Power Play Propels Engineers to Win

Photo by Sara Melikian

Final	1	2	3	Final
Rensselaer (12-10-1, 5-4-0 ECAC)	1	1	2	4
Princeton (6-10-3, 3-8-1 ECAC)	0	0	1	1

Scoring Summary
1st - 14:17	PP - D'Amigo, Jerry (Rensselaer)
2nd - 07:08	PP - Bergin, Mike (Rensselaer)
3rd - 01:27	PP - O'Grady, Marty (Rensselaer)
3rd - 05:23	Kramer, Mike (Princeton)
3rd - 17:13	PP - Polacek, Chase (Rensselaer)

Rensselaer	Princeton
G: 4 Players (#8, #9, #21, #27 - 1) A: 3 Players (#4, #9, #16 - 2) Sh: Chase Polacek - 6 Sv: Allen York - 30	G: Mike Kramer - 1 A: 2 Players (#14, #26 - 1) Sh: Matt Arhontas - 6 Sv: Zane Kalemba - 15

TEAM STATISTICS	Rensselaer	Princeton
Power Plays	4 for 8	0 for 7
Shorthanded Goals	0	0
Penalties (min)	8 (16)	9 (18)
Shots on Goal	19	31
Face Offs Won	36	29

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PRINCETON, N.J. - The Rensselaer men's hockey team scored four power-play goals and sophomore netminder Allen York (Wetaskiwin, AB/Camrose Kodiaks) made 30 saves in a 4-1 victory over Princeton University, this afternoon at Hobey Baker Rink. With the win the Engineers improve to 12-10-1 overall and 5-4-0 in ECAC Hockey. The Tigers fall to 6-10-2 (3-7-1 ECACH).

Freshman Jerry D'Amigo (Binghamton, NY/U.S. National U-18 Team) notched his sixth goal of the season - the first since returning from the World Junior Championships - to give the Engineers a 1-0 lead at 14:17 of the first period. The power-play tally came after a shot by classmate Brandon Pirri (Toronto, ON/Georgetown Raiders) was deflected below the goal line to the right of the net. D'Amigo kicked the puck to himself and buried a shot into an open net.

Rensselaer added a second power-play goal at 7:08 of the second period. Sophomore Mike Bergin (Ottawa, ON/Smiths Falls Bears) picked up a loose puck at the top of the right circle, skated in and wristed a shot into the top right corner of the net. Senior Paul Kerins (Weston, ON/North York Rangers) picked up the lone assist on Bergin's third of the year.

Freshman Marty O'Grady (London, ON/Wellington Dukes) made it 3-0 at 1:27 of the third frame - once again on the power-play - with the lone assist going to junior Bryan Brutlag (Lakeville, MN/Academy of Holy Angels). Brutlag threw the puck on goal from the right point, handcuffing Princeton senior netminder Zane Kalimba (Saddle Brook, NJ) into giving up a rebound that O'Grady was able to stick home.

Tigers junior Mike Kramer (St. Paul, MN) recorded an even-strength tally at 5:23 of the third, to bring the game to within 3-1. Senior Mark Magnowski (Winnipeg, MB) sent a centering pass to Kramer who picked out the top corner of the cage his seven of the season.

The Engineers final tally came at 17:13 of the final stanza. RPI worked the puck the right circle where D'Amigo sent a cross-ice pass to junior Chase Polacek (Edina, MN/Academy of Holy Angels) for the one-time finish, before Kalimba could stretch across the crease.

York (9-8-1) made 14 of his 30 stops in the second period, in which the Engineers killed off five penalties. Rensselaer wound up 4 for 8 in man-up situations, while the Tigers were 0 for 7. Kalimba finished with 15.