RPI 2009 - 2010 Part II: I Believe in Seth Appert

[Wicked Slappaahs]

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Yes sir, I will be. I will also be bringing along one of my siblings, as he is in the area. I am going to look for general admission seating. I shouldn't be hard to pick out if you want to say hi, I'm the dude with long hair.

Which reminds me, a week from now marks my 3rd anniversary of USCHO Fan Forum debut, and I wasn't even posting!

With or without the Hansen Bros. glasses ?? Only kidding. I'll be there...if you get to the rink early you'll probably see me walking my puppy in the parking lot.

 

[FlagDUDE08]

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The thing about York is that he plays like he's been here for years. Very calm, cool customer who covers a ton of the net and has stonewalling ability. Love him.

Not to mention, has the bollocks to come out and play the puck (although during the Colgate game last year nearly gave me a heart attack, and heck, does that every time he does it). Plays like a veteran, and does his job well. Columbus definitely knew something in their choice, and I can't wait to see not only his remaining 2.5 years, but to see him play in Syracuse (assuming he doesn't go to Columbus right away).

 

[Red Cloud]

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Anyone heading out to Niagara tomorrow? I'm seriously thinking about it, but need to come back after the game...

I thought about it, but I decided to go to the Siena game today instead. Used up my gas budget for the week.

Had a small group of Siena people who were my guests at the Brown game - they decided they want to try and adapt the single clap "you suck" for the starting lineups, and independent of that I heard the Siena students picking up on the Red Army chant of "you can't do that" before penalty announcements at the Field House and using it for fouls.

Sweet.

 

[hab]

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The thing about York is that he plays like he's been here for years. Very calm, cool customer who covers a ton of the net and has stonewalling ability. Love him.

I have been mostly reading and not contributing to the thread so far this year but the one thing that has really struck me so far is that (up until recently) the faithful have beeen remarkably restrained about York and how much of a factor he has been in giving us a shot at winning every night. Combined with our greatly improved PP (and offence generally) he gives me confidence that this is a lineup that could be ranked a LOT higher at the end of the season.

 

[knsmith]

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I have been mostly reading and not contributing to the thread so far this year but the one thing that has really struck me so far is that (up until recently) the faithful have beeen remarkably restrained about York and how much of a factor he has been in giving us a shot at winning every night. Combined with our greatly improved PP (and offence generally) he gives me confidence that this is a lineup that could be ranked a LOT higher at the end of the season.

I think it's a reflection on the team as a whole - up until the SLU game, we haven't really asked York to carry the team on his back. Had we been on the better end of a 2-1 result in the SLU game, I think everyone would have been talking about York and I'm almost certain he would have won ECAC Goalie of the Week if not Player of the Week.

 

[Ralph Baer]

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I don't like to think I'm a bandwagon guy, but I have jump in and dispute that York hasn't been "spectacular" - .941 save pct, 1.77 GAA in ECAC play. Other than last year, that would usually have had him (easily) leading the league in each of those statistics.

I agree with you. I'll take a stab in the dark. That poster's handle is Oilers Chick. Although her profile does not reveal where she lives, she probably lives in Alberta, and probably saw York as a Junior. Thus her opinion of him may be based upon his play in Juniors. OTOH, he played quite well there also.

 

[knsmith]

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I agree with you. I'll take a stab in the dark. That poster's handle is Oilers Chick. Although her profile does not reveal where she lives, she probably lives in Alberta, and probably saw York as a Junior. Thus her opinion of him may be based upon his play in Juniors. OTOH, he played quite well there also.

And of course as we know, it's impossible for any Canadian Junior A player to actually, y'know, turn out decent, who decides to forego MJ to play NCAA.

 

[Red Cloud]

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And of course as we know, it's impossible for any Canadian Junior A player to actually, y'know, turn out decent, who decides to forego MJ to play NCAA.

Jonathan Toews totally sucks.

 

[Ralph Baer]

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And of course as we know, it's impossible for any Canadian Junior A player to actually, y'know, turn out decent, who decides to forego MJ to play NCAA.

She appears to like college hockey.

 

[Got 6 Want More]

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I don't recall Heiman drawing Brut's call into question, but I trust GLM. That said, if the opposing teams announcers are laughing on the air about the call that benefitted their team, I think we've sacrificed too much to objectivity, jeopardizing an accurate account of what is happening on the ice, which we are all hoping is what we are listening to.

