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RPI 2026 Off-Season: Please Pardon Our Appearance As We Upgrade This Area

rpi82 said:
This has reached the point of absurdity. He's 23 with two years of pro experience. I wonder if there are any eligibility restrictions at all. He played in the OHL past his 21st birthday so, unless he was enrolled in college, that would cost him one year under the old rules. He then played two years in the ECHL (with a side trip for a few games in the AHL). Of course, in the past that would have made him ineligible, but I would think they should at least treat each the same as an overage junior year, thus costing him two more. That would leave him with one year but I'll bet he gets at least two and threatens to sue for more.
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It seems crazy. The other side of the coin is this could eventually lead to a situation that if you don`t have a few pros on your team I wonder if you can compete?
 
Today is 22 May 2026. There are 135 days until RPI's next game.


This is based upon 4 October 2026 for the start of next season.
 
jericho said:
Not happening. We both have families, stable jobs and other interests. Not that we’re no longer interested inRPI Hockey, after all we both graduated from there, but it’s no longer our main focus. Sorry.
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Stables jobs? I guess that keeps you busy when Saratoga is open. ;)
 
rpi82 said:
This has reached the point of absurdity. He's 23 with two years of pro experience. I wonder if there are any eligibility restrictions at all. He played in the OHL past his 21st birthday so, unless he was enrolled in college, that would cost him one year under the old rules. He then played two years in the ECHL (with a side trip for a few games in the AHL). Of course, in the past that would have made him ineligible, but I would think they should at least treat each the same as an overage junior year, thus costing him two more. That would leave him with one year but I'll bet he gets at least two and threatens to sue for more.
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If you have played professionally, you are ineligible if you are beyond 5 years from HS graduation or your professional compensation exceeds "actual and necessary expenses." I think DI hoops teams were the first to exploit the ambiguity of that definition by signing players who had played in the G League and Europe. ECHL salaries are under those levels, at least based on what I've read.
 
DavidNardolillo said:
If you have played professionally, you are ineligible if you are beyond 5 years from HS graduation or your professional compensation exceeds "actual and necessary expenses." I think DI hoops teams were the first to exploit the ambiguity of that definition by signing players who had played in the G League and Europe. ECHL salaries are under those levels, at least based on what I've read.
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I think I might still be able to qualify! i am not sure i have ever graduated from high school - but i did attend college and Medical school. perhaps that is a loop hole I could use?? perhaps not since my old knees may not support me on a pair of skates any more.:(
 
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Today is 23 May 2026. There are 134 days until RPI's next game.


This is based upon 4 October 2026 for the start of next season.
 
DrDemento said:
I think I might still be able to qualify! i am not sure i have ever graduated from high school - but i did attend college and Medical school. perhaps that is a loop hole I could use?? perhaps not since my old knees may not support me on a pair of skate any more.:(
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Most interesting. I had a HS classmate who did not graduate but became a doctor after a short career as the lead guitarist for The Left Banke (Walk Away Renee, Pretty Ballerina). Actually, he would have graduated two years before me if he were not left back twice. https://www.quora.com/profile/Rick-Brand-MD
 
Ralph Baer said:
Most interesting. I had a HS classmate who did not graduate but became a doctor after a short career as the lead guitarist for The Left Banke (Walk Away Renee, Pretty Ballerina).
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The story of the original lineup of the Left Banke is another tale of how parents who try and capitalize on their kids' talent tend to wreck things. Sounds like your friend had the good sense to break free from that side of the music business.
 
jstadts said:
It seems crazy. The other side of the coin is this could eventually lead to a situation that if you don`t have a few pros on your team I wonder if you can compete?
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I don't like the ECHL guys coming back to DI--I am not sure there will be too many that will use it to get a free or discounted graduate degree knowing their pro hockey prospects are minimal--but I don't see that lane being shut down anytime soon. I am also not sure of the impact--the guys that aren't cutting in the ECHL might not be able to offer something you don't have. Backup goaltenders that aren't getting a chance to play at all might be an exception.

Seems like we are heading to a big reset of college sports in general, driven by the big football and basketball schools that can afford it. One wonders how this will impact lower/non revenue sports like hockey and the different development tracks.
 
DavidNardolillo said:
The story of the original lineup of the Left Banke is another tale of how parents who try and capitalize on their kids' talent tend to wreck things. Sounds like your friend had the good sense to break free from that side of the music business.
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I didn't know him and did not find out who he was until our 20th reunion in 1984. As I wrote, he had been left back twice, or he would have finished two years before me. I agree about parent intereference in the group.
 
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