RIP to the ECAC for RPI?:Rensselaer has expressed an interest in leaving the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC) for Hockey East next year.
An RPI committee has been formed to discuss the issue, and then the Hockey East Board would have to approve the move.
RPI sports information would only say that "a decision will be made in the spring."
The ECAC doesn't get as much respect as the other three NCAA Division I hockey conferences (Hockey East, WCHA, CCHA), and the loss of its current number four team would only continue this trend.
Tomassoni has said on several occasions that one of the Crimson's weaknesses is the fact that its schedule isn't one of the strongest in the country, and it RPI jumps ship, respectability woes will get progressively worse.
RPI has been the only ECAC team to crack the top ten besides the Crimson this year.
David S. Griffel contributed to the reporting of this article