October 25, 2010

Engineers Still a Work in Progress

TROY — There were certainly some hiccups, some concerns, during the third period on Saturday night, but Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute’s two victories over the weekend — and the Engineers’ five-game unbeaten string since their season-opening defeat — certainly are encouraging.

“We’ve still got a lot of work to do,” says RPI coach Seth Appert, but at 3-1-2, the Engineers show promise.

With all due respect to Bentley, RIT and Niagara, the Engineers schedule certainly gets much tougher from hereon; they play high-scoring rival and 16th-ranked Union on neutral ice — Lake Placid’s Herb Brooks 1980 Arena on Saturday.

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