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

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I would disagree with Ed Weaver's characterization of Tyler Maugeri's goal as a long-range shot.

The way I saw it (and I was in the front row, so I had a real good view of the play), Maugeri's goal came on a one-timer off a wing-to-wing pass on a Princeton power play. He was only about 30 feet from the net, if that. To me, that's not a long-ranger.

Scott Diebold may have given up some softies this year, but I don't think either of the two goals on Friday night was among them.
 
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Hang on a sec, 0-4-2 in the last six... what was the other tie? I count 0-5-1.
 
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sk8tronthepond said:
Easy FD, don't forget it's Ed Weaver doing the story!!
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Good point. It's a small quibble, none the less. The bulk of his complaints are still warranted, though. Not to mention, I particularly enjoyed one of the comments.
 
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My apologies if a similar sentiment has been posted,i've been trying to avoid a lot of the negative stuff,there's a lot of hockey left to be played. Would it be that terrible of an idea to give Jake Soffer a shot against Union (and perhaps Dartmouth)? I think Diebold is a more than capable division 1 goalie,many of the goals surrendered of late could not be solely attributed to him.However sometimes there's a team (*cough*union*cough*) that just seems to have your number. The Union players and coaching staff seem to have almost perfectly scouted out RPI and their strengths and weaknesses. There is not alot of tape out there at the D1 level for JS,perhaps forcing Union to test the waters a bit. Kasdorf received little playing time early last season,but wound up being a crucial component to our late season run.Recently, the team has seemingly lacked the mental focus necessary to be a competitive hockey team,and the scoreboard has reflected that (albeit against some quality teams). Perhaps playing in front of a rookie would help them regain that focus and desire to play as a team. Could totally backfire,but what's there to lose? another game to Union?Go Red
 
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Ralph Baer said:
I suspect that he is still a High School senior. :)
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Doesn't matter, DeepRed72 requires that we win every game, right now. There are no mitigating circumstances. Bow to his will.
 
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NYhockeyguy said:
My apologies if a similar sentiment has been posted,i've been trying to avoid a lot of the negative stuff,there's a lot of hockey left to be played. Would it be that terrible of an idea to give Jake Soffer a shot against Union (and perhaps Dartmouth)? I think Diebold is a more than capable division 1 goalie,many of the goals surrendered of late could not be solely attributed to him.However sometimes there's a team (*cough*union*cough*) that just seems to have your number. The Union players and coaching staff seem to have almost perfectly scouted out RPI and their strengths and weaknesses. There is not alot of tape out there at the D1 level for JS,perhaps forcing Union to test the waters a bit. Kasdorf received little playing time early last season,but wound up being a crucial component to our late season run.Recently, the team has seemingly lacked the mental focus necessary to be a competitive hockey team,and the scoreboard has reflected that (albeit against some quality teams). Perhaps playing in front of a rookie would help them regain that focus and desire to play as a team. Could totally backfire,but what's there to lose? another game to Union?Go Red
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I was thinking about that when Soffer was in front of the net at Quinnipiac... for a short while, our guys WERE fired up, with 2 power play goals to prove it. This wouldn't be a knock against Diebold at all, but sometimes shaking things up in a slightly unorthodox way can be helpful. And like you said, at this point we don't have much to lose.
 
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RPI_2003 said:
I was thinking about that when Soffer was in front of the net at Quinnipiac... for a short while, our guys WERE fired up, with 2 power play goals to prove it. This wouldn't be a knock against Diebold at all, but sometimes shaking things up in a slightly unorthodox way can be helpful. And like you said, at this point we don't have much to lose.
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I wonder if the lack of competition for playing time might be having some effect. Not saying that Diebold necessarily feels like he can be lazy on a conscious level, but even in the NHL the competition for time in net can help the #1 goaltender stay on his game. Soffer is certainly making the case for being given some consideration for minutes, with the caveat that he played in a meaningless exhibition and a period in a game against a team that was nursing a five-goal lead, both of which pale in comparison to an actual game start. But we've moved from a situation where we figured he would be more usable than the average third-string to a situation where we know he's more usable than the average third-string (the U-18 game) to now being in a situation where he's proven himself to have even more utility in a clean-up role. That's moving in a direction to where he has some actual utility, for sure.

Ralph Baer said:
Wouldn't it be a quarter?
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Please, Ralph. Begging you.
 
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