TROY, N.Y. – Evan Peterson (Lakeville, Minnesota) potted his second two-goal game of the season Friday night but it wasn't enough as the Colgate men's ice hockey team fell to the Rensselaer Engineers, 5-2, at Houston Field House.
 
It was Peterson's first two-goal game since he scored two against the UConn Huskies on Oct. 14 and also goes down as the fourth two-point game of his career.
 
Despite picking up the loss, goaltender Charlie Finn (North Vancouver, British Columbia) passed Mark Dekanich '08 with his 119^th career game played for the most by a goaltender in program history.
 
The Engineers took a 1-0 lead 3:46 into the first period on Lou Nanne's third goal of the season. After rushing into the offensive zone, Brady Wiffen dropped a pass for Nanne in the slot who wristed the shot past Finn's glove side for the goal.
 
Peterson knotted up the score early in the second period to make it 1-1. After Bobby McMann (Wainwright, Alberta) skated the puck into the offensive zone. After the puck found John Snodgrass (Eagan, Minnesota), he had a shot saved but McMann tapped the rebound back to Peterson whose shot deflected of Rensselaer goaltender Chase Perry for the goal.
 
Rensselaer reclaimed a 2-1 lead with 13:57 left in the second period and two seconds left in their power play on Evan Tironese's fifth goal. Tironese skated into the right circle on a breakaway and rifled home the goal.
 
The Raiders tied up the game once again with a power-play goal of their own thanks to Peterson's second goal of the game. Jake Kulevich (Marblehead, Massachusetts) worked the puck across the blue line to Willie Brooks (Locust, New Jersey) where his shot was blocked by a Rensselaer defender. The puck went right to Peterson who wristed home the equalizer.
 
One minute after an incredible windmill save by Finn, the Engineers reclaimed a one-goal lead with 1:36 to go in the second period as Tironese put home his second of the game with a wraparound goal to Finn's left to make it 3-2.
 
Rensselaer extended its lead to 4-2 with 5:24 left in the 3^rd period as Viktor Liljegren raced up the left wall and beating a Colgate defender before putting home his sixth of the season before the Engineers picked up an empty net goal late in the game.
 
BOTTOM LINE
Rensselaer 5, Colgate 2
 
WON-LOST RECORDS
The Engineers improve to 6-22-1 (4-12-0 ECAC Hockey) with their second straight win while the Raiders fall to 6-15-5 (4-8-2 ECAC Hockey).
 
KEY RAIDER INFO
-Peterson tallied his second two-goal game of the season and now has five goal of this season
-Finn passed Mark Dekanich '08 with his 119^th career game played for the most games played by a goaltender in program history
-Kulevich extended his team lead with his 12^th assist and 15^th point of the season
-Snodgrass picked up his 11^th assist of the season and 12^th point
-Brooks picked up a point in the second straight game with his fourth assist of the season
-McMann moved into second place on the team with his 14^th point and ninth assist
 
FACTS AND FIGURES
-The Raiders outshot the Engineers, 42-28, in the loss
-Each team recorded a power-play goal, with Colgate going 1 for 4 and Rensselaer going 1 for 3
-Colgate won the faceoff battle, 39-26, behind Peterson's game-high 12 faceoff wins
-Tyler Penner (Winnipeg, Manitoba) and Mike Panowyk (Whitby, Ontario) won 11 and 9 faceoffs, respectively.
 
UP NEXT
The Raiders continue their road trip in the Capital District Saturday night as they travel over to Schenectady to take on the nationally ranked No. 4/5 Union Dutchmen with puck drop slated for 7:30 p.m.