On the strength of four power-play goals, including two by senior Oren Eizenman, Rensselaer defeated Merrimack, 4-1, in front of a crowd of 2,757 at the Houston Field House. <\/p>\n
The homestanding Engineers, the 18th-ranked team in the nation, broke out in front with a pair of power-play goals within 36 seconds early in the first period. Eizenman scored from the right post with RPI enjoying a 5-on-3 advantage at 2:16 and junior Jake Morissette capitalized on a 5-on-4 at 2:52. Eizenman’s goal was set up by Paul Kerins and Jake Luthi.<\/p>\n
Luthi took a shot from the point which got on net, but the rebound bounced to Kerins, who moved it to Eizenman for the goal.<\/p>\n
Morissette’s marker, which came from the center of the blueline, was assisted by Matt Angers-Goulet and Jonathan Ornelas. Morissette was playing the point and his shot from the blue line evaded Warrior goaltender Patrick Watson over his left shoulder.<\/p>\n
The Engineers went up 3-1 with another power-play goal in the second period. Eizenman fed Angers-Goulet with a pass across the crease which Angers-Goulet put right into the net. This was followed by Merrimack’s lone goal as Matt Byrnes won a face-off to Jordan Hart, who took a point shot that skipped past Engineers goaltender Jordan Alford. <\/p>\n
The Engineers made the score 4-1 with their fourth power-play goal of the game in the third period. Eizenman scored his second of the game with a point shot that was set up by Luthi and Seth Klerer. <\/p>\n
The Engineers finished the game 4-for-9 on the power play while the Warriors were 0-for-8. Alford (3-0-1) made 24 saves in the win while Watson (0-2-0) made 21 saves in the loss. <\/p>\n
Eizenman finished with two goals and an assist, Morissette had a goal and an assist, and Luthi had two assists. <\/p>\n
The Warriors (1-8-1) travel to Vermont next Saturday in a Hockey East contest while the Engineers (4-1-3) host Sacred Heart in a non-conference game on Friday evening at 7pm.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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