# 2020–21 RPI Engineers men's ice hockey season

The 2020–21 RPI Engineers Men's ice hockey season would have been the 102nd season of play for the program and the 60th season in the ECAC Hockey conference. The Engineers represent Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, and play their home games at Houston Field House.

## Season

On July 1, 2020, Rensselaer announced that all of its athletic programs would be suspended for the fall semester due to concerns over the COVID-19 pandemic. The school did not make a determination on the fate of their spring semester at the time and said that the final decision on winter and spring sports would be made in due course. After 18 members of Yale's ice hockey team tested positive in October, the season for all college hockey teams was put in jeopardy. Less than a month later the Ivy League made the decision to cancel all winter sports. As a result of that decision, which cut ECAC Hockey in half for the 2020–21 season, Rensselaer elected to follow suit and cancel their season as well on November 16.

## Departures

| Player | Position | Nationality | Cause |
| Tristan Ashbrook | Forward | United States | Transfer (Michigan Tech) |
| Shane Bear | Forward | United States | Graduation |
| Todd Burgess | Forward | United States | Graduate Transfer (Minnesota State) |
| Mike Gornall | Forward | Canada | Graduation (signed with Knoxville Ice Bears) |
| Jake Marrello | Forward | United States | Graduation |
| Patrick Polino | Forward | United States | Graduation |
| Will Reilly | Defenseman | United States | Graduation (signed with Wilkes-Barre/Scranton Penguins) |
| T. J. Samec | Defenseman | United States | Graduation |
| Owen Savory | Goaltender | Canada | Transfer (Massachusetts–Lowell) |
| Chase Zieky | Defenseman | United States | Graduation |

## Recruiting

| Player | Position | Nationality | Age | Notes |
| John Beaton | Forward | Canada | 19 | Stittsville, ON |
| Jack Brackett$^†$ | Forward | United States | 19 | Manassas, VA |
| Dylan Davies | Forward | United States | 19 | Traverse City, MI |
| Jake Gagnon | Forward | Canada | 20 | Pointe-Claire, PQ |
| James McIsaac | Forward | Canada | 21 | Winnipeg, MB |
| Altti Nykänen | Forward | Finland | 19 | Vihti, FIN |
| Henri Schreifels$^†$ | Forward | United States | 20 | Agoura Hills, CA |
| Shane Sellar | Forward | United States | 23 | Transfer from Dartmouth |
| Lauri Sertti | Defenseman | Finland | 21 | Espoo, FIN |
† played junior hockey or equivalent during 2020–21 season.

## Roster

As of January 26, 2021.

## Standings

2020–21 ECAC Hockey Standingsvte :
| | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | Conference record | 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 | OTW | OTL | 3/SW | PTS | PT% | GF | GA | GP | W | L | T | GF | GA |
| #11 Quinnipiac † | 18 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 37 | .685 | 54 | 34 | 29 | 17 | 8 | 4 | 100 | 59 |
| #20 Clarkson | 14 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 25 | .595 | 29 | 25 | 22 | 11 | 7 | 4 | 62 | 52 |
| St. Lawrence * | 14 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 15 | .357 | 30 | 37 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 40 | 45 |
| Colgate | 18 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 16 | .352 | 34 | 51 | 22 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 48 | 66 |
| Brown | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cornell | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dartmouth | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Harvard | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Princeton | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Rensselaer | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Union | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Yale | 0 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 0 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Championship: March 20, 2021 † indicates conference regular season champion (Cleary Cup) * indicates conference tournament champion (Whitelaw Cup) Rankings: USCHO.com Top 20 Poll |||||||||||||||||||

## Schedule and Results

Season Cancelled