Re: RPI @ Notre Dame (11/30/18, 12/1/18)
RPI's record coming into this weekend is 4-7, which is the mirror image of Notre Dame's 7-4-1 if you ignore the tie. On paper, one would have to expect that FlagDUDE's prediction above is likely to prove accurate.
Notre Dame is ranked eighth in the current USCHO poll. RPI has played only one team that was ranked higher, that being UMass in the first two official games of the season, which the Minutemen swept by scores of 6-1 and 3-1.
If RPI fans want to look for some reason for optimism, we can point to the fact that Union, whom RPI swept in two games a month ago, is ranked eleventh, not that far behind the Fighting Irish.
RPI doesn't have a great team this year, but they can be a lot of trouble for anybody who takes them lightly.