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RPI Hockey 2017 - 2018: A Wealth of Notions

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FlagDUDE08 said:
I have to disagree with Clarkson's level of respect. If they're going to be cocky enough to put in their backup against us, that shows a lack of respect for their opponent, and the same goes for Harvard.
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Not only did they start their backup, but Kielly didn't face a single shot in warmups. He just shot the **** with people by the bench for the whole 15 minute period.
 
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I thought that was the best-played weekend by the boys in quite some time. Pretty cohesive, pretty spirited play. Could have scored a few more against SLU, their time will come against CCT if they play like that.

All the noise about respect, backups, etc... I'm not sure what some of you expect. They don't play hockey by the Rules of Lord Faunterloy, and RPI has been one of, if not the EZAC doormat for the last 5 years. If you want respect, you gotta earn it, and stop whining.
 
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Ralph Baer said:
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Thank you to everyone who tuned into our live stream tonight. We peaked at 935 concurrent viewers, which is a new high for this season!</p>— RPI TV (@rpitv) <a href="https://twitter.com/rpitv/status/952364515353677824?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 14, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
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Just a thank you to RPI TV from a Harvard fan. Excellent coverage and I would have missed it if it was not for you.
 
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ServinisScores said:
I thought that was the best-played weekend by the boys in quite some time. Pretty cohesive, pretty spirited play. Could have scored a few more against SLU, their time will come against CCT if they play like that.

All the noise about respect, backups, etc... I'm not sure what some of you expect. They don't play hockey by the Rules of Lord Faunterloy, and RPI has been one of, if not the EZAC doormat for the last 5 years. If you want respect, you gotta earn it, and stop whining.
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I totally agree with everything that you said. If we could just get some consistent goal scoring the rest of the way, we could wind up in the top eight of the league.
We are getting better, but we have to score more goals.
 
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Clarkson may have taken RPI for granted if you look at the use of the back up goalie and the 1st stringer not warming up. But any team that doesn't recognize that RPI stayed with them for 60 minutes and, depite the final score, gave them all they could handle is doomed in the playoffs. I said early on that teams that are hard to play against, no matter where they are in the standings, can make life very difficult for other, higher ranked teams in the playoffs. Think back a few years ago to Brown kicking us around pretty good. Or, despite losing, Princeton certainly gave Union all they could handle last year. The key moving forward is putting like 3 goals a game in the net. If Ott and Gornall (next season) can provide some front of the net presence and keep the defense occupied, that should free up guys like Hayhurst and Liljegren to use their skill and speed to do the rest. I would like to see more of Burke doing the same. He is the biggest guy on the team and could use that to his advantage out in front. If they continue to skate and play like this, all bets are off in the playoffs. If the playoffs started today, they would play Yale who are playing well of late (and have played 7 fewer games than RPI). Next weekend vs Brown and Yale should be a great test for the Engineers.
 
lugnut92 said:
Not only did they start their backup, but Kielly didn't face a single shot in warmups. He just shot the **** with people by the bench for the whole 15 minute period.
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If fans weren’t paying attention when they took the ice it might have appeared to be a brilliant strategy to get him used to the long stretches without shots that are characteristic of our offense.
 
ServinisScores said:
I thought that was the best-played weekend by the boys in quite some time. Pretty cohesive, pretty spirited play. Could have scored a few more against SLU, their time will come against CCT if they play like that.

All the noise about respect, backups, etc... I'm not sure what some of you expect. They don't play hockey by the Rules of Lord Faunterloy, and RPI has been one of, if not the EZAC doormat for the last 5 years. If you want respect, you gotta earn it, and stop whining.
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Couldn't agree more. Well said.
 
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engineerhockeyfan said:
With classes beginning today, what are the chances that we see Ott in the lineup this weekend?
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37.624% chance that he will play in one or more game. ;)

Seriously, does anyone know if he was allowed to practice with the team earlier?
 
Ralph Baer said:
37.624% chance that he will play in one or more game. ;)

Seriously, does anyone know if he was allowed to practice with the team earlier?
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I would guess that as soon as his enrollment was official, he was free to practice/play. Unless there are NCAA clearinghouse delays, but I suspect they were working on this in advance , once the decision was made to bring him in mid year.
 
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<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Marshall of <a href="https://twitter.com/RPI_Hockey?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@RPI_Hockey</a> Earns <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ECACHockey?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ECACHockey</a> Goaltender of the Week <a href="https://t.co/WDg3GOJTkS">https://t.co/WDg3GOJTkS</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/RPIHockey?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#RPIHockey</a> <a href="https://twitter.com/hashtag/ECACHockey?src=hash&ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">#ECACHockey</a> <a href="https://t.co/VXGwN0fBax">pic.twitter.com/VXGwN0fBax</a></p>— RPI Athletics (@RPIAthletics) <a href="https://twitter.com/RPIAthletics/status/953366342631153665?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">January 16, 2018</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js" charset="utf-8"></script>
 
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FlagDUDE08 said:
He's one of the regular commentators for WRPI. I know he's had a chance to do the pre-game interview a time or two, and his writing here is a great read. If AERO doesn't pan out as well (hard to believe, but you never know), he has a great Plan B.
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He did the color with Tom Reale on Friday.
 
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Ralph Baer said:
Jacob Hayhurst has been nominated for the Hobey backer award. http://www.ushl.com/news_article/show/876365?referrer_id=2650688 This is only the players who played in the USHL. The Facebook link is private. I assume the entire list is elsewhere, but I didn't find it.
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Should we bother voting every day? Although it's great to see he's been considered, I'm not sure how much of a chance he actually has this year.
 
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FlagDUDE08 said:
He's one of the regular commentators for WRPI. I know he's had a chance to do the pre-game interview a time or two, and his writing here is a great read. If AERO doesn't pan out as well (hard to believe, but you never know), he has a great Plan B.
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Are you saying that he will follow in Matt Patricia's footsteps? ;)
 
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