RPI Engineers men's ice hockey
| RPI Engineers | |
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| University | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
| Conference | ECAC |
| Head coach |
Dave Smith 1st year |
| Captain(s) | Riley Bourbonnais Jimmy DeVito |
| Alternate captain(s) | Parker Reno |
| Arena |
Houston Field House Capacity: 4,800 Surface: 200' x 85' |
| Location | Troy, New York |
| Colors | Cherry and White |
| NCAA Tournament Champions | |
| 1954, 1985 | |
| NCAA Tournament Frozen Four | |
| 1953, 1954, 1961, 1964, 1985 | |
| NCAA Tournament Appearances | |
| 1953, 1954, 1961, 1964, 1984, 1985, 1994, 1995, 2011 | |
| Conference Tournament Champions | |
| 1984, 1985, 1995 | |
| Conference Regular Season Champions | |
| 1952, 1953, 1954, 1984, 1985 | |
| Current uniform | |
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The RPI Engineers men's ice hockey team is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I college ice hockey program that represents Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI). The Engineers are a member of ECAC Hockey (ECACH). They play at the Houston Field House in Troy, New York.
Men's ice hockey at RPI dates back to 1901 and is one of the oldest programs in the country. The team played as an independent NCAA Division I team from its inception in 1901 through 1938. The team resumed after World War II for the 1949–50 season and in the following season Rensselaer joined Clarkson, Colgate, Middlebury, St. Lawrence, and Williams to form the Tri-State League for the 1950–51 season. The next three seasons, 1952–1954 team won the Tri-State League season championships. RPI's first NCAA Tournament berth in 1953, coming in third and the following season, in 1954, the team won its first NCAA Men's Division I Ice Hockey Championship. After a 6-year drought the program again made the NCAA Tournament in 1961, finishing 4th. The 1960–61 season would be the last season RPI competed in the Tri-State League as RPI and fellow Tri-State League members Clarkson and St. Lawrence, joined the new ECAC Hockey League.
Depending on how the rules are interpreted, the RPI men's ice hockey team may have the longest winning streak on record for a Division I team; in the 1984–85 season it went undefeated for 30 games, but one game was against the University of Toronto, a non-NCAA team. Continuing into the 1985–86 season, RPI continued undefeated over 38 games, including two wins over Toronto.Adam Oates and Daren Puppa, two players during that time, both went on to become stars in the NHL. Joe Juneau, who played from 1987 to 1991, also spent many years in the NHL. Graeme Townshend who also played in the late 1980s, had a brief NHL career. He is the first person of Jamaican ancestry to play in the National Hockey League.
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