Team Notes: Key Games Close Engineers' Regular Season
_Photos/Rensselaer/RPI_Bench_Celebration.gif?max_width=360)
The following article appeared February 24 on the Rensselaer Web site.
The Engineers travel to Colgate and Cornell to close out the
regular season. RPI plays in Hamilton on Friday night and Ithaca on
Saturday. Both games begin at 7 p.m.
THE STANDINGS: RPI and Colgate are tied for
fourth place in the ECAC Hockey standings with identical 10-8-2
records and 22 points ... St. Lawrence is just one point back ...
The fourth place finisher receives a bye through the first round of
the playoffs ... Cornell is currently in second place, tied with
Union with 28 points apiece ... Yale leads the conference with 30
points.
THE SCENARIOS: Rensselaer, Colgate and St.
Lawrence have clinched home ice in the first round ... RPI and
Colgate both control their own destiny for the final bye as wins in
both weekend games clinches it for either team ... Yale needs just
two points in remaining games to clinch #1 seed.
Complete article can be accessed via the Rensselaer Web site by clicking here.
