RPI 2019-2020: Life after Lovisa

[Ralph Baer]

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Ouch!

I probably shouldn't have posted that, but I try not to miss an opportunity for a lousy joke or a pun.

[Ralph Baer]

Re: RPI 2019-2020: Life after Lovisa

Congratulations to @RPI_WHockey alumnus Lovisa Selander @SelanderLovisa on being named Goaltender of the Year in the National Women's Hockey League @NWHL! @RPIAthletics @RPI @RPIAlumni https://t.co/IXWoNLuVEH

— Dave Aiello (@daveaiello) March 6, 2020

[Reddington]

Congratulations to @RPI_WHockey alumnus Lovisa Selander @SelanderLovisa on being named Goaltender of the Year in the National Women's Hockey League @NWHL! @RPIAthletics @RPI @RPIAlumni https://t.co/IXWoNLuVEH

— Dave Aiello (@daveaiello) March 6, 2020

The difference one player can make.

[RPI0007]

I'd consider donating if there was a clear commitment to success. Keeping Vines shows none of that. I also highly doubt this Lake Placid retreat will actually help. Every team claims every road trip is a "bonding" experience that will help them win more, but this won't change neither the (lack of) talent in our players nor the head coach of the program.

Winning is a habit! Unfortunately, so is losing.
If you can accept losing, you’ll never win.
RPI has accepted losing by keeping Vines around for another year.
30 more loses coming in 2020-21.
A retreat only shows Vines lack of commitment and his inabilities as a coach. This team doesn’t need a retreat, it needs a spring and summer camp of fitness and skill development.
Coaching staff should go on retreat and stay there.

[Reddington]

Winning is a habit! Unfortunately, so is losing.
If you can accept losing, you’ll never win.
RPI has accepted losing by keeping Vines around for another year.
30 more loses coming in 2020-21.
A retreat only shows Vines lack of commitment and his inabilities as a coach. This team doesn’t need a retreat, it needs a spring and summer camp of fitness and skill development.
Coaching staff should go on retreat and stay there.

The team is undersized .. of course RIT is too. Be interesting to have seen how the RIT coach would be doing there. Or is the extra four hours to Troy to much for the southern Ontario gals to overcome the full schollies RPI has.

[hab]

Re: RPI 2019-2020: Life after Lovisa

I probably shouldn't have posted that, but I try not to miss an opportunity for a lousy joke or a pun.

Strong supporters like you are allowed a few digs, Ralph.

[Ralph Baer]

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Mika Jahnke (Dallas Stars Elite U19) has committed to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for 2021-2022 @RPI @RPI_WHockey @ecachockey

— WHockey Commits (@WHockeyCommits) March 9, 2020

[Ralph Baer]

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Jahnke's Elite Prospect page https://www.eliteprospects.com/playe...75/mika-jahnke. It looks like she is a dual US-Japan citizen.


Edit: originally a Yale recruit https://www.dsehc.com/news_article/show/895926

[Ralph Baer]

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her sister

Riena Jahnke [Seibu Princess Rabbits (Japan)] has committed to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for 2020-2021 @RPI @RPI_WHockey @ecachockey

— WHockey Commits (@WHockeyCommits) March 9, 2020

[Ralph Baer]

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and her elite hockey page https://www.eliteprospects.com/playe...9/riena-jahnke

[Ralph Baer]

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Neutral Zone rates both recruits as 3.75. I won't post their info on the recruit thread until next week as there is missing info which I may find. To date:

8 Mika Jahnke F 03/09/20 Dallas Stars Elite 19U 2021 07/16/03 5'02" 130 TX 3.75
X Riena Jahnke F 03/09/20 Seibu Princess Rabbits 2020 08/05/01 5'03" 118 TX 3.75

[Ralph Baer]

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A highlight video of Riena Jahnke. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oi2EBFAR6io. I found it hard to follow.

[Ralph Baer]

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An article about the Jahnkes https://www.dallasnews.com/high-scho...ccess-to-come/.

A YouTube interview with Mika Jahnke. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pmGvbTyIEag She mentions Yale near the end.
A game she played in https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bw_VEwtEV84.

Edit: Actually both were originally Yale recruits and are still listed as such at the moment https://collegecommitments.com/Depth...cq9=1258929358. I wonder why they switched. They definitely did since there are likes by our coaches on both of the tweets which I posted.
Edit2: They are now listed for RPI https://collegecommitments.com/Depth...cq9=1258931204

[Ralph Baer]

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Another

Ashlyn Lewis (NAHA White) has committed to Renesselaer Polytechnic Institute for 2021-2022 @RPI @RPI_WHockey @ecachockey

— WHockey Commits (@WHockeyCommits) March 11, 2020

[Ralph Baer]

Re: RPI 2019-2020: Life after Lovisa

She was NAHA White's #1 goalie by playing time and GAA, but not by record. https://www.winter-hawks.org/stats/t...s&tool=3810891
That is saying something.

She got a 3.75 rating from Neutral Zone.