Feb. 28: RPI senior Mark McGowan scored on a penalty shot with 6:22 to play in regulation time and the Engineers upset 19^th-ranked St. Lawrence 4-3 in the final regular season ECAC hockey game for both teams on Saturday night.
 
The Saints, who went into the weekend with second place locked up, were swept on the Capital District trip and will take a 18-13-3 overall mark into the ECAC quarterfinals against a team to be determined March 13-14. RPI, 10-23-3 overall, earned the ninth seed in the upcoming first round and will play at eighth seed Clarkson next weekend.
 
The Saints were foiled in part by a strong performance by RPI senior goaltender Scott Diebold, who had a number of big saves among his 34 for the game.
 
The Saints scored the game's first goal for the second straight night, but again fell victim to a comeback.
 
Gunnar Hughes opened the scoring with his 12^th of the year on a power play stuff in with 49 seconds left in the first period. Patrick Doherty and Gavin Bayreuther assisted on the goal which came in a scramble in front of Diebold.
 
RPI tied it on a goal by freshman defenseman Mike Prapavessis as Prapavessis circled in front and snapped a shot past Saint goalie Kyle Hayton, who had traffic in front of the crease at 2:30 of the second. The Saints went ahead 2-1 on the first of two goals in the game by defenseman Eric Sweetman as Sweetman took the puck from Justin Bruckel and walked in on Diebold, snapping a shot under the crossbar for his third of the year.
 
Engineer freshman Drew Melanson then scored two goals just 2:07 apart to give RPI a 3-2 lead. Melanson scored his eighth of the year from Bradley Bell on a breakaway as the Saints were caught in a line change at 10:31 and then was credited with his ninth of the year in a power play scramble at 12:38 as the puck was under Hayton and ended up trickling into the net.
 
Sweetman tied the game at 3-3 at 10:54 of the third as he took a pass from Brian Ward and launched a rocket from the point which beat Diebold cleanly, but McGowan was awarded the penalty shot just under three minutes later and scored with a shot inside the far post to give RPI the lead.
 
The Saints pulled Hayton for an extra attacker with just over a minute to go and had some golden chances to pull even again, but could not find the back of the net.
 
Hayton finished with 26 saves for the Saints who outshot RPI 38-30.