Team Notes: RPI Set for Playoffs
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The following article appeared February 22 on the Rensselaer Web site.
TROY, NY – The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI)
women’s ice hockey team will make its third appearance in the
ECAC Hockey playoffs this weekend, heading to Hamden, Conn., for a
best-of-three quarterfinals against Quinnipiac University. The
Engineers, who are in their fourth season as a member of the ECACH,
enter as the fifth-seed and will play the fourth-seeded Bobcats,
beginning Friday at 4 p.m. at the TD Bank Sports Center. Game times
for Saturday and Sunday’s (if necessary) contests are
scheduled for 2 p.m.
Under the direction of seventh-year head coach John Burke,
Rensselaer posted a 14-13-6 overall record and an 11-7-4 mark in
ECACH play. The Engineers, who finished with a conference record
above .500 for the second straight season, currently have the 12th
best scoring defense in the nation (2.09 goals allowed per game)
and rank 11th nationally on the penalty kill (86.9%).
Seniors Whitney Naslund (Bloomington, MN/Bloomington Jefferson)
and Allison Wright (Oakville, ON/Oakville Ice) lead the Engineers
in scoring through 33 games. Both have tallied 23 points on the
season. Naslund, who has a team-best 14 goals and nine assists, has
also posted team-highs in power play goals (6) and game-winning
markers (3). An ECAC Hockey Player of the Week selection, she has
eight goals and four assists in 22 league contests. The
program’s all-time leader in career games played (137),
Naslund recently became the first Division I player and just the
seventh in program history to reach 100 career points
(48-54-102).
Complete article can be accessed via the Rensselaer Web site by
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