RPI 2009 - 2010 Part II: I Believe in Seth Appert

[GreatLakerMohawk]

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Beginning to think that Helfrich's injury is a bit more serious than was first believed. Ankles are tricky but minor ankle injuries usually respond fairly rapidly. Hope this is not one of those season long nagging things. The news on Lee is a surprise to me also.

Well he did finally practice on it, so there is some upside there.

[Red Cloud]

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We have had a history of this kind of thing-makes you wonder who are these voters?

Keith Allain, Seth Appert, Ted Donato, Guy Gadowsky, Bob Gaudet, Nate Leaman, Joe Marsh, Rand Pecknold, George Roll, Mike Schafer, Don Vaughan, and Brendan Whittet.

[DrDemento]

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Keith Allain, Seth Appert, Ted Donato, Guy Gadowsky, Bob Gaudet, Nate Leaman, Joe Marsh, Rand Pecknold, George Roll, Mike Schafer, Don Vaughan, and Brendan Whittet.

RC-I knew that-I was being facetious. But thanks anyway

[DrDemento]

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Well he did finally practice on it, so there is some upside there.

When it comes to ankles I am old school-I believe in ice early, then heat and then rest and then more rest. I do not have much faith in any sort of ankle physical therapy. Perhaps practicing on it caused some sort of set back? Basically though I think SA is just be a very cautious coach and trying to do what is best for optimum healing. I can recall some episodes in the past (several years ago) when injured RPI players were rushed back onto the ice perhaps too quickly only to suffer more permanent injury.

[engineerhockeyfan]

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When it comes to ankles I am old school-I believe in ice early, then heat and then rest and then more rest. I do not have much faith in any sort of ankle physical therapy. Perhaps practicing on it caused some sort of set back? Basically though I think SA is just be a very cautious coach and trying to do what is best for optimum healing. I can recall some episodes in the past (several years ago) when injured RPI players were rushed back onto the ice perhaps too quickly only to suffer more permanent injury.

The team is playing very well right now and I don't think that Appert feels the need to put extra pressure on his ankle right now.
If they lose two this weekend, he will be in the lineup for the next ECAC game. JMO

[IMO]

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Certainly was an interesting choice to leave RPI out of both Player and Goalie of the week; especially when colgate got two awards.

I have read/heard both York and Polacek quoted in papers and also in press conferences and they seem like humble guys. Their performances speak for themselves and the team wins are what these guys care about. Go Red!

[Wicked Slappaahs]

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Well he did finally practice on it, so there is some upside there.

I'm assuming you're talking about this week's practices? If so, I would guess it now boils down to how the ankle feels the day after...I'm more than OK with RPI taking their time with him...as EHF said, better to have him for the long run than now, IMO.

[Wicked Slappaahs]

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When it comes to ankles I am old school-I believe in ice early, then heat and then rest and then more rest. I do not have much faith in any sort of ankle physical therapy. Perhaps practicing on it caused some sort of set back? Basically though I think SA is just be a very cautious coach and trying to do what is best for optimum healing. I can recall some episodes in the past (several years ago) when injured RPI players were rushed back onto the ice perhaps too quickly only to suffer more permanent injury.

No electro-stim, Doc? C'mon you're missing all the fun... After resting it initially, I think y'a gotta have some sort of therapy in there Doc...too much rest and range of motion will be non-existent, no? Burgdoerfer was the most recent seriosu ankle injury that I can recall and he ended up under the knife IIRC. ..I can't imagine that in Tyler's case as he has been skating.

[DrDemento]

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No electro-stim, Doc? C'mon you're missing all the fun... After resting it initially, I think y'a gotta have some sort of therapy in there Doc...too much rest and range of motion will be non-existent, no? Burgdoerfer was the most recent seriosu ankle injury that I can recall and he ended up under the knife IIRC. ..I can't imagine that in Tyler's case as he has been skating.

My orthopod friends are incredibly aggressive with their ankle cases-I just find that they get people back a little sooner to function but at a risk of reinjury. I was always a more conservative doc-I am not against some exercise to maintain range of motion-but weight bearing too quickly is fraught with problems. Then again, most of the ankle injuries I saw were in a much older population. In any case coach SA must know something to consider resting him a bit longer.

[burgie12]

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Sorry to get off of the topic of ankle injuries and their impact, but a quick question:

I was looking for info on recent alums from the hockey program (to see who's playing near the Philly area so I can go watch them), and I came across a couple guys who split time at RPI and Fairfield. The Stags disbanded after the 02-03 season, right?

I'm going to guess that they didn't have to sit out a year because their team was disbanding, making a penalty year pointless, right? It looks like we picked up at least two players. How many other teams actively recruited / added Fairfield players to their rosters?

Thank you for any and all info.

[Red Cloud]

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Sorry to get off of the topic of ankle injuries and their impact, but a quick question:

I was looking for info on recent alums from the hockey program (to see who's playing near the Philly area so I can go watch them), and I came across a couple guys who split time at RPI and Fairfield. The Stags disbanded after the 02-03 season, right?

I'm going to guess that they didn't have to sit out a year because their team was disbanding, making a penalty year pointless, right? It looks like we picked up at least two players. How many other teams actively recruited / added Fairfield players to their rosters?

Thank you for any and all info.

Merrimack, Colgate, Quinnipiac, and Clarkson

[fr joe]

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It never hurts to fly under the radar, although we won't be able to do it for long.

It won't hurt to be a bit undervalued/overlooked... but if we can have a good North Country weekend, we may escape serious in-conference notice until early December when Cornell & Colgate come to HFH.

[Ralph Baer]

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Sorry to get off of the topic of ankle injuries and their impact, but a quick question:

I was looking for info on recent alums from the hockey program (to see who's playing near the Philly area so I can go watch them), and I came across a couple guys who split time at RPI and Fairfield. The Stags disbanded after the 02-03 season, right?

I'm going to guess that they didn't have to sit out a year because their team was disbanding, making a penalty year pointless, right? It looks like we picked up at least two players. How many other teams actively recruited / added Fairfield players to their rosters?

Thank you for any and all info.

RC answered the hard part of your question. The easy parts are that Fairfield did indeed disband (along with Iona) after 02-03 and the players did not have to sit out a year.

[DavidSec17]

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RC answered the hard part of your question. The easy parts are that Fairfield did indeed disband (along with Iona) after 02-03 and the players did not have to sit out a year.

If Im not mistaken we did get 2 players from those teams? Cody Wodilja and Andrew Martin? One came from Iona?

[Ralph Baer]

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If Im not mistaken we did get 2 players from those teams? Cody Wodilja and Andrew Martin? One came from Iona?

Yes, we did get Wojdyla and Martin from Fairfield. We got an assistant coach from Fairfield, Frank Bretti, who had been their head coach.