# 2019–20 RPI Engineers men's ice hockey season

The 2019–20 RPI Engineers Men's ice hockey season was the 101st season of play for the program and the 59th season in the ECAC Hockey conference. The Engineers represented Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute and played their home games at Houston Field House, and were coached by Dave Smith, in his 3rd season.
On March 12, ECAC Hockey announced that the remainder of the tournament was cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

## Departures

| Player | Position | Nationality | Cause |
| Jaren Burke | Forward | Canada | Transfer (Queen's) |
| Thomas Grant | Defenseman | United States | Graduation (Retired) |
| Matt Harris | Defenseman | United States | Transfer (Long Island) |
| Jacob Hayhurst | Forward | Canada | Graduate Transfer (Michigan) |
| Meirs Moore | Defenseman | Sweden | Graduation (signed with Pensacola Ice Flyers) |
| Donovan Ott | Forward | United States | Transfer (Utica) |
| Chase Perry | Goaltender | Canada | Signed Professional Contract (Pensacola Ice Flyers) |
| Brady Wiffen | Forward | Canada | Graduation (signed with Seaforth Centenaires) |

## Recruiting

| Player | Position | Nationality | Age | Notes |
| Tristan Ashbrook | Forward | United States | 21 | Manistique, MI |
| Cory Babichuk | Defenseman | Canada | 19 | Edmonton, AB |
| Alec Calvaruso | Goaltender | United States | 21 | Livonia, MI |
| Zach Dubinsky | Forward | United States | 19 | Deerfield, IL |
| Louis Helsen | Defenseman | United States | 21 | Dallas, TX |
| Rory Herrman | Forward | United States | 20 | Poway, CA |
| Simon Kjellberg | Defenseman | United States | 19 | Nashville, TN |
| Mason Klee | Defenseman | United States | 19 | Morrison, CO |
| Ryan Mahshie | Defenseman | Canada | 20 | Stoney Creek, ON |

## Roster

As of September 5, 2019.

## Standings

2019–20 ECAC Hockey Standingsvte :
| | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record | Overall record |
| | GP | W | L | T | PTS | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #1 Cornell † | 22 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 38 | 81 | 34 | 29 | 23 | 2 | 4 | 104 | 45 |
| #7 Clarkson | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | 33 | 63 | 38 | 34 | 23 | 8 | 3 | 96 | 63 |
| #14 Quinnipiac | 22 | 14 | 6 | 2 | 30 | 64 | 45 | 34 | 21 | 11 | 2 | 94 | 78 |
| Rensselaer | 22 | 13 | 8 | 1 | 27 | 63 | 41 | 34 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 95 | 87 |
| Harvard | 22 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 27 | 82 | 59 | 31 | 15 | 10 | 6 | 116 | 87 |
| Dartmouth | 22 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 60 | 73 | 31 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 93 | 106 |
| Yale | 22 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 22 | 57 | 64 | 32 | 15 | 15 | 2 | 77 | 97 |
| Colgate | 22 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 21 | 50 | 54 | 36 | 12 | 16 | 8 | 76 | 87 |
| Brown | 22 | 8 | 12 | 2 | 18 | 41 | 54 | 31 | 8 | 21 | 2 | 52 | 84 |
| Union | 22 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 12 | 46 | 71 | 37 | 8 | 25 | 4 | 67 | 112 |
| Princeton | 22 | 2 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 46 | 71 | 31 | 6 | 20 | 5 | 66 | 100 |
| St. Lawrence | 22 | 2 | 18 | 2 | 6 | 37 | 81 | 36 | 4 | 27 | 5 | 64 | 130 |
| Championship: March 21, 2020 † indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll; updated March 23, 2020 |||||||||||||||

