RPI men rally past Yale 2-1

TROY, N.Y. » Seniors Jared Wilson and Viktor Liljegren both scored in the third period to lift the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute men’s hockey team to a 2-1 victory over Yale University, on Friday night at the Houston Field House. With the win, the Engineers improve to 3-9-3 overall (2- 4-1 ECAC Hockey), while the Bulldogs drop to 3-7- 0 (3- 6- 0 ECAC Hockey).

RPI hosted Brown University Saturday night in a game that was not complete by press time. Yale played at No. 19 Union College.

After a scoreless opening 40 minutes in which Yale held a narrow 23-20 margin in shots, the Bulldogs finally broke onto the scoreboard, 53 seconds into the third.

Working the puck to the right point, sophomore Matt Foley took a shot that was redirected home by junior Ted Hart from just outside the crease. Classmate Joe Snively picked up the secondary assist on Hart’s first goal of the season — a power play tally.

The Engineers pulled even at 12:31, when Wilson, a senior captain, cranked home his third goal of the season off a feed from sophomore Todd Burgess. Junior

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“I’ve been going to the the job nowadays.” Hoffman said. “I’m going to left in such a tough spot Tommy Grant also earned an assist on RPI’s first man advantage tally of the night.

Liljegren, another senior, then put the Engineers on top for good at 17:04, one- timing a centering pass from freshman Emil Ohrvall for his team-leading sixth goal of the year. Classmate Mike Prapavessis picked up the secondary helper.

Despite getting out-shot 10-9 in the first, RPI turned in a number of scoring chances, including a shorthanded breakaway by sophomore Patrick Polino that was stopped by Yale sophomore netminder Corbin Kaczperski.

RPI f reshman goaltender Linden Marshall turned away all 13 shots he faced in the second, which included two Bulldogs power plays. He finished with 32 stops on the night, while Kaczperski, who was making his collegiate debut, had 34.

Liljegren’s game-winning tally was his second of the year and second of his career against Yale. His overtime-winner in 2015 was RPI’s most recent win the series. Rensselaer went 2 for 4 on the power play, while the Bulldogs were 1 for 4.

WOMEN’S ICE HOCKEY

RPI 2, BROWN 1 » Senior Marisa Raspa scored her third goal of the season to give Rensselaer a 2-1 conference win over Brown at Meehan Auditorium Friday night.

RPI’s (6-7- 4, 3-1-1 ECACH) Jaimie Grigsby opened the scoring at 9:03 in the first period on the junior’s third power play goal of the season on assists from Shayna that he played away from the flag and his pitch went through the green to the fringe.

He already was 5 over for his round through 10 holes, and he did well not to drop any more shots until he made a pair of birdies late.

Woods began his round by giving a hug to his 10-year- old daughter and 8-year- old son, who flew over from Florida. Even after a 75, he still managed to look at the big picture. He was hitting the ball well, his back felt strong and he at least feels as though he can contend.

“I think overall, I’m very happy with what’s going on this week,” Woods said. “There were a lot of questions that I had — I’m sure you guys have had — and I feel like I’ve come out on a good side.”

But he made it clear he Tomlinson and Whitney Renn.

After a scoreless second period, Brown’s (1-110, 1-8- 0 ECACH) Sam Donovan went off on a two-onone breakaway to score a shorthanded goal and tie the game with only 2:37 left in regulation.

With the score tied 1-1, Raspa worked a give-andgo play with Grigsby and netted the game winner 36 seconds into overtime.

Junior Lovisa Selander (6-7- 3) was credited with the win on a 38 save effort, while the Bears’ Calla Isaac (1- 6- 0) picked up the loss with 29 saves. had fewer questions about his performance than the public.

“I knew how I was playing at home,” he said. “I knew how I was hitting shots. I knew what was going on. Obviously, the very intelligent people out there didn’t know.”

This is the second straight year the 54-hole leader has built a cushion. Hideki Matsuyama led by seven shots last year and held on to beat Henrik Stenson.

It would be a great way for Hoffman to cap off a peculiar year. He hasn’t won a tournament since the Texas Open in May 2016, but he was in the mix at the Masters and the U.S. Open and played on his first Presidents Cup team.

“To have a chance to win this great tournament, hopefully I can knock it off,” Hoffman said.