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Title: Cornell @ RPI, 2/13/26
Post by: stereax on February 11, 2026, 05:50:28 PM
Good news from McNally - both our centers are back! (https://x.com/i/status/2021716979040551063)

Anyways, get the points and GTFO.

Ivy matchups, make them count.
So apparently I'm an idiot and can't read our schedule 😂
Title: Re: Cornell @ RPI, 2/13/26
Post by: Trotsky on February 11, 2026, 07:30:20 PM
I know what I want for my birthday.

(https://i.etsystatic.com/33582102/r/il/6794a3/6717878272/il_1588xN.6717878272_j7an.jpg)

Well, and a win would be nice.
Title: Re: Cornell @ RPI, 2/13/26
Post by: dbilmes on February 11, 2026, 08:38:57 PM
Does anyone have a recommendation for a pre-game meal in beautiful Troy?
Title: Re: Cornell @ RPI, 2/13/26
Post by: Trotsky on February 11, 2026, 11:02:20 PM
Quote from: dbilmes on February 11, 2026, 08:38:57 PMDoes anyone have a recommendation for a pre-game meal in beautiful Troy?
https://www.yelp.com/biz/the-plum-blossom-troy
Title: Re: Cornell @ RPI, 2/13/26
Post by: Iceberg on February 12, 2026, 04:38:55 AM
Quote from: dbilmes on February 11, 2026, 08:38:57 PMDoes anyone have a recommendation for a pre-game meal in beautiful Troy?

Downtown Troy actually had a great restaurant scene when I was there in the past. I don't think you can go wrong with too many places
Title: Re: Cornell @ RPI, 2/13/26
Post by: Troyfan on February 12, 2026, 07:21:49 AM
Quote from: dbilmes on February 11, 2026, 08:38:57 PMDoes anyone have a recommendation for a pre-game meal in beautiful Troy?

Verdiles for Italian but I hear the neighborhood has gotten sketchy.  Off Shore Pier in East Greenbush for seafood.  Knotty Pine for pizza, about a mile from the rink.
Title: Re: Cornell @ RPI, 2/13/26
Post by: marty on February 12, 2026, 08:57:24 AM
Quote from: Troyfan on Today at 07:21:49 AM
Quote from: dbilmes on February 11, 2026, 08:38:57 PMDoes anyone have a recommendation for a pre-game meal in beautiful Troy?

Verdiles for Italian but I hear the neighborhood has gotten sketchy.  Off Shore Pier in East Greenbush for seafood.  Knotty Pine for pizza, about a mile from the rink.

Verdiles if you like 1950's decor - not sure if the waiters have bought new outfits this year.  Knotty Pine is dead - replaced with an ethnic pizza fast food feeling joint.  The Pines on Hoosick Rd is run by the Knotty Pine family and I have only tried it 2 or 3 times.

Ali Baba if you like Turkish middle eastern plates.
Title: Re: Cornell @ RPI, 2/13/26
Post by: profudge on February 12, 2026, 10:31:25 AM
Our family have eaten at Plum Blossom once or twice a year for about 18 years  -  really enjoy the  atmosphere and the food is better Chinese than anything I have had in the local area here (Binghamton - Ithaca).
Best of luck ...
Title: Re: Cornell @ RPI, 2/13/26
Post by: marty on February 12, 2026, 10:55:15 AM
Quote from: profudge on Today at 10:31:25 AMOur family have eaten at Plum Blossom once or twice a year for about 18 years  -  really enjoy the  atmosphere and the food is better Chinese than anything I have had in the local area here (Binghamton - Ithaca).
Best of luck ...

Plum Blossom is almost always a hit.  Not a Chinatown experience but the owners are always busting their butts to keep things running smoothly.  A nice couple who have transformed a crappy bar into a little palace of a restaurant.  The owner's hobby is architecture and the result is fine.
Title: Re: Cornell @ RPI, 2/13/26
Post by: Give My Regards on February 12, 2026, 11:30:27 AM
This is the Big Red's first game on Friday the 13th since 1/13/2017, a 5-1 win at Princeton.

FWIW, years ago on HOCKEY-L I posted about Cornell's near-surreal record in Friday the 13th games in the Lynah era -- it was something like 9-1.  Of course, they then proceeded to lose four of their next five games played on that date, but they've rebounded a bit since then, and the record, if my math is correct, now stands at 15-5.

