Five Power-Play Goals Lift Engineers to Exhibition Victory

Photo by J.S. Carras/The Record

Final	1	2	3	Final
Acadia ()	0	0	0	0
Rensselaer ()	2	1	4	7

Scoring Summary
1st - 05:45	PP - Haggerty, Ryan (Rensselaer)
1st - 19:40	PP - Bailen, Nick (Rensselaer)
2nd - 05:16	PP - Bailen, Nick (Rensselaer)
3rd - 04:13	Schroeder, Zach (Rensselaer)
3rd - 07:38	PP - Haggerty, Ryan (Rensselaer)
3rd - 11:35	PP - Dolan, Bo (Rensselaer)
3rd - 17:26	Lee, C.J. (Rensselaer)

Acadia	Rensselaer
G: N/A A: N/A Sh: Nicolas Choinard - 6 Sv: Evan Mosher - 27	G: 2 Players (#29, #39 - 2) A: 4 Players (#4, #7, #19, #23 - 2) Sh: 2 Players (#19, #39 - 5) Sv: Scott Diebold - 19

TEAM STATISTICS	Acadia	Rensselaer
Power Plays	0 for 3	5 for 7
Shorthanded Goals	0	0
Penalties (min)	9 (26)	4 (8)
Shots on Goal	19	34
Face Offs Won	26	37

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TROY, N.Y. – Junior Nick Bailen and freshman Ryan Haggerty each netted
a pair of power-play goals to lead the Rensselaer Polytechnic
Institute (RPI) men’s hockey team to a 7-0 victory over Acadia, this
evening in an exhibition contest at the Houston Field House. The
Engineers open their regular season on Friday against Minnesota
State-Mankato (7pm).

Freshman Jacob Laliberte (Rockland, ON/Cornwall Colts) nearly gave the
Engineers the lead in the first minute of action, when he got loose on
a breakaway, but his wrist shot from the low slot was tipped up into
the netting by Acadia Evan Mosher (Conception Bay South, NL).

Rensselaer broke into the goal column on its first power-play of the
game, when Haggerty (Stamford, CT/U.S National Dev. Team) stuffed in a
close range attempt at 5:45 of the opening frame. Assists went to
senior Josh Rabbani (Woodlake Hills, CA/St. Louis Bandits) and
freshman Zach Schroeder (Prior Lake, MN/St. Thomas Academy).

Bailen (Fredonia, NY/Indiana Ice) made it 2-0 Engineers at the 19:40
mark of the first after tick-tack passing found the defenseman all
alone at the left of the Acadia cage. Sophomore Pat Koudys
(Smithville, ON/Burlington Cougars) sent a cross-ice pass for senior
Patrick Cullen (Washington, DC/Indiana Ice) at the right point. Cullen
dished the puck down low for Bailen, who roofed a shot just under the
crossbar.

Bailen extended the Engineers lead to 3-0 on their third power-play
goal in as many chances at 5:16 of the second period. Taking a pass
from Koudys, he ripped a shot that hit a defender and slipped past
Mosher for the goal. Koudys and fellow sophomore Brock Higgs
(Kingston, ON/Kingston Voyageurs) picked up the helpers on
Rensselaer’s third tally.

The Engineers then scored four goals in the third period, including
two more man-advantage tallies from Haggerty and sophomore defenseman
Bo Dolan (St. Paul, MN/Penticton Vees).

Schroeder made it 4-0 on a wrist shot from the right circle, before
Haggerty notched his second of the game, slamming home his own
rebounds to make it 5-0 at 7:38 of the third stanza. After Dolan made
it 6-0 with a power-play goal at the 11:35 mark, junior CJ Lee (Staten
Island, NY/Green Bay Gamblers) capped the scoring with an even
strength marker at 17:26.

RPI freshman netminder Scott Diebold (Buffalo, NY/Tri-City Storm)
earned the shutout making 19 saves, including nine in the second
period. Mosher finished with 27 stops at the other end of the ice.

The Engineers are back in action next weekend, when they host
Minnesota State-Mankato on Friday (7pm) and Saturday (7pm).