January 10, 2009

Tigers Fall to Visiting Engineers

Boxscore

PRINCETON -- Erik Burgdoerfer and Patrick Cullen each had three points to lead Rensselaer past the Princeton men's hockey team 5-1 on Saturday afternoon at Hobey Baker Rink. Senior Lee Jubinville provided Princeton's lone goal on the power play in the second period.

RPI built a 2-0 lead in the first nine minutes of the game as Josh Rabbani and Alex Angers-Goulet scored to give the Engineers all the scoring they would need in the win. Rabbani scored as he beat Princeton sophomore goaltender Alan Reynolds to a loose puck and slid it into the goal and Angers-Goulet scored a similar goal on the backhand.

Burgdoerfer scored his first of two goals 1:01 into the second period as he snuck down from the point and one-timed a pass from Cullen. He would later add a goal on a similar play in the third period. Chase Polacek added the final RPI goal.

Princeton's lone goal came at 8:09 of the second period on the power play as Jubinville redirected a pass from sophomore Taylor Fedun into the RPI goal for his fourth of the season. Junior Jody Pederson also assisted on the goal.

Reynolds made 19 saves in the loss while RPI netminder Mathias Lange had 26 saves for the win.

Princeton falls to 13-5 with the loss and 8-4 in the ECAC. The Tigers now have 16 days off during final exams and return to action on Jan. 26 against Robert Morris.