TROY, N.Y. – ECAC Hockey has announced its year-end awards and two Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) student-athletes have been recognized. Jason Kasdorf was named All-ECAC Hockey Second Team, while Cam Hackett earned All-Rookie Team recognition.
A senior goaltender from Winnipeg, Man., Kasdorf played 30 games, going 12-12-5 with a 2.30 goals against average and the .931 save percentage, which is ninth in the nation. His 916 saves came on 984 shots in 1777:19 minutes with two shutouts. Eighteen games were league games, in which he was 6-6-5 with a 1.99 GAA and .939 save percentage. Both of his shutouts were in conference contests, including a 43-save performance in a 0-0 tie against No. 8 Harvard University on December 5 and a 44-save effort in a 1-0 win over No. 8 Cornell University on January 15. He registered a career-high 49 saves in a 2-1 win over the No. 9 Crimson on February 12.
As a junior, Kasdorf started 33 games, going 11-19-2 with a 2.97 goals against average and a .902 save percentage a season after missing all but two games the previous year due to injury.
In his freshman season, the Winnipeg, Man., native had a 14-5-2 overall record, a 1.62 goals against average and a .935 save percentage. He played each of the last 16 games after returning from an injury, and ranked among the leaders in the nation in goals against average, save percentage, winning percentage (.714) and shutouts. In 17 league contests, he was 12-2-2 with a 1.39 average, a .945 percentage and three shutouts. Among the honors he collected were Hockey Commissioners Association national Rookie of the Month, ECAC Hockey Rookie of the Year, All-League Second Team and ECAC Hockey All-Rookie Team.
Kasdorf will leave RPI with the lowest single season (1.62 in 2012-13) and career (2.39) goals against average in school history. He is second (.935 in 2012-13) and third (.931 in 2015-16) in single season save percentage, as well as second in career save percentage (.920). He is in the top five in 10 other categories, including fourth in career shutouts (7) and fifth in season saves (916 in 2015-16).
A freshman from Sault Ste. Marie, Ont., Hackett played in 12 games this season, including 10 as a starter. He posted a 6-3-2 record, with a 2.88 goals against average and a .918 save percentage, stopping 347 shots in 646:24 minutes. In five ECAC Hockey games, he was 2-1-2 with a 2.50 goals against average and a .932 save percentage, registering 151 saves.
Hackett ranks first among league rookie goalies in save percentage and is second in goals against average. The former Lincoln Stars netminder led all conference rookies in games, starts, minutes, saves, wins and ties.
Recording 30 or more saves seven times, Hackett notched a career-high 41 stops twice, including a 3-2 overtime win over nationally-ranked Yale on November 13, 2015.
The Engineers went 18-15-7 overall, this season, including an 8-7-7 mark in ECAC Hockey play. RPI defeated Brown in the opening round of the conference playoffs, before falling to No. 12 Harvard in the league quarterfinals.
