>> RIT Tigers 2011-12 Part II: Making Some Noise at the House that Roars <<

[komey1]

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And Merricmack will be rooting FOR RIT as they need them, as well as other things, to get in as an at-large.

 

[TigerFan86-87]

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I don't remember this situation significantly effecting the mens attendance last year.

There is no way that didn't have an effect. There were 2000 people (and half the pep band) at Ritter, most of which most likely would have been at BCA had the Women's game not been going on. I'm sure there are some core Lady Tiger fans that would not necessarily go see the men, but I would venture out on a limb and say a vast majority of those fans are fans of the Men's team too.

 

[TigerFan86-87]

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I don't think Madolora has been criticized much here. Those others have.

Except in the pre-season when some on here thought he should have been in an open competition with Ruby and Watson for the starting job. Still baffles me.

 

[TigerFan86-87]

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I wish the women's game could be moved to a earlier time! This is the second year in a row that this has happened. Though it is exciting to see both in Final games it's splitting our fan base! lol

Don't worry. As of 2012-13 or 2013-14, that will no longer be a problem since the women will be D-I.
Of course that doesn't mean their conference playoffs won't conflict with the Men's, but there definitely won't be a National Championship game played directly across from the AHA championship.

 

[blazer777]

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And Merricmack will be rooting FOR RIT as they need them, as well as other things, to get in as an at-large.

Best line in the article under Bottom Line in regards to who BC would play:

Then again, with the way teams like Air Force and RIT have fared in the NCAAs, maybe BC would rather play a team like Northern Michigan.

 

[RITProf]

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Don't worry. As of 2012-13 or 2013-14, that will no longer be a problem since the women will be D-I.
Of course that doesn't mean their conference playoffs won't conflict with the Men's, but there definitely won't be a National Championship game played directly across from the AHA championship.

The DI women are playing for the NCAA Championship tomorrow. What should never happen is having them both in Roch. the same weekend. It would be a choice of which trip to make.

 

[Ed Trefzger]

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I was just reading over on CHN that Michigan St. will be rooting against RIT due to the wins over Ferris St and Lake Superior and how an RIT win hurts them in Pairwise. Got to love how quickly things change this time of year.

Jayson Moy broke down who each team should root for last night on the USCHO bracketology blog:

http://www.uscho.com/bracketology/2012/03/17/the-bubble-who-to-root-for/

 

[Rochester]

Since this quote:
Burt - GWG in 2ot against Bentley to stave off elmination in the quarterfinals
McReynolds - 2 goals in win to advance to the AHA semifinals
McReynolds - GWG in ot to finally beat Niagara with Eckenswiller with an assist on it

I could not be happier to be proven wrong and I love the fact that this quote is coming back to haunt me!!! Go tigers!!!

 

[TigerFan86-87]

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The DI women are playing for the NCAA Championship tomorrow. What should never happen is having them both in Roch. the same weekend. It would be a choice of which trip to make.

I wouldn't be too worried about the RIT women playing for the D-I championship too soon. Maybe some day, but not in the immdiate future.

 

[JRZ DVLS]

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Any idea if there will be a stream anywhere? Armed forces network? Would be sweet to catch the game while knocking a few back.

 

[Ed Trefzger]

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Any idea if there will be a stream anywhere? Armed forces network? Would be sweet to catch the game while knocking a few back.

Game should be on America One.

 

[redhotzep96]

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Na na NAAA NANA, HEY!! WE SUCK!! (bring it)

 

[RIT Winters]

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Ouch. That one hurt.

I don't know what the hell happened. Did the emotional high from beating Niagara expend all their energy? Did they fail to prepare for AFA because they didn't forsee having to face them?

The RIT team out there tonight was night and day different from the team on the same ice 24 hours before, and we could spend the whole offseason wondering why.

The fact that the season ended with Spivak winding up for that final chance at a goal, and snapping his stick in two as the puck dribbled forward really summed it all up perfectly, I thought. A poetic ending, if nothing else.

Going to miss a lot of these seniors..

 

[35TH40TH]

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Can we play the AHA Conference Finals in Albany ???????????????

 

[StimulisRK]

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Ouch. That one hurt.

I don't know what the hell happened. Did the emotional high from beating Niagara expend all their energy? Did they fail to prepare for AFA because they didn't forsee having to face them?

The RIT team out there tonight was night and day different from the team on the same ice 24 hours before, and we could spend the whole offseason wondering why.

The fact that the season ended with Spivak winding up for that final chance at a goal, and snapping his stick in two as the puck dribbled forward really summed it all up perfectly, I thought. I poetic ending, if nothing else.

Going to miss a lot of these seniors..

Very true.
It was a horrible game. They played horrible. I don't know.

Oh well...

Here's a cool pic I got. One of their best chances of the game I thought (there weren't many...)

