Re: RPI 2020 Off-season: Off-season Cancelled
The simulations are fun to read but if things had been allowed to play out, I am fairly sure the RPI/Harvard series at home in HFH in front of a reasonably sized crowd (2500+) was going to be a tough, hard fought, barn burner. I had imagined it going 3 games, all low scoring, perhaps even 1 or 2 shutouts with RPI winning the deciding game by scoring an early goal and simply frustrating Harvard and keeping them off the score sheet for the last 20-40 minutes for a 1-0 win (missing the empty net at the end a few times).
How we would have done in Lake placid would have been determined by who ended up getting there with us. Anything could have happened and anyone can be upset but I felt Cornell was a lock to be there. But the games there would have been very difficult to predict, not only because of the teams that would have been there, but because of the big ice surface. Just not totally sure that the higher rated teams, or even the teams with the best defensive records, would have won as expected. One hot goal tender could have carried the day. We will of course never know. Sure would have been nice to find out though......
The simulations are fun to read but if things had been allowed to play out, I am fairly sure the RPI/Harvard series at home in HFH in front of a reasonably sized crowd (2500+) was going to be a tough, hard fought, barn burner. I had imagined it going 3 games, all low scoring, perhaps even 1 or 2 shutouts with RPI winning the deciding game by scoring an early goal and simply frustrating Harvard and keeping them off the score sheet for the last 20-40 minutes for a 1-0 win (missing the empty net at the end a few times).
How we would have done in Lake placid would have been determined by who ended up getting there with us. Anything could have happened and anyone can be upset but I felt Cornell was a lock to be there. But the games there would have been very difficult to predict, not only because of the teams that would have been there, but because of the big ice surface. Just not totally sure that the higher rated teams, or even the teams with the best defensive records, would have won as expected. One hot goal tender could have carried the day. We will of course never know. Sure would have been nice to find out though......
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