Opponent News 19-20

ursusminor · February 23, 2020, 06:01:19 AM

Quote from: French RageRPI is 8-3-1 in ECAC play in 2020, with 2 of those losses against us, since the new year. I'm wondering if they're getting hot come ECAC tourny time. (Perhaps not having to work on spreadsheets has unburdened them.)

OTOH, the RPI women completed a perfect ECAC season. ::rolleyes::

Beeeej · February 25, 2020, 12:06:06 PM

Quote from: jtwcornell91
Quote from: rediceBrent Brekke was named Head Coach of the the St Lawrence Men's Ice Hockey team today.... Congrats, Brent!!!

https://www.instagram.com/p/Bx52LzLAa0E/?igshid=1qc1gzd714bk5&fbclid=IwAR1vmpgoGuu0qPR0rf7S8lBqRmM8yOhzS-P4qIfd4woQo5QRCZDyxl7bDXg

So we're basically colonizing the North Country. And we've already got Don Vaughan at Colgate, although his time as a Cornell assistant was long ago.

Obviously we played against both SLU and Clarkson on the road this season, but will this weekend be the first time both men's head coaches visiting Lynah to play *at* Cornell are both former Cornell men's assistant coaches? Anyone know for sure?

ursusminor · February 29, 2020, 06:09:04 AM

Lynah East seemed like Houston East (a.k.a. Beaumont) on Friday. Granted that the Harvard fan(s) had little to cheer about, but it certainly sounded on the broadcast like RPI had a larger presence than Harvard. This despite the fact that attendance in Troy has been diminishing steadily for years.

marty · February 29, 2020, 06:44:17 AM

Quote from: ursusminorLynah East seemed like Houston East (a.k.a. Beaumont) on Friday. Granted that the Harvard fan(s) had little to cheer about, but it certainly sounded on the broadcast like RPI had a larger presence than Harvard. This despite the fact that attendance in Troy has been diminishing steadily for years.

RPI had more than a few vocal fans at Lynah two weeks ago. I noticed a linesman wannabe and his faux ref buddy from section 7 made the trip.

The fans who have kept their season tickets are enjoying a good season.

scoop85 · February 29, 2020, 07:23:02 AM

Quote from: ursusminorLynah East seemed like Houston East (a.k.a. Beaumont) on Friday. Granted that the Harvard fan(s) had little to cheer about, but it certainly sounded on the broadcast like RPI had a larger presence than Harvard. This despite the fact that attendance in Troy has been diminishing steadily for years.

Nice to see RPI—-a school with a great hockey tradition and a core group of loyal fans—-have a resurgence.

marty · February 29, 2020, 07:36:20 AM

Quote from: scoop85
Quote from: ursusminorLynah East seemed like Houston East (a.k.a. Beaumont) on Friday. Granted that the Harvard fan(s) had little to cheer about, but it certainly sounded on the broadcast like RPI had a larger presence than Harvard. This despite the fact that attendance in Troy has been diminishing steadily for years.

Nice to see RPI—-a school with a great hockey tradition and a core group of loyal fans—-have a resurgence.

As a season ticket holder since 1997, I confess that this is the first season that I've truly rooted for RPI. And to that credit Coach Smith. I like him so much more than Appert that I'm thinking I need to see an analyst. Instead I keep watching hockey.

::help::

Jim Hyla · February 29, 2020, 09:34:41 AM

Colgate: Hockey Secures Home Ice with Late Goal

Clarkson: Clarkson Settles for Tie at Colgate

The Colgate link has video of their goal, and the sparse crowd.

ursusminor · February 29, 2020, 09:51:47 AM

Quote from: marty
Quote from: scoop85
Quote from: ursusminorLynah East seemed like Houston East (a.k.a. Beaumont) on Friday. Granted that the Harvard fan(s) had little to cheer about, but it certainly sounded on the broadcast like RPI had a larger presence than Harvard. This despite the fact that attendance in Troy has been diminishing steadily for years.

Nice to see RPI—-a school with a great hockey tradition and a core group of loyal fans—-have a resurgence.

As a season ticket holder since 1997, I confess that this is the first season that I've truly rooted for RPI. And to that credit Coach Smith. I like him so much more than Appert that I'm thinking I need to see an analyst. Instead I keep watching hockey.

::help::

He is certainly able to do more with what he has than Appert did. Players are actually improving over four years which did not seem to ever happen with Appert.

I suspect that Cornell fans will disagree, which is fine, but I think that Smith deserves the ECAC CotY award. It is an award that an RPI coach has never received although coaches for all of the other 11 schools have. BTW, how did that award get named for Tim Taylor rather than Ned Harkness?

upprdeck · February 29, 2020, 10:09:05 AM

COTY is subjective in many ways

RPI went from 7-13-2 / 10-23-3
to 12-8-1 / 16-15-2

Cornell went from 13-5-4 / 21-11-4
to 17-2-2 / 22-2-4

so RPI went up about 5 games in the league and 6-8 ish over all
cornell went up 4 games in the league 9 less losses overall

Which is harder to do, go from not very good to .500? or from pretty good to dominant?

Not sure either was expected.

ursusminor · February 29, 2020, 10:22:17 AM

I certainly agree that it is subjective. You are correct that what Cornell did is harder. The question is how much did the coach have to do with it.

Both schools benefitted from the fact that the middle eight teams in the ECAC this year are all very mediocre. That is shown by where they all sit in the PWR. RPI is still in the upper 30's.

There have been other years when I thought that an RPI coach deserved it and didn't win it (not since before Appert.)

redice · February 29, 2020, 01:27:58 PM

Quote from: ursusminor
Quote from: marty
Quote from: scoop85
Quote from: ursusminorLynah East seemed like Houston East (a.k.a. Beaumont) on Friday. Granted that the Harvard fan(s) had little to cheer about, but it certainly sounded on the broadcast like RPI had a larger presence than Harvard. This despite the fact that attendance in Troy has been diminishing steadily for years.

Nice to see RPI—-a school with a great hockey tradition and a core group of loyal fans—-have a resurgence.

As a season ticket holder since 1997, I confess that this is the first season that I've truly rooted for RPI. And to that credit Coach Smith. I like him so much more than Appert that I'm thinking I need to see an analyst. Instead I keep watching hockey.

::help::

He is certainly able to do more with what he has than Appert did. Players are actually improving over four years which did not seem to ever happen with Appert.

I suspect that Cornell fans will disagree, which is fine, but I think that Smith deserves the ECAC CotY award. It is an award that an RPI coach has never received although coaches for all of the other 11 schools have. BTW, how did that award get named for Tim Taylor rather than Ned Harkness?

Taylor probably stepped on fewer toes than Ned... Just sayin...

French Rage · February 29, 2020, 01:41:38 PM

RPI's ECAC record pre- and post- New Year certainly lend credence to the RPI coach making a big impact once the season got rolling.

Trotsky · February 29, 2020, 01:41:51 PM

Flunkies get statues; innovators win championships.

French Rage · February 29, 2020, 01:44:22 PM

Quote from: TrotskyFlunkies get statues; innovators win championships.

I'm OK with Schafer never winning another COTY if we win a NC. And I bet he is too.

Trotsky · February 29, 2020, 01:45:44 PM

Quote from: French Rage
Quote from: TrotskyFlunkies get statues; innovators win championships.

I'm OK with Schafer never winning another COTY if we win a NC. And I bet he is too.

Me too.

They named Cornell after the guy with the money, not the ideas.

Which is really just as well since White University would have been a little too on the nose.