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RPI Off season 2025

Time to reflect on where this team has been, and where it is going. 18 years in the ECAC and the only two years that we have been above .500 on ECAC record was under the coaching of John Burke (.568 in 08-09 and .591 i 09-10). This year's record was about in the middle of the pack for those 18 years.....364 and a 10th place finish and early playoff exit. Is there any reason to be optimistic about where we go from here?
 
Both are talented players, no question about it. Watched almost every women’s game this year and I felt Trnkova, despite her skill, did not fit in. No matter the score, I felt this team stuck together and tried hard to win and supported each other. But Trnkova struck me as someone who was in it for her own benefit.

I sat behind the bench most games. The players would stand along the boards watching, cheering, and supporting their teammates, no matter what the score was. Trnkova would sit on the bench behind her teammates looking like she couldn’t be bothered. Maybe I am wrong about her but she just didn’t behave like the other players did.

As to Skoda- she has good talent but her skating is not her strong point. She will be accepted by another team but her skating will limit how high a ranked team she will be on and how much ice time she will get.

All in all though I don’t think this will hurt the team as much as people think.
 
We lost one Czech; we gained another Barbora Proskova

www.instagram.com

Barbora Prošková on Instagram: "I’m honored and really grateful to announce my commitment to play Division 1 at RPI university. I want to thank my family, friends and teammates who took big part of this journey. 💙"

235 likes, 61 comments - bara.proskova on March 16, 2025: "I’m honored and really grateful to announce my commitment to play Division 1 at RPI university. I want to thank my family, friends and teammates who took big part of this journey. 💙".
www.instagram.com www.instagram.com
Trnkova congratulated her in the comments.

Also https://www.instagram.com/p/DHQp0d9AoTd/

Elite Prospects https://www.eliteprospects.com/player/882458/barbora-proskova

edit; i forgot that we also lost Erbenova. Also Proskova appears to be for 2026.
 
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25+years said:
Both are talented players, no question about it. Watched almost every women’s game this year and I felt Trnkova, despite her skill, did not fit in. No matter the score, I felt this team stuck together and tried hard to win and supported each other. But Trnkova struck me as someone who was in it for her own benefit.

I sat behind the bench most games. The players would stand along the boards watching, cheering, and supporting their teammates, no matter what the score was. Trnkova would sit on the bench behind her teammates looking like she couldn’t be bothered. Maybe I am wrong about her but she just didn’t behave like the other players did.

As to Skoda- she has good talent but her skating is not her strong point. She will be accepted by another team but her skating will limit how high a ranked team she will be on and how much ice time she will get.

All in all though I don’t think this will hurt the team as much as people think.
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Can understand a good part of this. But not hurting? Losing 25% of the goals scored and almost as high a percentage of total points from a team that was challenged offensively has to hurt. Not sure where the points will come from unless we have some secret weapons in our incoming class. Also these were 2 of our most effective defensive players against some of the bigger ladies of the ECAC that we faced. In most games our smaller players got pushed around pretty easily and we get to face players like Issy Wunder et al for another 2 years.
 
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@Ralph Baer There is a Twitter/X account named Women's Hockey Commitments (@whockeycommits) that has listed several RPI commits in the last couple days for 26-27, in addition to Proskova:

Kate Elbrecht (Northwood)
Keira Johnson (Central York Panthers)
Sadie Bellissimo (Cushing Academy)
Miriam Toet-Uddveg (Modo J20)
 
David - thanks for the post - I do not know much but friends tell me Bellissimo is a goalie and Elbrecht and Toet-Uddveg are both big forwards. i have no statistics about any of these girls and will await Ralph's usual intensive searching. I would suspect that several are for 2026 but really do not know. Nice to see that we are able to have so much interest in the program at least from the ladies side.
 
DavidNardolillo said:
@Ralph Baer There is a Twitter/X account named Women's Hockey Commitments (@whockeycommits) that has listed several RPI commits in the last couple days for 26-27, in addition to Proskova:

Kate Elbrecht (Northwood)
Keira Johnson (Central York Panthers)
Sadie Bellissimo (Cushing Academy)
Miriam Toet-Uddveg (Modo J20)
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i have also seen that we have a commit from Claire Jelinek 5'7" Minnesota HS defense. Also for 2026

 
DavidNardolillo said:
@Ralph Baer There is a Twitter/X account named Women's Hockey Commitments (@whockeycommits) that has listed several RPI commits in the last couple days for 26-27, in addition to Proskova:

Kate Elbrecht (Northwood)
Keira Johnson (Central York Panthers)
Sadie Bellissimo (Cushing Academy)
Miriam Toet-Uddveg (Modo J20)
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Bellisimo is on my list already. The others are new to me.
 
