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RPI 2017 Off-Season (Part II): Mr. Smith Goes to Troy

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I just listened belatedly to the press conference. SAJ mentioned that Coach Smith's father-in-law was a professional hockey player. Does anyone know who he is (or was)?
 
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Ralph Baer said:
I just listened belatedly to the press conference. SAJ mentioned that Coach Smith's father-in-law was a professional hockey player. Does anyone know who he is (or was)?
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I don't see his wife's (Susan) maiden name anywhere, so I don't know.
 
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Ralph Baer said:
Flaggie wrote "They stole Justin Smith's jersey and gave it to the coach! ".

As WaP tweeted JS never wore that type of jersey.
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I'm busy today and will watch the press conference later... but if there's a Smith sweater to wear, why not Rick Smith's? Given the chance, I'd bring back the cherry and white large-print RPI sweater from the 60's-early 70's in a heartbeat.
 
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FlagDUDE08 said:
I don't see his wife's (Susan) maiden name anywhere, so I don't know.
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Canisius has taken down his bio, so I can't find it there. Interestingly their Director of Player Development/Assistant Strength & Fitness Coach is named David Smith.
 
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Ralph Baer said:
I just listened belatedly to the press conference. SAJ mentioned that Coach Smith's father-in-law was a professional hockey player. Does anyone know who he is (or was)?
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Ralph Baer said:
Canisius has taken down his bio, so I can't find it there. Interestingly their Director of Player Development/Assistant Strength & Fitness Coach is named David Smith.
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This Dave Smith is also the Fitness coach for the NHL referees. His brother Barry was an AC to Scotty Bowman in Pittsburgh and Detroit and is now with Chicago I believe as the Director of Player Development
 
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Noresmen said:
This Dave Smith is also the Fitness coach for the NHL referees. His brother Barry was an AC to Scotty Bowman in Pittsburgh and Detroit and is now with Chicago I believe as the Director of Player Development
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So if he overworked Stewie, we're even more screwed on account of name recognition. :eek:
 
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Link to press release

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">MH | Release: Dave Smith Named Head Coach of <a href="https://twitter.com/RPI_Hockey">@RPI_Hockey</a> <a href="https://t.co/7whaMxoTKv">https://t.co/7whaMxoTKv</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RPI?src=hash">#RPI</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RPIHockey?src=hash">#RPIHockey</a> <a href="https://t.co/3pyqOVCQIx">pic.twitter.com/3pyqOVCQIx</a></p>— RPI Athletics (@RPIAthletics) <a href="https://twitter.com/RPIAthletics/status/850068470008098817">April 6, 2017</a></blockquote>
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FlagDUDE08 said:
Philosophy professor, also a Director in the Social Sciences program... not sure.
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That was what made me wonder. RPI managed to find a place for Coach Vines' wife, but this would be tougher. In any case, this wasn't a killer for Dave Smith to be interested.
 
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">It's official: After 12 years with <a href="https://twitter.com/GriffsHockey">@GriffsHockey</a>, Dave Smith leaves for RPI. <a href="https://t.co/EFRjd1qaOh">https://t.co/EFRjd1qaOh</a></p>— Amy Moritz (@amymoritz) <a href="https://twitter.com/amymoritz/status/850024175297232898">April 6, 2017</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
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