 

[bjdrit]

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Not a shocking result. Air Force, as one would expect, is always well conditioned, and RIT came off of a harder fought win at a later start time. RIT looked shot midway through the first, which was a very bad sign. The team definitely has felt like it was missing a natural goal scorer (and the grinders have been the ones scoring lately), which was apparent again -- these guys can put pucks on net, but often low quality perimeter shots. This never really felt like RIT's year though anyway.

A great battle yesterday, which unfortunately set up the winner for an uphill battle against an Air Force team that just dominates at the Blue Cross Arena. What are they now, 8-1 there if I'm not mistaken? Glad to see the Lady Tigers emerged though -- great news there.

 

[RIT Winters]

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Not a shocking result. Air Force, as one would expect, is always well conditioned, and RIT came off of a harder fought win at a later start time. RIT looked shot midway through the first, which was a very bad sign. The team definitely has felt like it was missing a natural goal scorer (and the grinders have been the ones scoring lately), which was apparent again -- these guys can put pucks on net, but often low quality perimeter shots. This never really felt like RIT's year though anyway.

A great battle yesterday, which unfortunately set up the winner for an uphill battle against an Air Force team that just dominates at the Blue Cross Arena. What are they now, 8-1 there if I'm not mistaken? Glad to see the Lady Tigers emerged though -- great news there.

The Falcons are now 21-3 all-time in AHA Playoffs and 10-1 all-time at the Blue Cross Arena.

 

[TigerFan86-87]

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Ouch. That one hurt.

I don't know what the hell happened. Did the emotional high from beating Niagara expend all their energy? Did they fail to prepare for AFA because they didn't forsee having to face them?

The RIT team out there tonight was night and day different from the team on the same ice 24 hours before, and we could spend the whole offseason wondering why.

The fact that the season ended with Spivak winding up for that final chance at a goal, and snapping his stick in two as the puck dribbled forward really summed it all up perfectly, I thought. A poetic ending, if nothing else.

Going to miss a lot of these seniors..

AFA is 10-1 all time at the BCA (not to mention 3-0 with a 10-0 goal advantage vs RIT) for a reason. Wherever they manage to finish in the regular season, Serratore knows how to get these guys playing at another level in the post season.
Besides that, RIT didn't play their best. It looked a lot like last year's and 2008's loss at times out there. There's something about this matchup at this time of year that just isn't good for the Tigers. Hats off and congrats to Air Force (seriously), but I'll be rooting for BC to wipe the floor with them.
But at the end of the day, we can probably agree that this wasn't the Tigers' most stellar performance over the course of the entire season. They managed to provide us a few awesome highlights (Catamount Cup, St. Lawrence, first win vs. NU, comeback vs Bentley), but spent periods of the season making us wonder where the real Tigers were hiding while the game was going on. They needed to find a go-to first line to replace Brenner-Favot, but weren't able to until the outburst by the McReynolds-Garbowski-McGowan line Sunday and yesterday.
As far as next season goes, let's hope that line finds a replacement for McReynolds. They may be the go-to line for a couple years to come if they keep progressing. Let's also hope that they go out and find a stud defenseman or three in recruiting. Assuming Saracino comes back from injury and plays next year (he's not graduating, right?), he'll be the only true # 1 pairing kind of D-man out there. I was watching Noyes, Descoteaux, and Raibl the last few games. Without Saracino, those are our veteran stalwarts for next season. Not for nothing but Yikes. Noyes has offensive abilities that can help, but defensively his game was a bit of a struggle the last few games. He made a couple great defensive plays, but mostly to cover for his own mistakes or turnovers. The other two didn't stand out as much as that, but weren't stellar. I honestly hate to be critical of these guys, but that aspect of the Tigers' future really worries me. Let's hope they find an answer in the next 7 months.

HUGE Props to the Lady Tigers!!!
National Champs!!!
Great Job!
Best of Luck in the CHA next year!

 

[jflory81]

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They were who we thought they were.

I'll miss the glue guys much more than I'll miss the so called scorers out of this senior class.

I think it's a **** shame Burt passed Favot for career points, because Favot was a much better player as an upperclassman than Burt was.

 

[jflory81]

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Not a shocking result. Air Force, as one would expect, is always well conditioned, and RIT came off of a harder fought win at a later start time.

I don't like excuses in the first place, but this is one of the ****tier ones I've ever seen. Both teams played last night, RIT played a whopping 3 minutes more (and the momentum of beating a team they've never beaten at D1 should have at least negated the 3 hour difference in start time from the night before).

It's crap. RIT was not nearly as good as Air Force this year, and frankly, they probably weren't as good as Niagara either (anything can happen in a one game playoff. Similar to how RIT was the better team last year but AF beat them in the final)