I have added what I found to the list.
Code: 
Women
10 Olivia Aquino         F 12/31/24 Mississauga Jr. Hurricanes (OWHL)2025  03/21/07 5'06" 145 Oakville, ON      3.75 x
33 Sadie Bellissimo      G 11/07/24 Cushing Academy Penguins         2026  10/xx/06 5'07" xxx Littleton, CO     x.xx x
92                                  East Coast Wizards 19U
31 Caroline Bjergstad    G 01/27/25 Newark Ironbound 19U             2025  03/09/05 5'05" 130 Copenhagen,Denmarkx.xx x
14 Kate Elbrecht         F 03/21/25 Northwood HS (NAPHA)             2026  12/14/07 5'08" xxx ?                 x.xx x
94 Kaylynn Fisher       RD 10/26/24 Kingston Jr Ice Wolves (OWHL)    2026  09/22/08 x'xx" xxx Peterborough, ON  3.00 x
23 Juliana Goffredo      F 09/11/24 Tabor Academy Seawolves          2025  05/23/06 5'04" 138 Mt. Laurel, NJ    3.25 Sp Aw Vi To
26                                  Boston Jr. Eagles 19U
26 Claire Jelinek       RD 03/27/25 Minnetonka HS (MN-HS)            2026  03/19/08 5'07" 145 Centennial, CO    x.xx x
22 Keira Johnson         D 03/27/25 Central York Jr. Panthers (OWHL) 2026  xx/xx/07 5'09" 130 Scarborough, ON   x.xx x
 9 Caely Martin         LD 08/29/24 Oakville Jr. Hornets (OWHL)      2025  02/08/07 5'04" xxx Toronto, ON       3.50 x
 8 Ellie Mehling         D 01/21/25 NAHA Junior (Red Team 16U)       2026  06/xx/08 5'04" 108 Burnt Hills, NY   x.xx x
 9 Megan Meola          LW 12/09/24 Bishop Kearney Selects Acad 19U  2026  07/24/07 5'02" 118 Long Valley, NJ   3.75 x
12 Mia Montanari         F 05/21/23 NAHA Major Junior (White Team)   2025  08/15/06 5'07" 140 East Hampton, CT  3.50 x
                                    Connecticut Polar Bears 19U
88 Ella Newman-Mixon    RD 05/20/24 Durham West Lightning (OWHL)     2025  xx/xx/07 5'09" 160 Whitby, ON        3.50 x
28 Chloe Obser           F 10/25/23 Loomis Chaffee Prep Warriors     2025  10/08/06 5'06" 145 Manhasset, NY     3.50 x
                                    Mid-Fairfield Stars 19U
xx Barbora Proskova     DF 03/16/25 Brynas (several teams) Sweden    2026  05/07/07 5'04" 140 ? Czechia         x.xx x
24 Victoria Savage       F 11/15/23 Lovell Academy 19U AAA           2025  08/04/06 5'08" xxx Londonderry, NH   3.50 x
47 Miriam Toet-Uddveg    F 03/27/25 MODO Hockey J20 (2 teams)        2026  04/25/07 5'09" 176 Lorenskog, Norway x.xx x

* In the RPI directory
# Known to have signed National Letter of Intent
[b]The years the recruits are listed as arriving at RPI are not necessarily accurate.[/b]
The dates on which some of the women are listed as committing on may be considerably after the actual dates.
"Hometown" is sometimes where the player was born and sometimes where he or she currently lives.
I am assuming that Neutral Zone regards their Star ratings as public because they often tweet them with committals.

STRENGTHS according to Neutral Zone (NZ rarely includes them for women):
Aw=Awareness/IQ, Ch=Character/Leadership, GS=Goal Scoring Ability, Sk=Skating, Sp=Speed, SH=Stick Handling Skill,
St-Strength, To=Toughness, Vi=Vision/Passing
 
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