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[lmg6841]

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RIT probably didn't budget for traveling in the playoffs...

Is RIT renting buses for the games in Massachusetts this weekend?

 

[Red Cows]

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Speaking of the new arena...
Has anyone discussed where we might be parking next season? Seems like it's either S lot or D lot. Neither of those options are particularly appealing, are they?

Hey, guys (and gals) -

As you know, UNO is building a new arena as well, Opening season after next. Thread:

http://board.uscho.com/showthread.p...acility-to-open-for-the-start-of-15-16-Season

I am curious to know, was there any discourse about your new building prior to it's construction about how big it should or should not be? Roundabout way of asking: "Why is it the size that it is?" That is a very big issue around here, still, even though construction has now begun.

 

[lmg6841]

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If by discussion on size you mean something that involved the community, then no. It was something determined by administration.

From our understanding the size was determined based on the Rochester hockey-fan demographic (believe it or not, we get as much if not more Rochester community attendance than student attendance). RIT wanted the new rink to be full or near full nightly, hense why they went with a 4K+ capacity rink instead of something like an 8k seater which would never be full.

I'm also inclined to believe that part of the size and design has to go with budget constraints.

Hey, guys (and gals) -

As you know, UNO is building a new arena as well, Opening season after next. Thread:

http://board.uscho.com/showthread.p...acility-to-open-for-the-start-of-15-16-Season

I am curious to know, was there any discourse about your new building prior to it's construction about how big it should or should not be? Roundabout way of asking: "Why is it the size that it is?" That is a very big issue around here, still, even though construction has now begun.

 

[Tom Naeger]

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He's a speedy winger who is high energy and likes to grind it out, something that the Sabres are lacking. Is he going to score at the pace he was with Stamkos? No...but that's not his role. He can be a productive 3rd or 4th line player. Even in Ottawa he was not playing particularly poorly...for the minutes they were giving him his scoring was decent.

35 Games with Stamkos = 9 Goals and 15 Assists
72 Game with Out Stamkos = 6 Goals and 19 Assist

I am not trying to bash Cory I think he has great heart, but I think at best he might be able to be a Daniel Paille, that why I was shocked when the Senators gave up a number goalie prospect for him. I think the best comparison on RIT to Conacher would be Ben Lynch. Put him on a line with Favot and Brenner and he has great stats, but take him off that line and things fall off...

 

[RIT Winters]

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35 Games with Stamkos = 9 Goals and 15 Assists
72 Game with Out Stamkos = 6 Goals and 19 Assist

I am not trying Cory I think he has great heart, but I think at best he might be able to be a Daniel Paille, that why I was shocked when the Senators gave up a number goalie prospect for him. I think the best comparison on RIT to Conacher would be Ben Lynch. Put him on a line with Favot and Brenner and he has great stats, but take him off that line and things fall off...

I said he'd make a good 3rd or 4th line player, I think that pretty much lines up with this numbers post-Stamkos. Not arguing that TBL made a good trade for him..they definitely didn't, but he still has NHL talent...people just need to recalibrate their expectations.

A line with him and Torrey Mitchell could actually be pretty good, that's a ton of speed on a 3rd line..

 

[komey1]

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Pardon me for hijacking the RIT thread to talk about RIT instead of where a non-RIT player went. I have a feeling this weekend goes 3 games. RIT will need to step up the offense a bit. Holy Cross was the only team to come from behind to beat RIT this year. Rotolo has to be going in with confidence with 3 excellant efforts against pretty good teams. He will need to be on his game for the Tigers to pull off the minor upset. My X Factor for the Tigers is Garbowsky. It was good to see him out there, but now we need him to contribute on the scoresheet.

