TROY -- Seth Appert and his Rensselaer Engineers pulled off a huge non-conference victory on Saturday, visibly outplaying No. 7 Boston University in a 4-1 triumph, delighting a Houston Field House crowd of 3,309.
Joel Malchuk started the RPI attack with a laser-like slapshot, short-handed goal at 11:58 of the first period.
Tyler Helfrich, Chase Polacek and Bryan Brutlag added power-play goals as the Engineers' special teams were superior.
Rensselaer killed all five of BU's power plays.
Polacek assisted on the final goal and Nick Bailen had a pair of assists as the 15th-ranked Engineers improved to 9-4-3 overall.
More later.