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Clarkson & SLU @ RPI & Union (3/1, 3/2)

Re: Clarkson & SLU @ RPI & Union (3/1, 3/2)

10 Reasons why RPI is better than St. Lawrence:

10. When determining the PairWise rankings, criteria includes the RPI, not the SLU.
9. Every game, our fans say "one minute, and Clarkson still sucks" no matter who we are playing.
8. Who gives a hoot about the Hoot Owl? Our Karner Blue butterfly is better anyway.
7. Troy is in the center of the ECAC, Canton is in the middle of nowhere.
6. It requires intelligence to not only spell Rensselaer correctly, but to pronounce it correctly as well.
5. Math? RPI equals 2 national championships, SLU and Clarkson? A combined zero.
4. America's Pep Band vs. No Pep Band? You think that's better?
3. Kids love our mascot. Enough said.
2. Ballpark seating vs. Church pew seating? You're kidding, right?
1. #1 Reason: More Alumni posters!!

Let's go Red!
 
Re: Clarkson & SLU @ RPI & Union (3/1, 3/2)

The best reason why RPI is better-we do not need to list the 10 best reasons. We just know!;)
 
Re: Clarkson & SLU @ RPI & Union (3/1, 3/2)

Are people seriously posting over who is better? LOL ... You might as well have just asked "Who is your favorite team?" ... That's essentially what it boils down to ... LET'S GO SAINTS!!!
 
Re: Clarkson & SLU @ RPI & Union (3/1, 3/2)

Btw, I love the two weekends a year when we play RPI & Union (to a lesser extent). It gives me tons of posts to read on my free time :p
 
Re: Clarkson & SLU @ RPI & Union (3/1, 3/2)

Saints#1 said:
Btw, I love the two weekends a year when we play RPI & Union (to a lesser extent). It gives me tons of posts to read on my free time :p
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I always loved driving up to SLU for games. First-it was fairly close for us when we lived in the Adirondacks. And second, i got to watch how Joe Marsh managed his team. I have followed NCAA hcokey and particularly ECQAC hockey since 1963 and no one ever got more from the talent on his team that Joe did. He always amazed me by making adjustments between periods and often on the fly that could completely turn a game around. Smart, talented coach.
 
Re: Clarkson & SLU @ RPI & Union (3/1, 3/2)

Who would have thought 7 weeks ago that all 4 teams could make a run at the bye this last weekend of games? Should be the premier matchups for the ECAC, and maybe even the NCAA as far as jockeying for position goes.
 
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DrDemento said:
I always loved driving up to SLU for games. First-it was fairly close for us when we lived in the Adirondacks. And second, i got to watch how Joe Marsh managed his team. I have followed NCAA hcokey and particularly ECQAC hockey since 1963 and no one ever got more from the talent on his team that Joe did. He always amazed me by making adjustments between periods and often on the fly that could completely turn a game around. Smart, talented coach.
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And an absolutely gracious, down-to-earth, wonderful man. I've only met him a couple of times...... all at The Whale in New Haven......but for all the right reasons, he is someone one never forgets !!!
 
Re: Clarkson & SLU @ RPI & Union (3/1, 3/2)

burgie12 said:
1) Head-to-head is applied before ECAC wins (just in case you start looking at other tiebreakers).
2) RPI / Q is 0-1-1, not 0-2 and that extra point allows RPI to win either of the above scenarios (Yale or SLU in 4th)

However, there are additional scenarios. Most notably, Union "sneaking" into the Top 4. RPI almost immediately loses any tiebreaker where the Dutchmen become involved.

I'll have a lot more information later today or tomorrow about tiebreakers.
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OOOOOPS...... I stand corrected. I suspected that I would make a mistake somewhere along the way. Simply didn't have the time to check my work. Besides, I am spending WAY too much time on this stuff as it is !!!
 
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yaledoc said:
And an absolutely gracious, down-to-earth, wonderful man. I've only met him a couple of times...... all at The Whale in New Haven......but for all the right reasons, he is someone one never forgets !!!
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Doc-what scared me a bit a few weeks ago ws seeing him as an observer at Princeton. it is bad enough one of his players now coaches the Tigers-but if he has any input-games at Baker will not be much fun for us. Jenny and i met him ony twice-and you said it right. Just an absolute gentleman.
 
Re: Clarkson & SLU @ RPI & Union (3/1, 3/2)

DrDemento said:
I always loved driving up to SLU for games. First-it was fairly close for us when we lived in the Adirondacks. And second, i got to watch how Joe Marsh managed his team. I have followed NCAA hcokey and particularly ECQAC hockey since 1963 and no one ever got more from the talent on his team that Joe did. He always amazed me by making adjustments between periods and often on the fly that could completely turn a game around. Smart, talented coach.
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Class guy. Of course he was the only ECAC coach with a win over RPI during the 84-85 season in Troy. Things were corrected in Canton later in the season when RPI swept the north country trip with a pair of 7-4 wins if I remember correctly.
 
