RPI Engineers '15-'16

[hab]

Re: RPI Engineers '15-'16

Really good game by the Engineers tonight but came up short against a real strong opponent, SLU. Speaking of strong opponents...got another one tomorrow.

 

[hab]

Re: RPI Engineers '15-'16

Congratulations Engineers on a great win over previously undefeated #4 Clarkson! Of course Selander deserves a lot of the credit but I thought that the whole team played very disciplined and gritty hockey (hard on the stick coming out our end, crashing to the net etc) in both games this weekend.

 

[shelfit]

Re: RPI Engineers '15-'16

Congratulations Engineers on a great win over previously undefeated #4 Clarkson! Of course Selander deserves a lot of the credit but I thought that the whole team played very disciplined and gritty hockey (hard on the stick coming out our end, crashing to the net etc) in both games this weekend.

Hahaha, Clarky won't be happy having their undefeated streak snapped by a team like RPI.......too bad for Clarky!

 

[hab]

Re: RPI Engineers '15-'16

Hahaha, Clarky won't be happy having their undefeated streak snapped by a team like RPI.......too bad for Clarky!

"...by a team like RPI"...you are so predictable Shelfit. I was waiting for you to come on here and say something to the effect that Clarkson isn't really a very strong team. After two good weekends in a row (did you watch any of the 4 games?) you still really have trouble giving the Engineers any credit for the advances they are making. Guess if you did you might have to swallow a few of your past posts .

 

[Bhikukhu]

"...by a team like RPI"...you are so predictable Shelfit. I was waiting for you to come on here and say something to the effect that Clarkson isn't really a very strong team. After two good weekends in a row (did you watch any of the 4 games?) you still really have trouble giving the Engineers any credit for the advances they are making. Guess if you did you might have to swallow a few of your past posts .

That game was Clarkson vs the Refs not Clarkson vs RPI... I don't remember the last time I saw a game called so 1 sided. The Knights spent almost an entire period down a player

 

[jericho]

Re: RPI Engineers '15-'16

"...by a team like RPI"...you are so predictable Shelfit. I was waiting for you to come on here and say something to the effect that Clarkson isn't really a very strong team. After two good weekends in a row (did you watch any of the 4 games?) you still really have trouble giving the Engineers any credit for the advances they are making. Guess if you did you might have to swallow a few of your past posts .

In this posters mind, John Burke cannot be held responsible for wins, only for losses.

 

[vicb]

Re: RPI Engineers '15-'16

That game was Clarkson vs the Refs not Clarkson vs RPI... I don't remember the last time I saw a game called so 1 sided. The Knights spent almost an entire period down a player

While the Refs called every little tick tack hit by Clarkson (and some phantom hits) they were not the reason Clarkson lost. Hot goalie can be the difference maker in a game and tonight that was the case. Congrats to RPI (I hate saying that ). They did what they had to do to win the game.

 

[shelfit]

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Agree. Mid-pack at best this year.

Congrats to the Engineers on a very good weekend! Glad to see some of the lineup changes. It paid off.

I guess you must always be right about everything hab. Oh wait a minute. This ^^ was me congratulating the team for beating Cornell. Sorry for being unpredictable. For you to interpret my post today to think it means that I was saying Clarkson isn't strong is insane. They were undefeated going into today so they are obviously a strong team. Everyone knows that. Given each team's history Clarkson isn't supposed to lose to an RPI and there's nothing wrong with saying that because once again it's the truth. It's RPI that isn't strong but they had a goalie perform well enough to steal a win from Clarkson and Clarkson will not be happy with this result no matter what the refs did or didn't do in today's game. Go back to school and learn how to read.

 

[lugnut92]

Re: RPI Engineers '15-'16

Beating Clarkson is pretty fun, eh? Let's keep that up.

RPI KRACH (RRWP): 94.95 (.4902)

MCTs (Mean/Median/Mode/Range):
Points - 23.12 / [I closed the window before copying these numbers over]
Rank - 6.70 / 7 / 8 / 1 - 12
Playoffs - 82.9%
Most likely opponent - at Clarkson (16.7%)

Conference rankings:

1. Clarkson
2. Harvard
3. Princeton
4. SLU
   —————
5. Dartmouth
6. Quinnipiac
7. RPI
8. Colgate
   —————
   —————
9. Yale
10. Cornell
11. Union
12. Brown

 

[HockeyEast33]

Re: RPI Engineers '15-'16

Beating Clarkson is pretty fun, eh? Let's keep that up.

RPI KRACH (RRWP): 94.95 (.4902)

MCTs (Mean/Median/Mode/Range):
Points - 23.12 / [I closed the window before copying these numbers over]
Rank - 6.70 / 7 / 8 / 1 - 12
Playoffs - 82.9%
Most likely opponent - at Clarkson (16.7%)

Conference rankings:

1. Clarkson
2. Harvard
3. Princeton
4. SLU
   —————
5. Dartmouth
6. Quinnipiac
7. RPI
8. Colgate
   —————
   —————
9. Yale
10. Cornell
11. Union
12. Brown

So how can RPI's projection be to finish 7th in the model, but their most likely playoff opponent is Clarkson, who the model projects as 1st? Shouldn't the most likely opponent be Harvard at 2? Just wondering cause I'm a statistics guy by training....

