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RPI 2022-23: Return of the Schmidt and the Fans

I see LIU tied Quinnipiac today. And their next game is against - guess who?

Doesn't appear that the Sharks are an opponent to be taken lightly.
 
rpi82 said:
Last night was another example of why I hate the figure skating exhibition that is 3x3 OT, even though it helped us. On the winning goal one of the Mercyhurst forwards never got into the play and the other, I think it was St. Onge, skated right past Jack Brackett after he shot the puck and looped behind the net instead of picking up his assignment and ensuring that he couldn't get a rebound or return pass. Although he's one of their stars I'd park him on the bench for a few shifts to start the next game as a reminder. I probably shouldn't blame him, however, because in 3x3 all they do is skate around to maintain possession of the puck (often carrying it from the offensive end back to the defensive end if necessary - that's soccer, not hockey) and no one really plays any form of physical defense.
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I totally agree with what you said. But I would rather see that than a shoot out.
Shoot outs mad a mockery of what was once the most exciting play in sport. The penalty shot.
Also, going back to the 3 on 3, you correctly pointed out the non existence of defense, but you did not appreciate the offensive play that set up the goal.
Always good to get a weekend sweep no matter how we get it.
 
rpi82 said:
Last night was another example of why I hate the figure skating exhibition that is 3x3 OT, even though it helped us. On the winning goal one of the Mercyhurst forwards never got into the play and the other, I think it was St. Onge, skated right past Jack Brackett after he shot the puck and looped behind the net instead of picking up his assignment and ensuring that he couldn't get a rebound or return pass. Although he's one of their stars I'd park him on the bench for a few shifts to start the next game as a reminder. I probably shouldn't blame him, however, because in 3x3 all they do is skate around to maintain possession of the puck (often carrying it from the offensive end back to the defensive end if necessary - that's soccer, not hockey) and no one really plays any form of physical defense.
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I am not a fan of ties, so I like the 3 on 3 format. I am not sure the objections you raise wouldn't also be applicable to a 5 on 5 overtime period. I wonder if anyone has tracked the impact on reducing the number of ties and shootouts.
 
engineerhockeyfan said:
Always good to get a weekend sweep no matter how we get it.
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RPI decided to recruit speed, which was a positive factor throughout this weekend, especially in an open-ice overtime. RPI also has good goaltending (apart from that mental error on Friday) and that was a signficant factor all weekend--there were a couple of howlers from Mercyhurst's goalies-- and especially so on Saturday.
 
DrDemento said:
i wonder why the ref did not put his arms out to either avoid or grab our boy skating into him?
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Happened very quickly, and I have seen situations where trying to catch somebody can make things worse. During his post-game comments, Coach Smith seemed to think that the injury wasn't too severe, despite the initial concern. Hopefully, he's right.
 
Waite21 said:
I see LIU tied Quinnipiac today. And their next game is against - guess who?

Doesn't appear that the Sharks are an opponent to be taken lightly.
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Brett Riley is a promising young coach. They also have a hot goaltender: 43 saves against Northeastern and 37 against Quinnipiac.
 
DavidNardolillo said:
Happened very quickly, and I have seen situations where trying to catch somebody can make things worse. During his post-game comments, Coach Smith seemed to think that the injury wasn't too severe, despite the initial concern. Hopefully, he's right.
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It did happen quickly and from the short replay I had available, it did not look like the ref felt he was about to fall at all. Very hopeful that coach Smith is correct and he can be in the line up for next weekend. Before the season i felt next weekend would be perhaps the easiest for us all season but after the LIU/QU result, i think we may have our hands full. Never quite sure what Army brings to the table but their boys are always extremely fit and they always skate the full 60 minutes. You always have to be ready to skate against them all the way to the final buzzer. In the past many years agains tthem we have found taking them lightly is simply a big mistake.
 
engineerhockeyfan said:
I totally agree with what you said. But I would rather see that than a shoot out.
Shoot outs mad a mockery of what was once the most exciting play in sport. The penalty shot.
Also, going back to the 3 on 3, you correctly pointed out the non existence of defense, but you did not appreciate the offensive play that set up the goal.
Always good to get a weekend sweep no matter how we get it.
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Back in the dark ages OT was 10 minutes of 5x5. I don't have any firm data but it seemed that 1/2-2/3 ended with a winner. That was fine with me, but it was deemed that was a little too much extra time, especially if a team still had to travel and play another opponent the next night. So, IIRC, they went to 5 minutes but too many games were deemed to end in ties (and some leagues adopted the penalty shot tie breaker). The "solution" was 3x3, which definitely leads to a conclusion in most cases but it doesn't look like hockey to me. I'd rather they go 4x4, which at least would reduce the ridiculous amount of skating room and make defensive assignments clearer and more likely to be applied. If, after all that, the game ends in a tie then it was two equal teams for the night and an appropriate result. What's wrong with a team having a couple of ties per year?

As for the winning goal, the best play was actually made by Jakob Lee in the defensive zone. He challenged St. Onge for a loose puck in the corner. The puck popped up and Lee hit it with a one-handed backhand out of the air to send Jack Brackett off to the races and, eventually, the winning goal. I've watched it several times and Lee was spinning around so I'm not 100% sure he intentionally swung at the puck, but, if he did, it was a truly amazing play.
 
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I see the guess the Atlantic Hockey standings contest is open. If we beat Army and Canisius in the coming week we should be in first place. Can we enter?
 
rpi82 said:
Back in the dark ages OT was 10 minutes of 5x5. If, after all that, the game ends in a tie then it was two equal teams for the night and an appropriate result. What's wrong with a team having a couple of ties per year?
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Back in my dark ages, regular season games did not have overtime at all. A tie was a tie, and some of the greatest games I ever saw ended in ties and everyone went home happy, and went home early.
 
hab said:
Back in my dark ages, regular season games did not have overtime at all. A tie was a tie, and some of the greatest games I ever saw ended in ties and everyone went home happy, and went home early.
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I assume by that you mean the dark ages of pro hockey. As well as I recall, college hockey has had some type of OT at least since the 1960's.
 
Last nights game was as good a hockey game as I have seen in a long time. By both teams. Great goaltending, hard skating, good, but not excessive, physicality, and plenty of scoring chances on both sides. From the earlier games RPI played, they are growing as a team with each game. Smith has them playing a full 60 minutes and they are playing well at both ends of the ice. Be nice to see them score some goals, but as long as they play like they did last night, not much to criticize or complain about. The one thing is we will see tonight if they are spent after last night and banged up. I think if they can play a good game tonight, the concerns about what this team can do will be greatly diminished. I would, though, give Watson the night off. Not sure what happened to him early in the game, but letting a back up goalie see some action especially against a NC opponent would be wise.
 
I am hoping that the success of the team will start bringing more fans to the HFH. Would love to be averaging in the 3000s in attendance once again
 
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