>>>>RIT 2010 Offseason Thread-"You have to be a genius to go to RIT"

[TigerFan86-87]

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Well for one, I am not sure you can blame the AHA for that one, its the schools I beleive who work out their schedules.

I don't know, but I would assume it's got to be a little of both the conference and the schools. The schools must be involved in order to work out the whole convoluted 3x, 2x BS structure with one geographic outlier. What a mess. My rant against the AHA was more aimed at whoever dreamed up this ridiculous alignment and scheduling nightmare than the actual schedule makers (be it the AHA or the schools or both). You'd think there would be a better way.
Look at the ECAC schedule, for example. Theirs is as straightforward as it gets... pairs of travel partners arranged geographically travel to other pairs for two-game, two-opponent weekends then play each other in a home-and-home on a given weekend. I imagine the conference can easily take care of that schedule with minimal input (arena availability, etc.) from the schools. Not that I think they should carbon-copy the ECAC's format, because of course, AHA can't really do it that way with AFA in the mix. It just seems like they could figure something better out. Because whether it's 1 game weekends or Tuesday games, it's a mess.

 

[mar7967]

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we will most likely be playing Robert Morris on 2/18 and 2/19. This is the second to last weekend of conference play, and we are the only two teams without a conference opponent scheduled thus far. No signs of where we will play yet though. Same holds for Holy Cross on 1/21 and 1/22.

 

[boot_walt_kyle]

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Re: >>>>RIT 2010 Offseason Thread-"You have to be a genius to go to RIT"

Hey RIt, just wondering what your team looks like for next year?

Hope good things are on the waay

 

[komey1]

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Hey RIt, just wondering what your team looks like for next year?

Hope good things are on the waay

Fowards look stout - top guys will be returing. Favot, Burt, and Brenner are a formidable trio in Atlantic Hockey. There were some players that started stepping up in the 2nd half of the season.

Defense and goaltending will be the areas of concern. RIT lost their top 3 defensemen and starting goaltending. However, as the saying goes - we don't rebuild, we reload. There are a couple freshman that look promising and will get some good, hard looks. Goaltendingwise, RIT brought in what looks like a good prospect. Last year's second stringer Madelora looked pretty good in his limited action.

RIT will be a force in the conference. Given the new landscape of the conference, I think it will be tougher. I think RIT will at least make the Final Four of the AHA tournament, and anything goes after that.

 

[Tom Naeger]

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I don't know, but I would assume it's got to be a little of both the conference and the schools. The schools must be involved in order to work out the whole convoluted 3x, 2x BS structure with one geographic outlier. What a mess. My rant against the AHA was more aimed at whoever dreamed up this ridiculous alignment and scheduling nightmare than the actual schedule makers (be it the AHA or the schools or both). You'd think there would be a better way.
Look at the ECAC schedule, for example. Theirs is as straightforward as it gets... pairs of travel partners arranged geographically travel to other pairs for two-game, two-opponent weekends then play each other in a home-and-home on a given weekend. I imagine the conference can easily take care of that schedule with minimal input (arena availability, etc.) from the schools. Not that I think they should carbon-copy the ECAC's format, because of course, AHA can't really do it that way with AFA in the mix. It just seems like they could figure something better out. Because whether it's 1 game weekends or Tuesday games, it's a mess.

Don't get me wrong I am not defending the AHA, just want to make sure they get greif for what they deserve it for...

 

[TigerFan86-87]

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I think RIT will at least make the Final Four of the AHA tournament

But even that is going to be immensely more difficult than ever before with the new divisional alignment. It's not out of the realm of possibility that the 3rd best (and possibly even the 4th best) team in the entire conference could be kept out of the Semi-finals because the top four (or more) are all in the Western Division. For the time being, getting out of the West to the BCA is going to be quite a feat for whomever is fortunate enough to do so.

 

[Spydey629]

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we will most likely be playing Robert Morris on 2/18 and 2/19. This is the second to last weekend of conference play, and we are the only two teams without a conference opponent scheduled thus far. No signs of where we will play yet though. Same holds for Holy Cross on 1/21 and 1/22.

