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Hockey East 2011 - 2012 :

Re: Hockey East 2011 - 2012 :

slurpees said:
Also, priceless, RPI isn't exactly "western" New York.
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Sean Pickett said:
RPI was in eastern NY when I went to the BU-RPI game last year.

Sean
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Anything outside NYC is western NY :p

I see what Hockey East brings to UConn, but what value does UConn bring to Hockey East? RPI gets Hockey East into the Albany market (as if such things mattered in college hockey) and maintain the "bus league" with the notable exception of those outliers in Indiana. :p
 
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Priceless said:
I have read that, but what extra value do they bring? Is HE looking to expand into western NY? I don't see that anyone brings value to the conference.
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As opposed to the mecca that is northeast Maine? What exactly does Orono, ME bring to anything besides unemployment and deodorant?

I love these genius Hockey East threads.
 
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Onion Man said:
As opposed to the mecca that is northeast Maine? What exactly does Orono, ME bring to anything besides unemployment and deodorant?

I love these genius Hockey East threads.
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The market for UMO is exponentially larger than the market for RPI.
 
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Onion Man said:
As opposed to the mecca that is northeast Maine? What exactly does Orono, ME bring to anything besides unemployment and deodorant?

I love these genius Hockey East threads.
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If you go a little further north, a 75 MPH speed limit (starting I believe in a couple weeks). ;)
 
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Since we're relatively new to HE, my opinion probably doesn't count for much, but at least RPI brings a rich college hockey tradition, as opposed to UConn's complete lack thereof. RPI has a nat'l championship in the not-too-distant past (a team that I can actually remember) and a program that's on the upswing. I'd be psyched to have ND & RPI.
 
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UVM Cat in Texas said:
Since we're relatively new to HE, my opinion probably doesn't count for much, but at least RPI brings a rich college hockey tradition, as opposed to UConn's complete lack thereof. RPI has a nat'l championship in the not-too-distant past (a team that I can actually remember) and a program that's on the upswing. I'd be psyched to have ND & RPI.
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As UVM had a good rivalry with RPI and they were even travel partners back in the day, it makes sense you'd be psyched to have RPI join HE.

Sean
 
Re: Hockey East 2011 - 2012 :

UVM Cat in Texas said:
Since we're relatively new to HE, my opinion probably doesn't count for much, but at least RPI brings a rich college hockey tradition, as opposed to UConn's complete lack thereof. RPI has a nat'l championship in the not-too-distant past (a team that I can actually remember) and a program that's on the upswing. I'd be psyched to have ND & RPI.
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Good news! Your opinion counts just as much as mine!
Bad news: My opinion is just as relevant to the situation as those polls (poles) are to the NCAA Tournament field next March. :D
 
Re: Hockey East 2011 - 2012 :

Hi everyone.

Just posting this link to a piece we did at Without a Peer back in July about the pros and cons for an RPI to Hockey East move for both RPI and Hockey East

http://www.withoutapeer.com/2011/07/wagons-east.html

Of course, none of this matters at all if Notre Dame goes to the NCHC, which they very well might.

Just some food for thought. Enjoy the discussion.
 
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RPI would probably jump at the chance to go to HE. They are D-3 in all other sports, does that matter to HE?
 
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On second thought, even if ND stays west, maybe we can work out a trade with the ECAC - RPI for Merrimack and a player to be named later. :D
 
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Quite a few RPI alums live in the HEA market area and the RPI fanbase travels pretty well to away games, so I dont see other than the whole D3 thing getting some other members of HEA in a huff why RPI to HEA is a bad thing? You start to tap into the Albany market which is starting to rebound thanks to the new investments made by AMD and other globally known technology companies. Im sure some of those workers graduated from HEA schools and wouldnt mind see his or her alma mater come to Troy and play.
 
Re: Hockey East 2011 - 2012 :

fishcore12 said:
Quite a few RPI alums live in the HEA market area and the RPI fanbase travels pretty well to away games, so I dont see other than the whole D3 thing getting some other members of HEA in a huff why RPI to HEA is a bad thing? You start to tap into the Albany market which is starting to rebound thanks to the new investments made by AMD and other globally known technology companies. Im sure some of those workers graduated from HEA schools and wouldnt mind see his or her alma mater come to Troy and play.
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I don't think anyone is "in a huff" :p I asked why RPI to HEA would be a good thing and people have responded positively.
 
Re: Hockey East 2011 - 2012 :

Wholin1 said:
RPI would probably jump at the chance to go to HE. They are D-3 in all other sports, does that matter to HE?
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Considering that RPI had at least two previous invites to HE, it isn't clear that they would jump at an invite. The admins at the 'Tute have always enjoyed the connection to the Ivies, and three of the other ECAC schools (Clarkson, SLU, and Union) are in our all-sports league . OTOH, it certainly could finally happen this time.
 
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Priceless said:
I don't think anyone is "in a huff" :p I asked why RPI to HEA would be a good thing and people have responded positively.
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Sorry getting mixed up between reaction here and on twitter. So far everyone here has been pretty open to the idea..
 
Re: Hockey East 2011 - 2012 :

Sean Pickett said:
RPI was in eastern NY when I went to the BU-RPI game last year.

Sean
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yeah, but there really isnt a western or eastern NY, it's all "upstate" above Westchester County:p..........UNH wins Hockey East (regular season) with BU,BC and Mack fighting for second:eek: PC makes the biggest improvement
 
Re: Hockey East 2011 - 2012 :

J.D. said:
I was for RPI to Hockey East until I realized that'd mean more Red Cloud showing up in threads. Nobody wants that.
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I'm harmless. Just a cute, lovable fuzzball - or at the very least, better than half of the regular Hockey East comment crowd. Oy vey.
 
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