RPI 2025-2026

[sezenack]

That’s nuts. 8 straight losing seasons with a 0-33 season in there and well on his way to another losing season this year. Bizarre that bowers would want to keep this going?

It's especially bizarre considering how much worse it is than Smith did and he just got fired. At least Smith showed signs of life with 19-20 and 21-22. Vines has ONE top 8 finish, and they were 8th exactly because they got carried by Selander with a 0.941 SV%, insanely good (who he did not recruit btw and was left over from before). Of course, they squandered that performance by scoring only 1.33 goals per game. Then yeah as you mention, the 0-33 team was historically bad. They have shown no signs of life since.

I agree with some of the other messages. It's absolutely ridiculous to hold the women's program to such a low standard

 

[hab]

The lack of ambition for this team says it all. A few years ago I suggested they should aim to be in top 6 in
ECAC and coach thought I was being ridiculous. You cannot hit a mark you dont aim for. Before Vines that would have been a reasonable stretch objective.

 

[Engineers]

It's especially bizarre considering how much worse it is than Smith did and he just got fired. At least Smith showed signs of life with 19-20 and 21-22. Vines has ONE top 8 finish, and they were 8th exactly because they got carried by Selander with a 0.941 SV%, insanely good (who he did not recruit btw and was left over from before). Of course, they squandered that performance by scoring only 1.33 goals per game. Then yeah as you mention, the 0-33 team was historically bad. They have shown no signs of life since.

I agree with some of the other messages. It's absolutely ridiculous to hold the women's program to such a low standard

It really is ridiculous to hold them to such a low standard. I’m just dumbfounded by this move.

 

[Engineers]

It's especially bizarre considering how much worse it is than Smith did and he just got fired. At least Smith showed signs of life with 19-20 and 21-22. Vines has ONE top 8 finish, and they were 8th exactly because they got carried by Selander with a 0.941 SV%, insanely good (who he did not recruit btw and was left over from before). Of course, they squandered that performance by scoring only 1.33 goals per game. Then yeah as you mention, the 0-33 team was historically bad. They have shown no signs of life since.

I agree with some of the other messages. It's absolutely ridiculous to hold the women's program to such a low standard

I was going to say Selander basically Carried the team when she played for vines. Vines also goes through assistant coaches like crazy? Vines should have been fired years ago.

 

[DrDemento]

As most know, I have followed RPI hockey for decades. I have watched our girl's team so long that I was at most games back before they were even a Division I squad. So long ago that we had the mother of one of our current players (#15) starring on offense. Actually our best offensive player ever. I have refrained from making any comment about coaching but it has become obvious that something needs to change. When you lose your 2 top players (#91 and #89) to other teams, it is making an obvious statement that cannot be ignored. The team that we have had out there for the first 4 games is certainly not at the level of Wisconcin but they have far more ability than has been shown. And these girls are working hard and giving what they have. But it appears that they are playing as individuals and there is far less organization and team play than needed to compete at this level. It has been my experience over many years that when that is the case, the fault lies elsewhere. It has become just too obvious.

 

[25+years]

Just called the box office. The team schedule says tomorrow’s home game vs Sacred Heart is at 5 PM. Tickets say 6 PM. I left a message for them to call me back with the correct time. Want this ship to get on track? Getting the game time straight might be a good starting point here.

 

[rpi82]

Just called the box office. The team schedule says tomorrow’s home game vs Sacred Heart is at 5 PM. Tickets say 6 PM. I left a message for them to call me back with the correct time. Want this ship to get on track? Getting the game time straight might be a good starting point here.

The ESPN broadcast schedule says 5 PM.

 

[rpi82]

I'm surprised by the scheduling. I would have thought they'd book at least a few low-level NEWHA teams (Assumption, Post, etc.) to virtually guarantee a victory or two. Instead they scheduled the best team in that league. Nothing is guaranteed.

 

[25+years]

The box office called me this morning. He said “ some of the season ticket holder’s tickets were printed before the schedule was changed”. As noted it’s 5 PM

 

[rpi82]

Women played a strong second period. Up 3-0 heading to third. Frosh Mia Montanari with 1G 1A. She looks like a find.

 

[DrDemento]

Women played a strong second period. Up 3-0 heading to third. Frosh Mia Montanari with 1G 1A. She looks like a find.

They actually played well yesterday out shooting SH something around 45-12. But a deflected goal and an empty netter made it a 3-1 loss. We were the better team everywhere except on the scoreboard. Today they look just as good and are outplaying SH by a wide margin thius far. Understood that SH is not an ECAC level team but they did win their league title last year and are predicted to be the top of their league again this year. In any case, nice to see us put up 3 goals in the first 2 periods thus far today.

 

[DrDemento]

Ladies win 4-0 and played a very solid game. They are now 1-5 but perhaps with the way they have played might deserve to be 2-4 or with better luck 3-3. i doubt that any of these games can be used to predict how we will perform once we get into the ECAC part of schedule as there are some highly ranked teams there but nice to get our first win today.