Box Score TROY, N.Y. – Behind a two-goal night, including the game-winner, from Reilly Connors, the Yale men's hockey team took down Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI), 4-1, in the ECAC Hockey opening round of playoffs at the Houston Field House. The No. 10-seeded Yale improved to 8-18-4 overall, while the No. 7-seeded Engineers fell to 14-20-1. With the win, the Bulldogs advanced to the ECAC quarterfinals, while RPI's season comes to a close. 
 
Scoring Summary
P1, 6:17 | Connor Sullivan lit the lamp for the Bulldogs just over six minutes in. Sullivan charged in with the puck from the half wall and sailed in from left-to-right and snuck the puck past RPI's goaltender.
P1, 12:52 | In a rush up ice, Teddy Wooding dropped the puck for Kieran O'Hearn right inside the zone. O'Hearn one-touched a hard pass over to Reilly Connor at the left faceoff dot for Connors to fire into the back of the net.
P1, 14:17 | Just over a minute later, RPI split Yale's lead in half.
P2, 4:13 | Wooding was involved again in the Bulldogs' third goal, throwing the puck on net early into the third. Ian Carpentier battled to the front of cage, and in a scramble in front, Connors found the loose puck and finished it off for the two-goal lead.  
P3, 17:47 | David Chen iced the game with an empty netter.
 
Notes

• Luke Pearson stood tall in goal, making 25 saves en route to the victory.
• Pearson recorded his first career assist on David Chen's empty netter.
• Reilly Connors notched his third game-winning goal of the season.
• It was his third multi-point game of the season, and second game this season with two goals in a game.
• Teddy Wooding's two assists marked the first game this season with multiple points in a game.
• Connor Sullivan recorded his fourth goal of the season.

 
Up Next
Yale will square off with Quinnipiac in the ECAC Hockey quarterfinals next weekend. The matchup will feature a best-of-three series and will be played at M&T Bank Arena in Hamden.