2017-18 RPI men’s hockey schedule released

TROY — The Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) men’s ice hockey team has released its schedule for the upcoming 2017-18 season. In all, the Engineers will play a total of 35 games, 17 of which home at Houston Field House.

Highlighting the schedule is a road trip to Belfast, Northern Ireland for the Friendship Four Tournament over Thanksgiving Weekend.

“I am very excited to start my first season as head coach with a schedule that is challenging and allows us to play some great opponents,” said first-year head coach Dave Smith. “We open the season with a chance to learn about each other during a week off and then travel together the next two weeks spending some great quality time on the road.”

Rensselaer will open up its season at home on Friday, September 30 at 7:00 p.m. when they host St. Mary’s (Nova Scotia) for an exhibition game.

The 2017 Mayor’s Cup game against rival Union is scheduled for 6:00 p.m. on Saturday, January 27 at the Times Union Center in downtown Albany. For the first time, there will be a women’s Albany Cup game before hand.

September:
30: Home vs St. Mary’s (Nova Scotia) — 5 p.m. (exhibition)

October:
13: @ Ohio State — 7 p.m.
14: @ Ohio State — 7 p.m.
20: @ Niagara — 7 p.m.
21: @ RIT — 7 p.m.
27: @Union — 7 p.m.
28: Home vs Union — 7 p.m.

November
3: @ Clarkson — 7 p.m.
4: @ St. Lawrence — 7 p.m.
10: Home vs Quinnipiac — 7 p.m.
11: Home vs Princeton — 7 p.m.
17: Home vs Notre Dame — 7 p.m.
18: Home vs Notre Dame — 7 p.m.
24: Game vs Clarkson @ Belfast, Northern Ireland) — Time: 2:00 p.m. — Friendship Four
25: Game vs TBD @ Belfast, Northern Ireland) — Time: TBD — Friendship Four

December
1: Home vs Yale — 7 p.m.
2: Home vs Brown — 7 p.m.
8: Home vs New Hampshire — 7 p.m.
29: Home vs Maine — 4 p.m.
30: Home vs Maine — 4 p.m.

January
5: at Harvard — 7 p.m.
6: at Dartmouth — 7 p.m.
9: Home vs Harvard — 7 p.m.
12: Home vs St. Lawrence — 7 p.m.
13: Home vs Clarkson — 7 p.m.
19: at Brown*, 7 p.m.
20: at Yale — 7 p.m.
27: Mayor’s Cup game vs Union — 6 p.m. — @ Times Union Center

February
2: at Colgate — 7 p.m.
3: at Cornell — 7 p.m.
9: Home vs Dartmouth — 7 p.m.
16: at Princeton — 7 p.m.
17: at Quinnipiac — 7 p.m.
23: Home vs Cornell — 7 p.m.
24: Home vs Colgate — 7 p.m.