This weekend, the Purple Eagles hockey team heads on its first road trip of the 2016-17 season. Niagara opens its six-game non-conference slate Friday evening against the RPI Engineers at 7 p.m. From there, Niagara stays in the Albany area and takes on the Union Dutchmen in a 4 p.m. Saturday matinee. This weekend marks Niagara’s first meeting with RPI since 2010 and its first with Union since 2011.
Niagara starts the series at the Houston Field House on Friday night, taking on the RPI Engineers in a 7 p.m. contest. From there, Niagara takes on Union in a 4 p.m. matinee on Saturday afternoon. The Purple Eagles and Engineers will face off for the first time in six years. Niagara holds a 4-2-0 lead in the all-time series, but RPI won the last matchup 4-3 in overtime on Oct. 23, 2010. Union and Niagara last played on Oct. 21, 2011, and the Purple Eagles battled to a 3-3 tie with the 12th-ranked Dutchmen on home ice.
The week’s action began on Tuesday for the Purple Eagles, who mounted a strong comeback at Mercyhurst before falling 4-2 on the road. Tanner Lomsnes scored a 5-on-3 power-play goal for Niagara at Mercyhurst. The Purple Eagles’ power play sits at 3-for-20 (15.0 percent) through three contests. Derek Brown scored the first goal of his collegiate career as well on Tuesday, burying a rebound shot from Sam Rennaker and Vinny Muto with 14:44 left in regulation. Joe O’Brien stopped 36 of 40 shots against in his first start of the season.
from PurpleEagles.com via IFTTT
