Opponents News

[Trotsky]

Andrew Tavener has transfered from Q to ASU.

[marty]

ARod, Hackett and 2 others dropped from RPI Roster

[CU2007]

ARod, Hackett and 2 others dropped from RPI Roster

What a mess

[ursusminor]

ARod, Hackett and 2 others dropped from RPI Roster

IMHO, Rodriguez is the only one of those four who will be a loss, and he hardly produced in two years. Incoming freshman Linden Marshall on paper is better than Hackett, and the other two (McBain and Rappaport) did not play at all.

As to Nanne, the injuries severely limited him, and he probably decided that he would be better off as a small-e engineer than being forever compared to his grandfather.

Melanson's departure after getting a degree in the three years was set in motion by disagreement as to how he was used by Seth Appert. When he got an offer from BU it must have seemed better than RPI even with a new coach at RPI. I suspect that he will fit in at BU.

Supposedly Bradley Bell has also left. He also had trouble finding a place in the lineup, either as a defenseman or a forward.

Without a Peer post on RPI's team next season. BTW, it looks like Tom won't be posting his Know Your Enemy articles this offseason.

[Trotsky]

Is Hackett just academic issues?  We seem to have dodged a bullet, there.

[ursusminor]

Is Hackett just academic issues?  We seem to have dodged a bullet, there.

It hasn't been revealed, but reading between the lines, it doesn't appear to have been academic issues.

[marty]

Is Hackett just academic issues?  We seem to have dodged a bullet, there.

It hasn't been revealed, but reading between the lines, it doesn't appear to have been academic issues.

I agree with both of you. The articles published at the time of the suspension seemed to indicate a disagreement or conflict with Appert.

[Trotsky]

USCHO list of all NC$$ draftees.

[BearLover]

USCHO list of all NC$$ draftees.

Harvard, with two third- and one fourth-round pick, continues to recruit by far the best talent in the ECAC.

[ursusminor]

I guess news about opponents' women's teams also belongs here.
RPI fired John Burke who has coached the team since the D-3 days. http://www.troyrecord.com/sports/20170624/rpi-fires-womens-hockey-coach-john-burke-why-now-what-does-it-mean The RPI AD stated that he fired Burke now as opposed to earlier since he was busy with the men's hockey coach replacement. As has been said elsewhere, the ability to multitask is apparently not a qualification to be the RPI AD. Also this doesn't explain why he still waited over two months after Dave Smith was named the new men's coach.

[ursusminor]

https://twitter.com/RPIAthletics/status/879751017876901889

RPI's third straight women's head coach who had been a men's AC.

[Jim Hyla]

This article on Ryan Donato brings up an issue that I really hadn't thought about. Scituate's Ryan Donato waits for his turn.

With the NHL not allowing their players to play for the Olympics this winter, some very good college players may lose some of the season, playing in the Olympics. Since it's right at the end of the regular season, Feb. 9-25, it could have a significant impact on some teams.

We'll have to see who gets selected.

[dag14]

Olympic teams train for several months; college players who make the cut would likely take a leave of absence from school for the spring semester, if not the entire year.  This obviously isn't true in sports that use pro athletes but it is for other sports.  Rebecca Johnston is a good example; she took a leave the first time she made the Canadian team.

[Trotsky]

Olympic teams train for several months; college players who make the cut would likely take a leave of absence from school for the spring semester, if not the entire year.  This obviously isn't true in sports that use pro athletes but it is for other sports.  Rebecca Johnston is a good example; she took a leave the first time she made the Canadian team.

Members of the 88-89 NC$$ champion Harvard team took the 87-88 year off to train and play in the Olympics: Lane MacDonald and Allen Bourbeau.

[CU2007]

https://www.sbncollegehockey.com/ecac/2017/8/25/16158860/an-early-look-at-the-2017-18-ecac-hockey-season-harvard-quinnipiac-yale-union

Brief preview of the ECAC. Not a great write-up by any means, but a decent read for the end of August.