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RPI III: Revenge of the Seth

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OK, the idea that "teams with a bye are more likely to reach Albany" is trivial and tautological. They have to win one series at home. The others have to win two series, at least one of which will be on the road. Plus, the higher-ranked teams are likely to be better than the other teams, by virtue of performing better over a conference season.

It's really a useless exercise to try and analyze the specific percentages to glean anything meaningful. For one, the sample size is too small. An 8 and 9 seed, for example, made it to Albany once each, but a 7 has never made it. Does this mean a team is better off being 8 or 9 than 7? No. It doesn't prove anything.

If anything, the idea supports the numbers, rather than the numbers supporting the idea.
 
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RobTricks said:
OK, the idea that "teams with a bye are more likely to reach Albany" is trivial and tautological. They have to win one series at home. The others have to win two series, at least one of which will be on the road. Plus, the higher-ranked teams are likely to be better than the other teams, by virtue of performing better over a conference season.
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You're catching on, Rob! :)

Is there a benefit to being an 8 seed vs. a 9 seed? Of course there is, you play at home, in familiar surroundings.

A benefit to being a 4 seed vs. a 5 seed? I don't know, why don't you ask the '04 Engineers what the difference is?
 
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RobTricks said:
OK, the idea that "teams with a bye are more likely to reach Albany" is trivial and tautological. They have to win one series at home. The others have to win two series, at least one of which will be on the road. Plus, the higher-ranked teams are likely to be better than the other teams, by virtue of performing better over a conference season.
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Really!? Earth-shattering info there. That was the assumption going into the analysis. Just wanted to see if the results matched the assumptions. And, preliminary results (7 years worth) show that they match, at least superficially. To me, the stat of interest was that 4 seeds could not buy a win against the 5 seed in Game 1. Shows that there is some reason behind the belief that playing is more productive than just practicing if you want to keep your team rust-free (as long as the teams are of equal quality).
 
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burgie12 said:
Really!? Earth-shattering info there. That was the assumption going into the analysis. Just wanted to see if the results matched the assumptions. And, preliminary results (7 years worth) show that they match, at least superficially. To me, the stat of interest was that 4 seeds could not buy a win against the 5 seed in Game 1. Shows that there is some reason behind the belief that playing is more productive than just practicing if you want to keep your team rust-free (as long as the teams are of equal quality).
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Bottom line:

A) The bye is desirable.
B) The bye is attainable.
C) Regardless of the opponents, expecting 3 points on home weekends and 2 points on away weekends, more often than not, will get you the bye.

Rob is just needling. Why, I don't know.
 
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FlagDUDE08 said:
Where do you see statistics as towards his current standing? I cannot find a link to this.
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Immediately to the right of the link that says "vote," there is one saying "results". I would have expected to be able to see the results after voting, but it doesn't work that way.
 
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Ralph Baer said:
Immediately to the right of the link that says "vote," there is one saying "results". I would have expected to be able to see the results after voting, but it doesn't work that way.
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Thanks. Why am I not surprised we're being beat out in the voting by another technological school?
 
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FlagDUDE08 said:
Thanks. Why am I not surprised we're being beat out in the voting by another technological school?
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Not surprised at all. :D

I am surprised that the total amount of voting is as low as it is, and that some players have as few as they do.
 
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FlagDUDE08 said:
I believe it was said earlier (either here or maybe on Facebook, I can't remember, though probably on Facebook given my source) that professional photographers cry when trying to get pictures inside HFH. But, I do not have any pictures as such.
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I don't recall seeing that. There certainly would be some intersting pictures if they can get permission to go on the catwalk. I remember that Gibber was at the HFH when UNH was here (not this year, several years ago). He wasn't allowed on the catwalk.
 
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Ralph Baer said:
Yet another HF thread on Jerry D'Amigo. http://hfboards.com/showthread.php?t=723870

I am slipping -- over 100 posts before I found it.

"little known R.P.I" :mad:
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OK, so he has a higher number on most stats than one Canadian player. Insert Shania Twain song here.

I guess RPI would be little known if you do not follow or have only recently begun to follow non-professional hockey in the USA.

Plus it's a new year, and given the ECAC standings, we know the wheels aren't quite spinning as expected Ralph, so we'll forgive you. :D
 
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FlagDUDE08 said:
OK, so he has a higher number on most stats than one Canadian player. Insert Shania Twain song here.
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Schroeder? He's an American who plays for the Gophers. Or did you mean Kadri?
FlagDUDE08 said:
I guess RPI would be little known if you do not follow or have only recently begun to follow non-professional hockey in the USA.
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Hopefully, JD will put us back on the map. :)
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Plus it's a new year, and given the ECAC standings, we know the wheels aren't quite spinning as expected Ralph, so we'll forgive you. :D
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My wheels? ;)
 
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Ralph Baer said:
Schroeder? He's an American who plays for the Gophers. Or did you mean Kadri?
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You can tell how much I follow the west side... oh right, he had the 3rd goal in the WJC championship... wow. I guess the wheels really AREN'T spinning as expected... for EVERYONE. (With possible exception to a certain poster that frequents this thread, wheels ALWAYS spin properly for this poster.)
 
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FlagDUDE08 said:
You can tell how much I follow the west side... oh right, he had the 3rd goal in the WJC championship... wow. I guess the wheels really AREN'T spinning as expected... for EVERYONE. (With possible exception to a certain poster that frequents this thread, wheels ALWAYS spin properly for this poster.)
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He must have taken a course at spinning his wheels at SCSU. :D
 
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