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RPI Hockey 2014-2015: Dedicated to Rich Curadi

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engineerhockeyfan said:
I must have missed something along the way, but could someone explain #26 to me? :o
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My recollection is that several years ago in one of the many academic rankings of colleges, Union was listed as #26, and a number of Union fans started bragging about it. Someone can correct me or add if there is anything more.
 
Ralph Baer said:
My recollection is that several years ago in one of the many academic rankings of colleges, Union was listed as #26, and a number of Union fans started bragging about it. Someone can correct me or add if there is anything more.
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I thought it was their hockey ranking, but it was hilarious and it came right before their games against St, Clooud.
 
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Ralph Baer said:
My recollection is that several years ago in one of the many academic rankings of colleges, Union was listed as #26, and a number of Union fans started bragging about it. Someone can correct me or add if there is anything more.
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http://talk.collegeconfidential.com...ks-high-on-forbes-americas-best-colleges.html


...looking at the 2009 edition of Forbes America's Best Colleges ... Union is ranked 26th! Here are a few links: America's 50 Best Colleges - #26 Union College - Forbes.com and America's Best Colleges - Forbes.com Here's a quote, "Among liberal arts colleges, Centre (No. 14) and Union (No. 26) rank in the top 30 of all institutions. Boston College (No. 16) far outperforms Dartmouth (No. 98), Duke (No. 104) and Cornell College (No. 105)."
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Funny, I don't think I've ever heard anyone refer to BC as # 16....;)

Maybe those Jesuits view modesty as a virtue, eh?
 
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Ralph Baer said:
My recollection is that several years ago in one of the many academic rankings of colleges, Union was listed as #26, and a number of Union fans started bragging about it. Someone can correct me or add if there is anything more.
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This took place during the now infamous Union/St. Cloud thread(s), the same one that produced the "St, Clooud" meme. A Union fan was trying to tout Union's academic prowess as compared to that of St. Cloud State, and to do so, he quoted a very obscure academic ranking (forget where it was from) that had Union ranked #26, while SCSU had a far lower ranking. This prompted hilarious laughter from pretty much everyone given that A) one probably shouldn't have to point out the academic difference between an expensive eastern liberal arts school and a midwestern state school, and B) the rankings were bizarre, especially considering that it ranked the relatively unknown Cornell College in Iowa far above the much better known Cornell University. The gambit backfired, fans from across the WCHA began piling on and making fun of Union and the Union fan in general (in probably the only known occurrence of a broad spectrum of WCHA/NCHC/Big Ten fans coming together), and the title "#26" stuck in exactly the opposite manner that the poor Union fan had intended.
 
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Thanks to all who responded to my question regarding #26.
It makes you wonder why a Union fan would bring up academics on a hockey thread. :confused:
 
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FlagDUDE08 said:
No one's questioning if RPI is going to get back there. What's being questioned is if Appert's the guy to do it. So far, he hasn't shown it.
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My feeling, after 25 years that span the Powers/Fridgen/Appert years, is that the commitment to national-contender-quality hockey at the HIGHEST ADMINISTRATIVE LEVELS is NOT present. Instead, in a parity-soaked atmosphere where 1 player CAN make a difference, RPI fans get ticket price increases, multi-million dollar mansions for the president,"marketing" representatives and other lip service while the ESSENCE of the game, great players, go elsewhere (see: Josh Jooris). I wish that they would "get back there", but as I said, I don't see RPI even keeping up with what the others are doing. Appert becomes, at most, the third most important person in improving the "program".
 
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I was unable to "attend" last night's game due to working late.

Thanks to jericho, realet, perhaps a few others for some excellent advice: after placing one person on ignore, I read through the game thread from start to finish, and it was one of the most pleasant game threads ever. :)

The win made it even sweeter.
 
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FreshFish said:
I was unable to "attend" last night's game due to working late.

Thanks to jericho, realet, perhaps a few others for some excellent advice: after placing one person on ignore, I read through the game thread from start to finish, and it was one of the most pleasant game threads ever. :)

The win made it even sweeter.
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I love it when I'm right because it doesn't happen very often. :D
 
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Any further post game comments from SA? Would be interested in his feeling about playing on the big sheet of ice with this team, how Kasdorf is feeling a day after whatever injury he sustained, and perhaps upcoming plans for the Michigan weekend. I just checked, and although Michigan gets a lot of TV coverage on Comcast cable around here, of course this coming weekend with RPI as the opponent, neither of the games are being telecast.

Edit: Just off the phone with Comcast. The Friday game is not being broadcast except on MTN2GO Plus(a subscription service for $9.95 for the game). The Saturday night game IS supposed to be broadcast on line by BTV2GO(not PLUS) which can be signed into for free if you subscribe to Comcast and their sports package with includes the BTN network. You have to temper this description by the fact that more often than not, Comcast reps have no clue what they are talking about. I have been told that games will be broadcast before, and get basketball, football replays, and almost any other sports programming instead.
 
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Was able to get to the Whit last night and catch the game. The better team won and a more representative score would have been something like 4 or 5 to 2. After a slow start to the first period the Engineers outskated UNH by a significant margin I thought. Bad shooting killed us. 15 breaks in on goal and misses the net by about a foot. Neal gets a flat pass from 14 to re-direct from about 10 feet out and he puts it about 2 feet over the net. My 13 year old commented that he would have gotten a better shot off. Neal breaks in 2 on 0 with 14 (see how I save on spelling?) and shoots it past the right post. Cardinal sin on a 2 on 0. Either you score or you pass - anything else is a fail.

