Bob Croce in the Monday edition of the Albany Times Union
noted that the RPI Engineers had the following factors going for
them in Friday's game with Minnesota:
 
1. The Golden Gophers won their first six games of the season
but were just better than a .500 team the rest of the season.
RPI, meanwhile, has been on a 3-0-1 playoff tear and is getting
great goaltending from junior Michael Tamburro.
 
2.  Madison is a long way from Troy, yet the Engineers might
have more fans on their side.  The majority of the crowd will
be Wisconsin fans, and Badgers hate Gophers.  The fact that,
like the Bagers, the Engineers wear red should also endear them
to the home crowd.
 
3. The Dane ice surface is large, just under Olympic-sized, which
is to the liking of the Engineers, especially speedy center
Kelly Askew.
 
Does anybody (especially Gophers and Badgers) have any comments on
these points or any other aspect of this matchup?
 
 
John Zack
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Troy, NY
Cornell '77 '81