Ralph Baer
Let's Go 'Tute!
I vaguely remember that watches were what the tourney All Star team selections got.
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RPI 2021-22: Picking Up Where We Left Off
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I vaguely remember that watches were what the tourney All Star team selections got.
Ralph Baer
Let's Go 'Tute!
Well. it was a round robin back then and BU was 2-1 while RPI was 1-1-1 as was Dartmouth. OSU was 0-1-2. https://sports-chronicles.com/chit/pages/rpi_invitational_tournament
I wonder if those were the ones where Mickey had the big white gloved hands or the little ones?
Latest odds I can find have these games all as virtual ties (2-2 most likely scores). We are a 46% to 40% win favorite but these are just oo close to call. Alaska has had a lot of trouble scoring goals but their defense is rather stingy.
Dean Carl Westerdahl had a hand in the All Tournament Team selection as well as a hand in the watches.
engineerhockeyfan
PUCKMAN RULES!!!
That sounds like a mirror image of our team.
But looking at individual stats, we have more potential to score than Alaska. We will just have to play the games to see what happens.
Wicked Slappaahs
I miss Tie Domi
They've lost ten straight ---albeit to a very tough group of opponents. Most recently they tied (lost in OT) #2 UMD in Duluth. We'll have our hands full for sure.
this is the best analysis from anyone in the history of this board.
Ralph Baer
Let's Go 'Tute!
Was he the hour hand or the minute hand? ;-)
Ralph Baer
Let's Go 'Tute!
Alaska's pregame writeup https://alaskananooks.com/news/2021...me-slate-against-rpi-dec-10-11-dec-14-15.aspx.
this is one time that we need to have a high scoring set of games. You are right, Alaska just simply has trouble getting goals and if we can play a run and gun type of game perhaps it plays into our hands. Against most other teams i would prefer we play the tight defense that leads to scores like 2-1. For these four games, want them to fly out there and just put pucks on net.
Somewhere in that write up they mention the 1986 game that Alaska beat us 5-4 in Troy. One of the most difficult losses for us to take. It was the first night of the Invitational Tournament and of course by losing we played in the early game the next night (which we also lost to Merrimack i believe 2-0). The thing i remember clearly from the Alaska game is how we carried the play throughout the third period and it felt for sure that we would win only to have Alaska (Fairbanks in those days) skate up ice and after a short flurry score with about 6 seconds left in the game. This is one of the few times the tournament was held in late November instead of scheduled as a Christmas Tournament.
RPI fan 4 life
Season Ticket Holder since 1974
Actually the tournament was played in November of 1985-1987 and then the last 7 years of the tournament (2004-2010).
it got harder and harder to find teams who wanted to play during the Christmas season and there were more tournaments that were being played at that time.
it got harder and harder to find teams who wanted to play during the Christmas season and there were more tournaments that were being played at that time.
mmf
Nanook Nation
Hope your boys have a safe visit to Fairbanks and get to experience some unique life experiences, if not any success on the ice. Hope your coach has some activities planned. Timing is good for the life experience part.
a. Last weekend it was -40F.
b. Friday it may be a tad above 0…a relative heat wave. There will be some fans in shorts.
c. But don’t fret about the boys missing out on the true Alaskan experience, it’s supposed to drop to -30F by Sunday or Monday night.
d. We're near the Winter Equinox (Dec 21), the shortest day of the year. Sunrise is about 10:45am and sunset is about 2:45 pm. At high noon the sun just peeks over the horizon. So during the warmth of the mid-day sun it will feel like only -29F.
On a hockey note, our boys play hard but we struggle for scoring. We are young and inexperienced. 18 underclassmen who never played a college game before this season. 14 non-North Americans (Latvia, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Hungary). Both goaltending and defense have been fairly solid. We have also been a bit snake bit, with not a lot of puck luck going our way. We have been right in most games until fairly late. Four OT games, two we played a man down. Lost all four. We haven’t played anyone not ranked in the top 20 yet. We’re due for a game or two where we put it all together and avoid stupid mistakes. We’ll see.
