@ RPI Fri 2/11/22

[billhoward]

Cornell @ RPI Friday, Feb. 11, 7pm EST, game appears to be both on ESPN+ and RPI TV

Thoughts in advance of the start of the Feb. 11-12 road show in Albany: RPI's on a roll. New president coming in, Martin A. Schmidt, provost at MIT, RPI undergrad then MIT PhD; old president Shirley Ann Jackson, 1999-June 2022, stuck around after Hillary did not win in 2016 and Jackson did not get a cabinet post (so the story goes in claiming she was wearing out her welcome). Meanwhile in hockey, RPI has more cameras in good places than Lynah does, including over the goals and I believe one over the faceoff circle. Still, Cornell did, in  happier times earlier in the season, wallop RPI 11-3 the day after topping travel partner Union 4-1.

Cornell is 5 points ahead of RPI and Union in the ECAC standings (also 5 behind Harvard), note that the lower 8 of the ECACs, the group that has to play one extra ECAC tournament weekend in order to play the top four in the quarterfinals March 11-13, has done well against the Big Red. Four of the bottom five have beaten Cornell. [code]
ECAC Lower Echelon That Has Beaten Cornell At Least Once 2021-22
T5. [ ] Rensselaer  
T5. [ ] Union
 7. [ ] St. Lawrence
 8. [X] Princeton
 9. [X] Colgate
10. [X] Brown
11. [ ] Yale
12. [X] Dartmouth

[marty]

RPI's on a roll. New president coming in, Martin A. Schmidt.

And Marty T celebrates. $250,000+ a year in projected saving on the 24/7 security that protects Shirley from the riff raff in Troy.

[billhoward]

RPI's on a roll. New president coming in, Martin A. Schmidt.

And Marty T celebrates. $250,000+ a year in projected saving on the 24/7 security that protects Shirley from the riff raff in Troy.

On paper, Martin Schmidt seems as good a choice as RPI could hope for. He must be early 60s now (RPI '81), this would be a good final cruise.

[ursusminor]

RPI's on a roll. New president coming in, Martin A. Schmidt.

And Marty T celebrates. $250,000+ a year in projected saving on the 24/7 security that protects Shirley from the riff raff in Troy.

I still recall vividly standing by the dasher near the northwest corner of the rink about 10 years ago during the pregame skate and talking to the late Bob Tammany (Turk181 on USCHO) when out of nowhere Shirley and her entourage comes by and one of her guards shoved me almost knocking me over. Shirley was going to drop the ceremonial first puck for a reason I have forgotten.

[ursusminor]

RPI game program for this weekend's games https://publogix.com/e/21-RPIMHGD10/.

RPITV YouTube link https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9D9-JI-D72E

[Trotsky]

Andreev, Kovich, Berard, Haiskanen all back!

[Trotsky]

Ertel still out.  Shane sick.

[ursusminor]

Interestingly, the goalies this evening were teammates for a short time in Coquitlam two years ago. https://www.eliteprospects.com/team/2012/coquitlam-express/2019-2020?tab=stats The goalie who played the most is now at Dartmouth.

[Trotsky]

Our color actually looks correct with these cameras.

[Trotsky]

pp: Great passing, no open lane.

[Trotsky]

Andreev line looking good.

[billhoward]

How's Mke Schafer's color? Where is our coach?

[Trotsky]

Welcome back, Max.

[Trotsky]

How's Mke Schafer's color? Where is our coach?

Still recovering from surgery.

[CU2007]

What was the major? Missed it