Engineers Take Down No. 18 Harvard

Final	1	2	3	Final
Harvard (2-1-0)	0	1	1	2
Rensselaer (2-5-1)	0	2	1	3

Scoring Summary
2nd - 03:46	SH - Paul Kerins (Rensselaer)
2nd - 07:25	PP - Matt Angers-Goulet (Rensselaer)
2nd - 09:51	Steve Rolecek (Harvard)
3rd - 11:56	PP - Chase Polacek (Rensselaer)
3rd - 13:57	PP - Nick Coskren (Harvard)

Harvard	Rensselaer
G: 2 Players (#16, #19 - 1) A: Alex Biega - 2 Sh: 2 Players (#19, #27 - 4) Sv: Matt Hoyle - 23	G: 3 Players (#11, #21, #22 - 1) A: 4 Players (#15, #16, #19, #25 - 1) Sh: Chase Polacek - 5 Sv: Mathias Lange - 26

TEAM STATISTICS	Harvard	Rensselaer
Power Plays	1 for 8	2 for 4
Shorthanded Goals	0	1
Penalties (min)	6 (12)	10 (20)
Shots on Goal	28	26
Face Offs Won	32	29

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Boxscore

TROY, N.Y. - Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) scored a shorthaned goals and two power play goals and the Engineers defeated 18th-ranked Harvard University, 3-2, in an ECAC Hockey game at the Houston Field House. RPI improves to 2-5-1 overall and 1-1-0 in the league, while the Crimson fall to 2-1-0 and 2-1-0.

After a scoreless first period, RPI broke on top at 3:46 of the second period when junior forward Paul Kerins (Weston, ON/North York Rangers) scored unassisted through the five-hole from the bottom of the right faceoff circle on Harvard freshman goaltender Matt Hoyle (North York, ON/Indiana Ice) for the shorthanded goal.

Senior captain Matt Angers-Goulet (St. Augustin, PQ/Notre Dame Hounds) doubled the home team's margin at 7:25 of the middle stanza with a hard wrist shot from the left faceoff circle into the top corner with the Engineers on the power play. Freshman Patrick Cullen (Washington, DC/Indiana Ice) earned the primary assist while senior Seth Klerer (Thornhill, ON/North York Rangers) was credited with the secondary helper.

Harvard got a goal back at 9:51 of the second period on a snap shot from senior forward Steve Rolecek (Bedford, NH/Phillips Andover). Defense partners Ian Tallett (St. Louis, MO/Chicago) and Alex Biega (Montreal, PQ/Salisbury) set up the goal, Rolacek's first of the season.

The Engineers made it 3-1 with their second power play goal of the night, this time off a slap shot from the high slot by sophomore Chase Polacek (Edina, MN/Academy of Holy Angels) on a 4x3 man advantage. Defenseman Mark Zarbo (Grand Island, NY/Bentley College) and Tyler Helfrich (Calgary, AB/Prince Geoarge Spruce Kings) assisted on the goal, Polacek's second of the season.

The Crimson got the goal back, scoring a power play goal of their own at 13:57, just 2:01 after RPI's third goal. Senior Nick Coskren (Walpole, MA/St. Sebastian's) jammed in a loose puck off a Michael Biega shot. Alex Biega also had an assist.

RPI senior Mathias Lange (Klagenfurt, Austria/New York Apple Core) earned the win, stopping 26 shots. Hoyle stopped 23 shots on the opposite end.

Rensselaer hosts Dartmouth College on Saturday at 7pm while Harvard visits Union College for a 7:30pm faceoff. Both games are ECAC Hockey contests.