Rensselaer 5, Clarkson 2 (Video Report)

Clarkson lost its first home game of the season Friday night, falling 5-2 to Rensselaer. The Golden Knights fell behind 2-0, then scored two goals 65 seconds apart on power-play shots from Adam Pawlick and Brandon DeFazio to tie the game.

But RPI responded with three straight goals to close out the scoring.

Before the video clips from tonight, here are the 3 stars:

No. 3: RPI goalie Allen York. Made 25 saves, including a few big ones when Clarkson had a two-man advantage for 65 seconds of the third period.

No. 2: RPI forward Alex Angers-Goulet. Assisted on three of RPI's goals.

No. 1: RPI defenseman Bryan Brutlag. Scored first goal of game and added an assist.

Now the videos:

Pre-Game Meeting

Clarkson huddles around goalie Paul Karpowich prior to opening faceoff.

Penalty Party

RPI's Peter Merth is called for tripping at 4 minutes, 33 seconds of the first period and the Clarkson student section begins to celebrate the upcoming power play.

Clarkson's First Goal

Down 2-0, freshman Adam Pawlick gets Clarkson back in the game with this power-play goal at 8:57 of the second period.

Clarkson's Last, Best Chance

The Golden Knights enjoyed about a minute with a two-man advantage in the third period, while down 4-2, but couldn't get a shot past Engineers goalie Allen York. Here is some of that power play.