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Yale & Brown @ RPI & Union (11/6, 11/7)

Re: Yale & Brown @ RPI & Union (11/6, 11/7)

With Helfrich out, we need Cullen and AG to step up. This team has a lot of depth and potential. We just need to reach that potential Friday night to be competitive against a very good Yale team.
I will be at the game and hope to see an upset to start off the ECAC season.
 
Re: Yale & Brown @ RPI & Union (11/6, 11/7)

Cullen and Lee are snakebit. I don't know how else to describe it - they're doing everything that's really being asked of them and everything they have to do to score goals, but they're just not seeing anything from it.
 
Re: Yale & Brown @ RPI & Union (11/6, 11/7)

engineerhockeyfan said:
With Helfrich out, we need Cullen and AG to step up. This team has a lot of depth and potential. We just need to reach that potential Friday night to be competitive against a very good Yale team.
I will be at the game and hope to see an upset to start off the ECAC season.
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Yale will be our toughest test to date, they return nearly everybody and managed to hang 5 on Princeton's Zalemba on Halloween. Jr. Ryan Rondeau started in net for Yale, replacing the departed Alec Richards.

IMO, a few keys to the game will be:
- Play an appropriately physical game -- i.e. finish checks, be relentless on the forecheck and win the loose puck battles
- Allen York makes all the usual saves & manages to steal a few others
- And of course, the ever-present key: "avoid senseless penalties" :D

I'd like to see Malchuk in the lineup in his usual banger/grinder role. He has had several key shifts with pressure leading to RPI shots and goals. With any luck we can beat them up a bit (they haven't seen many live bullets yet) wear them down and win it in the 3rd. Or alternatively, blow them out 6-0. :D
 
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kdiff77 said:
No! Please don't! We need to be the "Nobody Believes In Us" team this year! Don't ever pick Brown to win anything ever!
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Good to hear some Brown fans chattering. I for one hope you can stick it U tomorrow night...but will refrain from picking them, as per your request. :p
 
Re: Yale & Brown @ RPI & Union (11/6, 11/7)

Wicked Slappaahs said:
- Play an appropriately physical game -- i.e. finish checks, be relentless on the forecheck and win the loose puck battles

- And of course, the ever-present key: "avoid senseless penalties" :D
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Depending on who the officials are for this game, these two tasks may be wildly incompatible. You know who I mean.
 
Re: Yale & Brown @ RPI & Union (11/6, 11/7)

It's that time of year again where you root for your travel partner on Fridays to at the very least soften up the other guy for Saturday!
 
Re: Yale & Brown @ RPI & Union (11/6, 11/7)

Red Cloud said:
It's that time of year again where you root for your travel partner on Fridays to at the very least soften up the other guy for Saturday!
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"At least"? You don't actually expect me to root for Union to win? :eek: Softening them up will be fine.
 
Re: Yale & Brown @ RPI & Union (11/6, 11/7)

Rockchops said:
Depending on who the officials are for this game, these two tasks may be wildly incompatible. You know who I mean.
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It appears that we will draw the same officials for multiple home games this year-travel expenses may dictate that the same officials work both games on a weekend and more games at their closest home arena than in the past. That being said-I sure hope we do not get Kotyra and Murphy multiple times this year:(
 
Re: Yale & Brown @ RPI & Union (11/6, 11/7)

Ralph Baer said:
"At least"? You don't actually expect me to root for Union to win? :eek: Softening them up will be fine.
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I feel exactly the same. Wouldn't mind at all if they each get a few game disqualifications too;) We will have our hands full friday with Yale and I think a lot of people have underestimated Brown. I still picked them 12th in the league but I do think they are a much tougher team to play than the last couple years.
 
Re: Yale & Brown @ RPI & Union (11/6, 11/7)

Ralph Baer said:
Wise choices of hats by both. :D
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Sadly I must once again register my annual complaint at the lack of selection of RPI hockey apparel available for purchase at games. While it's gotten to the point where I don't usually bother to look any more, I did stop the other night... Not a single item -- not at hat, shirt, sweatshirt or flip-flop -- had the word hockey on them anywhere.

While I have come to terms with never finding a hat to fit my melon-shaped head (all of RPI's hats are yarmulke sized), I don't think asking for an item or two that actually contains the word h-o-c-k-e-y is too much to ask? Maybe I'll mention it to Shirley when I see her at the Aretha concert...:D
 
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Re: Yale & Brown @ RPI & Union (11/6, 11/7)

Ralph Baer said:
Jensen hasn't played yet. Yes, there is a chance, but I don't expect him to play vs. Yale. Do you know something that I do not?
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No, just wondered if his carbo-loading was related to his job status....throwing it out there to bump thread. :p
 
Re: Yale & Brown @ RPI & Union (11/6, 11/7)

Red Cloud said:
It's that time of year again where you root for your travel partner on Fridays to at the very least soften up the other guy for Saturday!
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I had a feeling this day would come where I actually agree with RC. :D:eek:
 
Re: Yale & Brown @ RPI & Union (11/6, 11/7)

Ralph Baer said:
"At least"? You don't actually expect me to root for Union to win? :eek: Softening them up will be fine.
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I know this could have a deleterious impact and nobody wants to see anything happen to you (at least until you hit 100,000 posts). ;)
 
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