RIT 2010-11: What do Tigers dream of?

[Loki]

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A couple oddities I've noticed:

1) They're starting the construction in October and ending in April. That seems a bit backwards; wouldn't it make more sense to start it after hockey's done for the year and have it finished before it starts up again?


Powers &8^]

They probably dont want construction during brick city. The biggest factor in starting so late would probably be the Global Village project running late. It looks like they may get the last few bricks laid as alums and such are walking on them. Thant and RIT deciding to rip up a good chunk of campus to do random little things over summer.

[XCTiger]

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Komey,

You forgot the >>>>> <<<<< bracketing of the thread title. Now it takes me forever to find the Tigers Thread.

Lots of offensive firepower coming back and coming in. Scoring goals shouldn't be a worry at this point. Like everyone else my worry is the D and the goalie.

I'll venture a guess that Watson and Madalora share duties until one of the establishes dominance. Both bring good resumes with them. Madalora a backup on a championship USHL team, and Watson as a frontline goalie in the BCHL. Statistically he was top 5 over the season with 2.27 gaa in a offense minded league.

We should have some preliminary answers by the end of October. Just remember the lessons of last year. It's not how you play in October or November. It's how you play in March that makes history.

[RITAbe]

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Newsworthy In the "First Tiger in the NHL" race, it looks like Chris Tanev will be starting the season with the Canucks' AHL affiliate, the Manitoba Moose:

http://www.news1130.com/sports/artic...-reduce-roster

DeMike will be with the Caps' Hershey Bears:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/cap...ted-train.html

Steve Pinizzotto may or may not end up with the Bears but, as of this post, I am unable to find any mention of him being assigned to Hershey, so I'm assuming he's still in the Caps training camp. He even got in a fisticuff with the Predators' Kelsey Wilson this past Saturday in preseason play.

[TigerFan86-87]

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Newsworthy In the "First Tiger in the NHL" race, it looks like Chris Tanev will be starting the season with the Canucks' AHL affiliate, the Manitoba Moose:

http://www.news1130.com/sports/artic...-reduce-roster

DeMike will be with the Caps' Hershey Bears:

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/cap...ted-train.html

Steve Pinizzotto may or may not end up with the Bears but, as of this post, I am unable to find any mention of him being assigned to Hershey, so I'm assuming he's still in the Caps training camp. He even got in a fisticuff with the Predators' Kelsey Wilson this past Saturday in preseason play.

Technically, they are only competing in the Moose / Bears camps so far. The AHL camps contain a lot of guys filling the rosters until the season starts and the final cuts from the NHL teams come down. A fair number of them end up in the ECHL. I would imagine Tanev has a good shot to stay up in Manitoba, while DeMichiel's road may be a bit tougher with the Caps so loaded at goaltender... but you never know.

[TigerFan86-87]

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2) Handicapped stalls in the locker rooms' rest rooms?
Powers &8^]

May be an ADA law...
Also, they may host sled-hockey games / tournaments at some point.

[XCTiger]

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http://voices.washingtonpost.com/cap...ted-train.html

Steve Pinizzotto may or may not end up with the Bears but, as of this post, I am unable to find any mention of him being assigned to Hershey, so I'm assuming he's still in the Caps training camp. He even got in a fisticuff with the Predators' Kelsey Wilson this past Saturday in preseason play.

Pinizotto is listed in Group C, and will probably be in Hershey. Probably needs to try to be a physical presence inorder to stick with the Caps. Discussion in the Caps/Bears blogs has given him an outside/long shot.

[LtPowers]

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They probably dont want construction during brick city.

Brick City is right at the start of hockey season. If they aimed to have construction done before hockey season (and I'm talking about the 11-12 season here), it'd be done before Brick City.

As it is, they're going to be starting construction around Brick City time and continuing it throughout the hockey season. The big question, then, is when they're going to find time to knock down walls and connect the new construction to the existing locker rooms.


Powers &8^]

[Big Goon]

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I Think the work will finish after the season is over. The project is scheduled to finish in April and as all projects at RIT it will finish late.

Brick City is right at the start of hockey season. If they aimed to have construction done before hockey season (and I'm talking about the 11-12 season here), it'd be done before Brick City.

As it is, they're going to be starting construction around Brick City time and continuing it throughout the hockey season. The big question, then, is when they're going to find time to knock down walls and connect the new construction to the existing locker rooms.


Powers &8^]

[RITTechie]

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Pinizotto is listed in Group C, and will probably be in Hershey. Probably needs to try to be a physical presence inorder to stick with the Caps. Discussion in the Caps/Bears blogs has given him an outside/long shot.

Along those same lines, our old pal Carl Hudson has failed his physical and will NOT be joining the Amerks in camp. As the commenter said, maybe if he played cleaner, he wouldn't have hurt himself.

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/...p-minus-Hudson

[Mania]

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Can someone explain the rationale for spending $3.5 million on locker rooms? Why not just save the money and put it towards a new arena. We need more seats, bathrooms, bigger ice, etc...

[TigerFan86-87]

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Along those same lines, our old pal Carl Hudson has failed his physical and will NOT be joining the Amerks in camp. As the commenter said, maybe if he played cleaner, he wouldn't have hurt himself.

http://www.democratandchronicle.com/...p-minus-Hudson

Interesting, huh? I read all about that on the Amerks threads. Seems like there's something odd going on there. He claims two doctors have cleared him to play while the Panthers say he needs surgery that they aren't on the hook for because it happened while he was at Canisius. It's too bad, too. He actually brought a desperately needed physical presence (albeit maybe not the cleanest) to a previously weak Amerks defense. Oh well.

[TigerFan86-87]

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Can someone explain the rationale for spending $3.5 million on locker rooms? Why not just save the money and put it towards a new arena. We need more seats, bathrooms, bigger ice, etc...

I've been wondering the same thing.
If they're talking to any potential donors for the new arena, aren't they going to turn to RIT and ask: "Why do I have to pony up another 3.5 million that YOU just spent renovating an arena you had no intention of staying in?"
Maybe they're not looking at a new arena as much as we'd all hope and like to think they are.

[XCTiger]

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I've been wondering the same thing.
If they're talking to any potential donors for the new arena, aren't they going to turn to RIT and ask: "Why do I have to pony up another 3.5 million that YOU just spent renovating an arena you had no intention of staying in?"
Maybe they're not looking at a new arena as much as we'd all hope and like to think they are.

I had the same question when this was originally announced last winter. Why invest money in a facility that you want to replace. Based on the discussion at that time, the addition is being paid for out of RIT funds, not special fundraising efforts. Also, it is not just for use by Hockey. That fact alone made it a lot more sensible to me.

[dpm105]

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Can someone explain the rationale for spending $3.5 million on locker rooms? Why not just save the money and put it towards a new arena. We need more seats, bathrooms, bigger ice, etc...

My understanding is that these facilities are being built with the future in mind. Basically the way it was explained to me from someone in athletics is that they designed the locker rooms such that when (if) the hockey teams ever leave Ritter Arena the new facilities will be used by the RIT Soccer Teams and other teams using the Fields near D-lot.

[kbranch]

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My understanding is that these facilities are being built with the future in mind. Basically the way it was explained to me from someone in athletics is that they designed the locker rooms such that when (if) the hockey teams ever leave Ritter Arena the new facilities will be used by the RIT Soccer Teams and other teams using the Fields near D-lot.

...perhaps during an all-out DI push? One has to wonder.