(And unless something catastrophic happens, the Big Red will have another one of these games on March 13th when the ECAC quarterfinal round begins)
Title: Re: Cornell @ RPI, 2/13/26
Post by: Iceberg on February 12, 2026, 12:17:05 PM
Quote from: Give My Regards on Today at 11:30:27 AMThis is the Big Red's first game on Friday the 13th since 1/13/2017, a 5-1 win at Princeton.


Yep, the game where freshman year Jeff Malott had a hat trick. He didn't have a goal up to that point in the season, too, and look at where he is now.

Title: Re: Cornell @ RPI, 2/13/26
Post by: Trotsky on February 12, 2026, 12:31:10 PM
We are 16-5-0 in Friday the 13th games. We were 13-1-0 at one time.  The 9 years elapsed since the last is the longest interval since 1981:
 02/13/1942    W    10    Union        1
03/13/1970    W     6    Harvard      5          ECAC SF
03/13/1981    W     4    Colgate      3          ECAC SF
01/13/1984    L     1    BC           3
02/13/1987    W     5    Dartmouth    4    ot
11/13/1987    W     6    Army         2
01/13/1989    W     3    RPI          2    ot
03/13/1992    W     4    Clarkson     3    2ot   ECAC SF
11/13/1992    W     5    Princeton    4
02/13/1998    W     3    Vermont      1
03/13/1998    W     5    RPI          4          ECAC 1R
11/13/1998    W     7    Harvard      2
02/13/2004    W     6    Princeton    1
01/13/2006    W     6    Quinnipiac   0
02/13/2009    L     4    Dartmouth    5    ot   
03/13/2009    L     0    RPI          1          ECAC QF
11/13/2009    L     2    Yale         4
01/13/2012    W     3    Quinnipiac   2
02/13/2015    L     2    Dartmouth    3
11/13/2015    W     5    Colgate      1
01/13/2017    W     5    Princeton    1
Title: Re: Cornell @ RPI, 2/13/26
Post by: Trotsky on February 12, 2026, 12:36:01 PM
As Give My Regards said above, the first game of this year's ECAC QF will also be a Friday the 13th.

We have done this double just twice, sweeping in 98 and being swept in 09.
Title: Re: Cornell @ RPI, 2/13/26
Post by: Trotsky on February 12, 2026, 12:46:37 PM
Quote from: Iceberg on Today at 12:17:05 PM
Quote from: Give My Regards on Today at 11:30:27 AMThis is the Big Red's first game on Friday the 13th since 1/13/2017, a 5-1 win at Princeton.


Yep, the game where freshman year Jeff Malott had a hat trick. He didn't have a goal up to that point in the season, too, and look at where he is now.




http://www.tbrw.info/seasons/2017/box20170113.pdf
Title: Re: Cornell @ RPI, 2/13/26
Post by: marty on February 12, 2026, 07:23:02 PM
Quote from: marty on Today at 10:55:15 AM
Quote from: profudge on Today at 10:31:25 AMOur family have eaten at Plum Blossom once or twice a year for about 18 years  -  really enjoy the  atmosphere and the food is better Chinese than anything I have had in the local area here (Binghamton - Ithaca).
Best of luck ...

Plum Blossom is almost always a hit.  Not a Chinatown experience but the owners are always busting their butts to keep things running smoothly.  A nice couple who have transformed a crappy bar into a little palace of a restaurant.  The owner's hobby is architecture and the result is fine.

Picked up take out this evening.

(https://i.ibb.co/w31868r/20260212-171430.jpg)
Title: Re: Cornell @ RPI, 2/13/26
Post by: fastforward on February 12, 2026, 08:00:20 PM
Quote from: marty on Today at 07:23:02 PM
Quote from: marty on Today at 10:55:15 AM
Quote from: profudge on Today at 10:31:25 AMOur family have eaten at Plum Blossom once or twice a year for about 18 years  -  really enjoy the  atmosphere and the food is better Chinese than anything I have had in the local area here (Binghamton - Ithaca).
Best of luck ...

Plum Blossom is almost always a hit.  Not a Chinatown experience but the owners are always busting their butts to keep things running smoothly.  A nice couple who have transformed a crappy bar into a little palace of a restaurant.  The owner's hobby is architecture and the result is fine.

Picked up take out this evening.

(https://i.ibb.co/w31868r/20260212-171430.jpg)
Looks awesome