Rensselaer tied the game late in regulation and Mathias Lange stopped four
\nof five shots in the shootout and the No. 16 Engineers advanced to the
\nfinals of the 57th Annual Rensselaer Holiday Hockey Tournament, defeating
\nAIC, 2-1, in a shootout.<\/p>\n
RPI freshman Tyler Helfrich scored the deciding goal in the shootout and
\nthe Engineers move on to face ninth ranked Notre Dame in Saturday’s
\nchampionship game (7:15 p.m.).<\/p>\n
Officially a 1-1 tie, Rensselaer is now 6-3-3 overall (1-1-2 ECAC Hockey),
\nwhile the Yellow Jackets go to 2-5-2 (2-4-1 Atlantic Hockey).<\/p>\n
The Engineers, who trailed for much of the game, tied it with 3:19
\nremaining in the third period when sophomore Paul Kerins found a rebound
\nand snuck a shot past AIC junior goaltender Tom Fenton for the equalizer.
\nSophomore Peter Merth, who took a shot from the point, had the first
\nassist while the secondary helper was credited to Andrei Uryadov.<\/p>\n
The Yellow Jackets, who saw Fenton make 45 saves, earned the lead with
\njust two seconds remaining in the opening stanza when senior forward Greg
\nGenovese beat Lange five-hole. Genovese took a pass from Chad Richardson,
\nwho intercepted a Rensselaer clearing attempt at the blue line and skated
\nin alone before dishing the puck to Genovese.<\/p>\n
Despite the Engineers carrying much of the play and out-shooting AIC 15-9
\nin the first period, they trailed the Yellow Jackets going into
\nintermission. The story was much of the same in the second period as RPI
\nheld a 17-11 edge in shots in the second, giving it a 32-20 advantage
\nthrough two periods of play. The Engineers outshot AIC 11-7 in the third
\nperiod.<\/p>\n
Uryadov and Helfrich scored in the shootout for Rensselaer, while Mike
\nMcMillan notched the only shootout tally for AIC. Lange made the save on
\nthe fifth AIC shooter, Mark Pavli, to seal the 2-1 shootout win.<\/p>\n
Lange finished with 26 saves and runs his record 2-2-2 on the year, while
\nFenton stopped 15 shots in the first period, 17 in the second, 10 in the
\nthird and three in overtime and is now 0-4-1.<\/p>\n
“It’s a win, not the way we wanted it, but it’s still a win,” said
\nEngineer head coach Seth Appert. “I thought we played well and I thought
\nAIC played real smart and their goaltender was fantastic.”<\/p>\n
The tie was AIC’s very first non-loss to a ranked opponent in the
\nprogram’s history since entering the Division I ranks.<\/p>\n
While Rensselaer plays Notre Dame, AIC plays Alabama-Huntsville at 4pm in
\nthe third-place game. The Irish defeated the Chargers, 4-1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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