## Schedule and Results

| Date | Time | Opponent$^#$ | Site | TV | Decision | Result | Attendance | Record |
| Exhibition ||||||||||
| October 5 | 4:00 PM | vs. Brock* | Houston Field House • Troy, New York (Exhibition) | | Marshall | W 6–3 | 1,937 | |
| Regular Season ||||||||||
| October 11 | 7:00 PM | at #4 Massachusetts* | Mullins Center • Amherst, Massachusetts | NESN | Savory | L 3–5 | 3,628 | 0–1–0 |
| October 12 | 7:31 PM | at Connecticut* | XL Center • Hartford, Connecticut | | Marshall | W 5–3 | 2,859 | 1–1–0 |
| October 18 | 7:00 PM | vs. Connecticut* | Houston Field House • Troy, New York | | Marshall | L 2–5 | 2,588 | 1–2–0 |
| October 19 | 7:00 PM | vs. Canisius* | Houston Field House • Troy, New York | | Savory | W 7–2 | 3,258 | 2–2–0 |
| October 25 | 7:00 PM | at Union | Achilles Rink • Schenectady, New York | | Savory | W 3–2 | 2,062 | 3–2–0 (1–0–0) |
| October 26 | 7:00 PM | vs. Union | Houston Field House • Troy, New York | | Savory | L 1–2 | 3,108 | 3–3–0 (1–1–0) |
| November 8 | 7:00 PM | vs. St. Lawrence | Houston Field House • Troy, New York | | Savory | W 6–2 | 1,831 | 4–3–0 (2–1–0) |
| November 9 | 7:00 PM | vs. #8 Clarkson | Houston Field House • Troy, New York | | Savory | L 1–2 | 3,426 | 4–4–0 (2–2–0) |
| November 15 | 7:05 PM | at Princeton | Hobey Baker Memorial Rink • Princeton, New Jersey | | Savory | T 2–2 $^{OT}$ | 1,524 | 4–4–1 (2–2–1) |
| November 16 | 7:05 PM | vs. Quinnipiac | People's United Center • Hamden, Connecticut | | Savory | L 1–3 | 3,090 | 4–5–1 (2–3–1) |
| November 22 | 7:00 PM | vs. #10 Harvard | Houston Field House • Troy, New York | | Savory | L 3–6 | 2,554 | 4–6–1 (2–4–1) |
| November 23 | 7:35 PM | at Canisius* | LECOM Harborcenter • Buffalo, New York | | Marshall | W 3–2 | 1,107 | 5–6–1 (2–4–1) |
| November 29 | 4:05 PM | at #15 Massachusetts–Lowell* | Tsongas Center • Lowell, Massachusetts | | Marshall | L 0–4 | 3,512 | 5–7–1 (2–4–1) |
| November 30 | 7:05 PM | at Merrimack* | J. Thom Lawler Rink • North Andover, Massachusetts | | Savory | L 1–5 | 1,301 | 5–8–1 (2–4–1) |
| December 6 | 7:00 PM | vs. Yale | Houston Field House • Troy, New York | | Savory | L 1–4 | 1,718 | 5–9–1 (2–5–1) |
| December 7 | 7:00 PM | vs. Brown | Houston Field House • Troy, New York | | Calvaruso | W 2–1 $^{OT}$ | 2,101 | 6–9–1 (3–5–1) |
| December 29 | 7:00 PM | at #9 Massachusetts* | Houston Field House • Troy, New York | | Calvaruso | L 3–5 | 2,332 | 6–10–1 (3–5–1) |
| January 3 | 7:00 PM | at #4 Clarkson | Cheel Arena • Potsdam, New York | | Marshall | W 3–1 | 2,468 | 7–10–1 (4–5–1) |
| January 4 | 7:00 PM | at St. Lawrence | Roos House • Canton, New York | | Savory | W 3–0 | 502 | 8–10–1 (5–5–1) |
| January 10 | 7:05 PM | vs. #2 Cornell | Houston Field House • Troy, New York | | Marshall | L 0–3 | 2,879 | 8–11–1 (5–6–1) |
| January 11 | 7:00 PM | vs. Colgate | Houston Field House • Troy, New York | | Savory | W 3–0 | 2,337 | 9–11–1 (6–6–1) |
| January 17 | 7:00 PM | at Brown | Meehan Auditorium • Providence, Rhode Island | | Savory | W 3–1 | 602 | 10–11–1 (7–6–1) |
| January 18 | 7:00 PM | at Yale | Ingalls Rink • New Haven, Connecticut | | Calvaruso | L 1–4 | 2,174 | 10–12–1 (7–7–1) |
| January 25 | 7:00 PM | vs. Union* | Times Union Center • Albany, New York (Mayor's Cup) | | Savory | T 1–1 $^{SOW}$ | 6,164 | 10–12–2 (7–7–1) |
| January 31 | 7:00 PM | vs. Dartmouth | Houston Field House • Troy, New York | | Savory | W 7–1 | 2,351 | 11–12–2 (8–7–1) |
| February 1 | 7:00 PM | vs. Vermont* | Houston Field House • Troy, New York | | Savory | W 1–0 | 3,806 | 12–12–2 (8–7–1) |
| February 7 | 7:00 PM | at Western Michigan* | Lawson Arena • Kalamazoo, Michigan | | Calvaruso | L 4–8 | 2,575 | 12–13–2 (8–7–1) |
| February 8 | 7:00 PM | at Western Michigan* | Lawson Arena • Kalamazoo, Michigan | | Savory | L 2–6 | 2,975 | 12–14–2 (8–7–1) |
| February 14 | 7:00 PM | at Colgate | Class of 1965 Arena • Hamilton, New York | | Savory | W 4–1 | 813 | 13–14–2 (9–7–1) |
| February 15 | 7:02 PM | at #2 Cornell | Lynah Rink • Ithaca, New York | | Savory | L 2–4 | 4,267 | 13–15–2 (9–8–1) |
| February 21 | 7:00 PM | vs. #16 Quinnipiac | Houston Field House • Troy, New York | | Savory | W 4–0 | 3,008 | 14–15–2 (10–8–1) |
| February 22 | 7:00 PM | vs. Princeton | Houston Field House • Troy, New York | | Savory | W 7–1 | 2,764 | 15–15–2 (11–8–1) |
| February 28 | 7:00 PM | at Harvard | Bright-Landry Hockey Center • Boston, Massachusetts | | Savory | W 2–0 | 1,722 | 16–15–2 (12–8–1) |
| February 29 | 7:00 PM | vs. Dartmouth | Thompson Arena • Hanover, New Hampshire | | Savory | W 4–1 | 2,157 | 17–15–2 (13–8–1) |
| ECAC Hockey Tournament ||||||||||
| Remainder of Tournament Cancelled ||||||||||
| *Non-conference game. $^#$Rankings from USCHO.com Poll. All times are in Eastern Time. ||||||||||

