Re: RPI Hockey 2016 - 2017: Here we go again! I hope it's a fun ride.
Great to see the team in action live for the first time in many years this weekend. It still seems surreal to have done so down here in the desert...
Hats off to the Alumni Association for putting together a very classy post game meet and greet at the Marriott after game 1. The AD and Seth made some nice speeches and Jimmy D spoke on behalf of the team. He expressed in words what I could see on EVERY players' face when they walked into the room. They are deeply disappointed in the current state of the team. There were no smiles, no joking around, just quiet chatting with the parents and fans - but you could feel how painful it was for them to leave the rink after a loss, shower up and put on suits, and having to face the crowd (and it was a crowd, btw, - great turnout at both games). I really feel for these kids - I was just a frustrated alumni and fan before this, but after sitting down with the players and talking to them for a while, you can really see how devastated they are and how much they want things to turn around
They put together a better effort in Game 2, and the results showed that. I'd say something cheesy about playing in Phoenix and rising from the ashes, but meh...
LET'S GO RED
Great to see the team in action live for the first time in many years this weekend. It still seems surreal to have done so down here in the desert...
Hats off to the Alumni Association for putting together a very classy post game meet and greet at the Marriott after game 1. The AD and Seth made some nice speeches and Jimmy D spoke on behalf of the team. He expressed in words what I could see on EVERY players' face when they walked into the room. They are deeply disappointed in the current state of the team. There were no smiles, no joking around, just quiet chatting with the parents and fans - but you could feel how painful it was for them to leave the rink after a loss, shower up and put on suits, and having to face the crowd (and it was a crowd, btw, - great turnout at both games). I really feel for these kids - I was just a frustrated alumni and fan before this, but after sitting down with the players and talking to them for a while, you can really see how devastated they are and how much they want things to turn around
They put together a better effort in Game 2, and the results showed that. I'd say something cheesy about playing in Phoenix and rising from the ashes, but meh...
LET'S GO RED
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