Stay safe.
Go Nooks!
a. Last weekend it was -40F.
b. Friday it may be a tad above 0…a relative heat wave. There will be some fans in shorts.
c. But don’t fret about the boys missing out on the true Alaskan experience, it’s supposed to drop to -30F by Sunday or Monday night.
d. We're near the Winter Equinox (Dec 21), the shortest day of the year. Sunrise is about 10:45am and sunset is about 2:45 pm. At high noon the sun just peeks over the horizon. So during the warmth of the mid-day sun it will feel like only -29F.
On a hockey note, our boys play hard but we struggle for scoring. We are young and inexperienced. 18 underclassmen who never played a college game before this season. 14 non-North Americans (Latvia, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Hungary). Both goaltending and defense have been fairly solid. We have also been a bit snake bit, with not a lot of puck luck going our way. We have been right in most games until fairly late. Four OT games, two we played a man down. Lost all four. We haven’t played anyone not ranked in the top 20 yet. We’re due for a game or two where we put it all together and avoid stupid mistakes. We’ll see.
Stay safe.
Go Nooks!
Ralph Baer
Let's Go 'Tute!
Hope your boys have a safe visit to Fairbanks and get to experience some unique life experiences, if not any success on the ice. Hope your coach has some activities planned. Timing is good for the life experience part.
a. Last weekend it was -40F.
b. Friday it may be a tad above 0…a relative heat wave. There will be some fans in shorts.
c. But don’t fret about the boys missing out on the true Alaskan experience, it’s supposed to drop to -30F by Sunday or Monday night.
d. We're near the Winter Equinox (Dec 21), the shortest day of the year. Sunrise is about 10:45am and sunset is about 2:45 pm. At high noon the sun just peeks over the horizon. So during the warmth of the mid-day sun it will feel like only -29F.
On a hockey note, our boys play hard but we struggle for scoring. We are young and inexperienced. 18 underclassmen who never played a college game before this season. 14 non-North Americans (Latvia, Sweden, Finland, Russia, Hungary). Both goaltending and defense have been fairly solid. We have also been a bit snake bit, with not a lot of puck luck going our way. We have been right in most games until fairly late. Four OT games, two we played a man down. Lost all four. We haven’t played anyone not ranked in the top 20 yet. We’re due for a game or two where we put it all together and avoid stupid mistakes. We’ll see.
Stay safe.
Go Nooks!
I was surprised that you have so many players from Latvia. RPI has three from Finland, one from Slovakia, and one from France. Simon Kjellberg grew up in Sweden but is listed as from Tennessee where his father was playing when he was born. We have an assistant coach from Austria.
mmf
Nanook Nation
Our little European pipeline expanded under previous assistant coach Karlis Zunis (18/19 & 19/20), who was head coach for Latvia U20. Our current rooster includes kids from Latvia (7), Sweden (4), and one each from Finland, Russia, and Hungary. Mix in 11 Canucks and 6 from the USA.
Exactly - most of the earlier tournaments were just after Christmas and it did become almost impossible to get quality programs to come to Troy. The 85-87 stretch at the time was quite different than what we had experienced for all the years before. Spending Thanksgiving away from home felt quite odd for us but I do recall having Turkey fried rice at Jack's Motel and restaurant which I think was located on Route 5 towards Schenectady heading out from Albany. They had fabulous Chinese food in those days!
RPI fan 4 life
Season Ticket Holder since 1974
Jack’s Motel is not there anymore. I believe (someone correct me if I’m wrong) it is now called Golden Buffet and is still serving Chinese food.
Shame-it was a much classier place than it sounded (as a motel). Food was excellent. But we shifted over to the Plum Blossom many years ago. Simply a great place to meet up with many of the RPI hockey families in the 90's. Also close enough to the HFH that we could have a few drinks (Gimolets of course) and still make it over Burdette Ave to park without getting lost!!
Yes, he was! ;-)
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