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RPI fan 4 life said:
2. Ballpark seating vs. Church pew seating? You're kidding, right?
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Uhh I don't know how I didn't notice this before in the post, but your arena is an old aircraft hanger with multiple colored seating in random places. It's cavernous, has a stage at one end with a curtain and doesn't feel like a place to go for hockey ... How in the world does that compare to a classic hockey rink like Appleton Arena? ... Just sayin' :p
 
Re: Clarkson & SLU @ RPI & Union (3/1, 3/2)

Saints#1 said:
Uhh I don't know how I didn't notice this before in the post, but your arena is an old aircraft hanger with multiple colored seating in random places. It's cavernous, has a stage at one end with a curtain and doesn't feel like a place to go for hockey ... How in the world does that compare to a classic hockey rink like Appleton Arena? ... Just sayin' :p
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Just to correct things, it was a warehouse, not a hanger, and the stage, sadly, is gone.
 
Re: Clarkson & SLU @ RPI & Union (3/1, 3/2)

RPI fan 4 life said:
10 Reasons why RPI is better than St. Lawrence:

10. When determining the PairWise rankings, criteria includes the RPI, not the SLU.
Yeah, but your just jealous when everyone chants "SLU" and you add a "T" at the end. (Not that your team has ever been referred to as
RIP.
9. Every game, our fans say "one minute, and Clarkson still sucks" no matter who we are playing.
And we love you for it.
8. Who gives a hoot about the Hoot Owl? Our Karner Blue butterfly is better anyway.
Who cares about a butterfly that is on the endangered list? We love our beer at the Hoot and we do give a hoot about it. For added zest, we
put Karner Blue Butterflies in it. Could explain the shortage.
7. Troy is in the center of the ECAC, Canton is in the middle of nowhere.
And thankfully nothing like the booming metropolis of Troy. Home of Uncle Sam and one of the most modern, up to date metro's in the USA. "I
want you!!"
6. It requires intelligence to not only spell Rensselaer correctly, but to pronounce it correctly as well.
Personally I prefer the spelling of Ylae better.
5. Math? RPI equals 2 national championships, SLU and Clarkson? A combined zero.
Come on....I thought this was just about St. Lawrence and you continue to drag Clarkson into the equation.
4. America's Pep Band vs. No Pep Band? You think that's better?
Musical instruments and geeks just go together.
3. Kids love our mascot. Enough said.
Yeah but God loves his Saints!!!
2. Ballpark seating vs. Church pew seating? You're kidding, right?
Yeah you got us there. Ballpark seating circa Crosley or Forbes field....I always enjoy the view behind those posts we sit behind in the SLU
section you always put us in. Gotta admit though. That icon of modernity that Houston is does fit right in, in Troy.
1. #1 Reason: More Alumni posters!!
Methinks it's back to the "geek" thing.

Let's go Red!
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In the spirit of fun and the humor which your list is intended.
 
Re: Clarkson & SLU @ RPI & Union (3/1, 3/2)

Ralph Baer said:
Just to correct things, it was a warehouse, not a hanger, and the stage, sadly, is gone.
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I was last there back in 2009 and I didn't realize it was gone. It was just too big and there was no buzz or anything that you would expect from a hockey rink. Blahhhh, not my cup of tea ... But, to each his or her own :)
 
Re: Clarkson & SLU @ RPI & Union (3/1, 3/2)

Saints#1 said:
Uhh I don't know how I didn't notice this before in the post, but your arena is an old aircraft hanger with multiple colored seating in random places. It's cavernous, has a stage at one end with a curtain and doesn't feel like a place to go for hockey ... How in the world does that compare to a classic hockey rink like Appleton Arena? ... Just sayin' :p
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But it does have 2 NCAA Championship banners hanging up there. .....just respondin';)

(But i too would love to see it modernized or replaced)
 
Re: Clarkson & SLU @ RPI & Union (3/1, 3/2)

Saints#1 said:
I was last there back in 2009 and I didn't realize it was gone. It was just too big and there was no buzz or anything that you would expect from a hockey rink. Blahhhh, not my cup of tea ... But, to each his or her own :)
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You have that right-there has not been the same buzz in the place in a lng time. We have debated why that is over and over. Perhaps after we win a few more games this year-and have an incredibly successful year next year-that might return. I must admit that some smaller rinks-at Princeton, SLU, Clarkson, Colgate-even though their teams have not had the same national success over the years-are louder and just seem more alive most nights. But i go back a long time and remember when the HFH was so loud you could not hear yourself think-some Freakouts, and almost all of 1983-84 and 1984-85. Would love to see those kinds of crowds back.
 
Re: Clarkson & SLU @ RPI & Union (3/1, 3/2)

There is a lot at stake for all of these schools this weekend. So the only thing you can do is play the best you can and hope the bounces go your way.
Officials not withstanding, I hope they let these guys play and decide these games on the ice. I would hate to see any team get screwed out of a win just because a referee needs to be the center of attention.
I don't want to just single out referees, so let me say that I believe we have the worst linesmen in hockey. I ahve seen more blown offsides calls in the last couple of years then in the fifty years before that. And I don't even know what the rule is for icing. They seem to make it up as they go along.
C'mon guys at least get it right this weekend.
 
Re: Clarkson & SLU @ RPI & Union (3/1, 3/2)

Saints#1 said:
Uhh I don't know how I didn't notice this before in the post, but your arena is an old aircraft hanger with multiple colored seating in random places. It's cavernous, has a stage at one end with a curtain and doesn't feel like a place to go for hockey ... How in the world does that compare to a classic hockey rink like Appleton Arena? ... Just sayin' :p
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Doesn't sound like you've been there recently, I count three inaccuracies in this post.
 
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