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The Engineers broke the deadlock at 6:57 when three Crimson defensemen collapsed on RPI forward Pete Gardiner. The puck somehow slipped through the pile, and forward Doug Sheperd took it for a mini-breakaway, which he finished off with a shot over Jonas' glove.
"We were right there in the game up until the last minutes," Jonas said. "RPI was more focused at the end, and we ran into the best goaltender in the league."
After a sluggish start, a non-call on a Crimson hit that sent an RPI player flying into Jonas roused the Engineers for a spirited last five minutes of the first period.
Rensselaer's emotion carried into the second period, and it received its first of three strong power plays at 1:04. The Engineers pressured Jonas for nearly the full two minutes and sent four shots on net--several more just missed.
Jonas certainly did his part to allow for a Crimson comeback. He made saves all night long akin to the goaltender whose style mask he shares--Dominik Hasek.