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RIT (aka Team Canada)

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Hokydad said:
Actually there are 20 Americans on BU's roster and 9 of their top 10 scorers come from the good old USA
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Really? Seemed like last game I saw when the player introductions came that they were all internationals.

Just checked the roster and you're right. Guess I just remembered the international kids being bigger in number than they were. Mea culpa.
 
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Hokydad said:
Good for you. Irishneednotapply speaks with forked tounge. Same as WJC etc, we want USA hockey kids and players to do well. You might not care, but some do. We want teams loaded with American born players to win. Not 22 and 23 year old Canadian freshmens. Just like you can 100% bet there would be zero Canadians rooting for a Quebec team with15+ 22 and 23 year old freshmen Americans on one of their Canadian University teams.

Go BC!
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This is one of the main reasons I hate Boston, and I am not even a Yankees fans, but I do date one...
 
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RITProf said:
I don't think we've truly arrived until we have an "RIT is Going Down the Tubes" or a "Fire Wayne Wilson" thread.;)
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Those can be started right after the Frozen Four if you do not leave with the title. And if they are started it will also increase your arrogance quotient which in turn highlights your arrival.

Go RIT.
 
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ScoobyDoo said:
Those can be started right after the Frozen Four if you do not leave with the title. And if they are started it will also increase your arrogance quotient which in turn highlights your arrival.
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Can we not arrive and just sneak in? :D
 
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Mania said:
Can we not arrive and just sneak in? :D
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When the poster schedule for your first year in the conference says: Atlantic Hockey: We have arrived! after RIT won only 9 games the previous year, it leads me to think that the RIT way is not sneaking in, but barging in.

So let me say this: Attention NCAA Hockey: We have arrived! :D
 
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I think there should definitely be limitations on college hockey rosters. For instance, there should not be more than 5 marketing majors, no more than 6 Canadian players, and definitely not any more than 4 blue eyed players (but blue eyed goalies shouldn't count against the max).

And what's up with all the teams that have mostly left-handed shooters? That should be illegal too.
 
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sammich824 said:
I think there should definitely be limitations on college hockey rosters. For instance, there should not be more than 5 marketing majors, no more than 6 Canadian players, and definitely not any more than 4 blue eyed players (but blue eyed goalies shouldn't count against the max).

And what's up with all the teams that have mostly left-handed shooters? That should be illegal too.
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I am intrigued by your ideas, and wish to subscribe to your newsletter.
 
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MikeAnderson said:
This is why the APR was established, and hockey is held to the same standards as every other sport.

http://www.ncaa.org/wps/portal/ncaa...05+NCAA+News&pageDesign=NCAA+News+and+Updates
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The NCAA basketball tournament included Maryland, which according to the Washington Post boasts a b-ball team graduation rate of 8%. Is this the "standard for all collegiate sports" Mike Anderson cites? The University of Minnesota is tied in 204th place with U. Alabama and U. California with a 44% graduation rate for all student athletes. Big sports programs ignore academic accountability to athletes and exploit athletes for profit.
This IS where college (amateur?) hockey is headed. These statistics are undeniably the results of the current NCCA "standards for student athletes." Maybe we shoud separate Professional College Hockey from amateur hockey in the same way that olympic hockey has distanced itself from amateur competition. Maybe there are enough rabid professional hockey fans to support both the professional NHL, the professional olympics, and professional college hockey. Maybe you can strike a match on a wet cake of soap.
 
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Youngblood11 said:
I think US Colleges should limit Canadian Born Players on rosters. No more then 5 per roster.
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Where did the number 5 come from? What's your argument? Or do you have only your opinion without any justification? You know what they say about opinions...

Limiting the number of Canadian players in NCAA hockey teams? Quid pro quo. What about limiting the amount of money universities spend on each player? Or limiting the number of draft picks per school? What about requiring a minimum number of engineers and science majors on each team? And minimum hours spent on academic pursuits? C'mon. We can come up for reasons why we think it's unfair the other team won but that's poor sportsmanship. Could it be that you're angry that money and resources that state governments throw in don't necessarily always guarantee the big wins? Success isn't supposed to be bought. Sometimes people forget what college sports are supposed to be about.

Maybe this thread should be renamed the sore loser thread. ;)
 
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Hokydad said:
And you speak for who? Barney? Mr Rodgers? Please....
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Actual PC hockey fans. And you'd do well to pay attention to what people who actually care about Friar hockey think about things if you're going to post on our thread since you've gone off on everyone from the the actual students at PC to people who have been following the team for longer than you've been alive.

It's amazing how you post something intelligent and well thought out and then go back to some idiotic drivel about sewing circles, canadian players, having no life and the ice around the zamboni door at Lawler. Are there two of you posting? I'm half convinced that you're either the evil twin of UnhCat07 or PC's athletic director.
 
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Osorojo said:
Maybe there are enough rabid professional hockey fans to support both the professional NHL, the professional olympics, and professional college hockey. Maybe you can strike a match on a wet cake of soap.
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Both means three now, huh? Maybe you shouldn't talk about academics. The difference between 2 and 3 was something most people master when they learn how to talk.

Some people don't need to spend 4 years in college to develop their skills for their future careers. Anyone find that speech by (Sjohn Poedein?)? I think it was a commencement speech he gave a year or so ago...
 
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GreatLakerMohawk said:
Beautiful throwback.
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I'll also add that I *almost* have my voice back after an awesome weekend in Albany. Got to see some of my home town peeps and root for my college hockey team in the DI tourny. Had a ball listening to some of the chants/cheers that I recall yelling from 20+ years ago. You gotta work a little to top that.

As far as where folks come from and who they play for? I gotta say there are bigger things to worry about in this world. Not really sure why it matters very much in the end.

I am mighty proud to have watched, from afar, the strides this program has made since I went to school.

Signed a proud RITAlum.

PS: We/I still have no class. Can't say you weren't warned.... It says so on the back of my shirt (that I helped design)! :D
 
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