RPI 22-23: Objective needs to be top 6

[vicb]

recruit announcement https://www.instagram.com/p/CgKbDBmg9nL/

Is trying to jump on a horse bareback a new hockey drill? ;-)

[Ralph Baer]

recruit announcement https://rpiathletics.com/news/2022/7...s-of-2026.aspx

[Ralph Baer]

Hab: Really hard to know what we have. Stats for all of these girls are almost impossible to find or else i am sure Ralph would have found them. I am only familiar with one young lady and I think she will be just fine once she gets used to the level of competition which is a big step up for her.

I know very little about them. None of them have great ratings on Neutral Zone, and I no longer get the women's evaluations from them along with the men's. I do wonder about Sabrina Beaudoin who is a couple of years older than the others.

[DrDemento]

So, we are in to July and looking forward to new season. Does anyone have an opinion on which, if any, of the new recruits might make a big positive impact in the coming season?

Hab: Really hard to know what we have. Stats for all of these girls are almost impossible to find or else i am sure Ralph would have found them. I am only familiar with one young lady and I think she will be just fine once she gets used to the level of competition which is a big step up for her.

[hab]

So, we are in to July and looking forward to new season. Does anyone have an opinion on which, if any, of the new recruits might make a big positive impact in the coming season?

[Ralph Baer]

The supposed last of the new player posts was tweeted today, and Taryn Rathwell was not included. I will assume that she is arriving in 2023. That will be changed when I next post the list on the men's recruit thread next weekend.

BTW, I did not mention and perhaps should have that Sophia Beaudoin was born in 2001. It is quite rare for a women's RPI recruit to be an overager. Also NZ gave her a 3.75.

[Ralph Baer]

The team has been posting tweets about each new player. One whom we didn't know about https://twitter.com/RPI_WHockey/stat...66516605280259

[shelfit]

I am not sure I care if they can walk or run as long as they can skate!

I was going to include that in my post but I thought that would be too easy. Lol. Seriously though, as long as they don't have any more D3 level skaters like they had just a few short years ago, they should do much better. JB was a former collegiate goalie so he knew what to look for when recruiting goalies, but he wasn't good at assessing talent when it came to recruiting regular players. He also never impressed me as much of a bench coach.

[DrDemento]

This time?! Did they make the playoffs this year? It doesn't look like it. Maybe focus on making it into the top 8 before worrying about if they can break into the top 6. That's a tall order. They need to walk before they can run.

I am not sure I care if they can walk or run as long as they can skate!

[Ralph Baer]

This time?! Did they make the playoffs this year? It doesn't look like it. Maybe focus on making it into the top 8 before worrying about if they can break into the top 6. That's a tall order. They need to walk before they can run.

I think that it is a good idea to make the goal slightly higher than what one can reasonably expect. Wasn't the goal last year to make the playoffs, as opposed to just winning a game or two?

[shelfit]

We have been satisfied for too long with very marginal improvements for this team, and then falling short of even those goals. It is time to expect that this team moves into the top half of the conference in 22-23. I will not be happy with just making the playoffs this time.

This time?! Did they make the playoffs this year? It doesn't look like it. Maybe focus on making it into the top 8 before worrying about if they can break into the top 6. That's a tall order. They need to walk before they can run.

[Ralph Baer]

team awards for last season

https://rpiathletics.com/news/2022/5...am-awards.aspx

[DrDemento]

https://twitter.com/_cindyjane/statu...13105085153281

Cindy Acropolis Toye, who as DrD has stated owns most of RPI's scoring records was inducted into the NJ HS Hockey HoF. She is already in the RPI Athletics HoF and is the mother of incoming frosh Kyley Toye. (I think that I finally spelled Kyley correctly. :-) )

Ralph-Thanks for noticing and posting. here is a bit more-
https://njhshockeyhof.com/cindy-acropolis-toye/

She joins her brother Bobby in the HOF along with perhaps the best I have seen play here in Brick , Jim Dowd. I believe she is the only female inducted.

[Ralph Baer]

https://twitter.com/_cindyjane/statu...13105085153281

Cindy Acropolis Toye, who as DrD has stated owns most of RPI's scoring records was inducted into the NJ HS Hockey HoF. She is already in the RPI Athletics HoF and is the mother of incoming frosh Kyley Toye. (I think that I finally spelled Kyley correctly. :-) )

[Ralph Baer]

RPI could use some size. Skoda is 5' 10" and 170, and seems to be an all round athlete. Here are some action clips: https://sportsrecruits.com/athlete/morgann_skoda.

I will change her ht/wt when I next post it, probably on Sunday.