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RPI 2013/14 Part II: The HFH is Covered with Frozen Drivel

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Early suggestions-
RPI 2013/14 Part III- A Feudin' and a Fussin'
RPI 2013/14 Part III-The Hatfields and the Mccoys part II
 
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RPI announced today that former goaltender Mathias Lange will represent Austria in the Sochi Olympics. Go Austria! (except if you play the United States.)
 
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Dutchfan said:
That kid's position with the team should be terminated by Appert sometime this week. You can even tell in the video that Appert and Graham are shocked when they find out that he's down on the ice.
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I might be inclined to agree with you but you have spent the better part of two days giving your coach a free pass after he hit a student athlete. Be consistent.
 
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Haggerty and Dolan also banned for the Clarkson game. Really don't concur with the first one, can't disagree with the second one.
 
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RedWrister said:
So, ha-ha, Bennett would have walloped Appert and you think that's funny. Yet, as for RPI storming over the boards to celebrate a win, you suggest RPI is a bunch of thugs. You really need to do some soul-searching to see how hypocritical your whole take on the situation is.

And, for the record, Bubela didn't save Appert's life, he saved Bennett's career.
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This poster has a personal animus for Seth...and actually for me. I do not consider him an RPI fan because he roots for failure on the part of the head coach. Union fans love him because he validates their world view.
 
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No extra suspension or discipline for Bennett.

Unbelievable.

EDIT: more losses for our team players-wise for a brawl we didn't incite. Seems legit.
 
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http://ecachockey.com/men/2013-14/News/20142701_RPI-Union_Suspensions

ECAC Hockey today announced the following suspensions stemming from an on-ice post game incident which took place in the Rensselaer vs. Union contest Saturday, January 25 at the Times Union Center, Albany, N.Y.

Senior defenseman Mat Bodie, who was assessed roughing and facemaking penalties, along with a game disqualification at the 20:00 mark, which merits an automatic one-game suspension, received an additional one-game suspension by the league for his actions during the post game incident. As a result, Mr. Bodie, is not eligible to compete in the Dutchmen’s next two contests Friday, January 31 at St. Lawrence and Saturday, February 1 at Clarkson.

Union’s Daniel Ciampini, junior forward, has also received a one-game suspension by the league for his actions during the post-game incident. He is not eligible to compete in the Dutchmen’s next contest, Friday, January 31 at St. Lawrence.

The league office also handed out one-game suspensions to Rensselaer’s senior defenseman Bo Dolan and junior forward Ryan Haggerty for their post-game actions. Based upon the league’s actions, Mr. Dolan and Mr. Haggerty will not be eligible to participate in Rensselaer’s next game Friday, January 31 at Clarkson.

The actions during the post-game incident of both Rensselaer head coach Seth Appert and Union head coach Rick Bennett were reviewed by the league office. After conferring with administrators from both Rensselaer and Union, the league supports the two-game suspension of Dutchmen head coach Rick Bennett for his involvement in the post game incident, which was initially rendered Sunday, January 26 by the college. Mr. Bennett is not eligible to serve as coach in the Dutchmen’s next two contests Friday, January 31 at St. Lawrence and Saturday, February 1 at Clarkson.

In addition, three other student-athletes were assessed a major penalty for fighting and a game disqualification penalty at the 20:00 mark of the third-period, which by NCAA rules automatically merit a one-game suspension. As a result, Rensselaer defenseman junior Luke Curadi and sophomore forward Mike Zalewski will not be eligible to take part in the Engineers’ Friday, January 31 game when they face Clarkson; and Union’s freshman forward Eli Lichtenwald is not eligible to compete in the Dutchmen’s next contest, Friday, January 31 at St. Lawrence.
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There's a little tough guy on the Union thread I'm not going to respond to (don't want to post on that thread) who's laughing at the lack of additional discipline for Bennett... let's be honest here, if Appert had connected a right to Michael Pontarelli he'd be demanding the death penalty.
 
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Red Cloud said:
There's a little tough guy on the Union thread I'm not going to respond to (don't want to post on that thread) who's laughing at the lack of additional discipline for Bennett... let's be honest here, if Appert had connected a right to Michael Pontarelli he'd be demanding the death penalty.
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Union fans never practice double standards.
 
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Ralph Baer said:
He averaged almost 2 PIM/game will at PC. http://www.hockeydb.com/ihdb/stats/pdisplay.php?pid=324. Clearly, he is no angel.

I do add that I don't recall ever seeing him play.
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I do. He was a very good player. He logged a lot of minutes on the ice. He scored a lot of points and played the game using his size and strength well. Having said that, I remember hearing back then that he was Prop 48 and only scored something like 680 combined on his SAT's out of prep school. That is hard to do. I'd almost think that just answering C to every question would get a higher score than that.

It's unfortunate that this melee has overshadowed a great win for RPI and a great season for Union. For my thoughts, Bodie deserved more discipline, Bennett is lucky to have a job still, the RPI guys leaving the bench is understandable but not retreating to the bench once the fracas started is not, whoever that was on the RPI bench who pushed Bennett (AV guy?) should be kicked off the team.

RPI and Union are still both great programs and classy teams. This will blow over.
 
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AspyDad said:
This poster has a personal animus for Seth...and actually for me. I do not consider him an RPI fan because he roots for failure on the part of the head coach.
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Seth I can tolerate. You are a horse of a different color! I have never rooted for RPI's failure. I thought they played an outstanding game Saturday night. I hope this weekend turns their season around. I just stated what I saw on the video with regards to what Haggerty did when he left the bench and apparently I was correct with what I saw. Like it or not, a fact is a fact. You can disagree as well. Everyone is entitled to their own opinion.
 
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Friday night will be a real test for the remaining players. Could be a big night for some of our underclassmen if they can come together and pull off a win despite being shorthanded.

After the suspensions and assuming everyone is healthy (I'm not up on injuries so there may be some), we're left with:

Defense (6): Reno, Leboeuf, Bokenfohr, Hampton, Leonard, and Bradley
Forward (13): Schroeder, Neal, Rogic, Bourbonnais, Laliberte, Bubela, Fulton, Devito, McGowan, Higgs, Miller, Wood, and Tinordi
Goal (2): Diebold and Soffer

With Dolan/Haggerty/Curadi/Zalewski out, still able to field a full roster assuming no injuries.

Based on what I saw out of Dolan at the end of Saturday night, I wouldn't be surprised if he is left in Troy for the weekend assuming the other D are healthy. However I would think they'd like to get Haggerty, Curadi, and Zalewski back into the lineup on Saturday.

Here's hoping that Hampton and Reno were actually healthy scratches and not hurt this past weekend. Never fun having to roll fewer than 6 D.
 
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rvd5star69 said:
Haggerty and Dolan suspended bs
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Dolan completely deserves to sit a game. He threw down gloves and helmet and clearly tried to fight at the end of the game. Should have been called at the time it occurred and wasn't, so the league picked it up after the fact.

Haggerty I'm not quite so sure about but it is what it is. If nothing else he's one of the most penalized players on the team and we all know reputation starts to play into it. If they thought it was borderline they may have erred on the stiffer punishment side based on past actions.

Everyone lives to play another day and with any luck will take some sort of lesson away from it.
 
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