Per Coach Schooley at the Frozen Four, RMU will host RIT twice this year. Now, I don't know if the date you mention will be all on the Island or not... Schooley LOVES home-and-homes...

If you're speculation is right, that weekend will probably a home-and-home series, with yet another oddly placed one-off somewhere else on the schedule.

Before seeing how this played out, I really thought it was going be a travel-partner set-up -- i.e. @ Mercyhurst Friday and @ Bobby Mo Saturday, or splitting two games between RIT, Niagara, and Canisius... Guess I was wrong.

 

[mar7967]

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Per Coach Schooley at the Frozen Four, RMU will host RIT twice this year. Now, I don't know if the date you mention will be all on the Island or not... Schooley LOVES home-and-homes...

If you're speculation is right, that weekend will probably a home-and-home series, with yet another oddly placed one-off somewhere else on the schedule.

Before seeing how this played out, I really thought it was going be a travel-partner set-up -- i.e. @ Mercyhurst Friday and @ Bobby Mo Saturday, or splitting two games between RIT, Niagara, and Canisius... Guess I was wrong.

I think a 5 hour commute is a bit much for a home and home...and we aren't doing home and home with Mercyhurst, which is a bit closer. I would not count on an RMU-RIT home and home series...

I kinda expected the same thing with scheduling...oh well

 

[RITTechie]

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Re: >>>>RIT 2010 Offseason Thread-"You have to be a genius to go to RIT"

So, um, am I having a stroke, or, for some reason, are there vuvuzelas playing when you open this thread?

 

[mar7967]

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Re: >>>>RIT 2010 Offseason Thread-"You have to be a genius to go to RIT"

So, um, am I having a stroke, or, for some reason, are there vuvuzelas playing when you open this thread?

Nope, there are vuvuzelas. boot_walt_kyle has embedded a youtube video of it in his post, but made it not visable. The only reason I know this is because the code shows up in the subscription email I got. You can also see it if you click "quote" on his post. Its super annoying.

 

[Tom Naeger]

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Nope, there are vuvuzelas. boot_walt_kyle has embedded a youtube video of it in his post, but made it not visable. The only reason I know this is because the code shows up in the subscription email I got. You can also see it if you click "quote" on his post. Its super annoying.

He better take it out, or will be the first person I ever block and given who I have put up with in the past that is an accomplishment...

 

[komey1]

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But even that is going to be immensely more difficult than ever before with the new divisional alignment. It's not out of the realm of possibility that the 3rd best (and possibly even the 4th best) team in the entire conference could be kept out of the Semi-finals because the top four (or more) are all in the Western Division. For the time being, getting out of the West to the BCA is going to be quite a feat for whomever is fortunate enough to do so.

I agree it will be harder. But I think RIT will manage to do it. I think Air Force will slide back a bit after their losses the last couple years. Niagara has always given RIT trouble. Robert Morris has shown flashes of excellance, but not consistancy in CHA play lately. Mercyhurst will likely be a challenge as well. Canisius showed improvement, but I don't know if they are quite at the same level of the rest of the west.

Right now, I would rank the Western teams:

Niagara
RIT
Mercyhurst
Robert Morris
Air Force
Canisius

 

[TigerFan86-87]

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I agree it will be harder. But I think RIT will manage to do it. I think Air Force will slide back a bit after their losses the last couple years. Niagara has always given RIT trouble. Robert Morris has shown flashes of excellance, but not consistancy in CHA play lately. Mercyhurst will likely be a challenge as well. Canisius showed improvement, but I don't know if they are quite at the same level of the rest of the west.

Right now, I would rank the Western teams:

Niagara
RIT
Mercyhurst
Robert Morris
Air Force
Canisius

I didn't mean to imply that RIT wouldn't win, just that is is not going to be nearly as "easy" as it was this past season due to the strength of the Western division. It think it's going to be an enjoyable season. Maybe a little more nerve-wracking than 09-10, but that's when it gets fun, right? Hey, this division almost approaches looking like a real conference! So this is what it is kind of like to have to work hard to win.
Maybe the West should steal away Army, SHU, or both, then secede and get their own Auto-Bid.