Heard someone say that Diebold stole it for us.. really not the case. He played great but so did the keeper on the other end. Even the UNH fans could see it. Unless UNH had a PP they couldn't generate all that much.

I'm eager to see the rematch with Harvard.

We skate well.. we just don't finish well. I think it will come though. I was impressed with the poise of the freshmen. I also thought Hampton looked good on the blue line. Luke took a penalty for being too tall (indirect contact to the head). Some of the other calls were marginal (the goalie interference was ridiculous). Overall, I was pleased. This is a decent team and I expect them to continue to improve.
 
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jmhusker said:
Was able to get to the Whit last night and catch the game. The better team won and a more representative score would have been something like 4 or 5 to 2. After a slow start to the first period the Engineers outskated UNH by a significant margin I thought. Bad shooting killed us. 15 breaks in on goal and misses the net by about a foot. Neal gets a flat pass from 14 to re-direct from about 10 feet out and he puts it about 2 feet over the net. My 13 year old commented that he would have gotten a better shot off. Neal breaks in 2 on 0 with 14 (see how I save on spelling?) and shoots it past the right post. Cardinal sin on a 2 on 0. Either you score or you pass - anything else is a fail.

Heard someone say that Diebold stole it for us.. really not the case. He played great but so did the keeper on the other end. Even the UNH fans could see it. Unless UNH had a PP they couldn't generate all that much.

I'm eager to see the rematch with Harvard.

We skate well.. we just don't finish well. I think it will come though. I was impressed with the poise of the freshmen. I also thought Hampton looked good on the blue line. Luke took a penalty for being too tall (indirect contact to the head). Some of the other calls were marginal (the goalie interference was ridiculous). Overall, I was pleased. This is a decent team and I expect them to continue to improve.
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JM: If you can comment-do you think we are better suited this year for the big ice surface? Not that we will be playing on it much, but if we do play in Lake Placid, it could be critical.
 
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DrDemento said:
JM: If you can comment-do you think we are better suited this year for the big ice surface? Not that we will be playing on it much, but if we do play in Lake Placid, it could be critical.
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That's hard to say from one game but I will say we did not look uncomfortable on the big sheet. UNH usually uses the big ice to their advantage by having a fast team. This was not the case on Tuesday. They've struggled overall this season so maybe they aren't as quick as normal. I know that none of the UNH forwards really caught my eye (just a couple of their D). On our side I saw good moments from 14, 12, 25, 17 and 9 and I thought our D had decent vision getting the puck up to them - even on the big sheet.

So we showed speed and we moved the puck pretty well. That seems like a good formula for the big surface. But again... just one data point.
 
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uncledave said:
My feeling, after 25 years that span the Powers/Fridgen/Appert years, is that the commitment to national-contender-quality hockey at the HIGHEST ADMINISTRATIVE LEVELS is NOT present. Instead, in a parity-soaked atmosphere where 1 player CAN make a difference, RPI fans get ticket price increases, multi-million dollar mansions for the president,"marketing" representatives and other lip service while the ESSENCE of the game, great players, go elsewhere (see: Josh Jooris). I wish that they would "get back there", but as I said, I don't see RPI even keeping up with what the others are doing. Appert becomes, at most, the third most important person in improving the "program".
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WOW !!!! A guy who has no idea of the inner workings of the program and has a fundamental misunderstanding of the current college hockey landscape commenting on a post of a guy who doesn't know which end is up. This can sometimes be a special place !!! HAPPY THANKSGIVING TO ALL BE SAFE !!!!!!!!!
 
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jmhusker said:
That's hard to say from one game but I will say we did not look uncomfortable on the big sheet. UNH usually uses the big ice to their advantage by having a fast team. This was not the case on Tuesday. They've struggled overall this season so maybe they aren't as quick as normal. I know that none of the UNH forwards really caught my eye (just a couple of their D). On our side I saw good moments from 14, 12, 25, 17 and 9 and I thought our D had decent vision getting the puck up to them - even on the big sheet.

So we showed speed and we moved the puck pretty well. That seems like a good formula for the big surface. But again... just one data point.
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Thanks for the report. Nice to hear from someone who was able to see the entire surface and how we cover it. I only was able to tune into the last 11+ minutes but i got the feeling we were very capable of the speed necessary for the bigger ice.
 
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Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! About 7"-8" of snow in the winter wonderland that is Rensselaer County!

I wonder if the NBC Sports network will eventually stumble onto Thanksgiving NHL or NCAA games as a entertainment alternative, a potentially great tv afternoon. I mean, if people watched the Detroit Lions for generations on Thanksgiving, why not hockey? CATV's about niches, right?

DrDemento said:
Thanks for the report. Nice to hear from someone who was able to see the entire surface and how we cover it. I only was able to tune into the last 11+ minutes but i got the feeling we were very capable of the speed necessary for the bigger ice.
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I caught the very end of the game on werpi. I had the same thought hearing the comments on how we adapted to playing on the big sheet. (For this weekend, Yost Field House (1923!!!) does not have a big sheet? Wonder what Red Berenson would have really liked, all things considered?)
 
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