RPI Hockey 2017 - 2018: A Wealth of Notions

[Ralph Baer]

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There is, of course, the possibility that Brad Schlossman mixed up RPI and RIT.

[FlagDUDE08]

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Former UND forward Mike Gornall will be transferring to RPI.

— Brad E. Schlossman (@SchlossmanGF) December 16, 2017

Gornall will be eligible to play for RPI after the Holidays according to this: https://undhockey.areavoices.com/?p=107990 but a comment in the Tweet above says next year (which could be January I guess).

On second reading "after next Christmas" means the middle of next season.

OK I'll bite... how the heck does that work in terms of "redshirt year"? Does he actually get one, or not because it's in the middle of the year?

[Ralph Baer]

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Gornall is in the directory


Michael Gornall
Business and Management

[Ralph Baer]

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OK I'll bite... how the heck does that work in terms of "redshirt year"? Does he actually get one, or not because it's in the middle of the year?

Schlossman said that he will be able to play 1 1/2 years at RPI. Since he entered UND in 2015-6, that would graduate in 2020 from RPI, it sounds like he does.

[FlagDUDE08]

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Shirley won't like it if she has to buy a lot of new glass.

Maybe he'll make the hit at Clarkson. Definitely not Union, though... if they're hosed from a girl throwing T-shirts from an ice resurfacer, I'm not sure they'll have any panes of glass on standby...

[fishcore12]

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With all the possible 2018 recruits, it starting to look like this years Buffalo Bills. Get rid of all the guys connected to the previous coach and GM and bring in your guys. I don't wanna try to take a guess who may or may not be here in terms of current roster players come next year.

[FlagDUDE08]

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With all the possible 2018 recruits, it starting to look like this years Buffalo Bills. Get rid of all the guys connected to the previous coach and GM and bring in your guys. I don't wanna try to take a guess who may or may not be here in terms of current roster players come next year.

Given how the forwards have either been "hamstrung", glass, or signed early, this wouldn't surprise me one bit. We're now up to 22 forwards.

[Ralph Baer]

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With all the possible 2018 recruits, it starting to look like this years Buffalo Bills. Get rid of all the guys connected to the previous coach and GM and bring in your guys. I don't wanna try to take a guess who may or may not be here in terms of current roster players come next year.

I won't want to guess either. I do have ideas, but I wouldn't want to post them. It wouldn't surprise me if we if we have a larger roster than this year but not 22 forwards.

[engineerhockeyfan]

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Given how the forwards have either been "hamstrung", glass, or signed early, this wouldn't surprise me one bit. We're now up to 22 forwards.

Given the forwards we have now, only a handful have been productive. So it wouldn't surprise me if Smith was looking to bring in his own guys.

[turk181]

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With all the possible 2018 recruits, it starting to look like this years Buffalo Bills. Get rid of all the guys connected to the previous coach and GM and bring in your guys. I don't wanna try to take a guess who may or may not be here in terms of current roster players come next year.

Here are the current Forwards that would be here next season that were SA guys; Tironese, Hayhurst, Resigner, Wiffen, Marrello, Jespar, Emil, Burgess. I could see Marrello & Resigner not being asked back. Possibly Wiffen. Outside chance of Jespar but would you risk Emil leaving if that occurred?

[Ralph Baer]

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Here are the current Forwards that would be here next season that were SA guys; Tironese, Hayhurst, Resigner, Wiffen, Marrello, Jespar, Emil, Burgess. I could see Marrello & Resigner not being asked back. Possibly Wiffen. Outside chance of Jespar but would you risk Emil leaving if that occurred?

also Polino, Stout, and Payne

[Noresmen]

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A lot of changes in the wind ..... some may happen as early the coming semester.

[Ralph Baer]

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A lot of changes in the wind ..... some may happen as early the coming semester.

I would be happier if the recruits seemed significantly better. A few are quite good, but some others appear worse than anything which we have.

Also, I really don't like recruiting a lot of 20- or 21-year-old players. As I have said on occasion in the past, no player should enter RPI who is older than I was when I graduated. We will have five of those in the class entering in the Fall, not counting Gornall.

[rsfs04]

A lot of changes in the wind ..... some may happen as early the coming semester.

Are these all changes from the coach, or are some players leaving on their own accord?

[fr. joe]

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An article from this morning's Times Union on the tax revenues generated by Schenectady's casino and the impact on Schenectady and local counties in the Capital District:

http://www.timesunion.com/local/arti...t-12433834.php

While certainly not the final word on the venture, initial revenues are certainly below expectations.