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

    On Lang's press conference, I think it's useful to set down that type of marker early on. College hockey has fundamentally changed. The ability to transfer so easily will reshape what coaching looks like. Even if our ambition is to have four-year or multi-year players, we're going to be...
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    RPI 2025–26: Off the Critical List and In Recovery

    Agree with the surprise at the strength and emotion of Lang's post-match comments. But also agree with the points he made. I thought Friday was exactly what I'd expect from a Lang-coached team. We were not the best set of players on the ice. We were not fastest, or most skilled, or most...
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    10/24 & 10/25 games

    An ACHA team beating an NCAA team... recent history shows it happens, just ask Denver. But not the start Hiram will have wanted. Will be curious to see if they can make this even a moderate success. A tiny college of just 800 students, the only DIII program in Ohio, a resource intensive sport...
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    RPI 2025–26: Off the Critical List and In Recovery

    We've all heard the anecdotes of donors not engaging, let alone giving, under the previous regime. With Shirley Dr Jackson now gone, wonder how soon we'll see this type of "premium" project get sizeable alumni dollars behind them. You'd think they'd be appealing to some high-end donors who...
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    RPI 2025–26: Off the Critical List and In Recovery

    Is there anywhere to find more info about the potential renovation plans? Or is there nothing yet, beyond Lang's comments over the summer about the multi-phase process and the comments over the weekend from the AD? As for the hockey, a tough weekend as expected. Though RPI did a good job of...
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    Oswego State Lakers 2025-26...Let's Take it up a notch.....

    Lots of SUNYAC love at Middlebury now...just none for Plattsburgh. Still hate those Cardinals!
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    NESCAC 2025-2026: Don't Call it a Comeback

    Middlebury announces the assistant coach to replace Fitzgerald, former Oswego player Trent Grimshaw: Trent Grimshaw Named Assistant Men’s Ice Hockey Coach Welcome thoughts from the Oswego fans.
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    NESCAC 2025-2026: Don't Call it a Comeback

    Indeed, this is pretty much it for DIII and NESCAC hockey talk. If you're on X, DIII Hockey News is worth a follow at DIII Hockey News. There are a couple NESCAC fan accounts, NESCAC Ice Hockey, Hockey in the 'CAC. That's about it. Many years ago, this forum used to be really active with...
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    RPI 2025–26: Off the Critical List and In Recovery

    Agree with those who have modest (reasonable) expectations. RPI has won 15+ games three times in ten years, and won 10+ in the ECAC twice in ten years. I have no doubt Lang is a step up as a coach compared to what we've had - but he's coming into an environment with a losing culture, a lack of...
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    NESCAC 2025-2026: Don't Call it a Comeback

    Interesting... any more details you can share? Middlebury seems to have had a small staff recently - head coach and an assistant. But the past two assistants (Ceglarski and Fitzgerald) found their way to head coach jobs pretty quickly. No idea what the pay looks like compared to similar roles...
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    NESCAC 2025-2026: Don't Call it a Comeback

    Fall sports have only just started this past week, but it's never too early to look ahead to hockey. Top of the NESCAC has been fighting to be nationally competitive, but there's a question of whether the league can go back to being multi-bid and show how strong it is. Some big incoming...
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    RPI 2025–26: Off the Critical List and In Recovery

    It is amongst the most bogus of claims. A blog used AI to analyze the facial emotions of Instagram posts from students at universities in the U.S., UK and Australia to determine which ones were the most positive. Evidently posts tagged as being at RPI or from RPI students ranked second highest...
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    D3 Tournament Changes

    Love the idea of a DIII hockey finals weekend for the men and women at Lake Placid. Alternate it with something similar in the West. Turn it into a real showcase for the sport. But also recognise Lake Placid is not that convenient and travel and housing for eight teams plus eight sets of fans...
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    RPI 2025 Off-Season: Help Is On the Way

    Pure speculation here, but is it possible that it's a step up in the assistant hierarchy? Not sure where Karlis would've fit amongst Schneider and Lange. But with the current Mercyhurst assistant the coach-in-waiting, it potentially makes Karlis the clear number-two next year - and an...
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    RPI 2025 Off-Season: Help Is On the Way

    Very glad to see the full transition from Rensselaer to RPI - historic name of the Institute, differentiates from county and city, etc. The visual brand is unexciting in isolation, but the images throughout the brand site that use it in context work pretty well. When put together with other...
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    RPI 2025 Off-Season: Help Is On the Way

    Tough environment for colleges like RPI in particular. A large international student population that may or may not want to come to the United States / have the ability to come to the United States. Risk of federal grants for research disappearing, which I imagine is a not insignificant part of...
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    RPI 2025 Off-Season: Help Is On the Way

    Will be curious to see if any of them change. I also spotted at least one inconsistency already: RPI v Clarkson in Troy on November 8 is listed as 4pm on our schedule but 7pm on their schedule. Personally I don't like a 4pm start, and I would think it's less appealing to students (though maybe...
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    RPI 2025 Off-Season: Help Is On the Way

    It's Miami, RPI hosting them back-to-back on October 10-11. The 2025-2026 schedules thread has this brilliant spreadsheet: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Bl9Tq91I0hqnBJy00jR-UhHcj0ivctpU/edit?rtpof=true&sd=true&gid=403465873#gid=403465873 Not much known for RPI yet, other than...
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    RPI 2025 Off-Season: Help Is On the Way

    Two quarterfinals and a semifinal at RIT (RIT v Cortland, Dickinson v RPI) and two quarterfinals and a semifinal at Tufts (Tufts v Gettysburg, Christopher Newport v Bowdoin). Final is at Foxborough on Memorial Day Weekend along with seven other games - two DI men's semifinals, two DI women's...
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    RPI 2025 Off-Season: Help Is On the Way

    Agree with this, as the person who first raised the marketing / promotion piece. Brand new coach, injecting life into a moribund program, restoring the energy and enthusiasm amongst students, staff, alumni and the community. What a great opportunity! Tell me a bit about him, showcase his...
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