Parting Schotts

RPI will host NCAA Frozen Four finalist Ferris State to open 2012-13 hockey season

The RPI men's hockey team will host NCAA Frozen Four finalist Ferris State in a two-game series to open the 2012-13 regular season, the Engineers announced Monday.

The games against the Bulldogs, who beat Union, 3-1, in the semifinals April 5 before losing to Boston College, 4-1, in the championship game two days later, will be played Oct. 12-13 at 7 p.m.

The Engineers open the ECAC Hockey portion of their schedule Nov. 2 when they host Union at 7 p.m., which will also be the Black Friday jersey night. The two teams play the following night at Messa Rink. The two teams will play a non-conference game Jan. 26 at the Times Union Center.

RPI will play a 4 p.m. New Year's Eve against Sacred Heart at Houston Field House.

RPI will make two trips to the state of Minnesota. The Engineers will be at Minnesota State Oct. 19-20, and St. Cloud State Dec. 27-28.

The Engineers will have two games at Hockey East schools -- Boston University at 7 p.m. Jan. 4, and New Hampshire at 4 p.m. Jan. 6.

"We are looking forward to the challenge of another demanding schedule, both in ECAC and non-nonference play," RPI coach Seth Appert said in a statement. "I am excited to have my alma mater [Ferris State] open our season at home. Another game that should be of great interest to our fans is our game against Union at the Times Union Center. We are striving to make that game a huge draw, and create energy and excitement for both programs, fan bases and alumni groups."

Schedule
Home games in CAPS
e-Denotes ECAC Hockey game
OCTOBER
6 -- ACADIA (exhibition), 7; 12 -- FERRIS STATE, 7; 13 -- FERRIS STATE, 7; 19 -- at Minnesota State, 8; 20 -- at Minnesota State, 8.
NOVEMBER
e-2 -- UNION, 7 (Black Friday); e-3 -- at Union, 7; e-9 -- at Dartmouth, 7; e-10 -- at Harvard, 7; 16 -- MERCYHURST, 7; 17 -- MERCYHURST, 7; e-30 -- PRINCETON, 7.
DECEMBER
e-1 -- QUINNIPIAC, 7; e-7 at Yale, 7; e-8 -- at Brown, 4; 27 -- at St. Cloud State, 8; 28 -- at St. Cloud State, 8; 31 -- SACRED HEART, 4.
JANUARY
4 -- at Boston U, 7; 6 -- at New Hampshire, 4; e-11 at Quinnipiac, 7; e-12 at Princeton, 4; e-18 -- COLGATE, 7; e-19 -- CORNELL, 7; 26 -- vs. Union at Times Union Center, 7.
FEBRUARY
e-1 -- HARVARD, 7; e-2 -- DARTMOUTH (Big Red Freakout), 7; e-8 -- at St. Lawrence, 7; e-9 at Clarkson, 7; e-15 -- BROWN, 7; e-16 -- YALE (Whiteout), 7; e-22 -- at Cornell, 7; e-23 -- at Colgate, 7.
MARCH
e-1 -- CLARKSON, 7; e-2 -- ST. LAWRENCE, 7.

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