The Times Union is reporting that two hockey players from RPI have swept the weekly awards given by the ECAC. Carson Butterwick, a sophomore from Prince Albert, Saskatchewan, was named ECAC Player of the Week. Freshman Nathan Marsters from Grimsby, Ontario, won ECAC Goaltender of the Week.

In other news, US College Hockey Online reports that Rensselaer has risen to eleventh in the USCHO Division I Poll. According to their article, "Things remained relatively calm in the USCHO.com Top 15 this week. The lone exception was Rensselaer's big jump into the rankings, placing at No. 11 after a weekend sweep of Princeton and Yale...."