The Engineers represented Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, played their home games at Houston Field House and were coached by Dave Smith in his 6th season.

While their opposition at this time would all end up finishing the year ranked in the top 20, the porous defense persisted.

At one point, the team turned to Brett Miller, a senior who had seen very little playing time in his college career, as starter but that experiment lasted just a few games.

Rensselaer was pitted against its long-time rival, Clarkson, and they relished the chance to ruin the Golden Knights' season.

After Sutter Muzzatti increased the team's lead in third, the Knights finally fought back and ended up firing 22 shots in the third period.