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>>>>>>>>> RIT Tigers 2015-16 Regular season thread. On the prowl again

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This is a great experience for a team this young. A lot of key players will be returning. This is a team that could be making runs the next couple years at least. Kudos to Army and Air Force, who I fully expect right now to be back at Blue Cross next year the way they played to end the season. To Robert Morris - very disappointed with how they reacted to losing. Their coach should be ashamed at how they ended the game. With all the seniors next year, they are going to be rebuilding next year.
 
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Looks like RIT will be playing in either Albany or Worcester next week. Could mean a great showing from fans.
 
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Fun facts:

The goal scoring pattern was unusually regular:
RMU-RIT-RIT-RMU-RIT-RIT-RMU-RIT-RIT-RMU-RIT

RIT outscored Robert Morris by one goal in each period.

Terry Schafer's save percentages by period:
1st: .500
2nd: .882
3rd: .667

In all three games this weekend, the team that scored first lost.


Powers &8^]
 
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Albany or Worcester, it is great to still be playing, although it will be hard to top last year's upset at Notre Dame! I hope I have the same problem, driving home at 2 am of Monday to get back for an 8 am class!
 
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komey1 said:
This is a great experience for a team this young. A lot of key players will be returning. This is a team that could be making runs the next couple years at least. Kudos to Army and Air Force, who I fully expect right now to be back at Blue Cross next year the way they played to end the season. To Robert Morris - very disappointed with how they reacted to losing. Their coach should be ashamed at how they ended the game. With all the seniors next year, they are going to be rebuilding next year.
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Speaking of Air Force, I was told Friday 20 of 26 players are freshman or sophomores. So they'll be very much in the mix for the next few years. I suspect the rivalry will only get more interesting given the youth of both teams.

But, luckily, RIT doesn't have to look ahead yet.
 
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Quinnipiac was announced to play in Albany, which means RIT will most likely be there also.
 
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mar7967 said:
Quinnipiac was announced to play in Albany, which means RIT will most likely be there also.
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Confirmed, RIT vs Quinnipiac in Albany along with UMass-Lowell vs Yale
 
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komey1 said:
This is a great experience for a team this young. A lot of key players will be returning. This is a team that could be making runs the next couple years at least. Kudos to Army and Air Force, who I fully expect right now to be back at Blue Cross next year the way they played to end the season. To Robert Morris - very disappointed with how they reacted to losing. Their coach should be ashamed at how they ended the game. With all the seniors next year, they are going to be rebuilding next year.
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Yup, Army and Air Force should be returning strong squads if they can keep their teams intact. The Atlantic Championships actually played out very well for RIT. I was hoping that RIT would not have to face a very hot Army team in the semi's and they didn't. The key was getting by Air Force as we know has been RIT's biggest thorn at Blue Cross. Getting by them was huge as Army did RIT a favor by extending RMU into overtime. RMU likely felt the pressure in the semi's of being the number 1 seed and having to get by Army. They did but I think they were a little spent, even more so than RIT after RIT's OT win over Air Force.

Tom Naeger rightly pointed out in an earlier post that if RIT could bury their chances they would have a great chance to win this. RIT getting the equalizer after RMU scored early was huge. They did very much bury their chances.

As for RMU being bad sports, well I think that was more frustration than anything else. Nothing short of the Atlantic Hockey Championship was acceptable for this team of terrific RMU seniors that was expected to win it last year and also this year, only to have 'Hurst upset them last year, and RIT do the same this year. It just boiled over, it's hockey. I wish their seniors well in their future hockey careers.

Looking at this eleven team league I think RIT has played the setup very well. Being regular season champs means little, getting a first round bye means everything if you need to get healthy. Even playing at Mercyhurst played into RIT's hands as we know we haven't played well at home. I wonder if the league switches things around next year.

Anyway, on to Albany! I saw a tweet from an RPI faithful last night mentioning that it wouldn't be fair for Quinnipiac to play at Albany, making a reference to how well the RIT fans travel and how RIT upset Denver and UNH in Albany back in 09-10. I'm glad it lined up this way, great for Coach too to have Yale there as well. Can't wait for next weekend.
 
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Downstate_RIT_Fan said:
Anyway, on to Albany! I saw a tweet from an RPI faithful last night mentioning that it wouldn't be fair for Quinnipiac to play at Albany, making a reference to how well the RIT fans travel and how RIT upset Denver in Albany back in 09-10. I'm glad it lined up this way, great for Coach too to have Yale there as well. Can't wait for next weekend.
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You forgot UNH too! It was an 'upset palooza' weekend back then and it's time to queue Barry Melrose...... Who are these guys?????
 
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blazer777 said:
You forgot UNH too! It was an 'upset palooza' weekend back then and it's time to queue Barry Melrose...... Who are these guys?????
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Fixed my post and added UNH ...;)

I hope if any RPI fans show up they pull for their nerdy-techy Liberty League foe RIT rather than their ECAC foe Quinny.
 
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komey1 said:
This is a great experience for a team this young. A lot of key players will be returning. This is a team that could be making runs the next couple years at least. Kudos to Army and Air Force, who I fully expect right now to be back at Blue Cross next year the way they played to end the season. To Robert Morris - very disappointed with how they reacted to losing. Their coach should be ashamed at how they ended the game. With all the seniors next year, they are going to be rebuilding next year.
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To be fair, Lynch came back out on the ice for the handshake and Derek Schooley was first through the line. He also made sure RIT got the puck that was used in the final seconds.
 
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So great to be able to see RIT in Albany again! I never thought I'd see the day they'd be in another regional in my home town. I was there in 2010 for the amazing frozen four run through Albany - wow, was that exciting! Let's hope Albany brings the team some good karma again this year.
 
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jstadts said:
I will be rooting for RIT RIT RIT go tigers>>
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Great, hope to see you there, I will be listening for your bell, seemed to bring us luck the last time we got together and were cheering for RPI at the HFH! :)
 
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Link to 13WHAM news coverage of RIT's win here. Includes Powell and Kuquali.

Embedded video of RIT SportZone coverage:

Or if embedding didn't work, here's the link: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6hrt3CR-es
 
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I know the hockey selection committee doesn't have the latitude to create conveniently placed matchups like the basketball committee does (although they claim not to), but it's interesting that in the first round # 16 RIT, the Atlantic Hockey Conference champs face # 1 Quinnipiac, the founders of the original MAAC Hockey Conference. If RIT were to manage another upset, they could potentially face Yale for a Father-Son matchup in round 2.

That being said... We all know an upset is possible, especially with this team. However, I think Quinnipiac being a relatively recent former member of Atlantic Hockey who has "moved up" the power ladder a bit since then may be more aware of what teams like the Tigers can bring to the rink. I doubt they'll take RIT for granted. Not that anyone should after what the Tigers have done in the tournament before. The Bobcats are a great program only three seasons removed from a Finals appearance (loss to Yale in 2013) and I believe better than the Minnesota State team RIT upset last year. I'm thinking Rotolo will have to step up big time for RIT to have a chance for yet another Cinderella run. We'll see if he can etch his name in the record books along-side Jared DiMichel and Jordan Ruby, eh?
 
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How many seniors are graduating from Robert Morris this year? Are they expect to be as lethal next year?
 
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