Ralph Baer
Let's Go 'Tute!
Re: RPI Hockey 2019 - 2020: Nordic Combined
Thanks for your input.
About who? (first base) About what? (second base)
Thanks for your input.

About who? (first base) About what? (second base)
Does anyone care one way or the other?![]()
Smitty slated to be on 104.5 The Team in a few minutes.
Tidbits from Smitty interview --all paraphrasing: Overall, He likes the team chemistry very much. Excellent leadership from upperclassmen and a willingness to compete for each other.
Brock Game : Very good execution against a very solid Brock team. RPI power play returns all 10 players from two units and went 4 for 5 vs. Brock. Adding in Babichuk on the PP --he expects good things from both units.
UMass: It will be an exciting challenge and test. UMass will raise a banner and have a alot of energy in the building....looking to see how our guys respond. Large olympic ice will pose a challenge and interested to see how the players adjust.
UConn: HE opponent, lots of talent, another good test.
Leaders and Players to watch as Smitty sees them:
Chase Zieky - should lead the way in scoring and is a leader
Mike Gornall - hard nosed, blue collar leadership
Will Reilly - returned to school after having gotten a contract offer from Penguins
Kyle Hallbauer - "elite, extremely talented" and lots of upside as a sophomore
Tidbits from Smitty interview --all paraphrasing: Overall, He likes the team chemistry very much. Excellent leadership from upperclassmen and a willingness to compete for each other.
Brock Game : Very good execution against a very solid Brock team. RPI power play returns all 10 players from two units and went 4 for 5 vs. Brock. Adding in Babichuk on the PP --he expects good things from both units.
UMass: It will be an exciting challenge and test. UMass will raise a banner and have a alot of energy in the building....looking to see how our guys respond. Large olympic ice will pose a challenge and interested to see how the players adjust.
UConn: HE opponent, lots of talent, another good test.
Leaders and Players to watch as Smitty sees them:
Chase Zieky - should lead the way in scoring and is a leader
Mike Gornall - hard nosed, blue collar leadership
Will Reilly - returned to school after having gotten a contract offer from Penguins
Kyle Hallbauer - "elite, extremely talented" and lots of upside as a sophomore
C'mon RB, I'm lucky I got the live feed to play !I don't see the archive on their podcast page, but maybe it'll appear later today or tomorrow.
I couldn't find it, but I know last week's is archived.
I think it makes sense to keep rolling here through the weekend games.
That's a good sign. Q tied it with 12 seconds left.
Although I don't want to overthink exhibition results, it's still a good sign.
My paraphrased report is fairly complete. I did however leave out the embarrassing exchange with the 104.5 co-host not understanding what Smith was referring to when speaking about UMass's big ice. He thought he meant a large building, not the actual playing surface.Smith handled it gracefully. Ken Schott, please come back to Roger's show for college hockey segment !!!
I didn't see it mentioned here, but WRPI will be on hand this weekend.
Also, UMass seems to have free streaming of their games.
https://www.collegesportslive.com/video/heast/mens-ice-hockey/rpi-vs-umass-20191001215116806641/