Official release from RPI's SID

MEN'S HOCKEY FALLS TO HARVARD, 6-4
Thirteenth-ranked Crimson score five goals in second for win

Harvard University scored five goals in the second period to overcome a one-goal deficit and went on to defeat Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), 6-4, in an Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) Division I men's hockey game at the Houston Field House in Troy, N.Y.  With the victory, the Crimson, the 13th-ranked team in the nation, improve to 14-7-1
overall and 13-3-0 in the ECAC while Rensselaer is now 8-19-2 overall and 13-3-0 in the league.

Harvard, which saw six different players score goals, remains in first place in the ECAC, tied with Cornell with 26 points, while the Engineers are in 11th place in the league.  RPI, which has six points, has now lost six straight games and is now winless in its last nine contests (0-8-1).

Rensselaer jumped out to an early lead when senior Carson Butterwick knocked in a rebound of a Nick Economakos shot six minutes into the first period.  The play developed when junior Ben Barr sent a shot from the left half-boards, which Harvard netminder Dov Grumet-Morris kicked out.  Economakos got two shots off the original rebound before Butterwick tallied his third of the season.  The Crimson knotted the scored just 1:20
later when sophomore Brendan Bernakavich scored between the legs of Kevin Kurk and into the back of the net.  Tom Cavanagh, who won a faceoff right back to Bernakavich, who scored his fourth of the season.  The Engineers fought back to regain the lead when Nolan Graham, a senior, scored on a rebound from the right of the crease.  Ryan Shields, a junior, fed Graham
from the left-side half boards for the primary assist while Kevin Croxton picked up the secondary.

Harvard took a 2-1 lead early in the second period with a pair of quick goals.  Sophomore Ryan Lannon scored on a slapshot from the blueline just 54 seconds into the period and freshman Charlie Johnson scored his second of the season from the left faceoff circle.  Tyler Kolarik and Brett Nowak earned the assists on Lannon's goal while Kenny Turano and Dominic Moore
set up Johnson's marker.  Dennis Packard potted his fourth of the season at 7:51, chasing Kurk in favor of Nathan Marsters.  Marsters fell victim to an outstanding play by Moore just three minutes into his shift, as the senior captain held the puck and eluded two defenders before depositing his 13th goal of the season.  Aaron Kim added a goal at 17:54 to give the visitors a
6-2 advantage, but the Engineers manufactured another late-period goal to cut into the lead, as CJ. Hanafin finished a three-on-one with his third goal of the season with just :39 remaining on the clock.

Economakos scored with 45 seconds left for the final margin.  Grumet-Morris finished with 32 saves while Kurk (8 saves) and Marsters (13 saves) combined for 21 saves.

Rensselaer returns to action on Saturday night when they host Brown in the 26th Annual Big Red Freakout! at 7pm.  Harvard will return to the ice when they'll play Northeastern on the consolation game of the 51st Annual Beanpot Tournament at the Fleet Center in Boston, Mass.  Monday's game will begin at 5pm.