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RPI Hockey 2012-2013 Part 1: Pocket Protectors and Hockey Sticks

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RPI92 said:
Merriam had some big saves tonight. Give him some props and/or creds.
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Correct. He does do what some others do not-he ranges out of the crease more. Sometimes it costs him as he gets caught out there for makes a bad clearing decision. But more ofen than not he gets to the puck well behind the net and gets it to our defense to move up ice. I think he is much underrated-and i did see him play one fantastic game down in Princeton a couple years ago where I truly believe he just stole the game with an incredible first period performance when Princeton just came out and was all over us. I think we can compete with almost any NCAA team as far as depth in goal.
 
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engineerhockeyfan said:
No doubt we have things to work on. We were confused when FSU turned up their speed and intensity, but we hung in there. Also, we only lost one period over the weekend. I like that!!!
And I know this goes back a ways, but when JL scored his second goal of the game, all I could think of was Mike Bossy. That one timer from the slot was his bread and butter. It was a great memory.
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Ferris also figured out our break out play banging the puck off the boards into center ice pretty well and sent in 2-3 forecheckers which kept us hemmed in better. One other concern is our Defense ragging the puck and passing back into our zone so often. With the occassion miss hit or bad pass-we had a couple of turnovers and near turnovers which had me grabbing my head. I just felt our defense looked better friday and the passing was just more effective. You are so right on the JL goal-this was just a perfect bullet. We may have found our Chase Polacek if we can get the puck to him in the right position on the ice. There was a lot to like in these 2 games. But just some stuff to work on also. I was pleasantly surprised-and hope to say the same after next weekend.
 
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From the I guess it does take a year category-in the first 2 games, all of our 5 goals have been scored by Sophomores. And a startling fact-in overall statistics-we have a total of 10 penalty minutes (by far the lowest of the ECAC teams that have played). This is certainly not the hatchet hockey I grew up with at RPI 40+ years ago.:eek:
 
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DrDemento said:
From the I guess it does take a year category-in the first 2 games, all of our 5 goals have been scored by Sophomores. And a startling fact-in overall statistics-we have a total of 10 penalty minutes (by far the lowest of the ECAC teams that have played). This is certainly not the hatchet hockey I grew up with at RPI 40+ years ago.:eek:
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I was surprised how few penalties were called, especially in the first game.
 
DrDemento said:
From the I guess it does take a year category-in the first 2 games, all of our 5 goals have been scored by Sophomores. And a startling fact-in overall statistics-we have a total of 10 penalty minutes (by far the lowest of the ECAC teams that have played). This is certainly not the hatchet hockey I grew up with at RPI 40+ years ago.:eek:
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There were at least two (and possibly three) occasions where we drew penalties after the whistle by being extremely disciplined -- holding our ground so that FSU players got their gloves up high, but not retaliating and actually getting the ref to call it just on FSU rather than making the bail-our matching minors call.
 
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knsmith said:
There were at least two (and possibly three) occasions where we drew penalties after the whistle by being extremely disciplined -- holding our ground so that FSU players got their gloves up high, but not retaliating and actually getting the ref to call it just on FSU rather than making the bail-our matching minors call.
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KN-I am not sure if was just getting a good set of refs who did not make all the picky calls-or if we are just being very disciplined as you mentioned. I know Luke is going to get called any time he hits someone into left field when they make a big splat sound against the boards. That will happen whether he deserves it or not and whether his stick is high or not. It is just the price he pays for being big and strong and having red hair and wearing an RPI jersey.;)
 
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DrDemento said:
KN-I am not sure if was just getting a good set of refs who did not make all the picky calls-or if we are just being very disciplined as you mentioned. I know Luke is going to get called any time he hits someone into left field when they make a big splat sound against the boards. That will happen whether he deserves it or not and whether his stick is high or not. It is just the price he pays for being big and strong and having red hair and wearing an RPI jersey.;)
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The call on Curadi was brutal. Not so much because it was a terrible call (it probably could've gone either way, but that was the only hit of that nature that they called all weekend...), but rather because one of the two referees was about 15 feet away, staring right at the play, yet the other referee was 40 yards away, at center ice, and threw his arm up without evening making eye contact with the primary (on that play) referee.
 
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knsmith said:
The call on Curadi was brutal. Not so much because it was a terrible call (it probably could've gone either way, but that was the only hit of that nature that they called all weekend...), but rather because one of the two referees was about 15 feet away, staring right at the play, yet the other referee was 40 yards away, at center ice, and threw his arm up without evening making eye contact with the primary (on that play) referee.
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that seems to be the way games are called in the ecac....."looks like it's gonna be a penalty, so I'll make the call".
 
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http://www.rpitv.org/productions/491-mens-hockey-vs-ferris-state-game-2 The second Ferris game is up. Note on Laliberté's first goal, I'm now wondering how the rule works with the contact on the net. It looks like Haggerty pushed the net off, but was pushed into the net by Binkley (#7 of Ferris). Denis (#26 of Ferris) did not touch the goal. Obviously that sort of incidental contact, at least in hitting the goaltender, results in matching minors. Rule 83.5 reads as follows:

83.5 Goal Cage Dislodged - In the event that the goal post is displaced, either deliberately or accidentally, by a defending player, prior to the puck crossing the goal line between the normal position of the goalposts, the Referee may award a goal.
In order to award a goal in this situation, the goal post must have been displaced by the actions of a defending player, the puck must have been shot (or the player must be in position to shoot) at the goal prior to the goal post being displaced, and it must be determined that the puck would have entered the net between the normal position of the goal posts.
When the goal post has been displaced deliberately by the defending team when their goalkeeper has been removed for an extra attacker thereby preventing an impending goal by the attacking team, the Referee shall award a goal to the attacking team.
The goal frame is considered to be displaced if either or both goal pegs are no longer in their respective holes in the ice, or the net has come completely off one or both pegs, prior to or as the puck enters the goal. This rule also applies to other types of net anchoring systems.
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Red Cloud said:
Not just too early but actually totally meaningless until every team in the nation has at least one blemish on their record (at least a tie).
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So the 1969-1970 ratings, assuming they had existed at the time, were meaningless all year?
 
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FlagDUDE08 said:
So the 1969-1970 ratings, assuming they had existed at the time, were meaningless all year?
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Correct. Unless every team can have a non-losing path over every other team, KRACH (by itself) cannot be fully determined (there will be some teams that will have a referential rating of 0 or infinity against some other team). The solution is to have every team play a theoretical tie against an "average" team. To be able to compare ratings from one week to another throughout the season, you should either keep that theoretical tie in the whole season (even after the above condition is met) or never publish KRACH Ratings until there is a non-losing path from every team to every other team.
 
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Meaningless of course but we're doing well in national stats at the moment http://collegehockeystats.net/1213/national/d1m. Ninth best power play at 28.6%, tied for the lead with a 100% penalty kill. We are only 14th in combined special teams due to the nonsensical way the two stats are combined. (Also some players among the leaders in several stats.)
 
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