 

[lugnut92]

Re: RPI Engineers '15-'16

So how can RPI's projection be to finish 7th in the model, but their most likely playoff opponent is Clarkson, who the model projects as 1st? Shouldn't the most likely opponent be Harvard at 2? Just wondering cause I'm a statistics guy by training....

Note that while RPI's median rank and average points earned put them in 7th, their mode is 8th, which puts them in line to face Clarkson. I don't have the numbers available right now, but I think the chances of us playing Harvard were around 14%.

 

[HockeyEast33]

Re: RPI Engineers '15-'16

Note that while RPI's median rank and average points earned put them in 7th, their mode is 8th, which puts them in line to face Clarkson. I don't have the numbers available right now, but I think the chances of us playing Harvard were around 14%.

Aaaahhhh..... thanks!

 

[Eeyore]

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So how can RPI's projection be to finish 7th in the model, but their most likely playoff opponent is Clarkson, who the model projects as 1st? Shouldn't the most likely opponent be Harvard at 2? Just wondering cause I'm a statistics guy by training....

In addition to what lugnut said about the mode, these sorts of comparisons can have a funny structure. While the mean for Clarkson may be #1 and the mean for RPI may be #7, it's possible that the scenarios in which RPI is #7 are disproportionately ones in which Clarkson ends up #2. My guess is that, this early in the season, the probability of any specific place finish for a single team are sufficiently low (i.e. the variance on final position is sufficiently high) that all sorts of wacky things may happen in individual playoff matchups. Much like KRACH itself, the outcomes here should stabilize as the season progresses.

 

[hab]

Re: RPI Engineers '15-'16

Selander should be a slam dunk for GOTW this week.

 

[shelfit]

Re: RPI Engineers '15-'16

Selander should be a slam dunk for GOTW this week.

Agree 100%!

 

[Ralph Baer]

Re: RPI Engineers '15-'16

Selander should be a slam dunk for GOTW this week.

http://www.ecachockey.com/women/2015-16/Weekly_Awards/20151011_Women_Weekly_Awards

 

[FlagDUDE08]

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In this posters mind, John Burke cannot be held responsible for wins, only for losses.

Players win, coaches lose. The perception happens in every sport.

 

[shelfit]

Re: RPI Engineers '15-'16

Players win, coaches lose. The perception happens in every sport.

Not to mention the fact that I said I liked the adjustments he made to the lineup which obviously gives him credit for those decisions. Some people on here just don't like to read thoroughly I guess.

 

[Ralph Baer]

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http://www.uscho.com/2015/11/11/wednesday-women-second-tier/

What do you make of Rensselaer beating Clarkson, and what it means for both teams?

Arlan: Let’s look at RPI first. Usually we only talk about the Engineers in terms of will they or won’t they squeeze their way into the postseason. Now they sit higher in the ECAC standings than traditional powers Clarkson and Cornell.

What’s different about RPI this time around? First and foremost, freshman goaltender Lovisa Selander from Sollentuna, Sweden. We aren’t used to the Engineers having a goalie in the top half of the statistics for goals-against average and with the 11th-best save percentage. In recent years, they’ve been far more likely to be near the other end of the spectrum. It’s a different game if you can win by a 2-1 score despite being outshot 46-18. I watched a lot of that Clarkson game, and the Golden Knights had some high-quality chances. They hit a couple of pipes, and Selander came up with some big stops.

Special teams have been an Achilles’ heel for RPI in many seasons. Selander alone improves the penalty kill. The power play is still a weakness, clicking only 10 percent of the time. Against Clarkson, it had a hard time gaining possession in the offensive zone and was ineffective for much of the game, but the Golden Knights were whistled for eight minors, so RPI got a lot of opportunities. Finally they capitalized with the power-play goal in the third period.

RPI also has a couple of confident seniors up front in Lauren Wash and Alexa Gruschow. While they weren’t part of the team’s two goals, they help to give hope in a game where a team like Clarkson is hammering away and the result seems inevitable. If the Engineers get on a bit of a roll, who knows how their kids will respond to a season on the rise after some down years.

Clarkson played a good game with a couple of exceptions. With the amount of control they displayed in their attack zone, it would have been nice to finish more than once. They failed to put Dartmouth away the weekend before, although that was more about defensive shortcomings than an offensive failing. The big problem for the Golden Knights was the high number of penalties. Some of the calls were a little soft, but in other cases, they were undisciplined. Not only did penalties cost them the game-winning goal, it also forced them to kill two of the final three minutes when they were trying to come back. Sometimes, you need to realize that it just isn’t that crucial to get that final shove in after the whistle.

Still, Clarkson is one of the best teams in the country. There aren’t too many players in the NCAA more skilled than Cayley Mercer. It has a strong blue line, although it has had to make do without senior Renata Fast the last couple of weekends due to Four Nations. If Shea Tiley has a sophomore season like she turned in as a rookie, then Clarkson will be a major factor all year.

Ultimately, I think RPI’s upset will have a greater impact on the Engineers than it will have on the Golden Knights.

 

[hab]

Re: RPI Engineers '15-'16

Speaking of the improved play of RPI's forwards this year (Gruschow and Wash rightfully mentioned in the USCHO article) I have to say that I have been impressed with Horwood, Rooney, Mankey and Tomlinson as well. Horwood missed the games against SLU and Clarkson (injury?).