Opponents and Others, 2021-22

[CU2007]

Here's something. Doesn't the committee claim to use something similar to Pairwise but not the actual Pairwise? Is it possible if we beat a bunch of bad teams the rest of the way, coupled with others around us losing games here and there, and move up to say 7th or 8th in the polls but say a spot or two outside the Pairwise "cut off" that we get into the tourney? I'm not an expert but I thought the polls were generally pretty similar to the Pairwise and that isn't the case this year. Maybe I'm wrong

Any such claims by the Committee were lies - and the last time they tried to claim that, was probably over 15 years ago.

Am I that old? Guess I am.

[marty]

Data blackout from Troy on CHN.  Beginning of period 3. Harvard 5 , Tute 0.

Shirley Jackson has Senior Night with no fans.  The witch leaves in June.

[Roy 82]

Data blackout from Troy on CHN.  Beginning of period 3. Harvard 5 , Tute 0.

Shirley Jackson has Senior Night with no fans.  The witch leaves in June.

Do you believe that she intervened to make a decision in order to spite the students?

[marty]

Data blackout from Troy on CHN.  Beginning of period 3. Harvard 5 , Tute 0.

Shirley Jackson has Senior Night with no fans.  The witch leaves in June.

Do you believe that she intervened to make a decision in order to spite the students?

The no townie rule has been effect all season.  I'm exaggerating.  The only fans allowed are RPI students and staff.

[RichH]

Am I that old? Guess I am.

It happens to all of us.

Especially here.

[marty]

Data blackout from Troy on CHN.  Beginning of period 3. Harvard 5 , Tute 0.

Shirley Jackson has Senior Night with no fans.  The witch leaves in June.

Do you believe that she intervened to make a decision in order to spite the students?

The no townie rule has been effect all season.  I'm exaggerating.  The only fans allowed are RPI students and staff.

I hope she let the parents of the seniors in tonight.  She let the senior football parents in the stands for the last game in the fall.

[marty]

Dartmouth pulls the goalie in OT trying to get another point over Yale in the standings and loses on an empty net goal.

[ursusminor]

Data blackout from Troy on CHN.  Beginning of period 3. Harvard 5 , Tute 0.

Shirley Jackson has Senior Night with no fans.  The witch leaves in June.

Do you believe that she intervened to make a decision in order to spite the students?

The no townie rule has been effect all season.  I'm exaggerating.  The only fans allowed are RPI students and staff.

I hope she let the parents of the seniors in tonight.  She let the senior football parents in the stands for the last game in the fall.

They were there.

[Trotsky]

Yikes.  (I do love that it lists this game as overtime).

[RichH]

The top 4 in the ECAC all won their games Saturday by exactly four goals. Three 4-0 scores and one 5-1. Only Harvard allowed a goal.

[Scersk '97]

With 43 PIM, Niklas Allain is the regular-season conference goon.

[cbuckser]

Allain accumulated about 14 percent of those penalty minutes during the first period of Yale's game at Lynah Rink.

The ECAC isn't the same since Zachary Emelifeonwu graduated from Union College.

[Scersk '97]

Allain accumulated about 14 percent of those penalty minutes during the first period of Yale's game at Lynah Rink.

The ECAC isn't the same since Zachary Emelifeonwu graduated from Union College.

As far as I'm concerned, the ECAC hasn't been the same since Matt Cooney and Steve Wilson graduated. We used to take a lot of penalties.

"This seat reserved for Dan Dufresne."

[Dafatone]

Allain accumulated about 14 percent of those penalty minutes during the first period of Yale's game at Lynah Rink.

The ECAC isn't the same since Zachary Emelifeonwu graduated from Union College.

As far as I'm concerned, the ECAC hasn't been the same since Matt Cooney and Steve Wilson graduated. We used to take a lot of penalties.

"This seat reserved for Dan Dufresne."

He didn't commit THAT many penalties in total, but about once a game, Ryan O'Byrne would lose his stick, pin a guy to the boards, and punch him in the kidneys til he got a penalty.

[Scersk '97]

Allain accumulated about 14 percent of those penalty minutes during the first period of Yale's game at Lynah Rink.

The ECAC isn't the same since Zachary Emelifeonwu graduated from Union College.

As far as I'm concerned, the ECAC hasn't been the same since Matt Cooney and Steve Wilson graduated. We used to take a lot of penalties.

"This seat reserved for Dan Dufresne."

He didn't commit THAT many penalties in total, but about once a game, Ryan O'Byrne would lose his stick, pin a guy to the boards, and punch him in the kidneys til he got a penalty.

I remember O'Byrne doing that, and he often did it right, which is why he didn't take so many penalties.

The gradual "crackdown" on pinning people to the boards with one's lower body absolutely changed the game, and I think it remains a legitimate skill and is penalized improperly. As far as I'm concerned, it's not holding until you wrap arms around someone. Basically, the current way of calling it legitimizes a refusal on the part of the offensive player to move his feet, i.e., play strong with the lower body. Also, it's difficult to pin someone to the boards with your lower body if you go in high or with your stick. We should also be encouraging players to initiate checks, without tripping or kneeing of course, with their lower bodies or at least in a neutral stance, since contact that initiates with the upper body close to the boards—which goes largely uncalled, especially with regard to cross-checking—is super dangerous.

But kidney punching? Yeah, you've gotta call that.