RPI Hockey 2015 - 2016 (Part II): We want more banners, not more flags

[joecct]

I’m probably completely off on this but when I started watching RPI hockey, 10 yrs. ago, it seemed the one team that always had a legitimate shot in the NCAA playoffs was Cornell. I started noticing how they were getting ALL the calls. In the back of my mind I felt the ECAC brass were stacking the deck for their “one team”. With the obvious success of 2 recent Champs & Q-Pacs recent League dominance I don’t see the “favoritism” that seemed obvious to me. Keep in mind I was an outsider when I first started watching D-1 hockey. I had no idea about these forums. What I did see though was very biased officiating back then.

You were not alone. F. Mike loves to work the officials and had a famous blow up at the TUC (?) trying to intimidate tbe refs.

Clarkson's D corps is thin due to injury. It appears the team has learned to score goals, and Greg Lewis has cemented the #1 goalie job.

[Ralph Baer]

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I have lost my phone and internet connection again. They say it should be up within 24 hours.

[Ralph Baer]

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I have lost my phone and internet connection again. They say it should be up within 24 hours.

It's up again. I wonder for how long.

[Ralph Baer]

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#RPIHockey's appearance in the USA Today/USA Hockey Magazine Poll is its first since March of 2013. https://t.co/uELvHAY0st

— RPI Men's Hockey (@RPI_Hockey) February 2, 2016

[lugnut92]

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Saturday's 39th Annual Big Red Freakout! is officially SOLD OUT.

— RPI Men's Hockey (@RPI_Hockey) February 2, 2016

It would have been a shock if it didn't.

[Ralph Baer]

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Saturday's 39th Annual Big Red Freakout! is officially SOLD OUT.

— RPI Men's Hockey (@RPI_Hockey) February 2, 2016

It would have been a shock if it didn't.

I must have missed that tweet when running back and forth to Starbucks.

[lugnut92]

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I must have missed that tweet when running back and forth to Starbucks.

Yeah, I was surprised it wasn't here already.

[fr. joe]

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I hope this isn’t in reference to my Post. I wasn’t saying the League is now stacking the deck in Q’s favor. Just the opposite. With so many League teams now able to advance further in the Dance there’s no need to favor any one Team.

I get your point... I hadn't thought about it that way before and it's an excellent observation.

[fr. joe]

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Saturday's 39th Annual Big Red Freakout! is officially SOLD OUT.

— RPI Men's Hockey (@RPI_Hockey) February 2, 2016

It would have been a shock if it didn't.

I picked up a ticket for SLU at noon on Tuesday and the box office rep said they were waiting on word whether or not Clarkson was returning any unsold tickets.

[DeepRed72]

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Good News . . . Bad News . . .

With Minnesota State's win today over Minnesota in the consolation of the North Star College Cup, it assures RPI of going into next week at #14 in PWR. So for the first time in a few years we will be in Moy's Bracketology discussion this late in the season. The bad news is that we would likely be paired with North Dakota probably in Cincinnati. But then again revenge would be sweet.

Wrong Again!

I failed to notice that Minnesota, despite its putrid OOC record, is actually tied with Michigan for first in the B10 conference (8-2-0 vs. 7-1-2). And since conference wins is the tie-break, Minnesota gets the nod as the current leader. Unfortunately that bumps out a third team (#13) from the field as the AHA, WCHA and B10 all have their 'conference champions' as auto-qualifiers. Thus Rensselaer is the bubble team once more. Dang.

I guess it could be a lot worse - it isn't selection Sunday.

[lugnut92]

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Wrong Again!

I failed to notice that Minnesota, despite its putrid OOC record, is actually tied with Michigan for first in the B10 conference (8-2-0 vs. 7-1-2). And since conference wins the tie-break, Minnesota gets the nod as the current leader. Unfortunately that bumps out a third team (#13) from the field as the AHA, WCHA and B10 all have the 'conference champions' as auto-qualifiers. Thus Rensselaer is the bubble team once more. Dang.

I guess it could be a lot worse - it isn't selection Sunday.

While I suppose it's true that Minnesota is currently #1 in the B1G standings, I think it's clear that Minnesota being the actual champion come tourney time would be an upset. As WaP said in today's bracketology, "any team that wins their conference tournament that wouldn't have otherwise been in the tournament, that's considered an upset."

As an aside, I thought it was a little odd that B1G goes to conference wins before head-to-head results for the tiebreaker. I checked, and the B1G is actually the only league that does wins before head-to-head win percentage (though the NCHC skips head-to-head results in situations where the tied teams don't have an equal number of home and away games).

[DeepRed72]

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While I suppose it's true that Minnesota is currently #1 in the B1G standings, I think it's clear that Minnesota being the actual champion come tourney time would be an upset. As WaP said in today's bracketology, "any team that wins their conference tournament that wouldn't have otherwise been in the tournament, that's considered an upset."

As an aside, I thought it was a little odd that B1G goes to conference wins before head-to-head results for the tiebreaker. I checked, and the B1G is actually the only league that does wins before head-to-head win percentage (though the NCHC skips head-to-head results in situations where the tied teams don't have an equal number of home and away games).

Unfortunately, the way things stand, even if we sweep this coming weekend, our PWR will not improve unless those around us lose. In fact, if Dartmouth and Cornell both sweep they will both jump us regardless of our results. We will have trouble holding our position with anything less than 6-2-0 going down the stretch. This week was probably our best shot at "Bracketology." We have little upside going forward but lots of downside - will need lots of help from other results. Or else we will need to go where no Appert Team has gone before - Lake Placid.

[Ralph Baer]

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Did anyone see this?

Hear from Jason and Stacy Kasdorf tonight on @CBS6Sports! pic.twitter.com/k7e5dfdhkP

— RPI Men's Hockey (@RPI_Hockey) February 3, 2016

[FlagDUDE08]

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Did anyone see this?

Hear from Jason and Stacy Kasdorf tonight on @CBS6Sports! pic.twitter.com/k7e5dfdhkP

— RPI Men's Hockey (@RPI_Hockey) February 3, 2016

Not the full interview, but a little snippet: http://cbs6albany.com/sports/content...s-married-life

Sounds like he sought Appert's permission to propose.

[Ralph Baer]

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Not the full interview, but a little snippet: http://cbs6albany.com/sports/content...s-married-life

Sounds like he sought Appert's permission to propose.

This could be the entire interview. http://cbs6albany.com/sports/beyond-...-jason-kasdorf

He didn't rule out coming back next year, but I still doubt that he will.