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Colgate and Starr's last season

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Rainman said:
Matthews Arena is a great place to watch hockey. When I walked into the building, I felt like I was walking into a hotel lobby!
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We may have our own soon enough :)

ColSkate65 said:
Thank goodness for the bye week. Maybe we can straighten out a few things before the RIT and Providence games. The frosh will benefit the most from practice, practice, practice.....

Going against Providence 1-4 or 2-3 won't do much for our confidence. Hopefully we get two Ws vs RIT. :)
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I can't make sense of bye weeks in football or hockey (unless we're banged up)...good or bad, harmful or helpful, stay fresh or get rusty...it's a double-edged sword IMO. This sounds like a roller coaster season already. Would expect 2 wins vs. the Tigers but not against the reigning national champs. Meanwhile, RPI gets shut out its first game of the season and then stuns #1 BC two days later. Congrats to them.
 
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sshablak said:
Rainman, what can you tell us about our frosh defensemen and Racine our forward ?
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I'm not someone that pays attention to specific players when watching the team in person. Racine had a breakaway in the 3rd period, only to get stymied by the NU goaltender. Willie Brooks and Kenny Citron both played on defense last Saturday, and Brooks got an assist on the lone Colgate goal (his 1st collegiate point).
 
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Rainman said:
I'm not someone that pays attention to specific players when watching the team in person. Racine had a breakaway in the 3rd period, only to get stymied by the NU goaltender. Willie Brooks and Kenny Citron both played on defense last Saturday, and Brooks got an assist on the lone Colgate goal (his 1st collegiate point).
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Brooks has three assists and Racine has 2g and an assist.
 
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In the ECAC blog: "What we learned" the new writer Josh Weinreb says Spink has six goals and five assists, what a start !
 
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I don't know about the rest of you but this six weeks between home football games and a late home start for hockey just stinks.
 
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Rainman I was being facetious, again. You really didn't think I was being serious ?
 
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Cool progress on the new rink. Hopefully they finish the roof before it starts snowing. The walls would be nice by then, too, but it'd be a shame to have to spend half the day shovelling snow out of the way.
 
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Just an FYI if you didn't know: at the "official" groundbreaking for the new arena held in early Oct, 13 dollars and 13 hockey pucks - one with Steve Rigg's name on it - were burried at the point where center ice will be located. Our class President informed us that a Class of '65 hard hat from our 50th reunion was also burried there. Hopefully all these talismans will bring the Raiders good luck for years to come. :)
 
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ColSkate65 said:
Hopefully all these talismans will bring the Raiders good luck for years to come. :)
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And jinx our opponents for the next century!

It was an ingenious idea; kudos to those who thought of it. A $13 tradition that should continue for all new buildings on campus to add to future folklore.
 
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Some interesting results so far in the young season. Bentley sweeps Northeastern, M'hurst splits w/ #20 Colgate...good job by Atlantic Hockey. RPI takes down #1 BC, and our next opponent, RIT, ties #10 Bowling Green after getting pasted by the North Country. With Harvard and Yale in the polls since week 1, and both Princeton and Cornell receiving votes (The Tigers are even ahead of the Raiders and finished 4-23-3 last season), perhaps Colgate should consider a late start to its season?! Maybe playing more games is just more...not better. Are the Ivies really at a disadvantage?

The U.S. Under-18 Team must be pretty good. This was an excerpt from the BU game:

BOSTON — The bad news for the Boston University Terriers was that they looked disinclined to play defense and lost for the first time ever to the U.S. Under-18 Team, falling 7-4 in front of 2,784 at Agganis Arena. The good news was that the three stars of the game will all be playing for the Terriers next season.

Stock and reload for BU; Colgate never so lucky.
 
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Tough to comment on the team since they haven't played home yet. Looking forward to RIT Friday, they tied #10 Bowling Green last weekend.
 
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Well it looks like we need two this weekend against RIT, or at worst a win at home and tie on the road. That lost to Northeastern is going to sting now after they were swept by Bentley??? In other news the ECAC OOC record is shaping well very early on, I have posted some thoughts on it below.

ECAC Inter-Conference Results thus far
Against:
Hockey East 5-4-1
Atlantic 7-1-1

Very important that the ECAC as a whole keeps winning against Hockey East especially. NCHC is the best overall league and Clarkson has WMU, SLU has Miami, and Quinnipiac has SCSU all this weekend. I can't expect the ECAC to have a winning record against the NCHC at years end but it would be nice to keep it close.
 
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Thanks for the link, Bill. Sounds as though Fargo is making some progress in the recruiting wars.

Tonite the first home game - about time :(
 
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We are still experiencing growing pains on defense, giving up 2 power-play goals (both just before the penalties were about to expire), as well as several instances of unsuccessfully clearing the puck out of our own defensive zone. We were far from perfect, and we can definitely improve, but a win is a win. I'll take it.
 
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One would think holding a team scoreless 5x5 for 56:00 would be impressive, but it didn't necessarily feel that way. Sounded like a great home-opener crowd! Wish the cameras caught that perspective.

And congrats to Colgate's newest Century Club Member! Hope both Spinks have a breakout season.
 
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ColSkate65 said:
Sounds as though Fargo is making some progress in the recruiting wars.
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Certainly some room for optimism...and not to rain on the parade, but stronger opposition is on the horizon. Regardless, after years of trying to find an identity, this memorable start is something to build on.
 
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