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RPI 2009-10 Part IV: The Boys are Back in Town

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Ralph Baer said:
How does the Times-Useless compare with the Standard Freeloader? :p
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It's the simple stuff that they neither of them can manage to get right that kills me. You'd think that when the starting goalie is forced to leave the game that one of your first post-game questions would be what is the injury? and what are the early estimates for his return?

Then again, it is always possible that some minimum wage weekend copy editor gutted the story, eliminating such "non-essential" info. :p
 
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Wicked Slappaahs said:
Yeah, Chase's three goals tells me he was coasting all night...Merriam stepping in capably for York -- no desire there at all. Dumb penalties - which wore us down - cost us that game.
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One man does not make a whole team.

Win the tough one cruise through the second one ooops!!!

Dumb penalities usually happen because players get lazy.
It is easier to clutch, hold, hook, or trip than it is to move your feet.
 
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Red Cloud said:
If if if if if.

If we'd won all of our games, we'd be #1 in the Pairwise.

The only ifs I care about revolve around the games we had in our hands and allowed to slip away. 5 points against Union and Harvard at home and Dartmouth on the road. In the space of 3:31 across those three games we gave up five points that we had in the grasp.

Nobody cares about Army. Nobody cares about Niagara. I told you all this in the immediate aftermath of those games and you know it's true now. In the context of where we go moving forward, yes, at this time in the season, this is a wakeup call. It says very clearly, with four games left to play, that they need to acquire that killer instinct, because that's all that separates them from where they are now and the lofty heights that they could have already achieved.
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http://www.troyrecord.com/articles/2010/02/15/sports/doc4b78d609808f7935966421.txt
Some say Saturday night’s 4-3 loss at Dartmouth, in which Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute blew a two-goal, third-period lead, should serve as a wakeup call for the Engineers.
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Ed Weaver has been listening to RC. :eek:
 
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I think Halpern might be out of the line up again for next weekend, along with one or two others. I think Appert will send a strong message saying lazyness will not be tolerated.
 
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Go Puckman said:
I think Halpern might be out of the line up again for next weekend, along with one or two others. I think Appert will send a strong message saying lazyness will not be tolerated.
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Halpern made a bad play but he wasn't being lazy. My guess is that he stays in the line-up. We shall see.
 
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jmhusker said:
Halpern made a bad play but he wasn't being lazy. My guess is that he stays in the line-up. We shall see.
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I agree, but only if Scott practices well. Coach will definitely be riding his rear today, but is very fair when it comes to giving out playing time. We've had plenty of individual mistakes over the past few weeks, but so long as the player realizes that he is accountable for the mistake, and works hard in correcting the mistake so that it does not happen again, he'll be on the ice for us to see.
 
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FlagDUDE08 said:
I agree, but only if Scott practices well. Coach will definitely be riding his rear today, but is very fair when it comes to giving out playing time. We've had plenty of individual mistakes over the past few weeks, but so long as the player realizes that he is accountable for the mistake, and works hard in correcting the mistake so that it does not happen again, he'll be on the ice for us to see.
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What do any of us who don't see practice every day know about any of this. But as fans, we are entitled to have some opinions. I'm not a big Halpern fan. Plays hard, but not enough skill, in my opinion, to be on the top line. If he is in, he should be on the energy line. Likewise, if Helfrich is in the lineup, I believe he needs to be skating on one of the top two lines where you can use his offensive skills. The same goes for Cullen. If they are not getting it done offensively enough to warrant a spot on one of the top two lines, then Appert is right to sit them.

I agree that the two late mistakes that gave Dartmouth the chance to win the game are unsettling this late in the season. I think that you also have to lay some blame at the feet of Jerry D'Amigo for taking a major penalty in the third period of a one-goal game. RPI lost one of its top players and Dartmouth gains some momentum and a chance to wear down the remaining guys late in the weekend.
 
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Not the result I was hoping to come home to. After watching a very exciting Harvard game, I really didn't see us losing to Dartmouth.
I can't comment on the game since I did not see or listen to it. But from the comments on the scores thread, I must say that the forwards have had trouble with the puck in there own zone in every game I have seen this year. Including Harvard.
They don't seem to protect the puck and very often give up the easy play to get it out of the zone for a more risky pass or play it backwards.
Most times, the pass is blind and to no one.
We have been lucky to block some of the resulting shots, but too many of those plays wind up in our net.
Four games remain in the rest of the season. PLAY SMART!!!!!!!!
 
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Jasma said:
What do any of us who don't see practice every day know about any of this. But as fans, we are entitled to have some opinions. I'm not a big Halpern fan. Plays hard, but not enough skill, in my opinion, to be on the top line. If he is in, he should be on the energy line. Likewise, if Helfrich is in the lineup, I believe he needs to be skating on one of the top two lines where you can use his offensive skills. The same goes for Cullen. If they are not getting it done offensively enough to warrant a spot on one of the top two lines, then Appert is right to sit them.

I agree that the two late mistakes that gave Dartmouth the chance to win the game are unsettling this late in the season. I think that you also have to lay some blame at the feet of Jerry D'Amigo for taking a major penalty in the third period of a one-goal game. RPI lost one of its top players and Dartmouth gains some momentum and a chance to wear down the remaining guys late in the weekend.
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You are correct in that Jerry's hit is included within "individual mistakes". As for Scott's contributions, I think I had mentioned (on the score thread IIRC) that Halpern plays well against the speed teams, but not the rough ones. I don't think he should have played the Dartmouth game and had given either Watts or Smith a chance along with Cullen. Scott was a great choice when we played against Yale. No comment regarding "top line".

As for our INCH ranking, maybe they pay attention to our games? Oh wait, I forgot whom I was posting about.....
 
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engineerhockeyfan said:
Not the result I was hoping to come home to. After watching a very exciting Harvard game, I really didn't see us losing to Dartmouth.
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I said it before the weekend matches started you can't take a Bob Gaudet team "for granted" If you have a weakness he will find it. Like defensive zone breakdowns in the third period.
If we see it he sees it
 
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Beman said:
I said it before the weekend matches started you can't take a Bob Gaudet team "for granted" If you have a weakness he will find it. Like defensive zone breakdowns in the third period.
If we see it he sees it
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A Ray Handley coached team could have taken advantage of those breakdowns.
 
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