RPI @ Alaska 12/15/21

[engineerhockeyfan]

Not sure what is going on with the goalie situation. This was the perfect time to get the back up goalies some game time. Can they both be injured?
Last chance to salvage this road trip.
Lets go RED!!!!!!!!!!!

[DrDemento]

Even a win tonight will not salvage this trip. We have not shown that we are any more of a cohesive team now thatn we were two months ago.

[Ralph Baer]

For your listening pleasure:

Fight Song
http://pepband.union.rpi.edu/music/LongHail.mp3

Alma Mater
http://pepband.union.rpi.edu/music3/...ma%20Mater.mp3

[Ralph Baer]

2021-22 Thread-Starting Statistics:

Ralph Baer         3- 2- 1  7 points  .583
engineerhockeyfan  3- 3- 0  6 points  .500
DrDemento          1- 2- 1  3 points  .375
jericho            1- 1- 0  2 points  .500
fr joe             0- 1- 0  0 points  .000
sezenack           0- 1- 0  0 points  .000

Cumulative 2003-04 - 2021-22 Thread-Starting Statistics

Ralph Baer        74-74-19 167 points  .500
fr joe            49-71-14 112 points  .418
engineerhockeyfan 41-59- 9  91 points  .417
DrDemento         14-28- 8  36 points  .360
Red Cloud         11- 3- 1  23 points  .767
hockeyhound       11-14- 1  23 points  .432
GRussinko         10-15- 2  22 points  .407
burgie12           6- 2- 1  13 points  .722
rpihockeyfan13     6- 6- 1  13 points  .500
Waite21            4- 9- 2  10 points  .333
jericho            5-17- 0  10 points  .227
RPIBMW             4- 5- 1   9 points  .450
FlagDUDE08         4- 0- 0   8 points 1.000
HighlanderRPI      3- 4- 1   7 points  .438
JCrawford          2- 1- 0   4 points  .667
REDRocket          2- 3- 0   4 points  .400
RPIHFH             1- 1- 1   3 points  .500
JennyRN            1- 1- 1   3 points  .500
fishcore12         0- 1- 3   3 points  .375
berbs91            1- 0- 0   2 points 1.000
ambersuds          1- 0- 0   2 points 1.000
drshoen            1- 0- 0   2 points 1.000
Jeffrey On         1- 1- 0   2 points  .500
ServinisScores     1- 2- 0   2 points  .333
lugnut92           1- 2- 0   2 points  .333
NYhockeyguy        1- 2- 0   2 points  .333
RPI92              1- 4- 0   2 points  .200
RKarger            0- 0- 1   1 point   .500
redrocker          0- 1- 1   1 point   .250
Rockchops          0- 1- 1   1 point   .250
vicb               0- 3- 1   1 point   .125
RPI_2003           0- 1- 0   0 points  .000
RenPI              0- 1- 0   0 points  .000
johnk              0- 1- 0   0 points  .000
Cookin4Fun         0- 1- 0   0 points  .000
RPI-Fan-Go-Red     0- 1- 0   0 points  .000
ZYanksRule         0- 1- 0   0 points  .000
redhead18          0- 1- 0   0 points  .000
Priceless          0- 1- 0   0 points  .000
REDaero91          0- 1- 0   0 points  .000
rsfs04             0- 1- 0   0 points  .000
sezenack           0- 1- 0   0 points  .000
jmhusker           0- 2- 0   0 points  .000
hawthr             0- 2- 0   0 points  .000
Gophers #1         0- 3- 0   0 points  .000
RPI fan 4 life     0- 5- 0   0 points  .000

[Ralph Baer]

Even a win tonight will not salvage this trip. We have not shown that we are any more of a cohesive team now thatn we were two months ago.

Just curious, what is meant by "cohesive" here?

[engineerhockeyfan]

Even a win tonight will not salvage this trip. We have not shown that we are any more of a cohesive team now thatn we were two months ago.

A win may not salvage the trip, but 2 and 2 is a lot better that 1 and 3. I am lot more interested in our goalie situation. What's up with that?

[DrDemento]

Just curious, what is meant by "cohesive" here?

From the little I saw of the 3 games so far in Alaska - our organized play has not improved much if at all. Passes have been made blindly and at times intercepted at times when it appears we do not seem to know where our linemates are on the ice. There is still the usual RPI problem of passing when we probably should shoot and vice versa. We are half way through the season and we just do not appear more "cohesive". Just an overall impression but we are still playing more like individuals.

[DrDemento]

A win may not salvage the trip, but 2 and 2 is a lot better that 1 and 3. I am lot more interested in our goalie situation. What's up with that?

Of course 2-2 is better than 1-3 which is better than 0-4. But it is not always just the end result and the score, it is how we played. We have not been the better team for most of the 3 games.

[Ralph Baer]

Of course 2-2 is better than 1-3 which is better than 0-4. But it is not always just the end result and the score, it is how we played. We have not been the better team for most of the 3 games.

That certainly seems correct. FWIW, with the bonus for winning on the road, 2-2 will be better than .500.

[sezenack]

The transition play was horrid last night. They needed to win 3 on this trip, and now they might only win 1. An at-large bid is basically out of question at this point barring an absurdly good 2nd half. The story of the season is that RPI is 2-7-2 in "close" games. I define "close" as a 1 goal margin when you remove ENGs. If they were even .500 in those games, you're looking at a 10-7-3 team, and we are having a very different conversation right now.

[Waite21]

A win may not salvage the trip, but 2 and 2 is a lot better that 1 and 3. I am lot more interested in our goalie situation. What's up with that?

I'm interested in the goalie situation, too, but I don't know any more about why RPI hasn't used any goalie other than Marshall than I know about why Alaska hasn't used any goalie other than Gustavs Davis Grigals. (Why do they feel the need to identify him by his middle name? Is there another Gustavs Grigals currently playing NCAA hockey?)

[RPI fan 4 life]

It’s probably a hyphenated name. Gustavs Davis-Grigals. RPI has had a few such names in the past.

[sezenack]

1-0 Alaska after 1

Another night of getting outplayed by an inferior team apparently

[Waite21]

And in case anyone was wondering, Marshall and Grigals are the goalies once again.

[sezenack]

Addamo with an absolute rocket one timer. 1-1 halfway through 2