RPI 2019 Off-Season: Where Did Everyone Go?

[Ralph Baer]

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Today is 3 May 2019. There are 155 days until RPI's next game.


This is based upon 5 October 2019 for the start of next season.

 

[engineerhockeyfan]

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I agree that choosing one of the transfers would be odd.

It might seem odd, but when they joined the team, we started to win. They also were with the team for the entire season.
I could see one of them in a leadership role.

 

[Ralph Baer]

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Today is 4 May 2019. There are 154 days (22 weeks) until RPI's next game.


This is based upon 5 October 2019 for the start of next season.

 

[Ralph Baer]

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Great job by Coach Weber ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/RPI_Hockey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RPI_Hockey</a>⁩ during drill sessions ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/AHCAHockey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@AHCAHockey</a>⁩ meetings. ⁦<a href="https://twitter.com/rpi?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@rpi</a>⁩ <a href="https://t.co/vk0aDia3Ca">pic.twitter.com/vk0aDia3Ca</a></p>— Coach Dave Smith (@RPI_HockeyCoach) <a href="https://twitter.com/RPI_HockeyCoach/status/1124692994517544966?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 4, 2019</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[Ralph Baer]

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As far as captains, it would not surprise me at all if Brady Ferner gets an A and gets the C in 2020 when we will have a dearth of seniors. It was predicted, I think by his USHL coach, that he would become Captain by his junior year. Also, Smith had him several times speak on post game interviews when he was not a significant offensive contributor.

As usual, I will probably be wrong.

 

[Ralph Baer]

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Today is 5 May 2019. There are 153 days (6 months) until RPI's next game.


This is based upon 5 October 2019 for the start of next season.

 

[Ralph Baer]

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I wonder if RPI-TV is going to produce a video of all of the home goals this year.

 

[FlagDUDE08]

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I wonder if RPI-TV is going to produce a video of all of the home goals this year.

Did we even have any?

 

[Ralph Baer]

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Did we even have any?

About a minute or two's worth.

 

[RPI22Parent]

As far as captains, it would not surprise me at all if Brady Ferner gets an A and gets the C in 2020 when we will have a dearth of seniors. It was predicted, I think by his USHL coach, that he would become Captain by his junior year. Also, Smith had him several times speak on post game interviews when he was not a significant offensive contributor.

As usual, I will probably be wrong.

I have no first hand knowledge of who may or not wear letters this coming season. What I can tell you is that Smith does no have a history of underclassmen or non seniors wearing the C. As for a USHL coach saying a player will wear a C .... unless he is the coach of that college program I would take his statement with a grain of salt.

I would expect that this years group of seniors will wear the letters.

 

[Ralph Baer]

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I have no first hand knowledge of who may or not wear letters this coming season. What I can tell you is that Smith does no have a history of underclassmen or non seniors wearing the C. As for a USHL coach saying a player will wear a C .... unless he is the coach of that college program I would take his statement with a grain of salt.

I would expect that this years group of seniors will wear the letters.

I haven't kept track over the years, but I think that more often than not one of the A's has been worn by a non-Senior. It gives a bit of continuity to the team, which isn't necessarily good when you have a record like ours.

My comment about Ferner getting the C was for 2020-21 when the senior class will be quite small. I agree about the comment by the USHL coach (assuming that it was he) does not hold that much weight.

 

[sezenack]

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I wonder if RPI-TV is going to produce a video of all of the home goals this year.

I have been wondering that too. They've done for the past 8-10 years I believe, so I'd be surprised if they just stopped now.

 

[FlagDUDE08]

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I have been wondering that too. They've done for the past 8-10 years I believe, so I'd be surprised if they just stopped now.

And usually it comes out just after the season. So I wouldn't be surprised if there just weren't enough goals to make it worthwhile. Although I do remember, in 2011-12, they cheated by using end-of-game goal horns.

All the best to you in finals.

 

[Ralph Baer]

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Today is 6 May 2019. There are 152 days until RPI's next game.


This is based upon 5 October 2019 for the start of next season.

 

[Ralph Baer]

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The person who produced the goal videos for RPITV might have left and no one else is interested in continuing the tradition.

 

[Ralph Baer]

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Today is 7 May 2019. There are 151 days until RPI's next game.


This is based upon 5 October 2019 for the start of next season.

 

[Ralph Baer]

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Today is 8 May 2019. There are 150 days until RPI's next game.


This is based upon 5 October 2019 for the start of next season.

 

[Ralph Baer]

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While out bike riding I was thinking about the fact that it looks like U Illinois will soon be announcing they will start a hockey program. Hopefully we don't lose incoming recruit Zach Dubinsky after a year or two or three or Itagaki and Babich before they show up.

Is there also a current player from IL?

Edit: No current IL players on the men's team, just the women.

 

[rpi82]

RPI 2019 Off-Season: Where Did Everyone Go?

While out bike riding I was thinking about the fact that it looks like U Illinois will soon be announcing they will start a hockey program. Hopefully we don't lose incoming recruit Zach Dubinsky after a year or two or three or Itagaki and Babich before they show up.

Is there also a current player from IL?

Edit: No current IL players on the men's team, just the women.

Does any team really dominate in signing home state prospects? It used to be said that Minnesota could sign anyone they wanted from the Land of 10,000 Lakes, but the Gophers haven't really dominated in the same way since the focus for signing recruits shifted from high school players to USHL or other juniors. In fact, the only Gopher this season that came direct from school was a Shattuck alum, and that's really a different animal than the high school system and tournament that used to be a feeder system to UM. Perhaps once they get out of state to play the pull to stay at home for college isn't the same.

 

[sezenack]

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While out bike riding I was thinking about the fact that it looks like U Illinois will soon be announcing they will start a hockey program. Hopefully we don't lose incoming recruit Zach Dubinsky after a year or two or three or Itagaki and Babich before they show up.

Is there also a current player from IL?

Edit: No current IL players on the men's team, just the women.

I don't think that Illinois is on a high enough level for athletics to worry about that. For example, every kid growing up in Ohio dreams of playing sports at Ohio State; same with Pennsylvania and Penn State. Those universities are nationally competitive in nearly every sport and have a national reputation and brand. Frankly, Illinois is nowhere near either of those in terms of athletics despite being in the Big 10, so I wouldn't worry about losing Illinois recruits as it's not like they're having profound success athletically.