Here is the Press Release at Media Day from Friday. Contains Roster and outlook Any mistakes are my typos. Rensselaer Men's Ice Hockey Roster No Name Cl Pos Ht&Wt Home Last Team 1 Bryan Masotta So G 6-1 195 Northford, CT Hotchkiss 4 Patrick Brownlee So D 6-0 205 Minneapolis, MN Blake 5 Jon Pirrong Sr D 5-11 175 Norfolk, MA Mt. St. Charles 7 Chris Maye Sr F 5-11 190 Atlanta, GA Exeter 8 Cory Bilodeau Fr D 5-11 170 W. Boylston, MA RI Sharks 9 Stephen Fukes Fr F 6-2 195 Whiteboro, MA Salisbury 10 Alain St. Hilaire Fr F 6-0 180 Dollard-Des-Ormeaux, QUE Weyburn Red Wings 11 George Murray Fr D 6-2 180 Tilley, ALTA Calgary Royals 13 Daniel Riva Fr F 6-0 190 Framingham, MA RI Sharks 14 Doug Battaglia So F 6-1 195 Barrie, ONT Brockville 15 Eric Healey So F 6-0 190 Hull, MA NE Classics 16 Mark Murphy Fr F 5-11 200 Duxbury, MA Stratford 18 Erick James Fr F 6-2 185 Watertown, NY Kingston 19 Bryan Richardson Sr F 5-8 180 Pointe-Claire PQ Ottawa Sen 20 Jean-Francois Gosselin Fr F 5-10 185 Quebec City, PQ Joliette 21 Patrick Rochon Sr D 5-9 182 Ste-Martine, PQ Lac St. Louis 22 Chris Kiley Sr D/F 5-10 190 Hingham, MA Catholic Mem 23 Jeff O'Connor Sr F 5-9 190 Renfrew, ONT Pembroke 24 Matthew Garver Fr F Northwood 25 Bryan Tapper So D 6-2 195 Scarborough, ONT Wexford 26 Chris Aldous So D 6-3 200 Massena, NY Northwood 27 Tim Regan Sr F 5-8 180 Dorchester, MA Catholic Mem 29 Kyle Ferguson Sr F 6-4 224 Don Mills, ONT Michigan Tech 30 Mike Tamburro Sr G 5-7 175 King City, ONT Wexford 31 Anthony Pergolotti Fr G 5-11 170 Wantagh, NY Nassau Lions Head Coach: Dan Fridgen (Colgate '82) Assistant Coaches: Bill Cahill (Norwich '73), John Burke (Bowling Green '91), (ed.) Ivan Moore (Rensselaer '92) Trainers: Anthony Ortolano (Norwich '76), Karen Cuomo (Russell Sage '91) Equipment Manager: Ed Musho (Rensselaer '94) Captain: Patrick Rochon '96 Alternate Captain: Tim Regan '96 1995 Outlook: Undoubtedly, defense will be the strentgh of this years squad. Although the Engineers lost Second Team All-ECAC selection Adam Bartell to graduation, Rensselaer returns six players behind the blue line. Anchoring the defensive corps is senior captain Patrick Rochon. A leader both on and off the ice, Rochon finished the 1994-95 season first among defensemen in points with 26 (4-22-26), while his 22 assist effort was good for third on the team overall. Helping Rochon patrol the Engineers' zone are seniors Chris Kiley and Jon Pirrong. Kiley, who also saw shifts on offense last season, will likely be used on the power play and the penalty kill units. Pirrong tallied three goals and 10 assists last year, but his real numbers came in the penalty box, as he was tagged with 28 penalties for 75 minutes. The Engineers have three solid defensemen in sophomores Patrick Brownlee, who appeared in all but one game last season, notching a goal and six assists, Bryan Tapper, who knocked in four goals and added three assists, and Chris Aldous who chipped in one assist. Adding to the veteran six are newcomers George Murray, an accomplished Junior A player who should blend in quite well with the Rensselaer defense, and Cory Bilodeau, the EJHL's Outstanding Defen- seman last seson. rensselaer should also be quite effective in goal. Returning for his final season in net for the Engineers is senior Mike Tamburro. Tamburro is a large part of the reason Rensselaer rose through the ranks to capture the ECAC Championship, as his superior play between the pipes garnered him ECAC Tournament Most Valuable Player honors. The ECAC Player of the Week three consecutive times over the final weeks of last season, he posted a 2.92 GAA and .914 save percentage on the season. The Engineers have a gem of a backup in sophomore Bryan Masotta, a talented goaltender who should see plenty of time in net this season. And with the addition of freshman Anthony Perglotti, Rensselaer may be sporting one of the best goaltending units in the league. The forward ranks face several key losses, as graduation speeled an end to the careers of seven forwards, including Craig Hamelin (15-29-44), who holds the sixth spot among Rensselaer's all-time assist leaders, Kelly Askew (8-16-24), who along with Hamelin has signed to play in Sweden, and Toronto Maple Leafs draft pick Wayne Clarke (15-13-28). (ed. who was subsequently released by Toronto earlier in training camp) However, the Engineers still hold onto last season's leading scorer, senior Bryan Richardson, who drove home 23 goals and racked up another 24 assists. A playmaker and oneof tRensselaer's most skilled forwards, Richardson is expected to once again center the Engineers' top line. One other certainty up front is senior Tim Regan. Regan, who finished third on the scoring charts with 31 points on 12 goals and 19 assists, fills the right wing slot on Richardson's line. Senior Jeff O'Connor (11-14-25) is one possibility to snag the left wing slot, as he ably completed the line with Richardson and Regan last season, after being sidelined with a knee injury earlier in the season. Looking to improve on an impresive rookie campaign is sophomore Eric Healey, who as a freshman last season, scored 13 goals and 11 assists en route to ECAC All-Rookie Team honors. Classmate Doug Battaglia, likewise, is coming off a strong inaugural season with the Engineers, in which he collected a goal and four assists. Rensselaer also benefits from the experience of senior Chris Maye (1-6-7) and Michigan Tech transfer Kyle Ferguson, who is eligible to join the team second semester. But there aren't likely to be any long term gaps among the forward lines with the freshmen class Fridgen has coming in. Among Rensselaer's newest members of the offense are several sharpshooters, including Mark Murphy, and eighth round draft pick of the Toronto Maple Leafs who led the Midwestern Junior B League in scoring with 108 points in 47 games; Alain St. Hilaire, who topped the scoring charts for the Weyburn Red Wings (Junior A) with 101 points; Daniel Riva, who tallied a team-leading 80 points in 50 games for the Rhode Island Junior Sharks (EJHL); Jean-Francois Gosselin, a 54 goal scorer for the Joliette Nationals (Junior A)l and Matt Garver, Northwood Prep's record-holder for most points in a season. Also providing added depth in the front lines are freshmen Erick James and Stephen Fukes. Taken directly from the press release written by Sports Information Director Leigh Jackman. I will have my own analysis before Saturday. ******************************************************************************* * Jayson Moy RPI '89 '93 * One of the Voices of Rensselaer Engineer * * [log in to unmask] * Hockey, Football, Baseball, and Basketball * * The "Asian Invasion" * on 91.5FM WRPI, Troy *EASM* * ******************************************************************************* HOCKEY-L is for discussion of college ice hockey; send information to [log in to unmask], The College Hockey Information List.