 

[blazer777]

Pardon me for hijacking the RIT thread to talk about RIT instead of where a non-RIT player went. I have a feeling this weekend goes 3 games. RIT will need to step up the offense a bit. Holy Cross was the only team to come from behind to beat RIT this year. Rotolo has to be going in with confidence with 3 excellant efforts against pretty good teams. He will need to be on his game for the Tigers to pull off the minor upset. My X Factor for the Tigers is Garbowsky. It was good to see him out there, but now we need him to contribute on the scoresheet.

You're pardoned and I think you're right. It'd be great if they can close it out in two

 

[LtPowers]

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Pardon me for hijacking the RIT thread to talk about RIT instead of where a non-RIT player went. I have a feeling this weekend goes 3 games. RIT will need to step up the offense a bit. Holy Cross was the only team to come from behind to beat RIT this year. Rotolo has to be going in with confidence with 3 excellant efforts against pretty good teams. He will need to be on his game for the Tigers to pull off the minor upset. My X Factor for the Tigers is Garbowsky. It was good to see him out there, but now we need him to contribute on the scoresheet.

Rotolo goes as his defense goes. He made the saves he had to make these last three wins, but his defense never really left him out to dry, either, as they've done in the past. If they do that, he'll let in goals.


Powers &8^]

 

[Rochester]

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Rotolo goes as his defense goes. He made the saves he had to make these last three wins, but his defense never really left him out to dry, either, as they've done in the past. If they do that, he'll let in goals.


Powers &8^]

Agreed.

Seeing how RIT is finally almost all healthy, this is a totally different team mentally and physically then when RIT played Holy Cross early this season. Also if you look at the stats, Holy Cross is 3-10-2 this year playing at home. This is demoralizing for them and great for a hot RIT team. Add 100 plus loud RIT fans in their barn. All these factors lead me to believe RIT takes it in two games.

 

[Rochester]

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Good article for todays game!

http://www.democratandchronicle.com...6/rit-mens-hockey-hits-road-playoffs/6149163/

 

[RIT Winters]

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Holy Cross has a pretty impotent offense, so if we play decent defensively as we have the last two weeks, I think we will be okay. Especially with Garbowsky back to bolster scoring.

However, I don't want a 3 game win streak to get us (as fans) overly confident, either. Holy Cross could just as easily win a game or the series..they were the better team on the season and also the better team vs RIT. Two and a half weeks ago several people expressed doubts that'd we'd see another RIT win all season...now we're talking playoff sweeps..

RIT has to play some of their best hockey of the season to move on.

 

[MattS]

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Pardon me for hijacking the RIT thread to talk about RIT instead of where a non-RIT player went.

Agreed.

You're pardoned and I think you're right. It'd be great if they can close it out in two

I will be happy if they win the series. # of games it takes is not a concern for me right now.

Rotolo goes as his defense goes. He made the saves he had to make these last three wins, but his defense never really left him out to dry, either, as they've done in the past. If they do that, he'll let in goals.

This describes all but the elite goalies in the nation which Rotolo (at this time) certainly is not. And from a freshman in his first playoff games, if he stops the "one's he should" and maybe gets one or two that he shouldn't then really that is all that can be asked of him. The D will be the key to winning this series.

Agreed.

Seeing how RIT is finally almost all healthy, this is a totally different team mentally and physically then when RIT played Holy Cross early this season. Also if you look at the stats, Holy Cross is 3-10-2 this year playing at home. This is demoralizing for them and great for a hot RIT team. Add 100 plus loud RIT fans in their barn. All these factors lead me to believe RIT takes it in two games.

It's amazing what a three game winning streak can do for the outlook of the fans!



Certainly RIT is on the up swing and I hope they can win this series. But it will take more than beating a decent AF team and taking two from a mediocre and stumbling down the stretch Canisius team for me to get too excited about the prospects of getting by HC. If the D can stay tightened up, Garbo plays well, and they play hard for 60 minutes then they can win. Otherwise it will be more of the same that we have seen for most of the season.

 

[Rochester]

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RIT has to play some of their best hockey of the season to move on.

