March 26, 2011

Engineers Eager to Add to Legacy

GREEN BAY, Wisc. — Relaxing for two days in Green Bay and enjoying the tradition and history of Lambeau Field and the Green Bay Packers has been nice. Now Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute players just want to play hockey — and maybe show a little RPI tradition, too.

The 16th-ranked Engineers, seeded fourth and last in the Midwest, realize they’ll be facing what most view as the nation’s best team today when they take on top-ranked North Dakota in an NCAA Midwest Region tournament game at Green Bay’s Resch Center (1:30 p.m., EDT).

“We just want to play,” said RPI senior captain John Kennedy. “We’ve played top teams in the nation before and beaten them. We just want to get out there and show what we have.”

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