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RPI Recruit Thread 2012-13 (Part II)

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RPI fan 4 life said:
Looks like Bruce Coles' penalty minutes records could be in serious jeopardy. I guess if you can't beat 'em, beat 'em up!! :)
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Not necessarily. We have had many recruits who had several players with a lot of penalty minutes who didn't have comparable numbers in college. Andrew Lord is a prime example.
 
Ralph Baer said:
Not necessarily. We have had many recruits who had several players with a lot of penalty minutes who didn't have comparable numbers in college. Andrew Lord is a prime example.
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True Ralph. But six fights in 31 games does cause some concern. Obviously SA will calm him down and hopefully he won't take out not being able to fight with some other major penalties.
 
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RPI fan 4 life said:
True Ralph. But six fights in 31 games does cause some concern. Obviously SA will calm him down and hopefully he won't take out not being able to fight with some other major penalties.
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Maybe he's getting it out now because he knows he won't be able to do it for four years. :D

He's actually a pretty good player. Very O'Grady-like.
 
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FlagDUDE08 said:
Maybe he's getting it out now because he knows he won't be able to do it for four years. :D

He's actually a pretty good player. Very O'Grady-like.
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Hopefully without being sick/hurt for a good portion of his 4 years.
 
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RPI fan 4 life said:
True Ralph. But six fights in 31 games does cause some concern. Obviously SA will calm him down and hopefully he won't take out not being able to fight with some other major penalties.
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I am indeed concerned, and I have voiced it here before. I was just saying that it is possible that he won't continue like this at RPI.
 
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Ralph Baer said:
I am indeed concerned, and I have voiced it here before. I was just saying that it is possible that he won't continue like this at RPI.
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I he indeed wants to play NCAA hockey he will control that temper-perhaps channel it into just some hard hitting. He will be fine. I just want him to find the net for us.
 
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DrDemento said:
I he indeed wants to play NCAA hockey he will control that temper-perhaps channel it into just some hard hitting. He will be fine. I just want him to find the net for us.
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I think, if anything, he's going to find the right guy for the net, whether it's JL or RB (not our RB of course). I don't see him being a goal machine. Obviously we need that toughness out there, even if he's just protecting JL.
 
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DrDemento said:
I he indeed wants to play NCAA hockey he will control that temper-perhaps channel it into just some hard hitting. He will be fine. I just want him to find the net for us.
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I suspect that he will control his temper much more than in the USHL, bu not completely.
 
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FlagDUDE08 said:
I think, if anything, he's going to find the right guy for the net, whether it's JL or RB (not our RB of course). I don't see him being a goal machine. Obviously we need that toughness out there, even if he's just protecting JL.
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Are you saying that he is going to get more assists than goals?
 
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Ralph Baer said:
Are you saying that he is going to get more assists than goals?
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I would suspect as much. He seems to be more of the protect-your-star enforcer type, and in the game I saw, has a real knack for what's going on on the ice around him.
 
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FlagDUDE08 said:
I would suspect as much. He seems to be more of the protect-your-star enforcer type, and in the game I saw, has a real knack for what's going on on the ice around him.
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We'll see. As I have said before, SA sees something that we could use in him, and that could very well be it. As to whom he will protect, Melanson might be another candidate. My crystal ball doesn't see him breaking into the lineup on a regular basis next year with 13 forwards expected to return and three others apparently in next year's class.
 
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Ralph Baer said:
We'll see. As I have said before, SA sees something that we could use in him, and that could very well be it. As to whom he will protect, Melanson might be another candidate. My crystal ball doesn't see him breaking into the lineup on a regular basis next year with 13 forwards expected to return and three others apparently in next year's class.
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And yet, a guy like Miller is part of WaP's "iron man club". I don't think DeVito will have too much trouble with earning his spot on the ice.
 
Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2012-13 (Part II)

FlagDUDE08 said:
And yet, a guy like Miller is part of WaP's "iron man club". I don't think DeVito will have too much trouble with earning his spot on the ice.
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Miller proves that one can't learn everything from USHL box scores. Personally I believe that DeVito, like Fulton this year, will play sparingly as a freshman. I certainly could be wrong. You have seen him play -- I have not. I am just saying that there will be even more competion for ice time next year than this year.
 
Re: RPI Recruit Thread 2012-13 (Part II)

Ralph Baer said:
Miller proves that one can't learn everything from USHL box scores. Personally I believe that DeVito, like Fulton this year, will play sparingly as a freshman. I certainly could be wrong. You have seen him play -- I have not. I am just saying that there will be even more competion for ice time next year than this year.
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Competition is a good thing, as it makes for a better product on ice. I did not see any of this year's freshmen play juniors, so I can't comment on your comparison to Fulton. Given DeVito's toughness, though, you may be right that he'd be saved for games such as Union, Clarkson, and Cornell, while sporting Moores for Yale, SLU, and Colgate; sort of an opposite to Scott Halpern, who was saved for the up-tempo games.
 
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