Only part of the time! When I first came to this area I could actually walk to the beach and hardly see any people. Now it is so crowded that we only head in that direction from October through March if at all. We got spoiled by the Adirondacks. Have lived up there part time for 38 years and I believe we have a lower population in the hamlet now than when we first moved in. 35 below zero temperatures (wind chills minus 60) and 4 feet of snow on the ground has a way of keeping people from joining us there!
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RPI Engineers '23-'24
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Only part of the time! When I first came to this area I could actually walk to the beach and hardly see any people. Now it is so crowded that we only head in that direction from October through March if at all. We got spoiled by the Adirondacks. Have lived up there part time for 38 years and I believe we have a lower population in the hamlet now than when we first moved in. 35 below zero temperatures (wind chills minus 60) and 4 feet of snow on the ground has a way of keeping people from joining us there!
My bookies odds: (with the rest of the ECAC included ;-) ) He will accept any size bet on any of the teams below Minnesota. Top 4 the betting size limit is $5 (one per family).
NCAA Women's Hockey Championship
Ohio State 4/1
Wisconsin 6/1
Colgate 8/1
Minnesota 50/1
Cornell 200/1
Clarkson 240/1
Quinnipiac 250/1
Northeastern 250/1
Mercyhurst 250/1
Minnesota Duluth 250/1
Penn State 250/1
Princeton 250/1
St. Lawrence 250/1
Boston College 2500/1
Saint Cloud State 2500/1
Vermont 2500/1
Yale 2500/1
Boston University 3500/1
Brown 35000/1
Minnesota State 40000/1
Union 40000/1
RIT 4000000/1
Rensselaer 4000000/1
St. Anselm 4000000/1
Stonehill 4500000/1
Assumption University 4500000/1
New Hampshire 4500000/1
Lindenwood 5000000/1
Long Island 5000000/1
Maine 5000000/1
Connecticut 75000000/1
Robert Morris 75000000/1
Saint Thomas 75000000/1
Franklin Pierce 10000000/1
Providence 10000000/1
Sacred Heart 10000000/1
Dartmouth 10000000000000/1
Harvard 100000000000000/1
Syracuse 100000000000000/1
NCAA Women's Hockey Championship
Ohio State 4/1
Wisconsin 6/1
Colgate 8/1
Minnesota 50/1
Cornell 200/1
Clarkson 240/1
Quinnipiac 250/1
Northeastern 250/1
Mercyhurst 250/1
Minnesota Duluth 250/1
Penn State 250/1
Princeton 250/1
St. Lawrence 250/1
Boston College 2500/1
Saint Cloud State 2500/1
Vermont 2500/1
Yale 2500/1
Boston University 3500/1
Brown 35000/1
Minnesota State 40000/1
Union 40000/1
RIT 4000000/1
Rensselaer 4000000/1
St. Anselm 4000000/1
Stonehill 4500000/1
Assumption University 4500000/1
New Hampshire 4500000/1
Lindenwood 5000000/1
Long Island 5000000/1
Maine 5000000/1
Connecticut 75000000/1
Robert Morris 75000000/1
Saint Thomas 75000000/1
Franklin Pierce 10000000/1
Providence 10000000/1
Sacred Heart 10000000/1
Dartmouth 10000000000000/1
Harvard 100000000000000/1
Syracuse 100000000000000/1
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Ralph Baer
Let's Go 'Tute!
If I was a betting man, Harvard might be worth a small bet. There is a slight chance that they get their act together. 100 trillion to one if I counted the zeroes correctly.
Just think about what kind of new bicycle that could buy you!
RPI completes the weekend sweep over Vermont by identical scores of 5-1. Cioffi had 2 goals and an assist for RPI today and should be considered for Rookie of the Week. (Although Rathwell, another rookie, also had a strong weekend on D). And for Vermont, Natalie Mlynkova was a one-woman show today, with 11 shots on goal and was 16-0 on faceoffs!!! (and RPI is a pretty good faceoff team).
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With both the men's and women's RPI teams currently sitting in last place in the ECAC (doubt that has ever happened before this far into a season) there is, of course, a revival of the 'fire the coaches' talk on the men's thread. As a long time observer of the women's team I think that it would be a mistake to make changes to the women's coaching staff at this point. I have seen some real progress in terms of how this team plays the game over the last couple of seasons, in a conference that is just getting tougher every year. They have had some disappointing flat spots this season, but at other times they look like a middle of the pack team. This, coming off a winless season and then a covid season when they were not allowed to even practice. To be clear, I do not know any of the current coaching staff or players, personally, just a fan who watches most of the games. Unless there is evidence that the coaches have lost the confidence of their players (which I doubt), lets not go back to square one.
I think the concern on the women's side is if the players are getting better (and the team as well) as they stay in the program or not. Take a look at the results from say 3 years ago vrs now at the player level. Only player who seems to have clearly improved has been Kaiser. She was a role player her 1st year and grew into the top scorer. But what about everyone else? There was more production out of the juniors and seniors 3 years ago than now and they all seemed to have regressed. Will the current 1st years be as productive their junior/senior season? If the administration thinks yes, then keep the staff. If no, then maybe a change. 3 years ago the team had real promise that in 2-3 years they would be competing for top positions in ECAC. I don't think anyone would have thought they would be in last place. There always seems to be new talent coming in and great 1st year contributions but then what happens?
Three years ago the team was in the middle of the covid season and were not allowed to even practice. Four years ago they were in the middle of their winless season. Did you mean 2 years ago (9-23-0) or five years ago (14-18-5)? Five years ago Selander was in her senior year and turning in a .942 save percentage. Absent Selander, I don't think that team played up to the standard of today's team.
Trnkova on the watch list for Rookie of the Year. Hard to compare with forwards and goalies but probably the best rookie D.
https://www.uscho.com/2024/02/02/wa...ssociation-national-rookie-of-the-year-award/.
https://www.uscho.com/2024/02/02/wa...ssociation-national-rookie-of-the-year-award/.
Indeed - Yale was buzzing from the opening drop of the puck and the girls kept bending but with Rampado playing a spectacular game, they did not break. In spite of all the shots taken against, they played a good defensive game and as you mentioned were able to take advantage of the much fewer opportunities they were given. i felt a huge key to the game was not taking penalties even when they were facing all sorts of offensive pressure in their own end.
Trnkova is ECAC Defender of the Week, Rampado Goaltender of the Week: https://ecachockey.com/news/2024/2/...kov-rampado-bergmann-claim-weekly-awards.aspx.
Girls played Cornell much tougher than I though possible missing their top defensive player. Tied after 3 periods due to a lot of tenacious play, incredible goal tending by Rampado, and a lot of luck. It seemed to me that our top two lines just ran out of gas late in the third and most definitely in OT. This has happened more than it should during last season and now again this year. i suspect we are short shifting and playing the top lines for too much ice time and they simply have nothing left in the tank at about the 50 minute mark. Perhaps the coaching staff could make a bit more use and give more ice time to the other 2 lines so that is dealt with somewhat. Obviously you want your top scorers on the ice as much as possible in a close contest, but if a third and fourth line can simply hold the fort and buy some time with defensive play, you could have fresher legs for the tough play late in games. Just my humble opinion as usual.
QuasiCosmos
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Your goalie, Rampado, played an amazing game against Colgate.