Box Score
Postgame Video - Head Coach Rick Bennett

SCHENECTADY, NY – Sophomore forward Daniel Ciampini had two goals and an assist and senior defenseman Greg Coburn had a goal and two assists to lead No. 9/10 Union (5-1-1, 2-0-0 ECAC Hockey) to a 7-3 win over RPI (1-3-2, 0-2-0 ECAC Hockey) in front of 2,313 fans at Messa Rink. With the win, Union retains the Capital Skates Trophy for the ninth straight season, having clinched the most points in the season series against RPI.
 
Junior goaltender Troy Grosenick made 21 saves in net for the Dutchmen to earn the win, while Colin Stevens and Dillon Pieri (one save) also saw action in goal for Union.
 
Sophomore defenseman Shayne Gostisbehere had three assists, two after recovering from a cut to the nose on a hit from RPI's Luke Curadi.
 
Union went 4-for-8 on the man advantage, scoring three power play goals on a major penalty to Curadi for the hit on Gostisbehere midway through the second period to take a commanding lead midway through the contest.
 
In total, Union scored six goals in the second period, matching a school record for goals in a frame set on Nov. 1, 1991 against Merrimack.
 
Ciampini scored his first goal of the night at 4:22 of the second period to break a 1-1 tie, deflecting a Greg Coburn shot past RPI goaltender Bryce Merriam (21 saves).
 
Just minutes later, Curadi leveled Gostisbehere, giving the Dutchmen a lengthy power play. Sophomore forward Max Novak wheeled around the net and scored at 10:25 to put Union up 3-1. Moments later, Ciampini scored his second of the night off another deflection, this time on a shot from Gostisbehere at 11:22.
 
At 12:29, Union made it 5-1, as Coburn scored on a backdoor rebound to give the Dutchmen their third goal on the same power play.
 
RPI cut the Union lead to 5-2 on Bo Dolan's shorthanded goal at 13:19 shortly before Union's major power play expired.
 
But Union would respond with a shorthanded goal of their own at 14:30 of the second period. Senior forward Kyle Bodie chipped a backhand pass up to senior forward Wayne Simpson, sending him alone on a breakaway. Simpson's initial shot was stopped, but he followed it up with a backhander, beating Merriam to put Union up 6-2.
 
Junior forward Josh Jooris scored from the slot at 17:57 on a tic-tac-toe passing play from freshman forward Nick Cruice and junior forward Daniel Carr to give Union its sixth goal of the period.
 
RPI's Milos Bubela scored at 7:34 of the third period, but the Engineers would get no closer. RPI's Jason Kasdorf relieved Merriam in net and made eight saves.
 
Union took an early lead in the contest, as Carr notched his 23rd career power play goal at 1:59 of the first period, breaking Jordan Webb's '05 school record.
 
Jooris set up the play with a cross-ice pass to Carr, who finished high over the shoulder of Merriam to put Union up 1-0.
 
RPI would tie it at 1-1 at 12:50, as Jacob Laliberte won a faceoff back to Ryan Haggerty, who beat Grosenick with a one-timer to even the score, setting up a wild second period.
 
Union will continue ECAC Hockey play with a trip to Harvard next Friday night at 7:00 p.m.