## Scoring statistics

| Name | Position | Games | Goals | Assists | Points | PIM |
| Chase Zieky | F | 34 | 7 | 16 | 23 | 12 |
| Will Reilly | D | 34 | 8 | 14 | 22 | 12 |
| Ture Linden | F | 34 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 2 |
| Todd Burgess | C/RW | 32 | 14 | 6 | 20 | 20 |
| Patrick Polino | C | 34 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 18 |
| Mike Gornall | F | 34 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 18 |
| Jake Marrello | F | 31 | 7 | 11 | 18 | 12 |
| Cory Babichuk | D | 27 | 4 | 12 | 16 | 6 |
| Ottoville Leppänen | F | 33 | 4 | 10 | 14 | 2 |
| Tristan Ashbrook | RW | 34 | 9 | 4 | 13 | 14 |
| Zach Dubinsky | F | 22 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 4 |
| Simon Kjellberg | D | 32 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 30 |
| Brady Ferner | D | 34 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 8 |
| Jake Johnson | D | 32 | 0 | 6 | 6 | 26 |
| Billy Jerry | C | 33 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 8 |
| Kyle Hallbauer | D | 33 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6 |
| Daniel DiGrande | C | 18 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 10 |
| Mason Klee | D | 21 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Rory Herrman | F | 21 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 6 |
| Ryan Mahshie | D | 16 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| Nick Bowman | F | 10 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Shane Bear | D | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Owen Savory | G | 24 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 |
| Jakub Lacka | LW | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| Linden Marshall | G | 8 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| T. J. Samec | D | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 6 |
| Tommy Lee | F | 10 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
| Alec Calvaruso | G | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Bench | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Total | | | 95 | 166 | 261 | 254 |

## Goaltending statistics

| Name | Games | Minutes | Wins | Losses | Ties | Goals Against | Saves | Shut Outs | SV % | GAA |
| Owen Savory | 24 | 1401 | 13 | 9 | 2 | 48 | 655 | 5 | .932 | 2.06 |
| Linden Marshall | 8 | 393 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 19 | 179 | 0 | .904 | 2.90 |
| Alec Calvaruso | 5 | 245 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 16 | 106 | 0 | .869 | 3.91 |
| Empty Net | - | 10 | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - |
| Total | 34 | 2050 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 87 | 940 | 5 | .915 | 2.55 |

## Rankings

| Poll | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week | Week |
| Poll | Pre | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 (Final) |
| USCHO.com | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |
| USA Today | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR | NR |