RPI 2017-18 Preseason Thread: To Dream the Impossible Dream

[Ralph Baer]

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— Friendship Four �� (@Friendship_Four) September 27, 2017

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— Belfast City Council (@belfastcc) September 27, 2017

[Ralph Baer]

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Jared Wilson, Victor Liljegren, and Mike Prapavessis were named captains of @RPI_Hockey today. Good luck guys! https://t.co/HJ0No7FxJm pic.twitter.com/UHXI7xLkyN

— Dave Aiello (@daveaiello) September 27, 2017

No surprise.

[Ralph Baer]

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RPI prez Jackson committed $20 million long-term improvements in April. Sounds nice, but not getting this small update done is a bad sign. https://t.co/zIprGp7xs4

— Sam Blum (@SamBlum3) September 27, 2017

Other takeaway: None of the offseason facility improvements that were planned actually came to fruition. Had been 250k worth of changes.

— Sam Blum (@SamBlum3) September 27, 2017

[FlagDUDE08]

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I see she's still bloating her salary...

[Waite21]

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Thanks to those who informed me about the elevators. They may have existed when I was at the Field House in 2013, but I knew where my seat was, so I didn't bother to look for elevators that weren't going to help me get to where I was going.

Switching topics - looking forward to this Saturday's game, Saint Mary's followed up their 4-0 victory over Dalhousie by beating Acadia, 4-1, and Prince Edward Island, 7-2.

Sounds like they're good and ready to meet our guys. Hope our guys are good and ready to meet them.

[DrDemento]

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Thanks to those who informed me about the elevators. They may have existed when I was at the Field House in 2013, but I knew where my seat was, so I didn't bother to look for elevators that weren't going to help me get to where I was going.

Switching topics - looking forward to this Saturday's game, Saint Mary's followed up their 4-0 victory over Dalhousie by beating Acadia, 4-1, and Prince Edward Island, 7-2.

Sounds like they're good and ready to meet our guys. Hope our guys are good and ready to meet them.

From descriptions by others, sounds like they are a very physical team (what Canadian team is not?). At times we have suffered some early season injuries in these exhibition so I hope that our boys are ready for the contact. Sine the game counts for nothing, could care less about the result but certainly do not want to start the season with guys getting hurt.

[DrDemento]

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I see she's still bloating her salary...

Did not think it could get any higher.

[Ralph Baer]

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RPI prez Jackson committed $20 million long-term improvements in April. Sounds nice, but not getting this small update done is a bad sign. https://t.co/zIprGp7xs4

— Sam Blum (@SamBlum3) September 27, 2017

Other takeaway: None of the offseason facility improvements that were planned actually came to fruition. Had been 250k worth of changes.

— Sam Blum (@SamBlum3) September 27, 2017

Emailed RPI AD Lee McElroy a question about facilities funding. Got auto reply saying he's out of the office till Feb. 2. That's in 128 days

— Sam Blum (@SamBlum3) September 27, 2017

[FlagDUDE08]

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From descriptions by others, sounds like they are a very physical team (what Canadian team is not?). At times we have suffered some early season injuries in these exhibition so I hope that our boys are ready for the contact. Sine the game counts for nothing, could care less about the result but certainly do not want to start the season with guys getting hurt.

I know Merrimack's one game short this year even if you were to count exhibitions towards the 34, and refused to fill it with a Canadian exhibition for pretty much this reason, not to mention the suspension fiasco from last year. It will be good to get full-speed game play, though.

I do wonder if Coach Smith will continue with the exhibitions, or if he will revert to the Red/White scrimmage we used to have when Fridgen was at the helm? I recall Appert didn't like the scrimmage and would rather have a full exhibition match with another squad.

[FlagDUDE08]

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What a shocker... SAJ looks to take over the Union in a hostile manner again, and then tries to get the director of the board to tell us otherwise in a letter to alums. What a lying piece of scum.

[rpi82]

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What a shocker... SAJ looks to take over the Union in a hostile manner again, and then tries to get the director of the board to tell us otherwise in a letter to alums. What a lying piece of scum.

The letter published by the Poly seems quite clear. It says, in effect, the long-standing tradition of student control over the Union is null and void. We're hiring, firing and giving the orders now. So much for the value that students and alumni have placed on having an independent Union that provided a needed buffer against a school that prided itself on the rigors of its education (we got the old "look left, look right, one of you won't be here to graduate" speech).

I'm sure the generic "the president has supervisory powers over the institute" language has existed in the by-laws for many decades or more. You would think there'd be some sort of common law precedent established by the fact that the Union charter and by-laws have given students an enhanced level of control over that one function of the Institute for a similar period of time. in either case, this just seems like a stupid power grab that is unnecessary and indicative of a board that is both a puppet of the president and out of touch with the atmosphere on campus.

[cmmarkham]

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Apologies - I thought I was going to do better at joining the conversation here during the offseason, but it was another difficult summer for the Markham family. Everyone's healthy now, though, and I am READY for a new season and a new era for RPI hockey!

I too was at the season-ticket pickup event last week. I talked to all the boys I know (not as many as usual!) and they seemed very upbeat and optimistic for the season. That's to be expected, I guess, but it seemed to be on a different level than anything I've heard in recent years. Brady Wiffen spoke for all, I think, when he said they can't wait to start the season. He said they're tired of just practicing and want to get it going!

I talked to all the seniors - all three of them! - and was left wondering how they were going to choose one, or even two, to be captains. There's no question that they are all the leaders of this team and it looks like that was recognized with the decision to make them all co-captains. I like it!

I do have one small concern with Coach Smith's speech. He talked a lot, both at the season ticket party and in the quotes in the TU from him on Media Day, about how the process of becoming a better team is more important than winning. We all heard a lot of very similar remarks over the past few years - I just hope the process actually leads to something this time.

Anyway, I'm excited to get out there and cheer for this team and this new era in RPI hockey. Here's hoping they give us lots to cheer about!

[cmmarkham]

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I don't think this has been posted here - hope I'm not repeating something you've all seen. Do you recognize the Good Samaritan who's the subject of this article?

http://uplift.theepochtimes.com/upli...tion-bill.html

Another example of what quality young men come out of the RPI hockey program. And he's still wearing his team duds!

[Ralph Baer]

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In honor of Mat Harris and Kendra Farole, today is 28 September 2017. There are 2 days until RPI's next game.


This is based upon 30 September 2017 for the start of next season.

[Ralph Baer]

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9/27 Evening sports https://t.co/K7FcEYBmQm

— Coach Dave Smith (@RPI_HockeyCoach) September 28, 2017