Just FYI, the SLU announcers weren't laughing. Greg just said something along the lines of "That was a terrible call...and Brutlag did exactly what he was supposed to do." It was a bad enough call that I almost had to assume it was a make-up call for not calling the take down on McKenzie a few minutes earlier. Brutlag is not the goat on this one...he played it as he should have!

Also, FYI, I don't think the press box at SLU is the easiest place to see the ice and all the play. Maybe your guy just missed it?

 

[Ralph Baer]

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I don't think that this has been posted yet. Tom Boggie's short ECAC column in THN is devoted to Brandon Pirri:

The pre-season hype about RPI freshman center Brandon Pirri was all true. The 59th overall pick by the Chicago Blackhawks in June has lived up to his reputation as a playmaker and is showing he can score, too. Through the Engineers' first eight games, Pirri, 18, had four goals and seven points to sit second in team scoring. The 6-foot, 160-pounder is displaying other talents as well. "He is very strong on faceoffs for such a young age" said RPI coach Seth Appert, who noted Pirri needs to work on details and positional play, but has all the tools to become a "high-end center."

 

[FlagDUDE08]

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About time he gets a little notice. I'm sure he knew there were things to work on, and hence why he wanted to learn from the best. He'll be fun to watch throughout the next four years.

 

[engineerhockeyfan]

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I don't think that this has been posted yet. Tom Boggie's short ECAC column in THN is devoted to Brandon Pirri:

The same could be said for all of the freshmen.
I believe that they have all lived up to expectations. Yes they are freshmen and they will need to gain experience and grow into their potential, but these guys are good, and I look forward to watching that growth.

 

[Ralph Baer]

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The same could be said for all of the freshmen.
I believe that they have all lived up to expectations. Yes they are freshmen and they will need to gain experience and grow into their potential, but these guys are good, and I look forward to watching that growth.

I agree that all of them have lived up to expectations, however IMHO that blurb could only have been written about Pirri, especially the faceoff part.

I hope that we will get to see them all at RPI for four years.

 

[DrDemento]

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The same could be said for all of the freshmen.
I believe that they have all lived up to expectations. Yes they are freshmen and they will need to gain experience and grow into their potential, but these guys are good, and I look forward to watching that growth.

EHF: I have always been one to believe that by the time hockey players reach the stage of being NCAA freshmen they are usually 19 or 20 years old, and that most of their improvement has already taken place. I used to feel that it was the exception to see a player improve greatly after his 20th birthday or from his freshmen year on. I have changed my thinking quite a bit especially in view of the current crop of freshmen we have. I see a lot of raw talent that needs to be honed. I think for the first time I really agree that some of these kids will make marked improvement as they move through the class years. Even us old dogs can learn new things

 

[yarblockers]

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I'm only gonna say this once about Niagara: Beware of the trap game. If we take them lightly it will be a long trip home on the Thruway.

(Don't believe me? Just ask the Cowboys how they made out at Lambeau last Sunday??...HOW 'BOUT DEM PACKERS !!! YEEEE HAAWWWW !!

Couldn't agree more. While Niagara is certainly a team we should beat, they have gotten some bad luck, lost a lot of close games, and are much better than their 0-8-2 record. They haven't won in 10 games, but their goal differential is only -13. They tied Colgate, took Clarkson and CORNELL to overtime, and only lost by 1 to Michigan and St. Lawrence.

 

[hockeyguy]

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Niagra has a good team. They just can't seem to finish. They play very tough and can score goals

 

[Red Cloud]

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Niagra has a good team. They just can't seem to finish. They play very tough and can score goals

Two things on this.

1) Let me save you the hassle of the CHA fans coming in here and doing it. N-I-A-G-A-R-A.

2) They can't seem to finish, but they can score goals. Aight.

 

[hockeyguy]

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I am sorry buddy they can't seem to finish out games..... They can score goals but can't seem to close out games. Example game against St. Lawrence. Winning 3 to 1 in the third and loose 4 to 3 in the closing minutes.

Thank you for helping with my spelling.

Niagara is tough. They have a quick team that has the ability to score, Good luck playing them, you don't want to be there first win

 

[Red Cloud]

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is that better spelled out for you?

Niagra is tough.

The facepalms, they are coming fast and furious now.