 

[komey1]

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I didn't mean to imply that RIT wouldn't win, just that is is not going to be nearly as "easy" as it was this past season due to the strength of the Western division. It think it's going to be an enjoyable season. Maybe a little more nerve-wracking than 09-10, but that's when it gets fun, right? Hey, this division almost approaches looking like a real conference! So this is what it is kind of like to have to work hard to win.
Maybe the West should steal away Army, SHU, or both, then secede and get their own Auto-Bid.

6 teams is all you need for an auto-bid.

 

[FrozenFairies]

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I think we could still see another early departure, tbh. I am quite certain there are a few more offers on the table for some seniors.

 

[mar7967]

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Adding Air Force:

2010-2011 RIT Men's Hockey Schedule

10/8 St. Cloud at UNO Tournament
10/9 UNO at UNO Tournament
10/16 UMass Lowell @ Blue Cross Arena
10/22 @RPI
10/23 @Union
11/7 @ Air Force (Sunday game)
11/12 UConn
11/13 UConn
11/26 Sacred Heart
11/27 Sacred Heart
12/10 @ Mercyhurst
12/11 @ Mercyhurst
12/17 Canisius
1/7 @ Army
1/8 @ Army
1/29 Mercyhurst
2/4 Air Force
2/5 Air Force
2/11 Canisius
2/13 @ Canisius

at Cornell
Merrimack?


3x:
Niagara
Robert Morris

2x:
Holy Cross
Bentley
AIC

We will finish the season with Niagara, Holy Cross, or Bentley. I am predicting Niagara because all the the teams that have released schedules so far play a team in their 'division' in the last week.

 

[TigerFan86-87]

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11/7 @ Air Force (Sunday game)

This is getting ridiculous. Unless there are secret plans of adding DU or CC for one NC game that same weekend, it's idiotic to send RIT (or anyone else, for that matter) on a flight to Colorado Springs for one game, on a Sunday, with a 2 game set at home the following weekend, and Finals looming the next week. Brutal.

 

[mar7967]

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This is getting ridiculous. Unless there are secret plans of adding DU or CC for one NC game that same weekend, it's idiotic to send RIT (or anyone else, for that matter) on a flight to Colorado Springs for one game, on a Sunday, with a 2 game set at home the following weekend, and Finals looming the next week. Brutal.

CC and DU have a home and home on 11/5 and 11/6, so I don't think we will be playing either of them...

Mercyhurst plays AFA on Friday night, so maybe we are flying with them to save costs? But I agree, its rough. Without AFA, it wouldnt be so bad

 

[Tweedle Dee]

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CC and DU have a home and home on 11/5 and 11/6, so I don't think we will be playing either of them...

Mercyhurst plays AFA on Friday night, so maybe we are flying with them to save costs? But I agree, its rough. Without AFA, it wouldnt be so bad

This is why the whole NCAAs need to be restructured. AFA in AHA makes no sense. Hell UAH makes more sense than AFA. Don't get me wrong I love the rivalry with AFA but with the new scheduling travel to Colorado Springs becomes asinine.

 

[ChiefWahoo]

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Adding Air Force:

2010-2011 RIT Men's Hockey Schedule

10/8 St. Cloud at UNO Tournament
10/9 UNO at UNO Tournament
10/16 UMass Lowell @ Blue Cross Arena
10/22 @RPI
10/23 @Union
11/7 @ Air Force (Sunday game)
11/12 UConn
11/13 UConn
11/26 Sacred Heart
11/27 Sacred Heart
12/10 @ Mercyhurst
12/11 @ Mercyhurst
12/17 Canisius
1/7 @ Army
1/8 @ Army
1/29 Mercyhurst
2/4 Air Force
2/5 Air Force
2/11 Canisius
2/13 @ Canisius

at Cornell
Merrimack?


3x:
Niagara
Robert Morris

2x:
Holy Cross
Bentley
AIC

We will finish the season with Niagara, Holy Cross, or Bentley. I am predicting Niagara because all the the teams that have released schedules so far play a team in their 'division' in the last week.

Merrimack schedule is out. Sat Jan 1st at RIT 7 PM