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RPI 2025–26: Off the Critical List and In Recovery

RPI Hockey Guy said:
Looking in at this weekend, rivalry aside, there are two questions on my mind:
- Was RPI's 0 - 6 - 0 start to the season because we are a new team playing some of the hardest teams in the NCAA, or will it be a long year?
- Was Union's great 4 - 0 - 1 start because they are a good team, or because their out of conference schedule was on the easier side?
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Probably some of both lol
 
rvd5star69 said:
im sick of rpi union halloween weekend every season it ruins all other plans and stuff going on ill still go to the games but im not happy about it
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I get it. I planned to attend our first game in their new barn until I saw it was Halloween. As it is there were about 300 tickets left this morning for Union’s first rivalry game in one of the league’s smallest rinks. Even for Halloween that’s not a good sign.
 
rpi82 said:
I get it. I planned to attend our first game in their new barn until I saw it was Halloween. As it is there were about 300 tickets left this morning for Union’s first rivalry game in one of the league’s smallest rinks. Even for Halloween that’s not a good sign.
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According to Live Stats, the attendance was just over 2000.

Your point on rivalry game, one of smallest rinks is well taken. Wonder if they've sold out a game yet?

PS. The John Wayne hockey movie poster is a gem. And hilarious.
 
fr. joe said:
According to Live Stats, the attendance was just over 2000.

Your point on rivalry game, one of smallest rinks is well taken. Wonder if they've sold out a game yet?

PS. The John Wayne hockey movie poster is a gem. And hilarious.
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No sellouts in a building that only holds 2,300 for hockey. Even opening night came up about 60 short. Friday was almost 200 short of a sellout which is really bad since you had the pad of nearby RPI fans (not to mention the band).

Suspect it is even worse than the numbers indicate seeing that Union decided to attach their brand to a gambling operation with an attached upscale hotel. Not exactly a military secret that casinos with hotels not only hand out freebies to overnight guests but also to the walk in fly by night gamblers who lay enough money on felt tables.

Sometimes the freebie is a buffet, sometimes it's the venue's entertainment. Do not believe this particular venue has a buffet so that only leaves the house entertainment. In Schenectady, the entertainment is college hockey compliments of the nearby highly esteemed (maybe) educational institution.

Add that all up and they still cannot scrounge up 2,300 fannies to fill 2,300 seats in a sparkling new building!!!

Conclusion is that in terms of generating any student or community interest, these people may be even worse off than we are!!!
 
tony/troy said:
No sellouts in a building that only holds 2,300 for hockey. Even opening night came up about 60 short. Friday was almost 200 short of a sellout which is really bad since you had the pad of nearby RPI fans (not to mention the band).

Suspect it is even worse than the numbers indicate seeing that Union decided to attach their brand to a gambling operation with an attached upscale hotel. Not exactly a military secret that casinos with hotels not only hand out freebies to overnight guests but also to the walk in fly by night gamblers who lay enough money on felt tables.

Sometimes the freebie is a buffet, sometimes it's the venue's entertainment. Do not believe this particular venue has a buffet so that only leaves the house entertainment. In Schenectady, the entertainment is college hockey compliments of the nearby highly esteemed (maybe) educational institution.

Add that all up and they still cannot scrounge up 2,300 fannies to fill 2,300 seats in a sparkling new building!!!

Conclusion is that in terms of generating any student or community interest, these people may be even worse off than we are!!!
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To be fair, it was Halloween. Whoever scheduled for Halloween night is dumb. These games should have been played either last weekend or Saturday/Sunday. Hell, even a lot of high school football games were moved to Thursday. Next year, with Halloween on a Saturday, no game should be scheduled.
 
For the football fans- RPI won big over SLU 48-0 today and shut down their own offense for the 4th period to just run out the clock and not run up the score further. Overall now 7-1 with their 2 toughest opponents left in Ithaca at home next week followed by Union on the road to wrap up the regular season.
 
What did I watch tonight? The inclination to take the puck and then cycle high rather than shooting was a bit maddening to watch. Some of the elements were there from when I watched them in person against BC, good defensive posture below the faceoff dots, good breakouts and puck movement starting from the D. The rest though? You can't score if you can't shoot and Union, after going like gangbusters the first period, was definitely vulenerable for the last two.

Positives tonight were the goaltending (very solid!), the crowd energy and the Band was great. I love the Blackout (despite being O-fer on winning a jersey) but tonight's game was a frustrating one to watch in person. Go RPI!
 
Tonight's game really felt like a low point for this team to me, and outside of goaltending which was fantastic, looked to me like some of the worst low effort hockey by RPI I've seen in at least two years. Union came in with a goal in mind: win any way possible. RPI on the other hand came in looking tired, and then appeared like they gave up after conceding the first goal. On offense they wouldn't shoot, choosing to pass the puck leading to Union getting it back the majority of the time. I get they're looking for the perfect shot, but you're not going to get it in D1 hockey. When it feels like every time we get the puck we don't shoot, it signals to the fans we are not trying to win the game, making it a dread to watch.
Likewise, Union on the other hand was taking every possible opportunity on offense. If it was not for an outstanding performance by our goaltender, this could of, and probably should have been a 5-0 or 6-0 game. I listened to the game last night on the radio, and watched today's game, and I am convinced that the team that WRPI was talking about yesterday was not the same team that played today.
Worst of all, they played like that on Blackout night, meaning a large portion of attendance is people who wouldn't normally go to games. If the one game you went to because of the special event had the team you were rooting for looking tired and unmotivated, why would you ever go back that same season? Its no wonder that attendance has been terrible this season.
I'm holding out faith that Lang can fix this, but the fact of the matter is, if RPI is this outmatched by Union, how are they going to be able to be competitive against any of the ECAC schools? Likewise, we have now been shut out in 3/9 (2/8 not counting exhibition) times. How many more times are we going to be shut out before this team going to start using their time on offense to shoot rather than pass?

On the plus side, I think we found our goaltender. Talk about an outstanding weekend in net for RPI.
 
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