS:
RPI: http://www.rpiathletics.com/news/2009/11/6/WICE_1106094425.aspx
Colgate: http://gocolgateraiders.com/news/2009/11/6/WHOCKEY_1106091201.aspx

RECORD: 3-5-3 (1-1-1 ECAC Hockey, 3 points)

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#10 Cornell @ RPI
ECAC Game - Houston Field House (Troy, NY)
11/7/09 - 2:30pm
Cornell 3, RPI 1

BOX SCORES:
College Hockey Stats: http://collegehockeystats.net/0910/boxes/wcorren1.n07
USCHO: http://www.uscho.com/box/?date=20091107&vis=cor&home=rpi&gender=w

RECAPS:
RPI: http://www.rpiathletics.com/news/2009/11/7/WICE_1107095705.aspx
Cornell: http://cornellbigred.com/news/2009/11/7/WICE_1107093134.aspx

RECORD: 3-6-3 (1-2-1 ECAC Hockey, 3 points)

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Yale @ RPI
ECAC Game - Houston Field House (Troy, NY)
11/13/09 - 2:30pm
RPI 4, Yale 1

BOX SCORES:
College Hockey Stats: http://collegehockeystats.net/0910/boxes/wrenyal1.n13
USCHO: http://www.uscho.com/box/?date=20091113&vis=yu&home=rpi&gender=w

RECAPS:
RPI: http://www.rpiathletics.com/news/2009/11/13/WICE_1113093718.aspx
Yale: http://www.yalebulldogs.com/sports/w-hockey/2009-10/releases/20091113p2q1wq

RECORD: 4-6-3 (2-2-1 ECAC Hockey, 5 points)

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Brown @ RPI
ECAC Game - Houston Field House (Troy, NY)
11/14/09 - 4:00pm
RPI 1, Brown 1 (OT)

BOX SCORES:
College Hockey Stats: http://collegehockeystats.net/0910/boxes/wbrnren1.n14
USCHO: http://www.uscho.com/box/?date=20091114&vis=bn&home=rpi&gender=w

RECAPS:
RPI: http://www.rpiathletics.com/news/2009/11/14/WICE_1114094729.aspx
Brown: http://www.brownbears.com/sports/w-hockey/2009-10/releases/200911152bxhmv

RECORD: 4-6-4 (2-2-2 ECAC Hockey, 6 points)

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Upcoming Games

Nov 21 - @ UNH
Nov 27 - @ Robert Morris
Nov 28 - @ Robert Morris
Dec 5 - @ Union
Dec 6 - Union

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WOMEN’S HOCKEY

The Engineers went 1-0-1 last week, topping Yale (4-1) on Friday, before tying Brown (1-1) on Saturday. Senior Allysen Weidner (Prior Lake, MN) had a three-point weekend, including the lone RPI goal against the Bears. Rensselaer (4-6-4; 2-2-2 ECACH) returns to action on Saturday, when it visits fourth-ranked New Hampshire (5pm).

Live stats will be available at http://livestats.prestosports.com/unhwildcats/ and can also be seen live on a pay-per-view basis at http://unhwildcats.tv/.