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The Rensselaer Men's Hockey Team suffered two more defeats on the road this weekend at the hands of Vermont and Dartmouth. On Friday night, USCHO reports that RPI was utterly dominated by Vermont but only lost 3-2 thanks to the excellent play of goaltender Andrew Martin. Rensselaer's goals were scored by Brad Farynuk and Scott Romfro. The Engineers could manage only 15 shots on goal, versus the Catamount's 37.

On Saturday, the domination continued in Hanover, NH. Rensselaer was outshot 34-8 over the first two periods en route to a 4-2 loss to Dartmouth. Kirk MacDonald and Andrew Lord scored the goals for RPI.

Andrew Martin made 75 saves this weekend and ended up with a record of 0-2. That's got to be frustrating.

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Join the RCNJ on Saturday February 26,at 10:30 a.m. for a tour of the Duke Gardens. Developed by legendary philanthropist Doris Duke on her Somerville estate, the 1/4 mile walking tour covers eleven ornamental display gardens combining plants, landscape, and architecture from around the world in one of the world's largest greenhouses.

The tour begins at 10:30 pm. Immediately following, we will have lunch at a local restaurant.

The tour is $10 per person. Lunch is not included. To sign up, please contact Phil at PLurie [at] alum.rpi.edu.

For more information visit http://www.njskylands.com/atdukgar.htm.

The estate is located on Route 206 in Hillsborough, NJ. Read on for directions....

Directions to Doris Duke Estate

Duke Farms is located in Central New Jersey in Hillsborough, Somerset County.

• From New York and East:
  Take Route 80 or 78 West to Route 287 South to exit 17. From Route 287 North, take left lane exit for Route 22 West. Proceed to Route 202/206 South to the Somerville Traffic Circle. Stay right for Route 206 South. Proceed 1.75 miles to Gardens. Immediate right turn after small concrete bridge. The site is 1.5 hours from NYC.

• From Philadelphia and South:
  
  Take Route 95 or 295 North to exit 7-B. Proceed on Route 206 North to Princeton. Continue on Route 206 North for 16 miles. Exit at Duke's Parkway East. Turn left at stop sign and proceed through traffic light to entrance. The site is 1.5 hours from Philadelphia.

• From Points North and West:
  
  Take Route 80 or 78 East to Route 287 South to Exit 17 to Route 202/206 South to Somerville Traffic Circle. From Route 22 East, take Route 28 to Somerville Traffic Circle. Stay right for Route 206 South. Proceed 1.75 miles to Gardens. Immediate right turn after small concrete bridge.
  

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Dave Aiello wrote, "In the Winter 2004 edition of Rensselaer Magazine, I read of the July 2, 2004 passing of William A. Sirrat '41, reportedly the author of the lyrics to the famous song Unchained Melody. This is an extremely famous and popular song recorded in 1955 by Al Hibbler and later recorded by The Righteous Brothers, among many other famous artists. There are 78 different versions of this song in the iTunes Music Store."

"I was able to confirm the fact that William Sirrat was the lyricist of this song. Surprisingly, I also discovered he lived in New Jersey. According to a December 2003 article in the News Transcript he worked at Northrup Grumman in Eatontown and spent his retirement years in Freehold Township."

"This is an amazing story that I stumbled on completely by accident. There are probably many more stories that should be told of Rensselaer alumni from New Jersey and nearby. If you know of one, let us know by submitting it to the RCNJ website or by emailing me at dave_aiello at ctdata.com."

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Congratulations to the Men's Hockey Team who won both games on the trip to St. Lawrence and Clarkson for the first time in 20 years. On Friday night, the Engineers snapped a five game losing streak with a 3-2 victory over St. Lawrence. Vic Pereira had a goal and an assist and Andrew Martin made 32 saves for the win. With this victory Rensselaer broke a five-game losing streak.

Saturday, RPI made Clarkson pay for backing out of the Satellite Hockey Game by beating the Golden Knights 4-3 in their own building. Four different players scored for Rensselaer. Andrew Martin led the way again with 20 saves.

Coach Dan Fridgen said of this weekend's effort, "It's a seven-goal weekend for us and with Andrew (Martin) playing real solid and with everyone pitching in we came up with two 'W's'.... We played six solid periods of hockey where we won every period...."

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The Rensselaer Men's Hockey Team had a difficult weekend at home. On Friday night, they lost a 4-2 decision to Colgate. The Engineers were never really in contention in this game after Colgate broke the 1-1 tie early in the second period. Jake Luthi and Brad Farynuk scored the goals for us.

RPI was blanked by Cornell 5-0 on Saturday night. The power play failed to convert on any of 10 chances.

The team has now lost five games in a row by a combined score of 23 to 4. They face a trip to the North Country for games at St. Lawrence and Clarkson next weekend. (Note: We are a bit behind on summarizing men's hockey results. I've been busy lately. --Dave Aiello)

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The Rensselaer Club of New Jersey will host its second in a series of brewpub events within the state. We will visit the Triumph Brewing Company in Princeton on Saturday, January 15, 2005 at 5PM. Feel free to bring along some of your fellow classmates and friends to sample some of the best microbrewed beer in the State of New Jersey!

As with our event in September, we will be raffling off some Rensselaer clothing and other merchandise. There is no cost, simply bring a business card to participate in the raffle.

Triumph Brewing Company is located at 138 Nassau Street in downtown Princeton (map) . Please RSVP to John P. Cloninger '96 if you would like to attend. Walk-ins on the day of the event are most certainly welcome as well.

We hope to see you there!

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