RPI Engineers 2016-2017: 10 Years on

[Ralph Baer]

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On another note, I did see the official team picture in the usual place in the arena.

So did I. It just hasn't been posted on the website.

 

[Ralph Baer]

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Aimme Raithby (Burlington Jr. Barracudas) commits to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for 2017-2018 <a href="https://twitter.com/jrcudas">@jrcudas</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RPI_WHockey">@RPI_WHockey</a></p>— WHockey Commits (@WHockeyCommits) <a href="https://twitter.com/WHockeyCommits/status/808751630103547908">December 13, 2016</a></blockquote>
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Hab will be happy -- a Canadian.

 

[Ralph Baer]

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Aimee Raithby http://d15k3om16n459i.cloudfront.net/prostats/playerpage.html?playerid=8782648&seasonid=16264

http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=389610

She is leading Burlington in scoring: http://d15k3om16n459i.cloudfront.net/prostats/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=201960&seasonid=16264. I wonder if teammate Trisha Cho is a sister of men's recruit Austin Cho. Both are from Mississauga.

Barracuda's Media Guide http://assets.ngin.com/attachments/...RLINGTON_BARRACUDAS_MEDIA_GUIDE_2016-2017.pdf. She is interested in engineering.

 

[hab]

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Aimee Raithby http://d15k3om16n459i.cloudfront.net/prostats/playerpage.html?playerid=8782648&seasonid=16264

http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=389610

She is leading Burlington in scoring: http://d15k3om16n459i.cloudfront.net/prostats/teamplayerstats.html?teamid=201960&seasonid=16264. I wonder if teammate Trisha Cho is a sister of men's recruit Austin Cho. Both are from Mississauga.

Barracuda's Media Guide http://assets.ngin.com/attachments/...RLINGTON_BARRACUDAS_MEDIA_GUIDE_2016-2017.pdf. She is interested in engineering.

Man, that was quick! Only four days after I suggested they needed to step up their Canadian recruiting.

 

[hab]

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All kidding aside, Raithby looks like a very good recruit. Burlington is a struggling team (they have been shut out in 7 of their last 11 games). Not easy to rack up 8 goals and 4 assists on a struggling team. Look forward to seeing her as an Engineer.

 

[giwan]

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Man, that was quick! Only four days after I suggested they needed to step up their Canadian recruiting.

I agree, maybe you should make some other comments and see what might happen?

Heard they updated the performance board. Someone here posted a pic of it last year, not sure how they got that pic

 

[Ralph Baer]

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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Sarah Bukvic (Stoney Creek Midget AA) commits to Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute for 2019-2020 <a href="https://twitter.com/SCSabres">@SCSabres</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/RPI_WHockey">@RPI_WHockey</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/ECACHOCKEYMWD1">@ECACHOCKEYMWD1</a></p>— WHockey Commits (@WHockeyCommits) <a href="https://twitter.com/WHockeyCommits/status/809796303656022016">December 16, 2016</a></blockquote>
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They do listen to hab.

 

[Ralph Baer]

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Her page http://www.scgha.com/roster_players/12008914

I will add her to the recruit list on the men's recruit page on Sunday. I haven't found her hometown yet.

 

[Ralph Baer]

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F Sarah Bukvic 2019 Stoney Creek BAA Hard working player willing to play both ends
https://www.neutralzone.net/2016/06/16/rush-tournament/

 

[hab]

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F Sarah Bukvic 2019 Stoney Creek BAA Hard working player willing to play both ends
https://www.neutralzone.net/2016/06/16/rush-tournament/

These early commits (we now have 3 for 2019) are quite a gamble. Tough to judge how a player this young will develop over 3 years, but she is in a strong hockey program (Stoney Creek).

 

[hab]

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I agree, maybe you should make some other comments and see what might happen?

Heard they updated the performance board. Someone here posted a pic of it last year, not sure how they got that pic

What is the "performance board"?

 

[Ralph Baer]

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These early commits (we now have 3 for 2019) are quite a gamble. Tough to judge how a player this young will develop over 3 years, but she is in a strong hockey program (Stoney Creek).

The problem is that everyone else is recruiting early, so we need to also, and a lot of players graduate in 2019.

 

[hab]

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The problem is that everyone else is recruiting early, so we need to also, and a lot of players graduate in 2019.

I agree.

 

[Ralph Baer]

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What is the "performance board"?

I think that he was referring to the following. If so, the answer to his question is that I received the tweet from the team.

<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Nice to see a few women's hockey players setting some records in the weight room <a href="https://t.co/AMWZGRizDw">pic.twitter.com/AMWZGRizDw</a></p>— RPI Women's Hockey (@RPI_WHockey) <a href="https://twitter.com/RPI_WHockey/status/696783248916090881">February 8, 2016</a></blockquote> <script async src="//platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>

 

[giwan]

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I think that he was referring to the following. If so, the answer to his question is that I received the tweet from the team.

Yeah that's the board, wasn't sure what else to call it. More than just weight lifting max. Thank you

Anyone know how those numbers compare to any of the other teams out there?

 

[giwan]

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The problem is that everyone else is recruiting early, so we need to also, and a lot of players graduate in 2019.

Lot of risk recruiting early unless you really feel your program is strong enough. Some have not even taken their SATs etc. Won't help if they can't maintain grades.

 

[Ralph Baer]

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Lot of risk recruiting early unless you really feel your program is strong enough. Some have not even taken their SATs etc. Won't help if they can't maintain grades. Already had some players miss because of that reason.

I don't recall the RPI women ever having a recruit who subsequently wasn't admitted. Could you supply details?

I do agree that there is a risk from making offers to sophomores, but everyone is doing it, both teams that are better and worse hockey teams than RPI, both schools that are better and worse academically than RPI.

 

[hab]

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I don't recall the RPI women ever having a recruit who subsequently wasn't admitted. Could you supply details?

I do agree that there is a risk from making offers to sophomores, but everyone is doing it, both teams that are better and worse hockey teams than RPI, both schools that are better and worse academically than RPI.

I think that our coaches are well aware of the academic requirements at RPI and don't put out offers to students that might not make the grade. As a result, we have a very high level of success in players completing the program with strong academic results. This is not the case with some other D1 programs (including some programs with supposedly high academic standards) where offers are put out to strong hockey players who are then left to their own devices as to how to get admitted. RPI has always done a good job on this.

 

[giwan]

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I don't recall the RPI women ever having a recruit who subsequently wasn't admitted. Could you supply details?

I do agree that there is a risk from making offers to sophomores, but everyone is doing it, both teams that are better and worse hockey teams than RPI, both schools that are better and worse academically than RPI.

Just stating that going younger may create that issue and even currently there are occasions where players miss games because of academics.

 

[Ralph Baer]

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From the on-line RPI directory

Jenn Gregg
Biology

Conceivably she will be entering RPI this semester.