RPI men's hockey shuts out St. Lawrence 4-0

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Head coach Dave Smith's RPI men's hockey team blanked St. Lawrence 4-0 on Monday.

CANTON — Freshman goaltender Jack Watson made a career-high 41 saves to lead the RPI men’s hockey team to a 4-0 victory over St. Lawrence on Monday afternoon at Appleton Arena.

The Engineers improve to 10-12-3 overall (5-5-0 ECAC Hockey), while the Saints fell to 5-11-4 (3-5-2 ECAC Hockey).

RPI got the scoring started at 1:54 of the opening period, when sophomore James McIsaac buried a backhand shot on a breakaway for his first collegiate goal, and senior defenseman Kyle Hallbauer was credited with an assist on the play.

Freshman Reid Leibold made it 2-0 at 15:05 of the second when he tucked home his first career goal on another breakaway chance, also assisted by Hallbauer, who found Leibold with a stretch pass to send Leibold down the middle of the ice for a low shot into the left side of the net.

The Engineers pushed their advantage to 3-0 late in the second when TJ Walsh tracked down a loose puck in the right circle and zipped a pass onto the tape of Shane Sellar on the left side, who picked out the top left corner of the net for his fifth goal of the season.

Ryan Mahshie finished the scoring with an empty-netter with a second left in the game.

Watson (2-1-0) made 15 saves in the second and 22 in the third to help preserve his first collegiate shutout.

RPI 1 2 1 — 4

St. Lawrence 0 0 0 — 0

First period — 1, RPI, McIsaac 1 (Hallbauer), 1:54. Penalties — MacLeod, SLU (holding), 6:44; Leibold, RPI (tripping), 12:23; Dorrington, SLU (high sticking), 13:10; Erickson, SLU (delaying the game), 17:36; Dubinsky, RPI (hooking), 17:55.

Second period — 2, RPI, Leibold 1 (Hallbauer), 15:05. 3, RPI, Sellar (5) Walsh), 19:44.

Third period — 4, RPI, Mahshie 5 (ua), 19:59 (en). Penalties — RPI (delaying the game), :40.

Shots on goal — RPI, 12-9-4 — 25; St. Lawrence, 4-15-22 — 41.

Power-play opportunities — RPI, 0 of 3; St. Lawrence, 0 of 3.

Goalies — RPI, Watson (2-1-0), 41 saves. St. Lawrence, Adams (0-2-0), 21.

A — 412. Referees — Anthony Kenney, Kevin Graber. Linesmen — Coby Munson, Patrick Woodward.

Women

Quinnipiac 5, Union 0

SCHENECTADY — The Union College women’s hockey team fell to the No. 5 Quinnipiac 5-0 at Messa Rink.

The Bobcats (8-2-0, 16-3-3) scored three goals in a 5:11 span in the second period to jump out to a 3-0 lead. Two of the goals came on the power play.

Sophomore goaltender Olivia Rinzel made 37 saves for Union (1-11-0, 4-18-1).

Quinnipiac 0 3 2 — 5

Union 0 0 0 — 0

First period — None. Penalties — Merlo, U (body checking), 16:37.

Second period — 1, Quinnipiac, Peart 7 (Mobley, Cooper), 5:34 (pp). 2, Quinnipiac, Steigauf 10 (Reilly, Konigson), 7:28. 3, Quinnipiac, Steigauf 11 (Hoskin, Vorster), 10:45 (pp). Penalties — Friday, U (tripping), 5:09; Michalicka, U (body checking), 10:12; Merlo, U (tripping), 15:20.

Third period — 4, Quinnipiac, Cooper 2 (Mobley, Peart), 12:04. 5, Quinnipiac, Mobley 9 (Naud, Cooper), 18:44. Penalties — Greco, U (slashing), 6:50; Union bench (too many players on ice), 9:52; King, U (cross checking), 16:17.

Shots on goal — Quinnipiac, 13-13-16 — 42; Union, 2-2-11 — 15.

Power-play opportunities — Quinnipiac, 2 of 7; Union, 0 of 0.

Goalies — Quinnipiac, Angers *8-0-1), 15 saves. Union, Rinzel (2-14-1), 37.

A — 55. Referees — Daniel Gosselin, Jason Engelhart. Linesmen — Matthew Potrzeba, Tim Waters.