Good thing that playing better hockey won't be hard to do seeing their performance all year long. haha

 

[blazer777]

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Agreed.

Seeing how RIT is finally almost all healthy, this is a totally different team mentally and physically then when RIT played Holy Cross early this season. Also if you look at the stats, Holy Cross is 3-10-2 this year playing at home. This is demoralizing for them and great for a hot RIT team. Add 100 plus loud RIT fans in their barn. All these factors lead me to believe RIT takes it in two games.

I called over for tickets to Saturday's game, they said there are plenty available so it may come down to just those 100 RIT fans there and a sprinkling of HC fans.

 

[Downstate_RIT_Fan]

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I called over for tickets to Saturday's game, they said there are plenty available so it may come down to just those 100 RIT fans there and a sprinkling of HC fans.

I watched HC last week at Army. They are a good team, good offense, good defense, and a good goalie in Ginn who loves to handle the puck which as we know can be an asset or a momentum killer. Nobody stands out as the "go to" player however they play a solid game with no well defined weaknesses. That said, if RIT can match the intensity of last week and bring their "A" game, nobody will be surprised if RIT wins this series.

A couple of weeks back when RIT was at AF, I had time to watch a Union game on Time Warner Cable. It was between periods and a Union player was being interviewed about the teams success. What he said was interesting. He said the hardest thing about playing D1 college hockey was getting up for every game and that the success that Union has had can be attributed to the fact that the coaching staff has been able to successfully motivate that team night in and night out.

I thought about that and have to agree that this young man hit it on the head. Every team in the AHA has talent, and pretty similar talent at that. Sure some are a little better and some are a little worse and we see that in the ebb and flow of each teams performance in the standings each year. But as a coaching staff, if you can consistently motivate that talent, your team will believe that every night they step on the ice they have a chance to win regardless of who they are playing. I think that motivation helps explain why an AIC can beat a Quinnipiac or a Sacred Heart can beat a UMass-Lowell.

Here's hoping that the RIT coaches can motivate this talented group of RIT players into the next round of the AHA playoffs.

 

[MattS]

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A couple of weeks back when RIT was at AF, I had time to watch a Union game on Time Warner Cable. It was between periods and a Union player was being interviewed about the teams success. What he said was interesting. He said the hardest thing about playing D1 college hockey was getting up for every game and that the success that Union has had can be attributed to the fact that the coaching staff has been able to successfully motivate that team night in and night out.

This doesn't surprise me. Bennett is an excellent coach.

 

[RITMRC Tiger]

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I don't recall this being posted before; apologies if it has:

RIT SportsZone segment featuring past RIT players, including Niagara Coach Dave Burkholder: http://youtu.be/gmIvtdtjSX8

 

[Rochester]

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Pardon me for hijacking the RIT thread to talk about RIT instead of where a non-RIT player went. I have a feeling this weekend goes 3 games. RIT will need to step up the offense a bit. Holy Cross was the only team to come from behind to beat RIT this year. Rotolo has to be going in with confidence with 3 excellant efforts against pretty good teams. He will need to be on his game for the Tigers to pull off the minor upset. My X Factor for the Tigers is Garbowsky. It was good to see him out there, but now we need him to contribute on the scoresheet.

Komey, I wish you still predicted what was going to happen with the weekend to come.

I am actually excited about this one.
Prediction:

Friday
RIT 2-1 Holy Cross

Saturday
RIT 3-2 Holy Cross

 

[Tom Naeger]

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Forgive me for putting up another loose connection to the RIT Men's Hockey team, but only a league run by Bob DeGregorio could have a goaltender of the year award winner who did not make either the first or second all star team. Anyone else see that? What a joke!

 

[RITFan67]

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I will be happy if they win the series. # of games it takes is not a concern for me right now.

Exactly. Who cares if it takes 2 or 3 to win it? Of course, it would be really great if the Tigers had two very serious wins tonight and tomorrow night.